The Best Articles in Finance
The most useful articles and videos in Finance from around the web, curated by thought leaders and our community.
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Top 5 Finance Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved in Finance by Refind users in 2024 so far.
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The Dark Side of Credit Card Rewards
Earn 75,000 bonus miles! Double cash back! Free flights! Discounts galore!The enticements for credit card rewards programs promise fantasies. And for the pri...
(11) The Future of Capitalism: From PROFIT to PURPOSE
Reforming, not eliminating, capitalism is vital for our future. Learn about the power of leadership in restoring faith in the system, building trust up and d...
Tipping, Explained: Why Two-Thirds of Americans View It Negatively
You’re being asked to tip more and more places today. If you’re annoyed, you’re not alone. A survey by Bankrate found a third of people are annoyed by those ...
Should Your Startup Bootstrap or Raise Venture Capital?
Within the world of startups, you'll find lots of discourse online about the experiences of founders bootstrapping their startup versus the founders who have...
Apple vs. Banks: The Digital-Wallet War, Explained
Digital wallets like Apple Pay are continuing to grow in popularity. Banks are worried they’re losing ground to tech companies eager to gain market share in ...
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How to Enjoy Life When Everything is More Expensive
How do you enjoy life when everything is more expensive? You don’t want to spend too much. But living without pleasure is also no good.
«It can be frustrating when we make plans and they don’t pan out because of external circumstances. But the frustration only doubles when you don’t accept the situation.»
How to Move Money in the 21st Century
“Financial operations” (FinOps) is an emerging software category with a massive opportunity to streamline, automate, and optimize how we move money, while giving the entire organization a real-time…
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The Billion-Dollar Unraveling Of The 'King' Of Silicon Valley
The Silicon Valley wunderkind rode his fintech unicorn Bolt to the bank. Then came the lawsuits and money squabbles — and a brutal valuation crash that wiped out much of his fortune.
The Importance (and Shortcomings) of a Data-Driven Approach in Venture Capital
Introduction We live in a world where the quantity and quality of data continue to compound at an exponential rate. Within asset management, data-driven or quant strategies are certainly not new yet…
Artificial investment
If we haven’t reached the peak of AI hype yet, we will soon — and we’re headed for a trough of disappointment.
«That might help stave off disappointment. Because if AI tools still require human review, they may not be faster or better than just having a person do it in the first place. Greenstein enthused to me on the phone about using AI to summarize information, but he and I have had very different experiences with that. Maybe AI works well to summarize forms, assuming it makes no errors.»
Financial Therapist: What They Do and How to Find One
A financial therapist can help you attain greater heights in your investing journey. Learn about what they do and whether they're a good fit for you.
Places across the U.S. are testing no-strings cash as part of the social safety net
The idea got a boost from the pandemic, when an array of cash relief helped cut child poverty and keep people housed. Researchers are studying how much money, for how long, may have lasting impact.
Short Articles
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A Few Laws of Getting Rich
There are 13 divorces among the 10 richest men in the world. Seven of the top ten have been divorced at least once. Correlation isn’t causation, and that sample size is tiny. But a statistic that is…
«Most of what makes you happy in life has nothing to do with money, and realizing that once you have money can be a painful admission»
How Much Money Do I Need to be Rich? — Tom Greene
Pretty much everyone wants to be rich—not purely for the sake of money, but for the fragile promise of happiness that comes with being a total baller. But, what does it mean to be rich today? How much…
«In America, Canada and most of Europe our pets sleep in better conditions than many people in other countries.»
Fraud abounds — meet the three kinds of people stealing your money
When we think of someone who commits fraud, we think of people like Bernie Madoff or companies like Enron: intentional perpetrators of financial crimes. But other kinds of people commit fraud, too.…
Rich and Anonymous
I think there’s an “ideal” net worth for everyone, when money not only stops bringing pleasure but becomes a social liability. And that number is probably lower than most people think. Business…
«They figured out what so many other people – the rich, the middle class, the aspiring rich, and everyone in between – failed to recognize.»
What Does It Mean To Be Wealthy?
“The real measure of our wealth is how much we’d be worth if we lost all our money.” – John Henry Jowett We’ve all heard stories of people encountering the world’s greatest riches, ending in either…
«Is it the money that we want, or the peace of mind that comes with it? Is it the fame that we want, or the self-sufficiency that results?»
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles in Finance.
What If Money Expired?
A long-forgotten German economist argued that society and the economy would be better off if money was a perishable good. Was he an anarchist crank or the prophet of a better world?
«Money is abstract, absurd. It’s a belief system, a language, a social contract. Money is trust. But the rules aren’t fixed in stone.”»
How not to be fooled by viral charts
Part 1: How to spot misinformation, mistakes, and meaningless data
The Other Side of Money: On the Stories We Tell about Wealth, Poverty, and Inequality
1. Once upon a time, around 2014, I began writing What’s Mine. It will be a novel about someone whose home gets invaded by this annoying person, I wrote to my agent. It turns out this annoying pers…
Credit card debt collection
Credit card debt is the waste stream of consumer finance. The debt collection industry ends up being sordid, for complex structural and microeconomic reasons.
What The World Looks Like to the Super-Wealthy ❧ Current Affairs
Michael Mechanic, who has studied the lives of the super-rich, talks about strange bubble inhabited by the 1%.
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