Weekly list of curated personal finance articles from around the web.

Meet the teen investors building a path to the new American dream (MarketWatch – registration required). Love to see this! As I like to say to young people, “Why just buy what all the other kids buy when you could buy the companies that make what all the other kids buy?”

How to look broke and be rich (Darius Foroux). I can’t say I’m in complete alignment with the tone of this article, but it reminds me of the wisdom contained in one of the best secular money management books I’ve ever read, “The Millionaire Next Door.”

Trapped in the hell of social comparison (Noahpinion). Speaking of “The Millionaire Next Door,” Sarah Stanley Fallaw, daughter of the late co-author, Thomas Stanley, has a phrase I like: “Social indifference.”

Your pet is making you poor (Money Changes Everything). We wouldn’t give up our dog, Toby, for anything. But there’s no denying—he’s expensive.

Online gambling corrupts sports—and Americans, too (Public Discourse). The rapid rise of online sports betting and prediction markets constitute one of our culture’s big trends today. See also, Why sports betting should concern Christians (The Gospel Coalition).

3 unusual tricks to save money on your wedding venue (MoneyNing). Not sure how “unusual” these are, but they do sound helpful.

How to know when to spend a lot of money (The Net Worthwhile Weekly). On the importance of checking your motives before spending.

Elon Musk says that in 10 to 20 years, work will be optional and money will be irrelevant thanks to AI and robotics (Fortune). These ideas sound wildly unrealistic, but who knows?

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