Posts tagged as:

linkage

Weekend Linkage: Suze Orman, Clutter and Debt Collectors

As we got closer and closer to the end of the year, you'll start to see (and make) resolutions about 2010. Maybe you're going to finally quit smoking, or start getting out of debt, or spend less (or more) time watching TV.
Whatever your resolution, remember that it's up to you to get going and stay [...]

Read the full article →

Weekend Linkage: Investor Psychology, Financial Recovery and Google Voice

Why do we make bad decisions, even when we know they're bad?
Emotions play a big role in how we think and act around money, and for the most part, they're negative influences. That's why automation is so important if you're looking to grow your net worth.
Flexo at Consumerism Commentary goes even further, laying out 3 [...]

Read the full article →

Weekend Linkage: Active Management, Kids and the World Series

It almost seems like an echo chamber in here.
We're constantly talking about how index funds perform better and cost less than actively managed funds; now, we can safely say they're less risky, too.
New research from Morningstar, which rates and researches mutual funds, has found that rarely is it worth the risk to invest in actively [...]

Read the full article →

Weekend Linkage: Debit Cards, Debt Free and Emergency Funds

While most of the Weekend Linkage posts tend to highlight stories from personal finance bloggers, this week, we're showcasing two links from the granddaddy publisher of them all: the New York Times.
I've ragged on the mainstream media before for not knowing how to publish useful personal finance content, but the Times comes through with two [...]

Read the full article →

Weekend Linkage: Cutting Debt, Checkbook Balancing and Bad Habits

There's good news on the economic front: in July, American consumers cut their debt by $21.6 billion, the largest amount ever on record, according to Yahoo News.
Consumers' appetite for revolving credit, primarily credit cards, declined by $6.1 billion in July, an annualized rate of 8 percent that followed a 6.4 percent drop in June.
July's retreat [...]

Read the full article →

Weekend Linkage: Coupons, Credit Scores and Cut Backs

Do you know the best way to boost your credit score? In this economy, as our friends in the media love to say, it's not easy to get your credit score high — and then keep it there.
Visual Economics, who created the amazing graphics on paychecks and credit cards, offers these 4 tips for maintaining [...]

Read the full article →

Weekend Linkage: Goldman Sachs, Passive Investing, and Txting $

Looking for some good summer reading? There's not much time left before schools start up again, the beaches start to clear out, and football gets into full swing.
This week, Rolling Stone has a massive story on Goldman Sachs, where it claims that the investment bank "has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries