This post is part of a group writing project with the Finance Blog Network. 
I’ve received a lot of advice over the years; more of it bad than good, probably.  Even so, it’s nearly impossible to pick out the single best tidbit of financial advice I’ve ever received, but I’ll take a stab at it anywhere.  The [...]

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The Finance Blog Network
Here are some good posts from my fellow Finance Blog Network members recently.
Six Sure-Fire Ways For Students To Ruin Their Financial Future by Andy at Saving To Invest.  Sometimes the simplest advise is also the best.
Is Out-sourcing The Cause Of The Recession? by Curt at Penny Jobs.  I think out-sourcing gets a bad [...]

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With November getting nearer by the day, it’s hard to avoid at least hearing if not participating in heated debates over which candidate would do better on this or that issue.  Everybody has their opinion on which candidate would be best for the economy, but usually the arguments you hear are based more on emotion [...]

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Getting in good physical shape is the ultimate frugal move because it can literally save you hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars in medical care as you get older.  Last month, I wrote about a few frugal ways to lose weight.  They are certainly effective tips and if you’re discplined, will yield decent results over [...]

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Morningstar Learning Center
For beginners, the best way to become a better investor is to learn the basics of investing.  Morningstar, a popular mutual fund and stock resource company, offers a variety of short courses in their learning center on everything from stocks, mutual funds, bonds, and portfolio construction.  Investors could do worse than complete a few [...]

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A few months ago, Pinyo from Moolanomy launched PF Buzz, a social bookmarking site focused on the personal finance blogosphere.  You can think of it as Digg for personal finance, so if you enjoy Digging and have an interest in personal finance, investing, or related topics you should give PF Buzz a try. 
Advantages To Blog Readers
The [...]

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Have you ever gotten spam emails or chain letters saying something like
“…for the rest of this year, DON’T purchase ANY gasoline
from the two biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL…?”
Yeah me too.  Obviously, this won’t work because these silly little boycotts don’t actually decrease the demand for gasoline;  they merely shift it around [...]

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Earlier, Flexo posted on why he will most likely never buy a condo.  There are certainly plenty of downsides to living in a condo, but in many cases those downsides are also upsides, depending on your preferences.  For instance, Flexo considers condo living to be too much like apartment living, which is true.  The thing [...]

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Little more than a decade ago, most investment experts advocated keeping the vast majority of your money invested in the U.S.  During the go-go tech economy of the 90’s, large-cap U.S. stocks were all the rage while their foreign counterparts, especially those from Japan, earned comparatively low returns.  In those days, practically nobody was recommending [...]

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First off, let me apologize for the irregular posting schedule this week.  A deluge at work and some personal reasons have really cut into my blogging time, but I will be back on the regular schedule next week.  I’m working on writing some reserve posts I can publish just in case something happens and I’m unable to [...]

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