Personal Finance 101 Posts of the Day 5/27/07

• Accumulating Money talks about in-service 401k rollovers.
• Boston Gal posts about how to keep your investment advisor from robbing you blind.
• The Simple Dollar tells us how to get past the need for keeping up with the Jones’.
• How I Save Money talks about how to simplify your budget.
• Not Made of Money talks about some store brand products his family uses to save money.
• Bankruptcy Law Network talks about borrowing money from a 401k to pay for debt.
• Fil-Am Personal Finance had a good post illustrating the benefits of starting saving early.
• Financial Jungle talks about closet index funds. (This is a really important think to look at wth all of your funds. Holding overlap can really mess with your asset allocation and cause you to get off track for your goals.)
  

Personal Finance 101 Posts of the Day 4/19/07

• Ask Mr. Credit Card talks about how to increase cash flow for debt relief.
• The Consumerist talks about why financial planners are bad.

Personal Finance 101 Posts of the Day 4/3/07

• Money and Such has a funny post about when to ditch your financial planner.
• The Finance Buff talks about who pays for credit card rewards.

Personal Finance 101 Posts of the Day 3/27/07

• Debt Consolidation News has a good post about 50 common sense spending tips. I agree with most of them. Except # 20. I've taken long distance bus trips and no thanks, never again. I'll pay $250 for the flight to save 14 hours of my time. It's worth it not only for the comfort but also for the time savings.
• Save Money gives 4 Ways to Keep Your Credit Score High.
• The Simple Dollar talks about how to Follow Your Dreams. I love this post. Not enough people focus on goal setting. My Goal Setting class is the least popular of the Personal Finance Classes I teach but I really think it's the most important. You need direction if you're going to succeed and the key to that is to make your goals/dreams measurable and give yourself a timeline.
• The Consumerist tells us about 8 Free Personal Finance Management Programs (and a few paid ones)
• Anxiety Ended talks about how to save money and reduce anxiety.
• No Credit Needed talks about how to keep grocery costs under control.
• Personal Finance Advice talks about how to eat out without spending a lot of money.
• Kirby on Finance wonders if your ego is your own worst enemy.
• Financial Hack tells us 10 ways to simplify your finances.
• Free Money Finance doesn’t seem surprised that financial planners give bad advice.