Roundup

Happy Friday, Dear Reader.
A quick list of my favorites from this week:
Investing Articles

Stockbrokers Are Not Fiduciaries fom Bad Money Advice
IRAs Do Not Pass Through Your Will from Financial Ducks in a Row
How Much Life Insurance Do You REALLY Need? from Get Rich Slowly (post by Mike from Four Pillars)

Other Money-Related Articles

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I got a pleasant surprise this week to find out that I was nominated for a Plutus Award for “Best Investing Blog.” (I’m new to this, but my best explanation is that the Plutus Awards are akin to the People’s Choice Awards, for personal finance blogs.)
If you want to vote for me or any of [...]

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Was a fun week for discussion here on the blog with 3 guest posts in addition to the normal posting schedule. (Thanks, by the way, to Michael, David, and Mr. C.!)
For those who are curious: I didn’t do anything to solicit guest posts–they each were the idea of the guest writer. So it’s quite likely [...]

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Happy Friday, everybody! A collection of my favorites as well as two guest posts from this week:
Investing Articles

Index Funds: The Oatmeal of the Investing World from Financial Ducks in a Row
This Just In: Suze Turns Bearish from Bad Money Advice
Low-Minimum Index Funds and Commission-Free ETFs from The Finance Buff
The Odds of Disability Are Themselves Odd [...]

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I don’t know a great deal about life insurance. So when people ask me questions, I generally just try to direct them to other, more helpful resources.
I recently came across one such resource for anyone shopping for life insurance. It’s a website called Clarifinancial that allows you to get free life insurance quotes by creating [...]

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Some of my favorites (as well as two guest posts) from this week:
Personal Finance Articles

Roth Conversion Timing with After-Tax Contributions from Financial Ducks in a Row
When Should You Start Investing? from Five Cent Nickel (post written by Matt from Debt Free Adventure)
Mortgage Protection or Term Life Insurance? from Good Financial Cents
Does Renting Make Sense? from [...]

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A collection of my favorites from this week as well as a few guest posts. I hope you enjoy them.
Investing Articles

Unforeseen Consequences of Roth IRA Conversions from Good Financial Cents (post by Joe Taxpayer)
Figuring Out Your Retirement Contributions for 2010 from Five Cent Nickel (post by Laura from Green Panda Treehouse)
The Dreaded “Double [...]

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Happy Friday! A collection of my favorites from this week as well as links to two guest posts:
Investing Articles

Invest? Borrow? Why Not Both? from Bad Money Advice
Why It’s Worth Your Time to Meet Your Financial Advisors from The Simple Dollar
Financial Advisors: Swindlers and Leeches from Monevator

Other Money-Related Articles

Stop Using Your Tax Refund as a Savings [...]

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Happy Friday! I hope all of your New Year’s resolutions are coming along as planned.
Some of my favorites from this week:
Investing Articles

The January Effect: Is it Real? from The Sun’s Financial Diary
What is a Donor-Advised Fund? from Five Cent Nickel
529 Plans: Age-Based Options Don’t Make Sense from The Finance Buff
Was the Last Decade [...]

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Happy New Year, everybody.
My favorite article this week was a piece in Forbes written by author Rick Ferri: “Core and Explore” should be called “Core and Pay More.”
I quite enjoyed these other articles as well:
Investing Articles

20 Questions about 529 Plans from Financial Ducks in a Row
Even Very Young Investors Should Own Bonds from [...]

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