Another week, another set of great posts by other financial bloggers.
Current News
Monevator discusses some of the twilight-zone-type-things going on in financial markets right now.
Blueprint for Financial Success discusses the best charity credit cards. If you ever make Kiva loans (or have considered making them), be sure to take a look.
Personal Finance
Trent at the Simple Dollar discusses the dual-income assumption. I’m just guessing, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we start to see a greater number of 1.5-income families in the next few years. (Perhaps as a result of one person getting laid-off, and the couple realizing they can make it with less than two full-time incomes.)
MoneyNing suggests some ways to lower your bills.
Own the Dollar suggests a share of stock (with framed certificate) as an excellent gift for young ones this holiday season. Great idea!
Taxation
TaxGirl introduces us to Donors Choose, an organization that connects teachers with great ideas with people (like you and me) who can help fund them.
From my tax blog: How is a year-end bonus taxed?
Amateur Asset Allocator ponders the possibility of a U.S. Value-Added-Tax.
Investing Basics
MoneyHawk reminds us that gold is a crappy long-term investment. (Should it be a surprise that an asset that earns no money, and costs money to store doesn’t put up great returns over extended periods?)
Paddy Hirsch (Senior Editor of Marketplace) with another excellent whiteboard video. I just found out about these recently, and I absolutely love them. This time he explains hedge funds.
ABCs of Investing explains the difference between ETFs and Index Funds.
Crackerjack Greenback reminds us of the chorus of voices singing the praise of boring investing ideas (index funds for instance).
If you’re only going to read one article…
Without question, my favorite post of the week was JD’s post singing the praises of the stock market. He shares 1 video and several charts/graphs from other investing authors. Given the large quantity of data that points repeatedly at the conclusion that stocks earn money (and more money than bonds), it’s amazing how many people still haven’t figured it out.
Happy weekend! 
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