Archive for April, 2007

Around the PF Blogosphere: April 25, 2007

Posted by Sun on April 25, 2007 (0) Comment

Hope you like these articles:

The Simple Dollar has a question for married couple: Do you trust your partner’s spending habits if you two have a joint account?
Stop Buying Crap takes a look at the tremendous costs of going to college and answers “Is it worth it to go into debt for an education?” with a [...]

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Compare Your Savings Rate against National Savings Rate Guidelines

Posted by Sun on April 25, 2007 (6) Comment

So are you saving enough (or too much) for your retirement? Given your age and income, do you know how much you should set aside every month now so you can have enough fund to cover your daily expenses when you are at age 65?
In the April issue of Journal of Financial Planning, a [...]

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Model Portfolios Built with ETFs (IV) - The Intelligent Asset Allocator

Posted by Sun on April 24, 2007 (4) Comment

The fourth segment of the Model Portfolios Built with ETFs series, is making an appearance at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity as a guest article. In this part, I discussed how to build an all-ETF portfolio based on a model in the book, The Intelligent Asset Allocator by William Bernstein, that consists of, among other asset [...]

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Around the PF Blogosphere: April 23, 2007

Posted by Sun on April 23, 2007 (2) Comment

Some interesting readings today:

Don’t Mess With Taxes asks can you get richer by renting? Rent or buy, which makes more sense financially?
Bank Deals says you can get a 5.50% APY from UmbrellaBank for the rest of 2007. Not bad for a minimum of $1,000.
Moneymonk wonders if every personal finance guru is a multimillionaire.
Blueprint for Financial [...]

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China Life Insurance Suspended, again

Posted by Sun on April 23, 2007 (2) Comment

Trading of China Life Insurance (LFC) was suspended in Shanghai, Hong Kong and NYSE Monday, pending announcement that is sensitive to share price.
The rumor surfaced over the weekend is that LFC’s parent company, China Life Insurance (Group) Co., is an overall listing that covers its whole operation. However, there seems to be some [...]

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