Archive for May, 2007

Today’s 10 Top 5’s

Posted by Sun on May 8, 2007 (0) Comment

I went through the first batch of Top 5 Group Writing Project hosted at ProBlogger.net and found 10 Top 5 articles that are very interesting:

Top 5 Healthy Relaxation Techniques by Jacob — Now I don’t have to go to the gym.
Top 5 Steps to Securing your Data by Geoff — Make sure your data is [...]

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Top 5 Reasons I Started and Continue A Personal Finance Blog

Posted by Sun on May 8, 2007 (53) Comment

Early last week, Lazy Man at Lazy Man and Money shared 10 ways personal finance blogging has helped him to get better financially. Looking back at the short history of this blog, I found myself also a beneficiary of blogging. So what are the reasons to get me into blogging in the first place?
1. Nothing [...]

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Around the PF Blogosphere: May 7, 2007

Posted by Sun on May 7, 2007 (5) Comment

Hope you also like these articles:

$1 Million To My Name weighs on the renting vs. buying debate and declares renting is not better than buying, while Consumerism Commentary says renting makes your richer.
Plus6.com lists 5 personal finance spring cleaning things that you may want to do now. It mentioned one of my post on 401(k) [...]

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CNNMoney: How to Kill Your Net Worth

Posted by Sun on May 7, 2007 (2) Comment

A recent article on CNNMoney listed seven behaviors that are not going to help you in growing your net worth. Among the 7 net worth killers, I found the first one, ignoring your money, is probably the one mistake I could most likely make.
1. Ignoring your money
The beauty of lifecycle funds is that you don’t [...]

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2007 4-Week T-Bill Rate Update

Posted by Sun on May 7, 2007 (3) Comment

The rates of 4-week T-bills tumbled in recent weeks, dropping nearly 50 basis points in a matter of four weeks. The investment rate from last week’s auction is 4.683%, equivalent to a 4.79% APY.

Even when factoring in the NJ state income tax, the equivalent yield is only at 5.11% APY, falling quite far behind [...]

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