The Sun's Financial Diary

What would you do if suddenly somebody gives you $50,000 to invest?
Have you ever thought about it? I never faced such a question before until last week Lazy Man at Lazy Man and Money brought it to a group of bloggers as the question for the weekly Money Question series (here are Part II, Part [...]

The Digerati Life is hosting this week’s Money Question. The question that was asked this time is
What are your investing strategies and how have you decided to allocate your money? What does your portfolio look like?
I have discussed several times in the past about my portfolio, the most recent one was in April after I [...]

Golbguru is hosting this weeks Money Question and the question that was asked is like this:
How do you (or how would you) handle financial disagreements (and/or disconnects) between you and your spouse (or partner)?
My wife and I could fight (actually, it’s more like argue) over many small things, but there was almost no dispute over [...]

Ben at Money Smart Life is hosting the second edition of What’s Your Money Question? this week (the first edition is right here) and this time the questions asked is
Is there such thing as saving too much money in an emergency fund? What’s the best place to keep the money you do save so it [...]

After I posted the Money Question from a reader yesterday, several people have commented with their recommendations. For example:
Savvy Steward said: “One option is to either apply it to her mortgage so that she will be debt free sooner, or if she already has the house paid off, invest the money into a facelift/project for [...]

Since I started this Diary, I received quite some emails from readers on various issues, mostly related to investing as that’s the main topic here. Whenever I got those questions, I tried my best to answer them. However, I feel that sometimes I don’t know enough to give a comprehensive answer, or my background may [...]