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Weekend Linkage – December 7, 2008
Market Recap
You can never underestimated what one piece of good news can do to the market on a day that was supposed to be very bad.
Last Friday, the government said more than half a million people lost their jobs, the most in 34 years, and monthly unemployment rate jumped to 6.7%, the highest since 1993. [...]
Weekend Linkage – November 23, 2008
Market Recap
U.S. stocks fell for the third straight weeks this week as concerns over the fate of Citigroup and Detroit’s Big Three weighed on stocks. On Thursday, the S&P 500 index even closed at its lowest level in 11 years after a report from the Labor Department showed weekly jobless claims rose to the [...]
Weekend Linkage – November 16, 2008
Market Recap
Another volatile week on the Wall Street ended with all three major indices slipping deeper in red, despite the nearly 900 points turnaround of the Dow on Thursday. On Friday, electronic retailer Best Buy cut its annual profit forecast, sending the stock 14% lower, while Goldman Sachs dropped to its lowest level since becoming [...]
Weekend Linkage – November 9, 2008
Market Recap
It was another volatile week on the Wall Street. Stock markets opened the week with two strong rallies in a row prior to and on the election day. The gains for major indices on the election day were the best of all time. However, the rally couldn’t continue after Democratic candidate Barak Obama won [...]
Carnival of Personal Finance No. 177
Welcome to the 177th edition of Carnival of Personal Finance!
There are a total of 85 submissions to this edition of CoPF, covering a wide range of topics from money management, investing to frugality, savings and budgeting to economy and career. Among them, here are my 5 picks that I want to share with everybody first:
Health [...]
Weekend Linkage – November 2, 2008
When I was vacationing in China last month, I skipped all the roundups that I usually do in the weekend. It’s time to get back to normal. But before I share the weekend readings, here’s a quick recap of the U.S. stock market last week.
Basically, the last week of October saved the month, though not [...]
Weekend Linkage – September 21, 2008
The Money Writers and beyond
Building Wealth in An Age of Thieves Investors were wiped out when Bear Sterns, Lehman Brothers, AIG, Fannie and Freddie failed. How to make investing safe with all the uncertainties out there.
Curb Your Shopping Habits: How to Recover from a Huge Impulse Buy How about get rid of impulse buy all [...]
Call for Guest Posts
I will be on vacation for a few weeks at the end of the this month. While I am out of the country, I will try to keep the site updated with fresh contents, but it likely won’t be as frequent as usual. At the same time, if you want to contribute a guest article [...]
Weekend Linkage – September 1, 2008
I took a break from blogging since last Thursday and didn’t touch this site for most part of this holiday weekend. The last time I had one was during last Thanksgiving. So it’s kind of overdue. It’s a little bit strange that staying away from blogs and emails for almost four days didn’t made me [...]
Weekend Linkage – August 17, 2008
Welcome Frugal Dad to The Money Writers
The Money Writers are expanding!
The latest member to join the group is Jason who writes Frugal Dad, a personal finance blog that offers tons of frugal tips. Jason also contributes at Wise Bread. The addition of Jason to The Money Writers will bring more dimensions to the already diversified [...]
