The Sun's Financial Diary

I found the following articles quite entertaining:

Consumerism Commentary says he wants to be “the second step to getting in financial gear” in an post titled The Second Step to Cleaning Up Your Finances.
Grad Money Matters shares a long list of what she does to live frugally. I found them very inspiring.
Zillow Blog wonders whether open [...]

Articles for your spare time:

FIREFinance has a list of personal finance books in the areas of investing, retirement and financial planning.
The Finance Buff talks about what happens when your mortgage lender goes out of business. I am thinking the same thing as my mortgage company, Countrywide, may be heading in that direction.
In this volatile market, [...]

Some fun readings:

Moolanomy has a post on 6 cool financial math tricks and rules. However, I am not sure saving 10% of salary is enough for retirement.
Advanced Personal Finance comes up with a radical tax idea: paying taxes once a year. For whatever it’s worth, I still prefer the current method. I don’t like [...]

Articles I like and hope you do as well:

My Wealth Builder says they have 10 reasons why they will be wealthy. I have only one reason and that’s save and invest
Chief Family Officer explains why she prefers not to use an online bank for their emergency fund. I want to get the [...]

Articles I like:

AllFinancialMatters talk about longevity insurance and wonder whether it’s worth it. It’s an interesting topic, but probably will be the last insurance policy I will ever consider .
Get Rich Slowly share an idea on how to save on groceries: strike-point shopping, i.e., stock pile items you use often when they are [...]

Articles I like and hope you will enjoy as well:

Five Cent Nickel shares the historical number of their net worth.
Blueprint for Financial Prosperity warns against no cost refinancing offers.
Free Money Finance suggests using insurance for big losses in life.
Mighty Bargain Hunter argues the value of stock picking contest.
Money and Such discuss asset classes, diversification and [...]

Some articles to read:

Fiscal Musing shares a practical plan to pay yourself first. The secret? Put savings/investing ahead of spending.
An English Major’s Money has a story about unusual financial planning. Unusual circumstance can lead to unusual planning. I sure don’t want to dollar-cost averaging if I win a lottery.
Grad Money Matters posts a photo essay [...]

Following are some highlights of June 2007 in case you missed them.
1. First Trading Experience with Zecco
It’s great that Zecco doesn’t charge commission for stock trading, but they still have a lot to do to make their system reliable and less confusing.
2. My Personal Saving and Investing System
Though a little bit complicated with so many [...]

Interesting personal finance articles you might like:

The Money Mythos posts an entry on the less obvious risks of Prosper.com. I am not really concerned about the risk the author mentioned (if I am in the P2P lending business), but the overall risk vs. reward of lending money to total strangers.
Money and Such discusses new 401(k) [...]

Interesting articles for today:

Give Me Back My Five Bucks asks how much you keep in your checking account. I have about $5,000 in BoA checking account, all the rest go to other online savings account.
My Two Dollars says sometime you have to spend money in order to make money. For instance, “investing in yourself [...]