Around the PF Blogosphere: June 13, 2007

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 will further your money making opportunities.”
• Frugal for Live compares Costco and Sam’s Club from a shopper’s viewpoint, instead of using opinions from Consumer Reports.
• The Finance Buff has a post on his TIPS auction plan. I don’t buy any bonds from auction before and my TIPS investments are through VIPSX.
• Advanced Personal Finance considers the impact inflation has on life insurance. I never thought about that either as I hope nobody will need to collect the benefit
• QueerCents discuss how to avoid hidden costs with hotel rooms.