Around the PF Blogosphere: March 27, 2008

Hope you enjoy these articles:

• Don’t know how to determine the asset allocation of your portfolio? The Dividend Guy says you probably can get some ideas from asset allocations of pension funds. Another place I can suggest is the portfolios of lifecycle funds (or target-date funds) which adjust their holdings based the target date.
• Moneymonk has a post with the title “Any person who isn’t their own boss is underpaid.” What do you think? I don’t think I will be rewarded properly even if I work 24/7 for myself. Not everybody can success even if they give their best effort.
• How much do you think it will cost to raise a kid to the age of 18? I don’t know exactly, but it could be a lot. Sense to Save cited a U.S. government report as saying to cost could be as high as $298K in 2007.
• Mighty Bargain Hunter discusses how to deal with friends and family members who are not so savvy with their money. Well, it’s always tough to talk about money problems, even with closed ones. If the talk doesn’t go well, it could strain the relationship.
• I have accounts with both Prosper and Lending Club, but I never got myself into the person-to-person lending business. Lazy Man and Money, who is active in social lending, dusted off his crystal ball and looked at the future of P2P lending.