Portfolio Change, Electronics and More

Jeremy at Generation X Finance asks what changes you are making to your portfolio in the latest market downturn with a poll. It seems that the majority of the people who responded belongs to the buy-and-hold camp.

Lazy Man at Lazy Man and Money wonders if anything comes with electronics nowadays. If you have to buy a printer cable separately when you buy a printer, then I’d say maybe nothing.

Silicon Valley Blogger at The Digerati Life explains how to profit from the weak dollar. On top of her suggestions, maybe you can buy (or invest in) gold as gold could be used to hedge against the falling dollar.

Golbguru at Money, Matter, and More Musings lists 12 things he won’t spend a dime on. We have a manufacture installed GPS navigation system in our van and we love it. It saved a lot of headache, and time and fuel.

Ben at Money Smart Life says time is money and reveals his plan to stop wasting time and money. Yes, it pays to be efficient, both on and off the job.

Jim at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity has 10 reasons to go with credit and debt cards. I am a credit card person, so I can use five of them.

Nickel at Five Cent Nickel talks about money and happiness. I remember read somewhere before that money can indeed buy happiness.

FMF at Free Money Financing asks Who’s to Blame for America’s Mortgage Mess? Lenders? Or ourselves?

MBH at Mighty Bargain Hunter continues his making money on eBay series. This time he discusses how to start your own business on eBay.

Ask The Advisor has a nice article on how to retire early.

Investor Trip suggests raising cash to profit from short-term stock market corrections.

Finally, I participated in last week’s Carnival of Personal Finance hosted at My Open Wallet with my post on credit card arbitrage and credit score.