Weekend Linkage – July 11, 2009

Do you know exactly one year ago on this day, July 11, 2008, crude oil price climbed to its all-time high of $147 a barrel? Today you can buy a barrel of oil at less than $60, 60% lower than its peak. Oil price dropped like a rock since reaching the peak last year, bottoming around $30 at the end of 2008. But since March, oil rebounded strongly amid investor enthusiasm  about a quick recovery of the economy. Only a few weeks ago, oil price broke the $72/barrel mark. However, recent economic data (June unemployment report, for example) showed that a full economic recovery is “a ways off”.

Weekend Readings

• Would You Buy a Foreclosed Property?
• Investing Money In Stocks, Mutual Funds and ETFs
• Do You Suffer From Financial Inferiority Complex?
• Using Morningstar’s Mutual Fund Comparison Tool to Compare Funds
• How to Find a Virtual Assistant
• Radically Frugal
• Mortgage Pre-Approval When Buying a House
• How to Get Control of Your Budget
• Emergency Fund Is For Emergencies ONLY – 6 Ways To Leave It Alone
• Starting to Invest: Opening an IRA
• A Goal Based Approach To Debt Management
• Negotiations Within Ongoing Relationships
• Did You Inherit Your Money Habits?

Carnivals

• Festival of Stocks #148
• Carnival of Debt Reduction: Stale Brat Edition
• Carnival of Personal Finance #212: Independence Day Around the World Edition
• Money Hacks Carnival, Staying Cool Edition

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