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Weekend Linkage – June 8, 2008

Posted by Sun on June 8, 2008
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The following articles are from The Money Writers and elsewhere around the PF blogosphere.

Make Money Now Versus Make Money Later My choice is always to make money whenever I can. It’s not that I don’t like the 50% chance of making twice as much later. I prefer to get the money now and use money to make more money later :)

The Low-Maintenance Yard: Save Money With These 7 Ideas For Your Yard Though we don’t actually have a yard, it didn’t stop me from learning what we can do later when we do have a yard.

The Must-Have Kitchen Appliance That Will Help You Save Money and Eat Healthier If you think a rice cooker can save you money and let you eat healthier, which I do agree, wait until you get a thermal cooker :) It cooks the food for you without even using electricity or gas. I have a Zojirushi Thermal Cooker and I just love it, though it’s a little pricey.

Netflix – Six Months Later Which one is your favorite, Blockbuster or Netflix? I use neither, so I have no opinion on which one is better. I do, however, feel that Blockbuster represents “old economy,” though it has transformed, just like Kodak.

Fundamental Index Funds/ETF’s – The Basics While there are still many indices that weights each component based on its market capitalization, a cap is usually put on how much a single component can weigh in the index to prevent the index from being dominated by a single stock.

Identity Theft Protection – What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You I think that’s true for pretty much every thing: Don’t buy stuff you don’t really know and don’t buy a stock when the only thing you know is that it’s hot :D

New Grads: 29 Money-Smart Tips That’s a lot of money can be saved!

Financial Incentives for Going Green? China just banned plastic grocery bags at stores nationwide. Should we adopt the same measure here in U.S.? I heard New Jersey is going to do the same next year. While I am fine with using reusable bags for grocery, I wonder what about garbage bags. Those can’t be reused.

Are you waiting for a better deal, or are you procrastinating? When I want something, I usually keep an eye on deal websites such as FatWallet, Ableshoppers, and Dealsea and wait for a good deal to come up. The wait isn’t always long.

How We Think About Our House Financially We don’t see our house as an asset right now, nor do we consider it as a liability. If we don’t buy the house, the money will have to go to rent anyway.

The Top 3 Dividend Investing Books With so much free information available online, I really don’t feel it’s necessary to have to read a book to know dividend investing.

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