Weekend Linkage - March 16, 2008

Ben at Money Smart Life has some idea on how to spend a bonus check. I am quit boring and I don’t treat a bonus check any differently than other checks I receive every other week: put it in my bank.

Lazy Man at Lazy Man and Money wondered whether he’s officially cheap, just becomes more frugal. It’s hard to the tell if the focus is mainly on the cost, instead of the cost/quality ratio.

Jeremy at Generation X Finance used a guest post to show how to make your creditor work for you: “the only way to fight creditors is to get down in the trenches with them and fight dirty.”

In the market for a hot job? Silicon Valley Blogger at The Digerati Life suggested you find a headhunter and shared her brief experience of actually helping people find a job.

Steve at Birp Blap continued his discussion of 31 causes of failure with a post on the lack of ambition: If you want to fail, plan to do “just enough to get by.”

Frugal Trader at Million Dollar Journey looked at the Smith Manoeuvre money flow and discussed the idea of capitalizing the interest, i.e., fund the investment loan with the loan itself.

Want to achieve financial success? My Dollar Plan listed five fundamentals of financial success that include goals, commitment, and action, which I consider to be the core.

NCN at No Credit Needed shared with us the lessons he learned from watching TV shopping networks.

FMF at Free Money Finance offered his thoughts on money and marriage.

What’s a passbook savings account? MBH at Mighty Bargain Hunter explained the term that I heard quite often but don’t know exactly what it is.

Finally, Alltop.com recently launched a Personal Finance directory which aggregates most recent stories from many blogs that dedicate to issues of personal finance. This blog is included in the category along with other familiar names.

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