Weekend Linkage – March 2, 2008

Want to read some good books on personal finance? Jeremy at Generation X Finance listed 20 books that will change your life and how you think about retirement. A lot of catchup for me at least because I, sadly, didn’t read any of them

Ben at Money Smart Life last week went to a conference in Las Vegas. He enjoyed his trip and offered his tips on how to save money in Sin city, a place where you don’t need to worry about how to spend money

Lazy Man at Lazy Man and Money had something to say about what he called “smart gambling.” Well, if it’s a gamble, then it’s a gamble. I don’t see why one gamble is smarter or better than another unless you win.

After deciding to quit her job early on, Silicon Valley Blogger at The Digerati Life went through the process of actually leave the job she had in the past five years and shared what she did in her last day at work. Good luck, SVB!

FMF at Free Money Finance gave his takes on the seven habits of wealth.

NCN at No Credit Needed talked about the frustration of what and which we must deal with in reality.

MBH at Mighty Bargain Hunter warned of high-priced seminars and suggested invest time instead.

Super Saver at My Wealth Builder has some great ideas to maximize social security payments.

Mossy at Business Is Personal (Finance) is running a series of investment spreadsheet, in which he discusses how to use spreadsheet to develop models from 401(k) contributions to variable annuities.

Grant at The Corner Office Blog had a savvy real estate investment idea: short sale. That’s something quite new to me.