Weekend Linkage – May 18, 2008

Check out the following articles form The Money Writers and beyond.

Reader Mail: How Do I Reduce Investment Fees? @ Million Dollar Journey
Stay away from load funds, buy funds with lower expense ratio, and avoid frequent trading of stocks (unless you do zero-commission trading). Well, these are actually my ideas :)

Save Money on Gas – How I Saved 11.9% at the Pump With a Sneaky Trick @ Money Smart Life
Not too shabby with gas price approaching the $4/gallon mark. I only get 3% back with my Chase Freedom card.

Increase Your Salary Without Increasing Your Work @ The Digerati Life
The known secret is “work smart, not harder.”

4 Investing Ideas for Your Economic Stimulus Tax Rebate Check @ Lazy Man and Money
Did you make up your mind on the money yet? I haven’t got our check, but it will probably stay in my bank account as I have nothing particular to buy (including stock/mutual fund).

Investing in the Stock Market Over the Past 10 Years: How Did Dollar-Cost Averaging Fare? @ Generation X Finance
I looked at the same issue of dollar cost averaging last year with VFINX and the conclusion is: Invest as early as you can.

Credit Card Arbitrage Q&A @ My Dollar Plan
I LOVE getting free money from credit card companies. They charge ridiculously high interest rates and credit cad arbitrage makes them pay a little back

10 Career Quotes, My Take, and TGIF @ Brip Blap
What do you expect from your career? Are you still motivated?

Balancing a Checkbook @ Money Ning
Do you?

Finally, I participated in the last Carnival of Personal Finance, held at Money Under 30 with a post on tips on save money on gas.

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2 Responses to “Weekend Linkage – May 18, 2008”

  1. where to invest money |  May 20, 2008 at 12:21 am

    Hello,Making money from investing in the stock market is not as easy as it sounds. Unless you are an expert investor, you’ll probably need some help.

  2. Sun |  May 20, 2008 at 11:26 pm

    Well, you don’t have to be an expert to start investing for your retirement. I am not talking about buy individual stocks, but mutual funds. You will do pretty well if you just buy a total stock market fund and a bond fund with a proper allocation between the two.