Weekend Linkage - May 18, 2008
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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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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.
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.