The Sun's Financial Diary

Matt at Binary Dollar talks about what umbrella insurance is and how to use it to get extra protection. Whether all insurances are supposed to provide “extra protection,” nobody really gets every kind to be super safe.
Silicon Valley Blogger at The Digerati Life has 10 ways to deal with the problem property next door. Well, [...]

Interesting articles for today:

Give Me Back My Five Bucks asks how much you keep in your checking account. I have about $5,000 in BoA checking account, all the rest go to other online savings account.
My Two Dollars says sometime you have to spend money in order to make money. For instance, “investing in yourself [...]

is up at FiveCentNickel and here are my picks :

Mutual Funds 101 by Money Walk
Research – Safekeeping of Records by FIRE Finance
De-LIGHT-ful Savings by Pro Bargain Hunter
Get your money for nothing, your checks for free by Wise Bread (speaking of free money, I myself happen to be a big fan as well)
The Great Big [...]

and among the long list of articles, I found the following interesting:

Do you need life insurance? By Living Almost Large
Home Owner’s Insurance and Credit Scores By FrugalBabe
Retirement Planning Made Easy(ier) By Taking Control Over Money
Socially Responsible Investing/Socially Conscious Finances: Tough Questions By Money and Values
Why Dave Ramsey’s “Drive Free” Theory May Be Flawed OR Why [...]

Welcome to The Carnival of Investing of January 15, 2007, the day that we commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Before I begin the representation of the Carnival, I’d like to cite the following from Dr. King’s speech on August 28, 1963:
I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties [...]

The next edition of Carnival of Investing will be held at The Sun’s Financial Diary on January 15th, 2007 (Binary Dollar is hosting the current edition). I hereby call all investors around the blogosphere for participation. This call is to solicit your posts on all aspects of investing such as your investment strategies, your portfolio [...]

J.D at Get Rich Slowly is hosting the 82nd edition of Carnival of Personal Finance. Not just that the articles are great (and there are many of them), J.D’s personal touch on the Carnival, financial superheros from comic books, has made the reading more enjoyable. Out of the 92 submissions, I found several are interesting:

Mini-E: [...]

is now available at Mighty Bargain Hunter. Carnival host John did an excellent job by adding comments to all the submissions, making article selections much easier than with just a title. Articles that I found useful are

Living Without a Budget by Living Almost Large
Uncle Sam’s Revenge II: Allowances & Exemptions by A Financial Revolution
5 Keys [...]

Carnival of Personal Finance #81 is now up at My Personal Finance Blog. Among the articles submitted to the Carnival, I like

Are you on track? How do you stack up? By Queercents
What Can A Postage Stamp Teach Us? By The Money Tortoise
Truth About Interest Rates By Becoming & Staying Debt Free
My Wealth Builder – Goal [...]

TJP at InvestorTrip is hosting the latest edition of The Carnival of Investing, which covers broad areas of investing, from investment basics to portfolio management to fund/stock analysis. My entry, China Play: A Comparison of FXI, PGJ, and MCHFX, was made to the Editor’s picks. For the complete list of articles, please visit InvestorTrip.