Weekly Highlights: April 12, 2009
I know a lot of you have been following Larry Swedroe’s work and I want to let you know that Larry has launched his own blog at CBS Money Watch called Wise Investing — please check it out.
Congratulation Larry, and thank you for all your help over the years!
The Roundup
Before starting the roundup, I want to shout out to a few friends The Canadian Capitalist and Million Dollar Journey who created and launched the Canadian Money Forum recently.
- Should you rollover your 401k into an annuity or IRA? at Gather Little By Little — This is an Ask The M-Network question that tackles a common retirement investing question.
- Gym Membership or Home Gym Equipment? The Cost Factor at Uncommon Cents — An examination of a common problem. This is why I only do push ups and sit ups at home.
- Can You Afford a Baby? at Prime Time Money — A good article for parents to be.
- I Made $1,000 Today In The Stock Market!!! at MyBarnabas — I don’t recommend buying individual stocks, but stories like this one is interesting nonetheless.
- 7 Things To Know About a SEP IRA at Good Financial Cents — If you have a SEP IRA account or thinking about setting up one, this is a great article to read. There’s still 3 days left to April 15 so it’s not too late if you want to set one up.
- Debt Snowball, Debt Shmowball … as long as you’re RICH! at How to Make 7 Million in 7 Years™ — I don’t always agree with AJC, but he made a good point about good debt versus bad debt that I intend to write a follow up on.
- The Final Decision on Downsizing at My Dollar Plan — If you have been considering downsizing your house to save money, read this.
- More Car Company Thoughts at Four Pillars — A Canadian thought on our economic crisis and the auto industry bailout
- Is Changing Your Own Oil Worth It? at Cash Money Life — I don’t change my own oil. I don’t think it’s worth it. Do you?
Carnivals
Here are a few carnivals I participated in this week: Personal Finance, Twenty Something Finances, and Bankruptcy Debt.
Have a great Easter Sunday!
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Thanks for the links.
The auto bailout is very much a Canadian problem as well – I’ve read that the auto industry in Canada is 1/5 the size of the auto industry in the US – not sure if that is by production/capacity/employees – but regardless it’s pretty big. It’s a larger component of the Canadian economy than it is the US economy.
That’s great for Larry. Will have to check that out.
Thanks for the plug for the new forum & thanks for the link. Cheers!
Lot’s of cool announcements this week. And thanks for the mention!
Thanks for the add. Also I checked out Larry’s blog and I like it, very informative.
@Four Pillars — That’s really good to know. Yes, I do recall there are several plants up there. Also, we don’t know what the dominos effect will be with regard to supplies of auto parts.
@Chiko — Definitely should be on your daily reading list.
Another timely reminder for everyone is that you have until April 15 to make your 2008 IRA contribution, which would also give you a bigger refund!