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Trying to build wealth while you are in debt is like running on a treadmill. At best, you will get a good exercise running to nowhere. At worst, you might fall off and hurt yourself. In this round up, I search through the personal finance Blogosphere and found some great posts about dealing with debt.

Zen [...]

Recently, Jason of The Amatureist Financial Journey referred me to a site called NetworthIQ. On his recommendation, I gave it a try and I must say that I am impressed. To keep it short, here are the things I liked about NetworthIQ:

Easy to track my net worth from month to month
I can compare [...]

As we grow up, we are constantly bombarded with experiences and emotions. Some are so powerful that they change us and make us who we are today. Take a moment and move yourself back through time. What are some of the experiences that shape your life; in particular about money?
Here are some events that I [...]

I want to share with you how I saved my first $250,000. Of course, your result will vary depending on your income, saving options, and ability to save.
Automatic-Investment Plan (AIP)
I started working in 1996 as a contract worker, so I didn’t have any 401k plan. Personally, I am not a budgeting type, so [...]

I have been investing in the stock market for nearly 10 years and acquired quite a bit of experience and knowledge (mainly through making mistakes). I’ve never codified on to a piece of paper until today. Before I begin, I want to give credit where it is due. This post was inspired by CommodityWorld.com’s Common [...]

Before I started this blog, I did not really have a good financial goal. Actually, my financial goal was similar to 99.9% of other Americans…I wanted to be rich. But what is rich? In “Are you wealthy? Here’s a test,” I defined wealthy as: “…when income from my assets can cover all [...]

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This is a list of personal finance bloggers that turned off the “nofollow” tag from comment links. By turning off “nofollow”, these bloggers allow search engines to find other sites (possibly your site); especially, new sites that may not otherwise be discovered easily by search engines.

A Penny Closer
Advanced Personal [...]

This blog is officially 2 weeks old, and I came across many interesting people, blogs, and posts. Here are this week highlights:
The Dough Roller shares his 10 Things I Now Know at 40 That I Wish I Knew at 20 — a great read for younger folks. I committed a few of these [...]

In the past few days, there were a lot of gloom and doom talk about the stock market that closed 13,265.47 on Friday, July 27 off the record high of 14,000.41 sets on Thursday, July 19 — a 9.47% drop in 6 days.
If you are new to investing, or just invest for the short-term, this [...]

To many people, wealthy means having an abundance of material possessions. Wealthy people are those that own big houses, luxury cars, yachts, expensive watches, etc. But is that really wealthy?
For me, I would consider myself wealthy when income from my assets can cover all my family living expenses and a few luxuries. [...]