Are Green And Socially Responsible Mutual Funds Worth It?
In celebration of Earth Day, I want to share my perspective on green and socially responsible investing. The idea of socially conscious investing has been around for a long time, but its popularity soared over the last few years. According to Social Investment Forums: “Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) is a broad-based approach to investing that [...]
Weekly Highlights: April 5, 2009
This week Moolanomy was mentioned by askDeb.com as one of the top 100 great advice blog — thank you!
Greatnexus
Also, I launched another site this week called Greatnexus. From the Greatnexus home page, you can scan the latest headlines from multiple news and social media sites, as well as see some of the popular videos on [...]
Dave Ramsey’s Baby Steps To Financial Freedom
Dave Ramsey’s Baby Steps is a financial plan designed to help you get your finances in order, get out of debt, and achieve financial freedom. Dave Ramsey has taught these Baby Steps to millions via radio, The Total Money Makeover, Financial Peace University, and on DaveRamsey.com. In this article, I’d like to walk you through [...]
It’s hard to believe that I have been blogging about personal finance for one full year. Overall, I have to say that it’s a success in many ways. Specifically, I was able to meet the three goals I had set for myself at the beginning:
To learn more about financial concepts and improve my finances
To supplement [...]
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eFinPLAN — Last week, I announced a 1-year eFinPLAN financial planning software subscription giveaway. To enter, please subscribe to my blog via RSS feed or email subscription to get the secret code. By the way, I am working with Kent to bring free trail to everyone.
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Around the Personal Finance Blogosphere
Personal Finance Buzz
First in the news is Personal Finance Buzz — a personal finance social network by a personal finance blogger for personal finance bloggers. I started PF Buzz alpha/beta on May 17th and launched it on May 27th.
First, I’d like to say thank you to all the bloggers who have [...]
Over the past two weeks, I have been working on a new project called Personal Finance Buzz. Personal Finance Buzz, or PF Buzz for short, is a Digg-like site. But the special thing about it is that it focuses only on money and finance related articles and resources.
Two Goals for Personal Finance Buzz
For Personal Finance [...]
I know I don’t talk enough about frugality. May be I am not a very frugal person, although my wife always call me cheap. So I figure I would share share some great frugal ideas, tips, and resources from around the web (not in any order):
Being Frugal: Making Every Penny Count
Frugal Living by Money Ning
FruWiki, [...]
Ever since Prosper signed up as an advertiser on Moolanomy, I have been thinking about lending out money on Prosper as a way to build alternative income. Looking around the web, this seems to be a legitimate way of growing my money without relying on the stock market. Here are some excerpts from other web [...]
So you have been reading a lot of personal finance blogs, but you can’t get enough to satisfy your thirst for knowledge. You also yearn for that next level of interactivity with people like yourself. Don’t worry, you’re not alone! Here are 7 personal finance-related discussion forums that I like:
The MBN Forums
This forums is an [...]
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