Earlier today, I posted a lengthy article about why I thought the recent American homeowner rescue package was a waste of money. Thicken My Wallet, which is an excellent blog – posted a very funny Simpson’s reference as well as a link to a recent Rick Santelli rant on CNBC. I just watched it (about 5 minutes) and it is quite entertaining so if you have some time on your hands then check it out.
Here is the link – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEZB4taSEoA
No weight update this week – I was visiting my parents last weekend for a long family day weekend and I’m afraid to get on the scale – maybe next week?
Michael James discusses Cell Phone Obsolescence.
Canadian Capitalist questions Blaming Peter for Paul’s Mistake.
Financial Blogger talks about Government Bonds and Investment Opportunities.
The Oblivious Investor sheds a new light on retirement.
Million Dollar Journey gives us a timely RRSP tip.
Money Ning suggests aCounter Intuitive Way of Lowering Spending.
Good Financial Cents provides a Tax Guide.
The Consumer Boomer compares credit card companies. Find out who fails in Not All Credit Card Companies Are The Same.
Blunt Money wonders why people hesitate about Buyouts.
Preet warns us to look carefully at the fees for Fee Only Financial Planners.
The Intelligent Speculator looks at Japan’s economy.
Investing School discusses The Present and Future Value Of Money.
ABCs of Investing wrote about the basics of the Roth IRA Investment Account and CDs – Certificates of Deposit.
Carnival of personal finance was held at the Canadian Personal Finance Blog.
I’m competing in today’s March Madness bracket over at Free Money Finance. This is a big competition which results in money being donated to the winner’s charity – I choose the American diabetes association (it had to be an American charity).
If you want to vote then go over and leave a comment with “trust” – you can also vote in the other game – see the post for details.
Had a hosting problem this week so time for a new host! I’ll be switching in the next couple of weeks.
On with the links…
Million Dollar Journey tells us How to Take Advantage of the Market After the Crash of 2008.
My Two Dollars warns us not to Bury Our Financial Heads In The Sand.
Preet at Where Does All My Money Go discusses How Much of an RESP Should Be Invested in Fixed Income.
Financial Blogger dreams about Valentine’s Day Dates.
The Consumer Boomer has a timely discussion about Managing Retirement Assets in the Event of a Layoff.
Good Financial Cents lets us in on the Top 6 Reasons Why High School Students Think You Should Invest.
The Oblivious Investor talks about Treating Mutual Funds Like Stocks.
Money Ning reminds us to Buy What We Need.
The Dividend Guy shares 11 Things he Won’t Do in his investment process.
Green Panda Treehouse tells us there is an Upside of the Credit Crunch for Students.
Blunt Money asks Are They Really Conflicting Viewpoints?, buying the cheaper item or not wanting to spend money.
Canadian Capitalist asks How Is The Recession Affecting You?
The Intelligent Speculator explains the reasoning behind Shorting Stocks.
Investing School details The Role of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation – SIPC.
ABCs of Investing wrote about Stock and ETF Symbols and describes Dividend Increases and Cuts.
Dollar Frugal hosted the Carnival of Personal Finance Wizard of Oz Edition.
We’ve had some problems with our hosting – you might have noticed the blog has been down all day. I’m not too confident the blog will stay up so I’ll wait a bit to post again (ie tomorrow).
After many entries – 52 comments and 32 emails with the phrase ‘Orange Sheep’ – the great Canadian book giveaway is over and we have our winners!
In order:
If you are a winner and haven’t responded yet then please do so (with your address) so I can get your book off to you.
First off – a reminder of the free trend analysis service available from INO. I wrote about this service a while ago in greater detail. It’s free, it’s fun, it’s healthy and will undoubtedly extend your useful life!
184.5 pounds! Porkorama! The emergency diet and exercise program has been activated and I’m hoping to get back down to 180 ASAP!!
If you haven’t already entered, definitely check out the Four Pillar’s Great Canadian Book Giveaway. It’s possible to get two entries, so if any of the books look interesting, get your name in! Contest runs until Saturday, Feb 7 at 8:00pm EST.
One of my favourite readers Nicolas, shared this video – it’s a time-lapse photography video of a small baby playing. The person who created it condensed 4 hours of video into 2.5 minutes. Rather entertaining I thought. The whole video is just showing the baby playing so feel free to cut it short if it starts getting boring.
Good Financial Cents has a pretty good post on investment risk.
Million Dollar Journey explains the details of Deposit Insurance.
The Consumer Boomer talks about Long Term Care for Women.
The Oblivious Investor discusses the Side Effects of a Recession.
Money Ning encourages us with the Positive Influence of Saving Money.
Paid Twice gets creative with financial tracking by Drawing a Line in the Sand.
Blunt Money makes a choice in No Tax Liens for Me this Month.
Canadian Capitalist looks on the bright side saying that Good Returns are More Likely to Follow Bad Returns.
The Intelligent Speculator wonders if Superbowl Ads are Worth It.
Investing School discusses Arbitrage Trading.
ABCs of Investing wrote about Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and describes Recession.
Good Financial Cents covers 9 tax law changes for individuals – keep in mind this is for US tax payers. He also looks at dollar cost averaging .
Time for another big book giveaway – this time we have a number of books by Canadian authors (except one) and will be giving them away to several lucky Canadians.
You can enter two ways (do both for 2 entries):
The RSS feed is a great way to follow several blogs – instead of going each blog hoping for a new post, you can just go to your reader page and it will have all the blogs newest posts ready for you to read. This is a great explanation of the RSS feed.
The email feed is a good way to follow a small number of blogs – just subscribe by email and all new posts will be in your email inbox.
To subscribe by RSS feed then click here.
To subscribe by email then enter your email in the “Receive free email updates” box to your upper left.
I will accept entries until this Saturday, Feb 7 at 8:00pm EST.
Please note – this giveaway is limited to Canadian residents.
New Rules of Retirement by Warren MacKenzie and Ken Hawkins – I thought is was an excellent retirement planning book.
Money For Nothing by Derek Foster – Mr. Cheap thought this was a worthwhile read. He wrote a review along with an author interview.
The RRSP Book by fellow blogger Preet Banerjee – I did a review of this book and thought it was quite good.
Findependance Day by Jon Chevreau – Mr. Cheap wasn’t impressed but Preet thought it was worth reading.
Your Money and Your Brain by Jason Zweig – I thought this book was excellent and Mr. Cheap thought it was pretty good. Zweig isn’t Canadian however one of our favourite readers (Nicolas) donated it for the giveaway so I thought I’d make an exception.
Thanks a lot to the various authors for donating the books and in some cases paying for the shipping.