Hard to believe that Friday is already here! Heading into the first weekend of existence for Money Forge, here’s a collection of some of my favorite posts and stories from elsewhere in the financial blogosphere:
Lazy Business Owner has a great post on how to make your business look bigger than it actually is. One of the barriers to starting a small/side business is overcoming your customers’ perception that small=inexperienced and risky, and LBO has some good tips.
If E-Trade’s recent ups and downs have made you a bit uneasy, Jonathan at My Money Blog and Jim at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity talk about SIPC insurance: what it is, what it does, and how to know if you have it.
Also in the investment vein, Free Money Finance has a quickie on why index funds are great investments. I couldn’t agree more.
Trent at The Simple Dollar just finished reading 52 personal finance books in 52 weeks, along with reviews and rankings to help you decide what to read first. Very useful!
Finally, with the holidays approaching (is Thanksgiving really next week!?), five cent nickel talks about ways to reduce the financial pain of buying so many Christmas presents. Our family uses the “draw names” technique, but there are certainly other options!
Also in the Christmas theme, Free Money Finance talks about how to maximize gift cards while five cent nickel cautions against giving gift cards at all. I’m with five cent nickel on this one.
Thanks for the mention Dave. Glad that you got some helpful information from the post.
Left by Lazy Owner on November 19th, 2007