Best of 2009
Over the past year I have learned quite a bit from my fellow finance bloggers. There have been thousands of excellent and useful articles published across the personal finance blogsphere over the last twelve months, below you will find a list of some of the best articles of 2009. Of course there have been many more excellent articles in the past year, these are just a few timeless articles I’d like to point out.
The Dividend Blog Guy reminds us of the two simple reasons why we invest. Although there are probably many more reasons why we invest these two are the central reasons.
Len Penzo has quickly become one of my favorite bloggers this year, earlier this year he revealed his Ten Commandments of Personal Finance.
Million Dollar Journey is well on his path to reach his goal of becoming a millionaire before the age of 35, earlier this year he asked what is important about money to you? Have you ever asked yourself this question? If not I would highly recommend to find out soon.
Oblivious Investor explained why he invests in Vanguard and maybe why you should too.
Canadian Capitalist cautious investors about the recent gold rush and points out why a gold bubble might be forming.
Pay yourself first is a very common recommended strategy, however Digerati Life tells us to save money by paying yourself last.
Everyone would like to become a millionaire one day, but most are not sure how they could achieve this. No need to look further Two Pennies Earned shares a few simple ways you can become a millionaire.
Bible Money Matters reminds us that managing money is not just a mathematical exercise, but also a psychological one.
37% of investment fraud victims are victimized more than once, Before You Invest explains how this is not a coincidence but rather a planned event; Recovery Room Investment Schemes,
Christian Personal Finance lay’s out the ABC’s of personal finance.
Looking for ways to save money? Look no further than The Digerati Life’s 55 Best Ways to Save Money.
Darwin’s Finance explains the important difference between Median and Mean.
Oblivious Investor is not a big fan of Mutual Funds, however he does provide 11 tips for selecting a mutual fund.
Exchange Trade Funds have become very popular of the last little while, ETF Data Base debunks some of the myths surrounding ETFs.
Gen Y Wealth provides an excellent flow chart to help Gen Y members with their investments.
Do you have any interesting articles to share? Feel free to add them in the comments!
about 6 months ago
Too ugly for TV!
about 6 months ago
Terrible idea. Ok yes they will be with a senior member of the police on rounds etc… but they are not physically or mentally tuff enough to handle the kind of violence and situations that they will come across.
Its good for work experience i guess and should certainly be used as some part of a recruitment drive but not used on a day to day policing round as part of the full force.
Plus these young lads/gals will be fitter and quicker than the more older copper on the beat and therefore harder to run from, so its a thumbs down from me
about 6 months ago
I had sex w/ someone 2 years older than me when I was 17…IF he had gotten in trouble, I would've felt shocked and/or VERY guilty, because honestly the thought of it being wrong never crossed my mind. We were both in love, and not meaning any harm.
about 6 months ago
I get these emails all the time, so do most businesses on the web. NEVER, EVER go to a website from an email unless you specifically made that website send the email. If you are confirming a log on to a site is OK, but if you click on something on an email and it takes you to a site that looks legit, always make sure it is then whatever the website should be, like here). Never go to a site that says or Those are spoof sites. Same thing with eBay. Always not http://www.ebay.(whatever).com or anything else.
What I usually do, is if I get an email from paypal or eBay or my bank, I type the web address myself or use my Favorites to get there and check if the internal message system says anything. If there is no message on the actual website, someone is trying to fraud you. They all have some secure way to get you information. Also, those spoof sites almost never have your real name. If it does not say your real name, it is not real. If it does have your real name, you still should be careful.
about 6 months ago
Thomas Malthus said that the human population is going to decrease over the years because there are not enough fod resources to sustain the growing/exponential population. So there will be competition and the most FIT will get the food, reproduce, and spread their genes. This is the basis of Darwin's theory, that scarcity of resources, territory, etc. leads to the most fit to survive from competition and thus the survivors will therefore create more babies and their genes will be passed to the next generation, thereby creating more species with those fit genes.
Lamarck said that as Giraffes increase their necks to get to higher food, then their offspring will have longer necks to adjust and be able to eat higher. Darwin would have said that the giraffes will smaller necks will not be able to get to as much food, die, and not reproduce as much as the longer necked giraffes. So the longer necked giraffes will eat more, live longer, produce more babies, and the next generation will have more long necked giraffes.
The answer is B, because the bird with the most fitness has more access to resources/territories/mates, etc. and will therefore be able to reproduce more then the nonfit birds.
about 6 months ago
You can get your associates degree in nursing & become a registered nurse. But with the prerequisites it may take 3 or maybe 4 yrs total. And as a nurse if you work at the hospital you can work either full time or part time. But keep in mind you would most likely have to work some holidays if you're working at the hospital.
about 5 months ago
its not golf, like with a purse that is split among the winning team… there is no "prize money"