The last couple of days have been nuts for us harried investors. I long for the day when we can look back at all this, shrug our shoulders and talk about how our portfolio survived this period not too much the worse for wear. With ongoing foreclosures and failures in the banking and insurance industries posting a constant drumbeat in the news, it doesn’t feel like the mood will change anytime soon.
I have a few things to do in the financial front and it’s looking more like this is a good time to leverage a weak stock market and make some financial moves — at lower stock market prices. I’m evaluating a possible Roth IRA conversion for me and my spouse, maybe doing some portfolio adjustments like adding some new asset classes to our portfolio, and even (gasp!) checking out some annuity products. I’ll wait for the markets to calm down a bit before doing anything.
Anything just as exciting in the carnivals?
The Personal Financier did a great job putting together the Carnival of Personal Finance this week. Here are some finds I’d like to bring to your attention:
- Warren Buffet’s “10 Ways To Get Rich”? @ Can I Get Rich on a Salary?
- How Having A Company Can Make More Money Through Tax Management @ The Financial Blogger
- Credit Cards Are Excellent Financial Tools @ Ask Mr. Credit Card
- How Bad Is The Housing Market? Home For Sale: $1 @ My Investing Blog
The Festival of Frugality can be found over at Living Almost Large where I spotted these cool articles:
- Make your own hot-flash spray, and other frugal hacks @ MSN Smart Spending
- How to Cut a Little Boy’s Hair @ Almost Frugal
- Extravagantly Frugal: Friends In High Places @ Not The Jet Set
Also, My Daily Dollars featured a great Carnival of Money Stories where my post: Basic Business Advice from an Accidental Entrepreneur, was selected as an Editor’s Pick. Many thanks for this honor!
Recent Carnivals
- Carnival of Improving Life
- Carnival of the Green
- Best of Me Symphony
- Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog Carnival
- Review Bloggers Carnival
- Carnival of Family Life
- Festival of Stocks #106
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Thanks for the mention; I’m glad you enjoyed the article!
Glad you like the article – it’s really amazing to think that buying a house for $1 is a bad deal, but it is!~
Glad you enjoyed our post! Thanks for the link.