Moneysmartz

Fresh Links 10/31/09

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:00:47 -0600

Personal Finance: The New York Times special section on wealth and personal finance including stories on how to reduce taxes if your income is over $200,000.
Money Tips: Money saving sites from Dollars and Sense.
Retirement Planning: How to use budgeting to build your nest egg.

Fresh Links 10/30/09

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:38:07 -0600

Personal Finance Software: PCWorld reviews Intuit Quicken Premier 2010 software.
Money Tips: Ideas for money saving gift exchanges.
Financial Planning: Financial planning ideas for women.

Fresh Links 10/29/09

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:17:46 -0600

Mutual Fund Investing: Beware when using past performance to predict future mutual fund returns.
Financial Planning: Help finding a financial planner who is right for you.
Money Management: Compatibility quiz for managing money when you are married.
Small Business Investing: The new age of angel investing.

Fresh Links 10/28/09

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:57:53 -0600

Personal Finance: The best personal finance books.
Retirement Planning: Simple retirement planning tips.
Money Saving Tips How to reduce your home heating bill this winter. Pay less for gas.

Fresh Links 10/27/09

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:11:53 -0600

Credit Reports: The truth about free credit reports.
401(k): When's the best time to invest in a 401(k)?
Retirement Planning: Tips for retirement planning at any age.
Financial Advice: AARP launches LifeTuner.org a financial website for individuals in their 20s and 30s.

Fresh Links 10/26/09

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:31:26 -0600

Investing: Real-time discussion about your favorite stocks on QualityStockTwits.
Pensions: How to calculate the cost of waiting to take a pension.
Financial Goal Setting: Common sense money tips for financial success.
Bull Market: How to catch the wave of the rebounding market.

Fresh Links 10/25/09

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:00:32 -0600

Credit: Help your children build good credit.
Investing: Help with adding options to your portfolio.
Retirement Savings: Should you convert to a Roth IRA?
Financial Tools: Online games to teach children about money.

Fresh Links 10/24/09

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:35:57 -0600

Mortgages: Thinking about refinancing? 30 year mortgage rates average 5%.
Investing: Investing help from the SEC.
Money Management Software: Money management software recommendations. What's new with Quicken 2010.
Estate Planning: How to avoid problems with your estate.

Errold Moody

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:38:38 -0600

EFMoody.com
Category: Financial Planning
Description: With quotes like "No matter, this is not a Suze Orman 'feel good' commentary or the absurd Rich Dad Poor Dad drivel. Be prepared to do some heavy homework and you will be well served by the material and insight found nowhere else" it's not surprising that EF Moody is known for his "no-nonsense" approach to educating readers about finance. The contents of his site EFMoody.com offer a comprehensive and in-depth discussion of the essential elements of financial management and planning. The site prides itself on being the "largest comprehensive financial planning site on the Internet" and for providing readers knowledge to help them get past the hype of the financial services industry and focus on what really works.
Features: The site has 4,000 pages of related articles on finance and 1,700 links to financial websites. One of the famous, and sometimes controversial, features of EFMoody.com is his daily "Gripes and Comments" discussing the finance industry and the economy as a whole.
Notable Awards/Recognition: EFMoody.com has received widespread media recognition including favorable reviews by Forbes, Business Week and USA Today which said "This is a high-powered personal bookmark list that spans the spectrum of the truly useful."
Bottom Line: Errold Moody masters the art of humorous, conversational financial commentary. Though the site lay-out has a lot of room for improvement, the content of the site itself is staggering. If you are willing to roll up your sleeves and do some heavy lifting, then the thousands of resource materials and helpful articles at EFMoody.com will surely enhance your financial decision making.

Consumerism Commentary

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:46:30 -0600

Consumerism Commentary
Categories: Personal Finance Blog
Description: Consumerism Commentary is a personal finance blog started in 2003 by Flexo to "hold himself accountable for his finances." Flexo's background is varied including a undergraduate degree in music education and an MBA. Smithee, an interactive designer, recently joined Flexo. Both Flexo and Smithee co-write the articles and feature news in the blog. Articles are posted daily, with a wide range of topics including the latest market and economic news, advice about saving and investing, and Flexo's and Smithee's take on their own personal finances.
Features: The site features an ongoing "Carnival of Personal Finance" of posts by other personal finance bloggers and the monthly tracking of Flexo's net worth.
Notable Awards/Recognition: Consumerism Commentary has been mentioned in The Wall Street Journal and quoted in BusinessWeek Online. Yahoo! named Consumerism Commentary as one of the "Ten Money Blogs Everyone Should Read." Most recently, Consumerism Commentary was named "A Must-Read Blog" by Kilpinger's Personal Finance Magazine.
Bottom Line: Flexo and Smithee write with passion about finance products and services offering a fresh perspective on money and debt most useful for reflecting on your own personal day-to-day personal financial management.

Moneysmartz on Twitter

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:01:49 -0600

Twitter, the social networking and micro-blogging sensation, allows individuals to deliver short messages ("tweets") over multiple networks and devices. Since Twitter's launch in 2006, it has evolved into a tool for easily connecting with friends and family. Lately, businesses have discovered the utility of Twitter through an almost unlimited number of creative approaches.

Moneysmartz recently jumped into the Twitter fray and began posting updates about Moneysmartz blog posts. Our Twitter page shows who we are following and who is following us. We welcome anyone with an interest in personal finance to follow our tweets. Moneysmartz follows individuals and businesses micro-blogging about personal finance, including personal finance blogs and websites.

Moneysmartz will continue to track the Twitter sensation and report on ways individuals can use Twitter to find the information, products, and services they need to make smarter financial decisions.

Get Rich Slowly

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:24:22 -0600

Get Rich Slowly
Categories: Personal Finance Blog
Description: Get Rich Slowly, a money and finance blog authored by former cardboard-box salesman J.D. Roth, helps readers take the slow and steady route in building wealth. Through sensible advice about personal finance and simple money management rules and tips, Get Rich Slowly guides the way to a better relationship with money. Blog topics range from consumerism, entrepreneurship, health, and even relationships, all with a connection back to the theme of common sense personal financial management.
Features: Simple in style, tone, and content, Get Rich Slowly organizes posts by relevant personal finance categories and hosts an active community of almost 3,000 individuals discussing personal finance and fiscal fitness.
Notable Awards/Recognition: Indicative of its widespread media attention, Get Rich Slowly was recognized as the "Most Inspiring Money Blog" by CNNMoney.com in 2008.
Bottom Line: If you are tired of get-rich-quick schemes and would like to try a more practical and sensible approach, then Get Rich Slowly will deliver what you need including daily updates about saving and investing money, practical tips and advice for frugal living, slice-of-life examples about debt elimination, and the latest financial news from the web.

Suze Orman

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 06:12:09 -0600

Suze Orman
Categories: Financial Planning, Personal Finance
Description: SuzeOrman.com is the official website of Suze Orman, an internationally-acclaimed personal finance expert. Suze Orman started her own financial planning firm in Emeryville, California in 1987. Since then, her career has been rising like a raging bull market, including six New York Times bestsellers and her own television show on CNBC.
Features: SuzeOrman.com includes information, advice, inspiration, and lots of special offers. The site's resource section includes free information on fundamental personal finance concepts such as debt management, home ownership, and insurance.
Notable Awards/Recognition: Time Magazine's 2008 Time 100 World's Most Influential People. 2009 Gracie Allen Award for The Suze Orman Show in the Outstanding Talk Show category from the American Women in Radio and Television.
Bottom Line: SuzeOrman.com is a monument to smart self-promotion with an array of Suze Orman and third-party product and service offers. While the site is light on free information and resources, it is an effective channel to Suze Orman and her multimedia empire, including television, radio, publishing, and public speaking. If you are willing to open your checkbook just a little, then a visit to SuzeOrman.com should yield the expert guidance and dose of inspiration many of us need.

FiLife

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:51:02 -0600

FiLife
Category: Personal Finance
Description: Started by the IAC and Dow Jones in 2008, FiLife is a personal finance and money management community offering product reviews, tools, discussion, and stories from The Wall Street Journal, Barron's and Marketwatch. The FiLife site is organized by major financial planning topics like banking, credit cards, the economy, and investing. Each topic page includes expert Q&A, resource guides, news, tools, polls that FiLife calls "stackers", and discussion.
Features: The FiLife site utilizes social networking tools including FiLife's "chatter on Twitter" that shows what people are saying about important financial topics. In addition, FiLife's "stackers" lets site visitors create, answer and share personal finance polls.
Bottom Line: If you are looking for a well-organized and convenient way to gather information about important personal finance topics, products, and services, then FiLife is worth a visit. FiLife's "stackers" offers a unique twist on personal finance social networking and is a fun and interesting way to learn more about your personal finances.

Blogging Stocks

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:51:50 -0600

Blogging Stocks
Category: Investing Blogs
True to its mission "to cover stocks with depth, analysis and an obsession unmatched anywhere on the web," Blogging Stocks offers an array of analysis and opinion every day. Articles, opinion, and stock picks are organized by stock, so it's easy to find and track your favorite stock.
http://www.bloggingstocks.com