Links and Carnivals, Week of March 22

Posted by PK On March - 26 - 2010

A collection of article links and carnivals for the week.

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Carnivals And Links, Week of March 15

Posted by PK On March - 21 - 2010

Carnivals and links for the week!

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Retirement Fantasy

Posted by PK On March - 17 - 2010

The release of the Employee Benefit Research Institute’s 2010 Retirement Confidence Survey is something that really interests a person like me. For years I’ve been digging into personal finance and economics texts in the ravenous pursuit of knowledge in the fields. However, occasionally a report like the RCS comes along and allows me to really benchmark my own behavior against that of my peers – other Americans. What does the report show? In my opinion, many people aren’t taking the whole investing for retirement thing seriously.

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Links, Week of February 15

Posted by PK On February - 19 - 2010

A collection of links for the week.

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Valentine’s Day By The Numbers

Posted by PK On February - 16 - 2010

Few things in economics and personal finance are better than looking back on the psyche of the consumer through the lens of special holidays. Luckily, Valentine’s Day just passed, and someone else has run the numbers for me! (What, you thought I was going to go over used car sales on President’s Day?). The site BillShrink made an interesting infographic which details the spending thatgoes into the just-passed Valentine’s Day. Without further ado, please enjoy this graphic.

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Carnivals and Links, Week of February 1st

Posted by PK On February - 4 - 2010

Carnivals and links, presented for your viewing pleasure!

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Carnivals and Links, Week of January 25th

Posted by PK On January - 26 - 2010

Weekly links and carnivals!

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Carnivals and Links, Week of December 20

Posted by PK On December - 25 - 2009

Carnivals and links for the week.

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Featured Links, Week of December 7

Posted by PK On December - 10 - 2009

Featured links for the week of December 7.

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Lending to Friends

Posted by PK On November - 12 - 2009

Yesterday there was an interesting topic on CNN Money, one which gets touched on at most major personal finance sites: should you loan money to friends? The answer most often given, is no. There are some caveats… this specific article mentioned securing the loan in some way. What’s the best way to structure such a loan, assuming you go through with it?

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