Category: Links

I had a guest on preparing for interviews on Cash Money Life a few weeks ago, if you were thinking about giving a job interview, head over to that post now.

The must read post this week is probably something that you have already read. Warren Buffet wrote an op-ed in the NYT this week, and if you haven’t read that yet, click here to read that metaphor rich article now.

If you have read that already, here are some other great posts for you from around the blogosphere:

Articles

Work Stress and Workplace Conflicts @ The Digerati Life

11 Simple Ways to Improve Your Credit Score @ Dough Roller

Avoid Bankruptcy Information To Help You Stay Afloat @ The Smarter Wallet

My Asset Allocation Update @ The Dividend Guy

Not reaching my (financial goals) – Why? What next? @ Vilkri

10 Questions to test your credit savvy @ Moolanomy

Best Money Market Account Rates in Florida @ Bank Vibe

Carnivals

Festival of Stocks

Carnival of Twenty Something Finances

Happy Independence Day to everyone in India!

For this edition, I collected a few great pictures from around the country, and posted them here. I wish I had taken these pictures myself, but I could have never done such a great job.

India Gate at New Delhi by ZeePack

Continue reading “Interesting Reads: Independence Day Edition”

I had  a guest post on Punch Debt in the Face, about my thoughts on an emergency fund. Here is the link to the post, do check it out.

Jessie from Jessie’s Money wrote about moving her horse about a week ago, and I was so intrigued by that post, that I requested her to write about her horse some more.

She did write about it, and here is that wonderful post. Her horse is named Starlight, and here’s a picture.

I never had a horse, so I was really keen on reading that post. The only pets I’ve ever had were rabbits, and that was a long time ago. Since, rabbits multiply at the speed of light, and we lived in New Delhi, a crowded city; I couldn’t keep my rabbits for long. I had them for about one and a half years, and had to give them away. Some day I’ll have rabbits again, but I don’t see that happening in the near future.

I can go on about rabbits for hours, so let me just take a break, and move on to other interesting stuff from the blogosphere this week.

Articles

My Dog, and Your Next Dog @ BaselineScenario

Are you FDIC Insured? Make Sure Your Money is Safe @ Banker Saver

Building a retirement portfolio @ Investing Toolkit

Stock Market Timing: Advice for Investors @ The Digerati Life

How to build good credit and clean up bad credit @ The Smarter Wallet

Investing and the Government @ The Dividend Guy

A College Degree Does Not Guarantee a Job @ Cash Money Life

List of Free Prepaid Cards @ Dough Roller

Carnivals

Carnival of 20 Something Finances

Carnival of Financial Planning

Stories about Money

This week I read a lot of great stuff. The best post by far was this post about rescissions. It’s a very good read and if there is just one link you read from this collection, read this one.

Some more interesting stuff:

Continue reading “Interesting Reads 1st August 2009”

IPO’s are really hot in China right now and very soon they are going to come out with the biggest IPO in the world ever — Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC),  worth $19 billion dollars.

I was really keen on learning about these IPOs and was hunting for their prospectus. Finally I found this story in Bloomberg on China Shipbuilding IPO, which led me to its prospectus.

I downloaded the huge document and found that all 396 pages were blank. Adobe helpfully suggested that I download a 20 MB plugin to display the font on the prospectus. I downloaded and installed it, only to find out that the prospectus is written in some Chinese language! I don’t know why it didn’t strike me that it was not going to be English, but that’s how it is.

I just scrolled the pages out of curiosity and was a little surprised to see that the general layout of the prospectus seemed to be similar to a 10 – k filing or how a prospectus for an Indian company would look like. There seemed to be something like a glossary, they had figures for CAGR growth, Balance sheet for a few years and so on.

I wish I could read it, but I don’t think I will be able to learn that language any time soon. Here are some posts that I could read though, and I hope you like them.

Stock Trader Find Speed Pays, in Milliseconds @ NYT — By now, you may have probably read this article, but if you haven’t, I think you definitely should.

Building wealth: stay invested to catch the winning days @ Vilkri

What are the best credit card rewards programs? @ The Digerati Life

After Peak Finance: Larry Summers’ Bubble @ Baselinescenario

What risk models are useful @ Ajay Shah

New York Times suffering from Body Dysmorphia @ The Reformed Broker

Stop trying to impress other people @ The Simple Dollar

Using Credit Cards to rebuild your score @ Cash Money Life

Should you re-invest your dividends @ The Dividend Guy

Will the real FICO score please stand up? @ Dough Roller

Carnival of Twenty Something Finances @ Ginger Corsair

Here are some interesting articles I read this week:

Will CIT Go Bankrupt @ Baselinescenario

Stupid Answers for Stupid Questions @ Bad Money Advice

Alternative Investments @ The Dividend Guy

How to get a personal loan @ The Digerati Life

How to buy a used car @ Money Ning

Break bad habits when managing your finances @ The Smarter Wallet

Sejal Glass Limited – Fixed Deposit Scheme @ Think Plan Invest

Investment Advice: Ignore the noise @ Five Cent Nickel

College Student’s Guide to Credit Card @ Dough Roller

Carnivals

Money Hacks Carnival @ Money Beagle

Carnival of Twenty Something Finances @ Money Under 30

Now here is something that I have never seen before — A personal finance rap song!

It’s catchy and you should definitely check it out. Here is the link to the rap song. The blog is — Punch Debt in the Face, and the blogger is Debt Ninja.

Recently, I had a guest post over at Five Cent Nickel on Credit Card Processing Fee. This post got a lot of great comments and there was a good discussion on cash v. credit on purchases.

Be sure to check out the post.