Weekend Reading: Best of the Carnival of Personal Finance #182 - Don’t Go Broke Over The Holidays Edition
My article, “A Closer Look at a 100% Diversified Stock Portfolio” was included in the most recent Carnival of Personal Finance hosted by Free From Broke. Here are some of the best posts this week, in my opinion:
- Earn What You Spend discusses Living Within Your Means. He talks about the Paradox of Thrift. It’s an interesting though, but I still think frugality is the best strategy for our future.
- Penny Cohen lists 8 Ways To Improve Your Life By Working From A Home Office. I like his thoughts, and these are some of the reasons I have thought about starting my own home-based financial planning firm.
Also, J.D. Roth at Get Rich Slowly had a great post about When Less is More: The Importance of Perceived Value. J.D. has some great thoughts here, and value is the big difference between being frugal and being cheap.
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December 13th, 2008 at 8:58 am
Thanks for linking back to the carnival!
December 13th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
re: “frugality is the best strategy for our future.” - I would agree! Or at least what frugality can represent - that is, living within one’s budget. A point I like to make is that being frugal does not mean living a spartan lifestyle, just understanding the limits of your finances.
December 13th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Very true, William! I like to look at frugality as making sure you get the best value out of each dollar—never waste money.