Nov 8th, 2009
November 8, 2009 Link Payday
We’re a few days late, but welcome to your November 8, 2009 edition of the Link Payday! Halloween’s done, American Thanksgiving’s on the way, and it’ll be the end of the year before we know it! Before the rest of the year slips away, let’s take a look at some of the best blog posts in the personal finance and productivity blogospheres over the last few weeks:
Lynnae over at Being Frugal asks What is Success? Success is not something that can be judged the same way in every instance. I love her conclusion about what the basis of success is–reading that, I feel like I’m more of a success than I could ever imagine.
Frugal Dad throws us a curveball when he gives us 5 Reasons to Dump Your Strict Budget. He has a point–a strict budget is in many ways like a strict diet. It’s hard to make those work!
Her Every Cent Counts learns a life lesson when she tells us that Medical Costs, Life Costs, … are Expensive. Yes, this is one that we all need to learn and figuring out ways to keep those costs down is one of the ways we help our budgets.
JLP over at All Financial Matters looks at an old comparison and finds that the relentlessness of the index wins again–at least right now–when he compares Bill Miller vs. the S&P 500 Index. Miller’s done well, but the last few years have taken its toll and higher expenses vs. a low cost index fund would put the index even further over the top.
Finally, Moolanomy compares several ways to view movies when they look at Redbox Movie Rentals Versus Netflix Versus Blockbuster. We don’t have Redbox here although we have similar services–I’d like to see the comparison include the local public library!
And that’s our Link Payday for November 8, 2009!
