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Simple Year End Reading to start the new year right

B Simple — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 11:00:05 +0000

A new year is also upon us which means tax time and new year’s resolutions are round the corner. Many of us are still getting over Christmas but a new year is less than a week away. So now is the time to set your financial goals and do some year-end tax planning. Here are some post from this week that can help you plan for the new year:

Wondering where and how to start planning for the new year. This post Start Thinking NOW About How You Will Rock 2011! will help you get started.

If you want to simplify your personal finances, you need to have a budget. Now is a good time to start one if you do not have one or review and revise the one you have. Wisebread offers 8 Tips for Improving or Starting a Budget.

Looking for some additional help with your budget for the new year. Canadian Finance Blog offers 10 Free Sites for Personal and Family Budgeting. I am sure one of these site will help you get your budget in order.

To simplify your finances you should avoid some personal debt. Moolanomy offers some tips in How to Avoid a Personal Debt Crisis.

Sometimes to plan for the coming year its best to review the previous year. Dumb Little Man offers 7 Important Questions To Ask Yourself Before The Year Ends to help you review the previous year.

Its always important to review your tax situation. JoeTaxpayer offers End of Year Tax Tips.

So take some action to start 2011 off on the right foot so you can simplify your personal financial life by planning now.

Take one step at a time to simplify. Have a Happy New Year!!!

Simple Sunday Personal Finance Roundups – Scholarship Edition

B Simple — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 18:13:27 +0000

The Yakezie is the web’s largest personal finance and lifestyle blog networks. The Yakezie Scholarship officially launched this Thursday, November 11th. The Yakezie Scholarship is a one of a kind scholarship that focuses on not only helping someone in financial need, but also provides mentorship to all winners! To learn more check out HowToSaveMoney.com Yakezie Scholarship – December, 2010

Here are this week’s personal finance roundups which feature the best personal finance posts from the past week. I am sure you can find several posts that will help you simplify your personal finances:

Invest it Wisely offers Weekend Reading: Riding the roller coaster

JoeTaxpayer offers A Horizontal Roundup

My Dollar Plan offers Winners of First Favorite Things, Mutual Fund Settlements, and More

Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance offers 24 Free On-line Resources to Increase your Personal and Financial Wealth

Young and Thrifty offers Weekend Ramblings and PF Blog Love: Groupon Ban Edition

Girl with Red Balloon offers Link love: Zzzz edition

Len Penzo offers Black Coffee: Caution. Wet Paint. Lots of It.

Canadian Finance Blog offers Friday Links

Passive Family Income offers Controlling Heating Costs and Weekly Links

Bucksome Boomer offers Week in Review: Veteran’s Day Edition

Wealth Pilgrim offers
Veteran’s Day Links

DoNotWait.com offers Yakezie Challenge Link Time

Financially Poor offers Friday Night Likes

Budgeting in the Fun Stuff offers Weekly Favorites and Gratitude!

Personal Finance by the Book offers Veteren’s Day Roundup

Financial Highway offers Weekly Round Up-RESP Book Giveaway Edition

Green Panda offers Yakezie Challenge Time

Budgets are Sexy offers Weekly Roundup: All About The New Kardashian Card

Money Reasons offers MR Cache 2010, Nov 14 – Time is Moving Fast

20Something Finance offers Highlights, Favorites, Deals, & Oddities – Week of 11-8-10

Gen Y Wealth offers Weekend Reading | Greed is Bad Edition

Oblivious Investor offers Investing Blog Roundup: RMDs, Rollovers, and Contribution Limits

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Simple Sunday Personal Finance Roundups – Extra Hour Edition

B Simple — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 12:00:51 +0000

With daylight saving time over, we each gain an extra hour, as we all know time is very value, how do you plan to spend your extra hour? If you have not decide how to spend your extra hour. Spend a part of that extra hour reading some of this week’s personal finance roundups which feature the best personal finance posts from the past week. I am sure you can find several posts that will help you simplify your personal finances:

JoeTaxpayer offers A Fall Back Roundup

Green Sherpa offers Sherpa Picks: Co-Signing, Moving Home, and More!

Redeeming Riches offers PF Round Up: What Should You Do With Your Bonus, The Movie Edition

Simple Financial Lifestyle offers Simple Weekend Reading – Retirement Edition

Studenomics offers Catch Up On Links Time

Invest with Passion offers Round Up #5: Personal Finance Tips for Real Estate Investors

Free from Broke offers Daylight Savings and Links

Penny Frugalista offers Posts That Piqued My Interest: Fall Leaves Edition

Len Penzo offers Black Coffee: The Fed’s Disgraceful War on Average Americans

Canadian Finance Blog offers Friday Links

Money Help for Christians offers How I Make My Roundup

Bucksome Boomer offers Week in Review: Time Change Edition

Wealth Pilgrim offers Relax Yourself Friday Links

Passive Family Income offers Multiple Streams of Income and Weekly Links

DoNotWait.com offers Weekend Link Time

Financially Poor offers Friday Night Likes

Budgeting in the Fun Stuff offers Weekly Favorites and Gratitude!

Personal Finance by the Book offers Flip House Update 4 / Roundup

Financial Highway offers Weekly Round Up-Small Investors, Gold and Bonds, RESP and More

Green Panda offers What’s Cool Around The Web

Budgets are Sexy offers Weekly Roundup: Bloggers, Presents & Elevator Pitches

Money Reasons offers MR Cache 2010, Nov 06 – Will The DOW Rally?

Everyday Tips and Thoughts offers Link Round Up – Time to Read!

The Financial Blogger offers Financial Ramblings

Wise Bread offers Best Money Tips: 4 Ways to Fight Procrastination

Oblivious Investor offers Investing Blog Roundup: One Outfit for a Month?

Simple Weekend Reading – Retirement Edition

B Simple — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:00:59 +0000

Planning for your eventual retirement is key to designing your simple financial lifestyle. Here are six tips to help you simplify your retirement planning:

Set a retirement goal
Access your existing retirement plans
Automate your retirement savings
Take action by starting a retirement account if you have not established one
Review your accounts regularly
Diversify your retirement assets

Looking for more retirement advice. Here are some of the best posts from this week that can help you simplify your personal finances by planning for your retirement:

Most of us worry about how much we will need to retirement. Financial Samurai offers a solution to this problem in How Much You Need To Retire And Never Have To Worry Again

Many of us have 401ks as part of our retirement plan. Young and Thrifty offers 5 Ways to Improve Your 401K.

Free from Broke offers What Fees Are Part of Your 401(k) Plan?

Gen Y Wealth offers some quick tips to improve your 401k in How to Dominate Your 401(k) in 2011 and Beyond

Are you fearful that you may run out of money in retirement? Canadian Finance Blog offers Tips To Prevent Running Out Of Money In Retirement

If you are feeling like retirement investing is too complicated. Oblivious Investor offers Simple Investing is Better Investing

Wealth Pilgrim offers more simple retirement investment tips in Retirement Income Investments and Planning Made Simple

What type of retirement plan is best for you? Green Panda offers A Defined Contribution is Better for Us

A key to retirement is replacing your income. Frugal Dad offers some solutions in The Secret to Replacing Your Income

Fivecent Nickel offers How Much Will You Spend in Retirement?

Not sure how much you can contribute to your 401k and pension? KNS Financial offers 2011 Contribution Limits for IRA, 401(k), and 403(b) and JoeTaxpayer offers Pension Plan Limits for 2011

Simple Sunday Personal Finance Roundup – Big Yakezie Thank You Edition

B Simple — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 16:38:28 +0000

Welcome to this Week’s Edition of Simple Sunday Round.

On August 16th, 2010, I have joined the Yakezie Network Challenge. At that time my Alexa ranking was 761,131. My goal was to reach Alexa rating of 200,000 with in 6 months of taking the challenge. Well thanks to all those other Yakezie members you have helped as of today my Alexa rating is 194,176. I have reached my goal in less than 6 months. Not only has joining Yakezie the best network of personal finance sites helped with my Alexa rating, I have also meet other personal finance bloggers to network with. Thanks to all of those who have helped me reach this point. On to the next challenge of reaching Alexa 100,000 and building more relationships.

Green Sherpa offers Sherpa Picks: Cold Treatments, Job Hunting, and More!

Sweating the Big Stuff offers Best of the Rest: Communication Edition

Invest with Passion offers Round Up #3: Personal Finance Tips for Real Estate Investors

Mighty Bargain Hunter offers Mighty Bargains and links: gearing up for sugar rush

JoeTaxpayer offers An Identity Stealing Roundup

Free From Broke offers Savings and Certificate of Deposit Rates and Links

Youngandthrifty offers Weekend Ramblings and PF Blog Love: Lists Galore Edition

Len Penzo offers Black Coffee: Why Sex and Personal Finance Don’t Mix

Canadian Finance Blog offers Friday Links

Eemusings offers Link love (Powered by long weekends and golden dumplings)

Bucksome Boomer offers Personal Finance Giveaway Round-up

Wealth Pilgrim offers Friday Pilgrim Posts on Parade

Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance offers WHERE TO GET A HIGH (?) YIELD ON YOUR CASH: Part 1

Passive Family Income offers Yakezie Update and Weekly Links

DoNotWait offers DoNotWait! Roundup

Watson Inc offers Second Chance Round Up with Uncommon Money News

Budgeting in the Fun Stuff offers Weekly Favorites and Gratitude!

Personal Finance by the Book offers Home from Vacation Roundup

Dividend Monk offers Weekend Reading 10/23/2010

20something finance offers Highlights, Favorites, Deals, & Oddities – Week of 10-18-10

Financial Highway offers Weekly Review-Giveaway, Deadly sins, Debt busters and more

Green Panda offers Cool Links From Around The Web

Buy Like Buffet offers My Favorite Blog Posts For The Week Of October 18th

Gen Y Wealth offers Weekend Reading – Admitting Mistakes

Lazy Man and Money offers Personal Finance Links (Tribute to my Grandfather-In-Law Edition)

Everyday Tips and Thoughts offers Take A Break and Read Some Great Posts!

The Financial Blogger offers Financial Ramblings

Wise Bread offers Best Money Tips: Oktoberfest Recipes

Oblivious Investor offers Investing Blog Roundup: PE10 and Lazy Portfolios

Simple Weekend Personal Finance Reading – Kids & Money Edition

B Simple — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:00:51 +0000

Have you had the money talk with your kids? I know my parents provided me with a great financial foundation. I believe teaching your children the fundamentals of personal finances can go a long way in helping you simplify your personal finances as well as your child’s personal finances in the future. Here are some personal finance post from this week that can help you teach your child about personal finance and money.

Frugal Dad teaches you How To Raise Money-Smart Kids.

Moneyning teaches you How To Teach Your Kids The Concept Of Investing.

Budgeting in the Fun Stuff explains in Kids & Money – Keep it Simple. I am about keeping it simple.

Redeeming Riches provides 8 Financial Myths to Discuss with Your Kids.

Financial Highway offers some additional Kids and Money posts in Dollar Matters: It’s for the Kids Edition

Here are several other posts from this week’s that I know can help you simplify your personal finances:

Fiscal Fizzle provides 5 Components of a Good Layoff Contingency Plan. This should be implemented by everyone.

Simple Dollar discusses Degrees of Want.

Money Help for Christians offers several simple Using Financial Ratios to Gauge Your Financial Health Try these out to see where you stand financially.

Financial Highway ask the question Are Your Financial Stresses Killing You? This is the reason you want to simplify your personal finances?

Simple Personal Finance Roundups – Pink Edition

B Simple — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15:00:35 +0000

Welcome to this week’s Pink Edition of Simple Sunday Personal Finance Roundups. Each week I like to pull some of the best personal finance roundups and links post together. It enables you to find the best personal finance post for the past week in one place.

October is breast cancer awareness month. I wanted to do this week’s roundup in honor of those you have breast cancer and for those who have beaten breast cancer. If you want to learn more about breast cancer check out these two sites Breast Cancer.org and Susan G Komen for the Cure

Invest with Passion offers Round Up: Personal Finance for Real Estate Investors

Mighty Bargain Hunter offers Yard sale finds and interesting reads and links

Invest It Wisely offers Weekend Reading: Fall Foliage Edition

Free From Broke offers Blog Action Day – Water and Links

Youngandthrifty offers Weekend Ramblings and PF Blog Love: Failed Yogi Edition

Canadian Finance Blog offers Friday Links

Bucksome Boomer offers Week in Review: Chilean Miners Edition

Punch Debt in the Face offers Ninja Roundup

Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance offers Mea Culpa Link Round-up

Studenomics offers Weekend Trips Links Time

Money Under 30 offers In Brief: Working Fewer Hours, Raising Chickens, and the Secret to Financial Success

Budgeting in the Fun Stuff offers Weekly Favorites and Gratitude!

The Millionaire Nurse offers Braves Lose, But Dawgs and Noles Win: A Week In Review, and Personal Finance Too!

Money Reasons offers MR Cache 2010, Oct 17 – Water Spot Edition

Personal Finance by the Book offers Smoky Mountain Getaway Roundup

Dividend Monk offers Weekend Reading 10/16/2010

20something finance offers Highlights, Favorites, Deals, & Oddities – Week of 10-11-10

Financial Highway offers Weekly Review- Stock Market Strategies, Myths, 100 Year Bonds and more

Canadian Personal Finance Blog offers Random Thoughts: Look up, Waaay Up…

Realm of Prosperity offers Weekend Links: Introducing the Money Crasher Personal Finance Blog Ranking List

Green Panda offers What’s Cool Around The Web

Budgets are Sexy offers Weekly Love: Interviews, Comics and Starbucks

Everyday Tips and Thoughts offers Time To Read Some Great Posts!

The Financial Blogger offers Financial Ramblings

Green Sherpa offers Sherpa Picks: Holiday Spending, Groupon, and More!
Sherpa Picks: Holiday Spending, Groupon, and More!

Wise Bread offers Best Money Tips: How to Tackle Boredom

Oblivious Investor offers Investing Blog Roundup: RESP Edition

Simple Sunday Personal Finance Roundups – Columbus Day Edition

B Simple — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:41:36 +0000

Welcome to this week’s Columbus Edition of Simple Sunday Personal Finance Roundups. Each week I like to pull some of the best personal finance roundups and links post together. It enables you to find the best personal finance post from the last week in one place.

As Columbus discovered America check out this week’s personal finance roundups and you may discover a personal finance post or article to help you simplify your personal finances.

So don’t delay here are this week’s roundups. Hope you enjoy them as much as I do:

Bucksome Boomer offers Week in Review: Lennon, New Blogs and a Meet-up

Free From Broke offers Happy Blogoversary To Me And Links

Canadian Finance Blog offers Friday Links

Len Penzo offers Black Coffee: I See the Fed Is Getting Into the Halloween Spirit.

Invest It Wisely offers Weekend Reading: The Changing Seasons and Canadian Thanksgiving Edition

Financial Samurai offers Instead Of Twitter Love What About A Twitter War?

Money Crashers offers Personal Finance Round-Up: How to Leave Your Job in This Economy

Budgeting in the Fun Stuff offers Weekly Favorites and Gratitude!

The Penny Frugalista offers Posts That Piqued My Interest: “Boy, Am I Steamed” Edition

JoeTaxpayer offers A Ten Ten Ten Roundup

Invest with Passion offers Round Up: Personal Finance Friday

Personal Finance by the Book offers Money and Happiness Roundup

20somethingfinance offers Highlights, Favorites, Deals, & Oddities – Week of 10-4-10

Dividend Monk offers Weekend Links 10/9/2010

Money Reasons offers MR Cache 2010, Oct 9 – Winning Across The Board!

Green Panda offers What’s Cool Around The Web

Financially Poor offers Friday Night Likes

Budgets are Sexy offers Weekly Roundup: Gold Bars, Hot Lovin’ and Massages!

Everyday Tips and Thoughts offers Get Ready For Some Great Reading!

Buy Like Buffet offers Best Investing And Personal Finance Posts

Wise Bread offers Best Money Tips: Get Rid of Social Media Pests

Oblivious Investor offers Investing Roundup: What’s a Boglehead?

Til next time take it one step at a time to simplify your finances.

Simple Sunday Financial Roundups – Money Index Edition

B Simple — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 12:00:09 +0000

Welcome to this week’s Simple Sunday Financial Roundup.

A new personal finance web site was launched this week by Tom from Canadian Finance Blog called Money Index. It’s a great site which shows you the five most recent posts from several personal finance sites. This new site enables you to go to one location to find the most recent personal finance articles and post. The site even breaks down the sites into various categories. You can see my site under personal finance category.

In this week’s Simple Sunday Financial Roundup, I have featured many of the bloggers roundups who are part of the Money Index. If you are looking to simplify your personal finance, the money index has a lot to offer so check out the new site.

Here are this week’s roundups. Hope you enjoy them as much as I do:

Canadian Finance Blog offers Friday Links

Budgeting in the Fun Stuff offers Weekly Favorites and Gratitude!

Invest It Wisely offers Weekend Reading: Six-Month Anniversary Edition

Lazy Man and Money offers Weekend Personal Finance Links (“Busted Vacation?” Edition)

Fiscal Fizzle offers Mid-Week Links: Recession, Rental Taxes, and More!

My Wife Quit her job offers A Weekly Roundup And Unique Ways People Find MyWifeQuitHerJob.com

The Penny Frugalista offers Posts That Piqued My Interest: Now It Feels Like Fall!

Len Penzo offers Black Coffee: Houston, We Have a Problem. A Very Big Problem

Realm of Prosperity offers Weekend Links: Yakezie Challenge Update #1

JoeTaxpayer A Post Wall Roundup

YoungandThrifty offers Weekend Ramblings and PF Blog Love: Je Suis Fatigue Edition

Generation X Finance offers Friday Finance Findings for October 1st

Personal Finance by the Book offers Airstream for Sale – Reality Trumps Nostalgia / Roundup

Provident Planning offers Weekend Reading – 10/01/2010

Boomer & Echo offers What’s New Around The Blogosphere: October 1st, 2010

20somethingfinance offers Highlights, Favorites, Deals, & Oddities – Week of 9-27-10

Dividend Guy offers DGB Roundup Time

Organizing Junkie offers Take Note ~ Links of Love

Balance Junkie offers 20 Cents from September 2010

Free From Broke offers Discover More Cashback Increase and Links

Financial Highway offers Weekly Round Up- Dollar Matters Edition

Money Reasons offers MR Cache 2010, Oct 3 – Site Growing Pains

Bucksome Boomer offers Week in Review: Pennant Race Edition

Green Panda offers What’s Cool Around The Web

Financially Poor offers Friday Night Likes

Budgets are Sexy offers Weekly Love: Engineers, TechCrunch & Jersey Shore

Everyday Tips and Thoughts offers Time To Do Some Reading!

Buy Like Buffet offers My Favorite Blog Posts From The World Wide Web

The Financial Blogger offers Yakezie Roundup

Wise Bread offers Best Money Tips: Save Money on Plus-Sized Clothing

Oblivious Investor offers Investing Blog Roundup: Money Index Edition

Frugal Dad offers Weekly Roundup: No Frills Edition

Cash Flow Sherpas offers Sherpa Picks: Eating, Downsizing, and More!

Simple Dollar offers The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup: Family Nervousness Edition

Til next time take it one step at a time to simplify your finances.

Simple Sunday Financial Roundups – The Heat of Fall Edition

B Simple — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 12:00:40 +0000

Welcome to this week’s Simple Sunday Financial Roundup. It’s fall according to the calendar but we are still feeling the summer heat here in Texas. I can’t wait for the temperature to drop. Just like the temperature is hot here check out the hot personal finance posts from this week.

Here are this week’s roundups. Hope you enjoy them as much as I do:

Personal Finance by the Book offers A Corner Lot Sucker Roundup

Money Crashers offers Personal Finance Round-Up: ‘Tis the season…Football season!

Invest It Wisely offers Weekend Reading: Mid-Autumn Festival Edition

Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance offers INSPIRING WEEK-END READING

Len Penzo offers Black Coffee: Baseball, Donkeys, Morons, and Oxymorons

Girl with Red Balloon offers Link love: Study break edition

JoeTaxpayer offers A Welcome to Fall Roundup

Bucksome Boomer offers Week in Review: Fire Season Edition

YoungandThrifty offers Weekend Ramblings and PF Blog Love: Maintaining Anonymity
Edition

Watson Inc offers Are You A Financial Sinner? Round Up and Uncommon Money News

Free From Broke offers Time Is Tight and Links