This Week in Personal Finance – November 25th, 2007

November 25, 2007 By Matthew Paulson

I hope everyone gained a pound or two this weekend by enjoying far too much turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, pie, and the like, I know I sure did. I had plenty of time to read this weekend, so I thought I’d share some of the great articles I’ve found from around the personal finance blogosphere!

• Twelve Important Things To Talk About When Your Relationship Gets Serious @ The Simple Dollar
• Strategies to Contribute More Than Your Roth IRA Allows @ My Dollar Plan
• How Do You Plan To Get Ahead? Ways To Increase Your Income @ The Digerati Life
• Protecting Our Credit From a Wayward Collection Agency @ FCN
• How Medicare Works @ Free Money Finance
• 8 Steps to a Six Figure Career @ Brip Blap
• LazyMan & Money Shares What He’s Thankful for @ LazyMan and Money
• If you’re renting now and want to buy, don’t worry! @ Mighty Bargain Hunter
• How to Maximize the Bang for the Buck When You Buy Organic Food @ Grad Money Matters
• 9 Good Visa Rewards Cards with No Annual Fee @ Clever Dude

Posted in this week in personal finance

• Tossing away free money from your employer? If your employer offers a 401(k) with matching, that's exactly what you're doing. We were chatting with friends this weekend and the topic got steered to money. (Not by me, actually!) We talked about: Starting...
• Review: Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes and How to Correct Them By Gary Belsky and Tom Gilovich This fascinating book by a popular financial journalist and a college professor may not be the newest book on the shelf, and it may not have the most hype, but by far, it is one...
• Free Money Page Premieres A week or two ago, I finally premiered my free money page. The goal of the page is to collect all of the ways I earn free money and make it available to all of...
• Free eBook: Everything You Need to Know About Personal Finance On One Page Trent, from The Simple Dollar, wrote a great handbook for personal finance, and he is giving it out for free! Go here to download your free copy: Free eBook: Everything You Ever Really Needed To...
• How to Undo The Results of Financial Trauma Whether you’ve lost your home or your job, or your money management skills over the years have left you severely in the hole, it is never to early to start turning things around. You can...