Happy hump day! Hopefully perusing these links will help you get past the rest of the work week and onto the weekend!
Last week, I briefly rounded up the wonderful Yakezie Challenge members and their associated posts, but didn’t have enough time to add the Yakezie members who were ranked in the top 50,000 of the Alexa rankings. As promised, I hope to do that this week… don’t want to leave anyone out! This will probably be the last “regular” volume of my mid-week round up, I might feature some favourite blog posts from Yakezie members instead. So enjoy my completely non-condensed version (read: took hours compiling!) while you can!
As you may already know, the Yakezie Challenge was envisioned by our leader Financial Samurai (lol, do we sound like a cult?). I’ll go by the rankings of the Yakezie Challenge, which is hosted by Ryan on Planting Dollars’ site this week. The order is from the lowest ranked Yakezie to the highest.
Happy Wednesday!
The 200,000 Club
Girl with the Red Balloon talks about her Debt Snowball: Student Loan Style
Saving Money Today blogs about joining the Yakezie Challenge- welcome!!
Mike at Personal Finance Ninja (hiiiyaaaa!! sorry had to put that one in there) blogs about Life Style Inflation: Why your Savings is Not Growing as Fast as Your Income. Awesome term to describe what we gen-y-ers suffer from- life style inflation!
Beating Broke doesn’t think “Life’s Better Here” and talks about how Innovis Healthcare Stinks.
Rainy Day Saver gives tips about how to Prepare your Finances for Vacation.
One Money Design gives you the how to on Adjusting your Income Tax Withholding Allowances (US taxes)
Bytta at 151 Days Off asks Where Do You Draw Inspiration?
Foreigners Finances gets you to take the Entrepreneur Test- how well do YOU score? Yay! I think I’m a natural entrepreneur (though I certainly don’t feel like it sometimes!)
My Money Minute has joins the 200,000 mile club (no, not the mile high club, get that mind out of the gutter!) because he has done 200,000 clicks on his Nissan! That’s really really impressive. He must have maintained that car very well!
Stay at Home Mom CFO talks about the things you need to think about when choosing Maternity Coverage
Elle at Couple Money reviews the book Unautomate Your Finances. Interesting, I myself prefer to automate my finances. =)
The Amateur Financier was featured in MSN Money this week AND shares with us Learning Financial Lessions from Aesop’s Fables
Engineer Your Finances talks about the Financial Lessons Learned from Engineering and how financial literacy and education trumps all!
Downturn Living discusses How Green is Your Sex Life? (yes, you read that right! =P )
Little House in the Valley shares some tips on how to make over a “fixer upper” house and make it your home.
Redeeming Riches gives 10 great money saving tips on how to save $10K, one of my favourites is to pack your lunch.
Single Guy Money talks about how to make money off of Craigslist (great tips! One of my mini goals is to sell unwanted stuff on Craigslist)
Clarifinancial tells us a secret from the Life Insurance Industry… SHHH… Life Insurance Doesn’t last your Whole Life!
CJ Bowker hosts the Yakezie Challenge Carnival (yeahhh!)
Frugalzeitgeist ponders about whether trading your car for a horse will be cheaper. Dang, so many creative PF bloggers out there! LOVE it! AND he’s good on the computer…he created a widget of recent Yakezie posts.
Money Reasons discusses whether you Can really Trust People Asking for Handouts when they are Dressed Better than You?
Well Heeled asks you How Much Would You Spend on a Mattress? (the picture on her post looks sooo comfy- I want that bed!)
Wealth Pilgrim wants you to make sure that your IRA Beneficiary Gets their Money when You Go.
Evolution of Wealth shares with us the Hidden Gems of Life Insurance Policies
Money Funk fills us in on her new business proposition… hint: it’s a friggin’ great idea!! PS: congrats on hitting the 200,000 mark!
Punch Debt in the Face also hits the 200,000 mark (yeehaw!) and asks you what hobbies you spend your big buckeroos on
The 100,000 club
Ulitimate Money Blog invites us to be French by practising the same frugal habits… mmm baguette, anyone?
Deliver Away Debt advises you to Do Not Get into Any Debt!
My Journey to Millions shares with us his net worth update
Enemy of Debt talks about his challenge: Manage Your Money Week 2: Teamwork, Accountability, and Kids
Early Retirement Extreme talks about the idea of a Downsizing Party (dang- that’s a good idea.. I need that pronto!)
David @ MBA Briefs tells us that the Not So Bad News, is Good News
Wojo @ FiscalFizzle pleads for someone to take his money, he just wants that darned space heater!
Monevator asks you to decide whether Cash is King or Cash is Trash in this crazy market.
Suburban Dollar updates us on the Wealthy Bloggers of the PF world for the month of March (see which PF bloggers walk the talk!)
CreditCardChaser talks about Warren Buffets $50 Million GEICO Credit Card Business Loss
20′s Money wonders why Consumer Discretionary Stocks are Soaring
Sweating the Big Stuff interviews Monevator!
Canadian Finance Blog has a guest post on Frugal Getaways: 5 Ways to Treat Yourself with a Frugal Vacation
Planting Dollars interviews Daniel of Sweating the Big Stuff (hey! It’s like an Interview love triangle!!)
Fiscal Geek talks about the Single Most Important Step to mastering your personal finances.
The 50,000 Club
LeanLifeCoach at Eliminate the Muda asks you think think whether you’re Earning a Living or Living an Earning?
Free From Broke asks you to ponder whether it’s Okay to Be Allowed to Copy Children’s DVD’s?
PT Money discusses Easy Money: Some Good and Not So Great Ways to get Money Fast
Budgets Are Sexy graciously compiled a list of the 20 best money websites
Debt Free Adventures tells us how he saved $41,123.16 with just one phone call.‘
And finally, our Yakezie leader is on top!
Financial Samurai talks about the Mental to Physical Connection for a Healthier Lifestyle
Thanks for the link. Hopefully soon I’ll be in the 50,000 club!
.-= Tom @ Canadian Finance Blog´s last blog ..A Quick QuickTax Online Review =-.
Most excellent wrap Y&T! I enjoy reading all the little comments and such. Some real good interaction going on for the most part!
.-= Financial Samurai´s last blog ..The Mental To Physical Connection For A Healthier Lifestyle =-.
@Financial Samurai Thanks Sam, I enjoyed reading all the blogs! =)
WOW! I know that round-up took a while to put together. Thank You!
Awesome roundup! Thanks!
.-= Craig/FFB´s last blog ..Links 03-07-10 =-.
@Tom (Canadian Finance) I’m sure you’ll be in the 50,000 club in no time! You’re almost there =)
@Stay at Home Mom CFO You’re welcome!
@MoneyHoneySF Thanks =)
@Freefrombroke You’re welcome =P All great reads!
Wow! That’s quite the list. Nice job compiling it and congrats to all who’s had some great leaps!!!
@youngnthrifty – check out my Blog Roll when you get a chance.
Splinter
.-= The Rat´s last blog ..100th Post From The Rat =-.
@The Rat thanks Splinter! =) haha I got it right this time. AWEE thanks for putting me in your blog roll!
Thanks very much for the link, what an excellent group of bloggers
.-= Forest´s last blog ..Trade in Your Car for a Horse, Would It Be Cheaper? =-.