Four Ways to Improve Your Resume [Yahoo Hotjobs] “Here are four tips on how you can power up your resume for today’s more competitive job search arena.”
You’re dead: Where’s your 401(k)? [MSN Money] “If you should die before spending all your hard-earned retirement savings, any number of things could happen to the remaining money. Don’t let it fall into the wrong pockets.”
7 Secrets to Picking Great Funds [Kiplinger] “These methods will help you choose wisely and give your portfolio a boost. Some may surprise you.”
When Should You Downgrade Your Car Insurance? [The Simple Dollar] “How do you know when the time is right to downgrade your car insurance?”
4 Ways to Reduce a Gadget’s Power Drain [Smart Money] “Here are four ways to cut your gadgets’ energy consumption.”
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Personal Finance Roundup
By September 4, 2008
As for the fund selection, I’d write a much shorter article:
1. Buy low fee index funds.
2. Don’t try to time the market.
3. Go to the beach.
@JustThatGuy3: Fully with you there. Market Timing never pays off except for those collecting the brokerage fees.
Scratching my head over the “should you drop your comprehensive car insurance” bit. It seems to me that once your car’s Blue Book drops to a certain point, say, five grand, it no longer pays to keep full coverage on it, regardless of your financial situation. I can think of a lot of things I’d rather be doing with that money besides handing it over to the insurance company to insure a beater.