March 30th Friday Five - TGIF Edition

X

Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic.

I’m glad it’s Friday. It has been an unusually busy week at work and I can’t wait to go home and catch up on some outdoor activities while the nice weather is sticking around. This week we find many great articles to sink your teeth into:

Mutual Fund Basics: Asset Allocation and Balanced Funds - The sun takes us through a tour of these different fund classifications and who can benefit from them. I’m a fan of some of these funds for investors who want a hands-off approach yet want to simplify their holdings.

10 Tips on Life and Disability Insurance - SVB has ten great tips to consider with your life and disability insurance. They are getting more, should you?

How 5 Minutes Can Save You $120 - Ben takes a look at something I wrote about last year. I have to highlight Ben’s post because it is so easy to do that you could be throwing money away if you don’t.

The Subprime Mess: All About Ignorance - Who’s to blame for this mess? I think it is a combination of ignorance on both the lenders and borrowers, but Golbguru goes into much more detail about the situation.

The End of My Credit Card Arbitrage - Lazy Man has had a hard time with Discover. Is someone trying to put the kibosh on his arbitrage?