June, 2007:

Article: The 100 Most Inspirational Personal Finance Turnaround Stories Online

Credit Card Lowdown posted a very interesting article, The 100 Most Inspirational Personal Finance Turnaround Stories Online.

My student loan debt elimination success story is mentioned in the article along with other bloggers’ stories.

10 Top-Rated, Dividend-Paying Stocks

For dividend investors, take a look at this article:

10 Top-Rated, Dividend-Paying Stocks

Green Blog Themes

Pfstock talks about having green blog themes in his post. I notice the green theme is commonly used though. I do like the color theme of my blog. I hope it’s not causing a huge display issue in web browsers. Does anyone has an issue reading the contents on this blog? Let me know which browser and version you are using.

Sunday’s Quote

Money is flat and meant to be piled up. – Scottish Proverb

Why Whole Foods Stock Is In Trouble

WFMI has hit a 52-week low of $38.38 recently. The question is whether this low is rock bottom and will the stock rebound. Below is an article that explains why Whole Foods is in big trouble.
Whole Foods: Don’t Pay High Prices For Low Earnings.

Saturday’s Quote

I’m not the man I used to be, so why should I have to pay off his debts? – Gary Apple

Sunday’s Quote

Whoever said money can’t buy happiness didn’t know where to shop. – Gertrude Stein

Feds Rates Are Going Up

10-Year Treasury Yield Passes 5 Percent

Are Fun Jobs Well Compensated?

Want a fun job and wonder if you can still make a good living. Read MSN’s article, Fun Jobs: Do They Pay?

What Stocks NOT to Bet the House On

Motley Fool’s article, Stocks to Bet the House On advises investors to tread carefully with hyped-up stocks that carries high price to sales ratios.

Instead, the casual investor should do the following:

1. Broadly diversify.
2. Invest new money on a regular basis.
3. Wipe out emotion from your decision-making.
4. Expect mistakes.
5. Scale back any individual position, or your overall exposure to stocks, if you’re fretting about the volatility.