The Carnival of Investing – March 12, 2007 Edition
Welcome to the March 12, 2007 edition of the Carnival of Investing!
We have a smorgasbord of articles from which you can choose.
I have sorted the articles into three categories below:
* Editors Choice,
* Honorable Mention, and
* Straying a Bit, but still interesting.
Enjoy your feast,
The Skilled Investor
EDITOR’S CHOICE:
FIRE Getters presents Investing – Asset Allocation – Part 5 posted at FIRE Finance.
(A nice survey of industry asset allocation models — backtrack from this link to the other 4 parts)
FMF presents Why I Like Index Funds, Part 3 posted at Free Money Finance, saying, “My most complete post yet on why I like index funds.”
(Plus, lots of links to follow for more information about index funds…)
Silicon Valley Blogger presents What Do You Make Of A Stock Market Sell Off? posted at The Digerati Life.
Ybother presents Top 10 Reasons Wall Street Gives for the Stock Market Correction posted at TodaysTen.com: Daily Top Ten List to jumpstart your knowledge, saying, “Why did the stock market fall so suddenly and by so much? Wall street tries to explain”
Jim presents Background Check Your Financial Adviser posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.
Golbguru presents Gold As Investment: When One Pound Of Gold Is Not Equal To One Pound Of Gold posted at Money, Matter, and More Musings, saying, “A rookie’s initiation into gold as an investment and his first thoughts about gold.”
Leon Gettler presents The China Syndrome posted at Sox First, saying, “The historical significance of this week’s stock market plunge should not be under-estimated. When it comes to risk, it’s a whole new ball game with global capital markets now more integrated than ever before. What’s happening now in China is the shape of things to come.”
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Tom Hanna presents Financial Roadmap March 12 to 17, 2007 posted at Financial Options, saying, “The big indicators of the week will be the release of the Producer Price Index on Thursday and the Consumer Price Index on Friday, the major indicators of wholesale and retail price inflation respectively. The US federal budget, which has been coming in with a lower than expected deficit pretty consistently, will also bear watching as a continued downtrend in the deficit could equate to a mollified Federal Reserve and lower interest rates.”
The Skilled Investor presents Screening [...]