Comments on: Roundup and Link Love: The Point of Personal Finance Blogs

By: Finance Dollar

Finance Dollar — Wed, 05 May 2010 05:46:49 +0000

I think if we all “stick to the basics” then Personal Finance is pretty straight forward, but if we ignore these basics, we have to use tailored strategies to get back.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:34:14 +0000

Thanks for the mention! I couldn’t agree more that the “personal” in personal finance is often overlooked – every person has different needs/wants/abilities/etc. that should influence how they manage money.

By: Ron

Ron — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:50:51 +0000

I agree — there ARE universal truths, but the problem is that there isn’t as much “truth” out there as most people would claim. Most of what is passed off as truth is actually an assessment of a particular situation or set of situations. For me personally, high interest credit card debt is a bad idea, but there are a few people out there who have used credit cards as financing for their business and it paid off. For something to be immutable or universal, it has to be true in all situations, otherwise, it’s an assessment.

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By: Jeff@MySuperChargedLife

Jeff@MySuperChargedLife — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:27:37 +0000

Ron – I agree that flexibility is important, but I think there are also some immutable principles in personal finance and life in general that if we discount will come back to bite us. The truth is the truth whether we believe it or not. Thanks for the link!

By: Credit Card Chaser

Credit Card Chaser — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:52:40 +0000

I liked the list of personal development links the best. Thanks!