Welcome to the April 17, 2008 edition of collection of personal finance articles by others.

Jeet presents Do You Know Your Wealth Adviser? posted at Success Blog, saying, "This article about wealth management is for people who utilize a wealth adviser. Read this article to understand why it is important to know your wealth adviser. Your wealth is at stake after all!"

Sunitha Vijayanand presents All about Banking Products posted at The Basics:Mutual Fund,Portfolio Management,Sensex info,Insurance advisory,Chit Funds, where she gives an overview of the services provided by Indian banks.

Jeremy Zongker presents All I Really Needed to Know About Managing Money I Learned From Music posted at Destroy Debt, saying "Personal finance knowledge didn't come from school or family – it came right from the song titles of some of the most popular songs of all time". It is a very interesting article, that tries to derive financial wisdom from popular songs!

FIRE Getters presents Our 7 Mutual Fund Investing Mistakes! posted at FIRE Finance, where they share some of the mistakes they committed during their early years of investing. Among other things, they talk about asset allocation, investment risks, the fund's track record, annual expenses and comparing returns from two mutual funds.

Helen Anderson presents 5 Tips for Buying a Home in a Down Market at Best CD (Certificate of Deposit) Rates, Money Market Rates, High Interest Accounts posted at Bankaholic. She talks about the scare that the subprime mortgage bust has created, and says, "However, the news isn’t all bad. This decline in the market has dropped prices and made housing affordable to many fiscally responsible renters who never considered home ownership to be an option." She also describes in five simple steps how you can take advantage of this downturn.

Raymond presents Bank of America Free Money Promotions posted at Money Blue Book, saying "Like other major banks such as Citibank and Wachovia, Bank of America often releases new promotions to attract new deposit customers. The bank is obviously willing to spend money to get their hands on yours, in a good way of course." He goes on and describes the various promotional offers offered by Bank of America.

Raymond presents Citibank Free Money Promotion Codes posted at Money Blue Book, saying "As one of the most popular banks, Citibank is well known for promoting a variety of free money reward offers for new deposit account customers". He goes on and describes the various promotional offers offered by CitiBank.

Raymond presents 0% Balance Transfer Credit Cards posted at Money Blue Book, saying "If you are searching for a promotional balance transfer offer, or if you are looking to eliminate some high interest debt by shifting your balance over to credit cards that offer zero to low interest rates, then you’ve definitely come to the right place".

Raymond presents List Of the Best Online Discount Brokers posted at Money Blue Book, where he gives a list of the 10 best discount brokerage firms.

Hank presents Net worth update April 1, 2008–$116,557.16 (+10.54%) posted at My Investing Blog, saying, "Looking as if things are looking up still 'round here! ;)"

Jeremy Zongker presents Are Low Interest Credit Cards Really a Good Deal? posted at Creditor Web, saying "There are some things you need to know about low interest credit cards. They’re not all created equal, and even the phrase 'low interest' can mean something very different depending on the company – or the type of charge".

Emore Ogho presents Financial Freedom posted at Emog, saying "Everyone looks forward to becoming financially free. The point at which you no longer have to work for money, rather your money works for you. It is that point at which your passive income (money in your investment portfolio) is greater than your expenses for a month.". He then goes on and pens his thoughts about how you can become financially free.

Alex M presents Find Out How To Pay Off High Student Loans posted at Personal finance strategy.

Jeremy Zongker presents How to NOT Live on a Budget posted at Debbie's Debt Advice, saying "Is it possible to avoid having a budget? Can you get away without creating excel spreadsheets or filling pages of notebooks with lists of your expenses and subtracting them from your income to see if there's anything left over to see a movie this week? You can avoid the "hard work" of creating a budget and trying to stick with it, as long as you understand that you can't spend, spend, spend.".

Joe Manausa presents Selling Your Home - Single Most Import Fact You Must Know posted at Tallahassee Real Estate Blog, saying, "If you are thinking about selling your Tallahassee home, I would encourage you to understand how your home value is determined in the Tallahassee real estate market. It is not enough to worry about advertising and marketing coverage, as your valuation is the most important issue for you before you enter the market."

Life. Money. Development. presents The 7 Attributes of Leadership posted at Life. Money. Development., saying, "An excellent presentation of the attributes every leader should have."

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