Two days ago, I bought in big on the S&P 500 because of the recent market downturn. Yesterday, the S&P 500 recovered a big chunk of that loss, going up 1.5%. Because I bought in when I did, all of my losses over the painful last week have been erased. Anyway, on with some personal finance posts.

Passion Has No Place In The Workplace This is a really compelling argument against being passionate about your job. It’s interesting, but I’m not sure if I agree with it. (@ wise bread)

If You’re Young, Hope For A Crash I stumbled upon this argument that a stock market crash right now would be the best thing in the world for us twentysomethings. (@ paranoid brain)

The Confusing World of Credit Scores and Some Pointers for Getting FICO Scores for Cheap An enormous compendium of the various credit score options and monitoring solutions out there. There’s way, way too many scores and programs that are being offered - it’s really confusing. (@ money, matter, and more musings)