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The Simple Dollar Morning Roundup: French Fries Edition 2comments
I’m sitting here eating homemade french fries and finishing up the book proposal. Mmm… here are a few more tasty links.
A Tricky Net Worth Problem: Who Is The Richest Of Them All? Exposes the falseness of this rule of thumb: “Multiply your age times your realized pretax annual household income from all sources except inheritances. Divide by ten. This, less any inherited wealth, is what your net worth should be.” (@ money, matter, and more musings)
Money 101 A stellar collection of personal finance tutorials on a huge array of basic topics. This is a great place to get started. (@ cnn money)
Complaining and Complimenting: Yields and Freebies A great article on how to compare the benefits of different accounts. (@ blueprint for financial prosperity)
My new book, The Simple Dollar: How One Man Wiped Out His Debts and Achieved the Life of His Dreams, is available in bookstores now! Check out some of the 
Geeze you really went deep into the archives to find that one huh? :)
Or was that the one I sent you…?