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The Simple Dollar Morning Roundup: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Edition 9comments

July 23, 2007 @ 7:30 am - Written by Trent
Categories: Morning Roundup
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Got the book on Saturday. Finished it on Sunday. Sad that there won’t be any more on Monday.

How Often Should I Rebalance My Investment Portfolio? A Brief Article Review This is a great summary on how often you should look at your investments (including those in your 401(k) or Roth IRA) and move things around a bit. (@ my money blog)

How Do You Stack Up? A serious look at the overall financial state of people in different age brackets. The average net worth of a person under 35 is $11,600? My wife and I are individually each well above that and we’re substantially under 35. (@ dink’s finance)

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I’m going to miss Harry Potter. But at least the book had great closure :(

Amber Yount @ 8:51 am July 23rd, 2007 (comment #1)

Thanks for including us in this edition! I think frugal showering is something Mrs. Weasley would implement at the Burrow.

I’m sad to finish the last book as well. But JKR left a lot of room for sequels given that you-know-who is now burdened with the you-know-what for the rest of his/her life.

Will_Wisebread @ 8:57 am July 23rd, 2007 (comment #2)

As a person who has never read a page of Harry Potter, I’d be interested to hear what the #1 attraction of Rowling’s series is.

Modern-Worker @ 9:31 am July 23rd, 2007 (comment #3)

Re: net worth
Considering that a large chunk of people under 35 are students with massive debt or grads who are working on repaying the debt, that number really isn’t surprising. Then again, lumping together everyone under 35 seems like an enormous range. That implies they are including children, which would definitely skew results. I think the graph shown is more informative and useful than the chart. Interesting.

Louise @ 10:18 am July 23rd, 2007 (comment #4)

How fitting that you should include Harry Potter on your website. A boy with complete Financial Peace due to his vault of Gold Coins at Gringotts.
I am going to miss the series but wow, what a finale!

Christa @ 2:34 pm July 23rd, 2007 (comment #5)

Thanks for not spoiling - I haven’t started Book 7 yet =)

James @ 5:33 pm July 23rd, 2007 (comment #6)

I work for a pretty big company, and the 401k has a feature that will rebalanced my 401k automatically every 90 days. Do you guys think this is a good feature?

Miguel @ 8:45 pm July 23rd, 2007 (comment #7)

It’s just a great story…pick up the first book and give it a shot.

Ryan @ 9:05 am July 24th, 2007 (comment #8)

awesome book- did the same thing- got it Saturday, finished Sunday. 12 hours. Loved every minute and I am so sad it is the end, but what a nice finish.

Ashley @ 10:26 pm July 24th, 2007 (comment #9)

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