Thursday, June 28, 2007

Millionaire Wannabes

Want to be a millionaire?

Here are a few web sites or blogs that I find useful:

Yahoo Finance: http://finance.yahoo.com
This is the absolute number 1 site for finance 101, and stock research. I learned the basics of 401K, stock trade, bond, ... all from its "Education" section. And, I read finance news, check stock prices on this web site every day. When Google finance was first out a year or two ago, I was attracted to that web site for a few weeks mostly for its flashy charts and auto-fill text boxes. But Yahoo provides more solid finance data, powerful stock screening tools, convenient export functions and plenty of educational material. Now that Yahoo finance also has flash based chart, I never look at Google finance again.

Personal Finance Blog: http://pfblog.com
On his journey to a millionaire by the age of 40, the writer decided to share some of his financial secrets with the whole world. You can see detailed monthly, and annual net-worth break-down (sometimes down to single stocks he owns). Also there are real-life experiences with many financial products, tax strategy for people working in foreign country, tips for For-Sale-By-Owner (FSBO), and more. These are all first hand experience, not like the usual articles by the so-caller experts who has never done FSBO or work outside of US. This blog is simply fabulous. The first time I found this blog, I spent a whole week-end (48 hours) to read each and every post he's written, and took several action items the following week.

Millionaires in the Making: http://millionaires.blogs.cnnmoney.com/
A blog written by David Ellis, a CNN staff writer. Are you a millionaire in the making? If you answer yes, the writer might want to hear your story and post it on the blog.
Want to be a millionaire? Middle class? In your 30s or 40s? Has kids? Then you might feel related to the stories posted on this blog.