Roundup: Happy New Year Edition!

I wanted to wish everyone a healthy and happy start to the brand new year! This upcoming year I hope to bring back a few series I started a while back such as the PFBlogger Spotlight (I have a nice batch of interviews all set up for your reading pleasure, a chance to meet some other bloggers out there) and some new perspectives on a couple Devil’s Advocate type posts. Anyway, things will be light until the 2nd of the year so everyone have a safe and fun New Year’s celebration!

• MBH got himself a 1966A $100 United States Note at face value just for asking for “strange money.” Pretty cool!
• JD wrote a very timely post on how to buy and sell those pesky gift cards you may have received over the holidays.
• Nickel shares with us his charities of choice.
• FMF recaps how each of the Presidential candidates plans to save Social Security.
• NCN doesn’t want to apply for your stupid credit card, so stop asking. In fact, neither do I - so save some trees and stop sending me letters. I’ll let you know when you have a good enough offer to entice me.
• Flexo explains how index investors >> managed mutual fund investors.
• Jeremy informs us that according to CNN, teens aren’t saving for retirement. So, start shaking the next teenager you find and tell them they have to save for retirement. Actually don’t do that, you’ll probably be arrested.
• Ben is celebrating tax season! I think he’s crazy! Yay!
• SVB interviewed a local IRS agent, it’s actually not as eye-gouging of an experience as you’d expect.
• Lazy Man is starting a new carnival on Peer to Peer Lending.
• Sun discusses Scottrade’s new improved mutual fund center.
• At Daily Gratis, there’s a deal for 50 prints from Snapfish for new customers, a free 20 oz. of Coke and Coke Zero, plus a free subscription to Shape magazine.
• At Daily Money Hack, there’s a new high yield savings account interest rate comparison table, UFB Direct is top dog with 5.22% APY.
• Check out the top 5 retirement mistakes at My Retirement Blog.

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