Weekend Reading 7/17/09

Happy Friday, everybody. A few recommended reads from this week:

Investing Articles

• 4 Features Missing from Your Retirement Accounts from Weakonomics
• Slumlords (about investing in low-end real estate) from Four Pillars
• Lessons Learned from The Kirk Report
• Where can I buy California IOUs? from The Finance Buff
• Taxes and the Future from The Simple Dollar
• Saving for the Short-Term from Get Rich Slowly

Other Noteworthy Articles

• Do you need disability insurance? from Five Cent Nickel (guest post by Laura from Green Panda Treehouse)
• How Not to Spend a Bonus from The Incidental Economist
• How Much Is that Tree out the Window? from Brip Blap
• Do you suffer from financial inferiority complex? from Frugal Dad
• How to Prepare Your Finances for Higher Taxes from No Debt Plan

Blog Carnivals

Articles from my blog were included in three blog carnivals this week:

• Money Hacks Carnival, hosted by Money Beagle
• My Life ROI was kind enough to include my “Why I Invest with Vanguard” post in this week’s Best of Money Carnival.
• Carnival of Pecuniary Delights, hosted by Wisebread

I hope you enjoy your respective weekends, and thanks for reading.