Honoured to be a Plutus Awards finalist
I’ve been nominated as a finalist in the Plutus Awards, created by Consumerism Commentary to celebrate the best in personal finance (see more about the origin behind the name here).
Invest It Wisely was nominated under the category Best Investing Blog. Here are the nominees for this category:
- Buy Like Buffett
- Dividend Ninja
- Invest It Wisely
- Investor Junkie
- Oblivious Investor
Over here at Invest It Wisely, my focus is on investing in long-term growth, personal growth, and maximizing our life’s expected value. I’m honoured to have been nominated as a finalist along with these great fellow bloggers; a big thank you goes to all that have voted for me. If you have not done so yet, then please consider taking a moment to head over the site and vote!
Recent posts
- Interview at Thrift Culture Now: Thinking & Planning Ahead for a Brighter Financial Future
- Why You Should Use Coupons
- Five Personal Finance, Economic and Life Lessons Learned from “The Lion King”
- Carnival of Personal Finance #325: Labour Day Weekend Edition
- What Debts and Bills Should You Pay First If You Run out of Money?
- What My Dysfunctional Aunt Taught Me About Wealth and Finances
Weekend Reading
- Portfolio Update: August 2011 (Beating The Index)
Career
- 4 Tips for A Successful Interview (Couple Money)
Carnivals
- Canadian Finance Carnival #52 (Canadian Finance Blog)
- The Best of Money Carnival #118 (Control Your Cash) (Thanks for the special mention!)
- Yakezie Carnival – The Jester Edition (The Ultimate Juggle)
Economy
- 2011 Minimum Wage (Frugal Zeitgeist)
- It Would Really Help If Someone Invented Something Like The Internet Right Now (Buy Like Buffett)
Entrepreneurship
- Why People Fail At Making Money Online (The Financial Blogger)
Investing
- A Couple Of Headlines and A Stock Consideration (101 Centavos)
- My Outlook on the Markets #3 (Investorz’ Blog)
- Stocks Are Cheap (Money Mamba)
Lifestyle
- Choose A Better Life Today (Financially Consumed)
- Don’t Have Kids If You Can’t Afford Them (Yes, I Am Cheap)
- Leaving Kids At Home When School Shopping? (Everyday Tips and Thoughts)
- Shroomin with Babci (First Gen American)
- WEALTH AND ECONOMICS; Community versus Country Club (Barbara Friedberg)
Miscellaneous
- Famous People Who Were Adopted (Some May Surprise You) (Happy Heart & Mind)
- Incoming Student Etiquette (Grumpy Rumblings of the Untenured)
- Steve Jobs Resigns: Why I Hated Apple (Buck Inspire)
Personal Finance
- 4 Reasons Why Wealth Should NOT be Your Financial Goal (Personal Finance By The Book)
- Big dreams, small income : Financial planning for the middle class (Wealth Informatics)
- How I Cured My Shopping Addiction (Young & Thrifty)
- How’s Your Money Smarts? (Krantcents)
- Millionaire minimalists (My Own Advisor)
- Thoughts From Teens: Personal Finance Discussion (Everyday Tips and Thoughts)
- Why It’s Important To Teach Children About Savings (Canadian Finance Blog)
Retirement
- Has the stock market changed your day to day life? (Retire Happy Blog)
- My Hands-Off Retirement Plan (Retire by 40)
- What Should I Do With My RRSP? (Boomer & Echo)
Have a great weekend, all, and thanks very much for the continued commentary and support! 🙂
Investorz' Blog says
September 10, 2011 at 2:20 pmThanks for the mention!
Hunter @ Financially Consumed says
September 10, 2011 at 2:24 pmPhenomenal “Weekend Reading” post. Thank you!
Buck Inspire says
September 10, 2011 at 4:05 pmCongrats on your Plutus nomination and thanks for the mention!
krantcents says
September 10, 2011 at 4:28 pmThanks for the mention. I am in good company. Congratulations on the nomination.
Nicoleandmaggie says
September 10, 2011 at 4:58 pmCongrats on the nomination and thanks for the link!
Joe Plemon says
September 10, 2011 at 7:08 pmKevin,
You definitely deserve that nomination. Thanks too for the link…I like being mentioned by a Plutus award nominee!
youngandthrifty says
September 10, 2011 at 7:19 pmThanks for the mention! Congratulations on your nomination, too!
Ben @ BankAim says
September 10, 2011 at 8:07 pmIve already voted and I know it was a difficult choice on who to choose for some of their categories.. so many great sites listed. Good luck!
youngandthrifty says
September 10, 2011 at 11:53 pmCongrats kevin!!! 🙂
Are you going to the PF blogger conference? It’s pretty close for you in the Tdot, no?
The Biz of LIfe says
September 11, 2011 at 10:41 amCongratulations and good luck.
Adeline Duris says
September 11, 2011 at 11:18 amGood article!
Kevin says
September 11, 2011 at 2:12 pmThanks for the good wishes, everyone! I’m actually further out than the Tdot so I prob. won’t make it this time around, but I’ll eventually come by one of these events I’m sure. 😉 How about you?
My Own Advisor says
September 11, 2011 at 8:54 pmThanks for the mention Kevin and don’t be surprised by the nomination, you deserve it! 🙂
Zengirl @ Heart and Mind says
September 12, 2011 at 10:20 amHi Kevin,
A big hearty congratulations of being finalist on Plutus award! I follow them and wish you win!
Thank you for the mention here as well. I am happy for the progress you and your site!
Preeti
Miss T @ Prairie EcoThrifter says
September 12, 2011 at 3:06 pmCongrats on the nomination. Best of luck.
Forest says
September 13, 2011 at 7:56 amThat’s awesome Kevin, you more than deserve it.
I don’t know if I am too late but am going to go over and see what i can vote on and whats not.
Thanks for the link as always.
Kevin says
September 22, 2011 at 11:14 pmThanks, guys! I guess we’ll see soon how everything pans out.
Shilpan says
March 3, 2012 at 2:49 pmCongrats on the nomination. Needless to say that I voted for you.
Shilpan