Although I already had my Thanksgiving about a month ago and I’ve been spending these recent days studying and preparing for a final exam, I wish the best for all my fellow bloggers and friends south of the border, and hope that you’ve had a great Thanksgiving and enjoy the Thanksgiving weekend.
Posts of the week
- How mozRank is Filling in the Gaping Hole Left by the Departure of PageRank – Are you wondering why Google has not updated PageRank in ages? While nobody knows for sure, it’s good to know that there are now alternatives.
- Helping Through Giving: The Yakezie Scholarship – This is a great initiative through which we can all help by giving a little bit.
- Blurring the Line: When Small Business Owners Let Business and Personal Credit Overlap – What happens when you let business and personal accounts overlap? This guest post by NerdWallet.com goes into more detail.
- Mid-Week Reading: Pet Peeves Edition – In this mid-week reading edition, I share some great reading material, as well as a couple of my own pet peeves.
- The Skinny on Real Estate Investing: A Book Review – I review The Skinny on Real Estate Investing: An Introduction to the Subject and give my thoughts.
Weekend Reading
- Worker Shortage in the Energy Services Sector (Beating The Index)
- Unemployment’s got you down? Well, BTI talks about some opportunities for workers in the energy services sector.
- A Lesson in Thanksgiving (MomVesting)
- Jessica@MomVesting shares her thoughts on Thanksgiving, and what we can be thankful for.
- Black Friday 2010: Shoppers Trampled, Items Stolen, and Obama in Stitches! (KNS Financial)
- KNS Financial shares a hilarious, if sad story about shopping mania run amok!
- Entering the Foray of Personal Finance (Sustainable Personal Finance)
- Sustainable Personal Finance has joined the Yakezie challenge! With a focus on sustainable living with a Canadian perspective, I welcome them and look forward to their writing.
- How a Debtless Aloysa Became Buried in Debt (Aloysa’s Kitchen Sink)
- Aloysa shares her story and adventures in traveling to a shopper’s paradise after growing up in the Soviet Union.
- How I Grew My Blog! (Buy Like Buffett)
- Mark shares his stories in growing his blog.
- If I were a boy… (Young & Thrifty)
- Y&N gives her thoughts on workplace behavior and the male-female dynamic going on with certain managers in her industry.
- If Yakezie.com Was A Start-up Company (Yakezie)
- What would it be like if the Yakezie were a startup company?
- Little Break, Great Reads and Akismet: When Friend Turns Foe (11 comments) (Happy Heart and Mind)
- Someone else is knocked out by Akismet.
For everyone who runs Akismet: I strongly recommend installing Conditional Captcha: It is a lifesaver when it comes to allowing legitimate comments through, as well as making it much easier to filter through the spam! - My Life as a Day Trader – or how I lost $5,000 overnight (Ultra High Networth)
- Ever wanted to learn more about day trading from someone who’s done it? Then you’ll want to read this.
- The Rich Get Richer (Roshawn Watson)
- Roshawn shares his thoughts on the rich getting richer. The comments are very interesting.
- This Year I am Thankful for my Job (Hope to Prosper)
- This is a great post by Hope to Prosper on why he is thankful for his job.
Economy
- A Story For The Thanksgiving Table (DIY Investor)
- Big Government Not Invited to Thanksgiving Feast: Caroline Baum (Bloomberg)
- Discussing Sovereign Debt, Global Economics and Investing with Jonathan Wellum of RockLinc Investment Partners (Investing Thesis)
- GM IPO a Success – Not (DIY Investor)
- Here’s Why the Fed Plan Is Failing: We’re All Austrians Now (CNBC)
- What You Should Be Grateful For On Thanksgiving Day (Daily Capitalist)
- Why America Is Doomed to Debt (Personal Finance By The Book)
Food
- Homemade Jerky – How to Make Beef Jerky (Out of Debt Again)
- Sweet Potatoes – Numero Uno over Potatoes! (Savvy Saving Bytes)
Health
- Definitive Guide: The Primal Blueprint (Mark’s Daily Apple)
Investing
- Henry Blodget Talks Sense (Canadian Capitalist)
- What some DIYers seem to overlook (Larry MacDonald)
Miscellaneous
- Beware Consistency (Overcoming Bias)
- Fit in a Fun Friday – Exercising (Budgeting in the Fun Stuff)
- Our birth (Nicole and Maggie)
- PERSONAL FINANCE HELP; Why I Don’t Want an iPad (Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance)
- Use Corporate Holidays to Work on Your Side Business (The Extra Money Blog)
- When the Work at Home Job is a College Class (Everyday Tips and Thoughts)
Personal Finance
- Demystifying Swiss Bank Accounts (Investor Junkie)
- November Net Worth Update; Lifestyle Inflation Still There (-3.93%) (The Financial Blogger)
- retirebyforty’s money flowchart (Retire by 40)
- Slicing and Dicing on the Cable TV Bill (101 Centavos)
Real Estate
- Real Estate Investment Trusts to Consider – 4 Examples (Invest In the Markets)
- Renting Versus Home Ownership Part Two (The Loonie Bin)
Retirement
Technology
- Killer Video of Robot Audi Racing Up Pike’s Peak. The Gauntlet Has Been Thrown Down! (Singularity Hub)
My roundup includes sites that mentioned Invest It Wisely over the past week; thanks for including me, and please let me know if I forgot to mention you!
I am grateful for all of the great commentary, feedback, and mentions that I get from each and everyone of you, and I greatly appreciate it. Thanks for stopping by, and if ever you have any questions or feedback, just let me know!
Video of the week
I know that this has already been making the rounds, but it’s a good one. 
Everyone carries a part of society on his shoulders; no one is relieved of his share of responsibility by others. And no one can find a safe way out for himself if society is sweeping towards destruction. Therefore everyone, in his own interest, must thrust himself vigorously into the intellectual battle.
Have a great Thanksgiving weekend, guys.
Thanks for including us!
Check out my pet peeves a little earlier, since you are in a school setting
Hi Kevin, Thanks for the mention, and great roundup as usual.
Great post about the family in need! I enjoyed reading your story and thoughts.
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Thanks for the mention! Did you do any Black Friday shopping
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I love that video- those characters are so cute! Did you see the iPhone vs HTC desire one?
lol “aren’t the taxes higher than a year ago? isn’t tuition higher than a year ago?”
I did, but online only. Too many crazy people out there to risk a physical trip to a store in all that shopping madness.
I haven’t seen the other video yet, but I can just imagine it. I’ll go check that out!
Interesting little animation, and a good collection of links. Good stuff, good stuff. Thanks very much for sharing.
Thanks for stopping by! I just read your post about what to be thankful for, and I enjoyed it. There is definitely much to be thankful for and to look forward to.
Hope your exam goes well. I have not done much reading this week but will try and do some catch up in the coming days.
Thanks for the good wishes, Forest. Hope you’ve been enjoying the sun and nice weather over there. It’s almost consistently below freezing over here.
Thanks for the mention Kevin! I hope you’re ready for that exam.
I’m almost there! By tomorrow I should be good.
Beef jerky is the most healthful snack food there is, and it is so simple to make I’m really amazed that more folks don’t do it.
Spamming the blogs lately, Mr. Jerky?
I’ll let you through anyways since I like beef jerky.
Ha ha, I let a few through sometimes too!
Exciting list as always, Kevin. You really read a lot, man.
Too much, yet I’ve been neglecting the books a bit. I have tons of reading to catch up on… hecks, there are many movies and shows I haven’t watched yet. There’s too much…!
Thanks so much for the link Kevin!!! Good luck with your Final exam. I’m sure you will do well
Thanks! Got some more studying to do, but I think I’m getting there.
Thanks for the mention… and keep up the great work!
Thanks for stopping by!
Thank you for including me! Good Luck with your exam. I am so glad I am done with the school. I would spend holidays studying wich sucked.
Haha. Sometimes I’m glad I’m done, but I don’t know… there are aspects of it that I like. Maybe I’ll keep finding a reason to go back until I get so old that I really can’t fit in with the students anymore… haha.
Thanks for including me! Good luck on your exam.
Thanks for the good wishes!
Hey Kevin, thanks for including my article about the Black Friday mayhem!
It was crazy!
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