{"id":534572,"date":"2010-04-19T17:00:15","date_gmt":"2010-04-19T21:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lazymanandmoney.com\/?p=2837"},"modified":"2010-04-19T17:00:15","modified_gmt":"2010-04-19T21:00:15","slug":"retirement-accounts-funded-and-personal-finance-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/534572","title":{"rendered":"Retirement Accounts Funded (and Personal Finance Links)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Slipping in just before the tax deadline, I was able to squirrel away close to $19,000 in various retirement accounts.  Because almost all my income was 1099 last year, a good portion of it was via a SEP-IRA.  The rest of it was via Roth IRA.  <\/p>\n<p>Now it&#8217;s time to start investing that.  I&#8217;ve decided that I&#8217;m going to focus on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/finance?client=ob&#038;q=NYSE:DBA\">PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (NYSE:DBA)<\/a>.  I consider that ETF a way to broadly track quite a few  commodities &#8211; something that most people have limited exposure to.  The rest of the money will likely be split into my old standby ETFs &#8211; VTI and VEU.  I&#8217;m contemplating adding some bonds (via symbol BND), but I&#8217;m still thinking that at age 34 I want to be very aggressive.<\/p>\n<p>With that said, here is some good reading to keep you busy for awhile.  <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themoneywriters.com\/\">The Money Writers<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brip Blap writes on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bripblap.com\/2010\/recurrent-greed\/\">recurrent greed<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> Digerati Life posts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedigeratilife.com\/blog\/debt-problems-debt-snowflakes\/\">wipe away debt problems with debt snowflakes<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> Frugal Dad blogs <a href=\"http:\/\/frugaldad.com\/2010\/04\/14\/your-coupons-are-making-you-poor\/\">your coupons are making you poor<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> Generation X Finance says <a href=\"http:\/\/genxfinance.com\/2010\/04\/14\/dont-treat-your-401k-like-a-savings-account\/\">don\u2019t treat your 401(k) like a savings account<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> Million Dollar Journey discusses <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milliondollarjourney.com\/the-secret-world-of-private-banking.htm\">the secret world of private banking<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> Money Smart Life shares <a href=\"http:\/\/moneysmartlife.com\/miss-a-connecting-airline-flight\/\">how not to miss a connecting airline flight<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> My Dollar Plan asks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mydollarplan.com\/can-you-have-a-401k-and-an-ira-at-the-same-time\/\">can you have a 401k and an IRA at the same time?<\/a><\/li>\n<li> The Sun\u2019s Financial Diary gives <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com\/living\/10-ways-save-money-earth\/\">10 ways to save money and Earth<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Top PF Posts<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Free Money Finance presents <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freemoneyfinance.com\/2010\/04\/retirement-lessons-sail-away-into-the-sunset-years.html\">retirement lessons: sail away into the sunset years<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> The Real Estate Bloggers ask <a href=\"http:\/\/www.therealestatebloggers.com\/2010\/04\/10\/was-andrew-cuomo-responsible-for-the-mortgage-crisis\/\">was Andrew Cuomo responsible for the mortgage crisis?<\/a><\/li>\n<li> The Trend Rida wonders if <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelkdawson.com\/2010\/04\/11\/will-google-be-a-major-player-in-mobile-computing\/\">Google will be a major player in mobile computing?<\/a><\/li>\n<li> Uncommon Cents on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommon-cents.net\/2010\/04\/10\/borrowing-from-myself\/\">borrowing from Mmyself<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> A Penny Save writes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.penny-saved.com\/2010\/04\/15\/avoiding-spending-temptation\/\">avoiding spending temptation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> Saving to Invest posts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.savingtoinvest.com\/2010\/04\/good-debt-vs-bad-debt-taking-charge-of.html\">good debt vs. bad debt &#8211; taking charge of your finances<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> Get Rich Slowly shares a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/blog\/2010\/04\/11\/reader-story-i-was-drowning-in-debt\/\">reader story: I was drowning in debt<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> The Smarter Wallet posts <a href=\"http:\/\/thesmarterwallet.com\/2010\/how-to-get-out-of-debt\/\">how to get out of debt in four easy steps<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> Wise Bread talks about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wisebread.com\/the-work-exchange-way-to-see-the-world\">the Work Exchange way to see the world<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Related posts:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.lazymanandmoney.com\/addicted-to-cell-phones-and-personal-finance-links\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Addicted to Cell Phones (and Personal Finance Links)'>Addicted to Cell Phones (and Personal Finance Links)<\/a> <small>My name is Lazy Man and I&#8217;m addicted to cell&#8230;<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.lazymanandmoney.com\/haitihealth-org-and-personal-finance-links\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: HaitiHealth.org (and personal finance links)'>HaitiHealth.org (and personal finance links)<\/a> <small>I&#8217;m trying to spread the word of HaitiHealth.org. It&#8217;s an&#8230;<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.lazymanandmoney.com\/personal-finance-links-avatar-edition\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Personal Finance Links (Avatar Edition)'>Personal Finance Links (Avatar Edition)<\/a> <small>This is coming a little late, but I wanted to&#8230;<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.lazymanandmoney.com\/new-health-routine-foiled-and-personal-finance-links\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: New Health Routine Foiled (and Personal Finance Links)'>New Health Routine Foiled (and Personal Finance Links)<\/a> <small>This weekend, my wife and I realized that if one&#8230;<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.lazymanandmoney.com\/happy-new-year-and-personal-finance-links\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Happy New Year (and personal finance links)'>Happy New Year (and personal finance links)<\/a> <small>I know it&#8217;s a little late, but I&#8217;d like to&#8230;<\/small><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slipping in just before the tax deadline, I was able to squirrel away close to $19,000 in various retirement accounts. Because almost all my income was 1099 last year, a good portion of it was via a SEP-IRA. The rest of it was via Roth IRA. Now it&#8217;s time to start investing that. I&#8217;ve decided [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":668,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-534572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/668"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534572\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}