Free Money Finance March Madness, Final 32, Posts 25-28

Here's the second round of Free Money Finance March Madness (if you wonder what's going on in these posts, see my article announcing March Madness and/or click on my March Madness category link and scroll down to read all the posts involved in this subject.) I've listed each "game" (one post versus another) in segments along with the wording provided by the author when the post was submitted. I've also listed a keyword(s) after each post title to make it easy to vote (as a made-up example, you can just comment: Game 1 - Saving; Game 2 - Investing, etc.) Be sure to comment which one you like the best out of each set of two. Here we go:

GAME 13

• Go Open a Roth IRA Right Now! (IRA) - 115 comments can't be wrong! This article explains how opening a Roth IRA really only takes fifteen minutes and walks the reader through the extremely simple process. The hardest part is actually getting started!

VERSUS

• Lessons Learned from Diet Books: How to Think Like a Rich Person (Lessons) - Some people are rich, and some people are thin: what are they doing right? Using a best-selling diet book as inspiration, this post lays out 8 personality traits that can make it difficult for you to manage your finances, and suggests ways to combat these self-defeating traits. There are many ways in which dieting and saving money are analogous but I think these 8 points really get at the heart of why many people have trouble succeeding in each area.

GAME 14

• A Penny Saved is Worth More Than a Penny Earned (Penny) - One of the most important financial concepts that people can learn is that a dollar saved is more valuable than a dollar earned. This is because money saved has already been earned, taxed, and has the potential to grow through compound interest. New earnings are at a disadvantage because they must be worked for again, are taxed, and because the time value of money and inflation work against future earnings.

VERSUS

• 10 Things That Bring Success in Personal Finance - #7 Automatic Savings and Bill Payment (Things) - Are you looking for an easy and efficient way of SAVING MORE MONEY?  How about PAYING BILLS?  This post details how you can simplify your finances by making your savings and bill payment transfers automatic.

Comments

[Anitra]

13 - Lessons
14 - Penny

[paidtwice]

IRA
Penny

[PT]

13. Lessons
14. Things

[MattMatt]

1. IRA
2. Penny

[kentuckyliz]

IRA
Penny

[CBaker]

Lessons
Penny

[Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net]

IRA
Things

[Ken]

IRA
Penny

penny
diet solution

[Beth]

Game 13 - IRA
Game 14 - Things

PAYING BILLS
DIET=SAVING MONEY

[Patrick]

IRA
Penny

[CHE]

13-Lessons
14-Things

[Bronx Chica]

Game 13- lessons
Game 14- Penny

[Jeffrey]

Game 13: IRA
Game 14: Things

[Helen]

13. Lessons
14. Penny

[Finance Girl]

Lessons
Penny

[Darren Mullenix]

Game 14 (Things)

[Super Saver]

13 IRA
14 Things

[Old Lady]

Game 13- Diet Book Lessons
Game 14- Penny Saved

[Jessica]

Lessons
Penny

[Eric]

13: IRA
14: Penny

[Escape Brooklyn]

Lessons
Penny

[J]

IRA
Things

[Cindy Brick]

Diet Books

[FMF]

Voting in this round is over. Winners are:

13 - Lessons
14 - Penny

I note that two of the votes above were placed by the same person. I eliminated the second vote. I'm assuming the person wasn't trying to tilt the vote unfairly, hence I counted the first vote.

[TT]

lessons
things

[bea]

things