Finance Highlights: Vancouver Riots Edition

Posted by Adam Gomez

I was out in Vancouver last week for the Art of Marketing Conference. Luckily, this was before the rioting happened following their Stanley Cup game 7 loss. I thought Canadians were more civilized than us idiotic Americans but, it is hockey. I mean its all they got (excluding curling, of course)!

This brings me to a completely unrelated point does anyone else who lives in Eastern Time always lose incredible amounts of sleep when traveling to the West coast? I wake up in EST. Then I get sick due to lack of sleep. Still looking for a solution, let me know if you have any tips in the comments.

Here are the highlights and such.

20SomethingFinance Highlights:

- 5 Craigslist Power User Tips to Selling Anything Super Fast: Im a bit of a Craigslist power user in that Ive been able to sell just about anything, including my house and car, via Craigslist. I give some tips on how to sell things, and quickly, on Craigslist.

- At What Age Do you Plan to Retire?: I poll the readers (over 200 responses already) on what age they expect to partially and fully retire and give my own thoughts on the matter.

- Does Closing a Checking Account Hurt your Credit Score?: I take a look at whether or not closing a savings or checking account hurts your credit score.

I also did a guest column on Kiplinger: 6 Financial Milestones for your Twenties.

Other Personal Finance Highlights and Oddities:

- Giving Umbrage (Seths Blog): A very insightful take on misdirected consumer angst.

- How to Avoid Fights About Money in Marriage (genxfinance): One of the biggest keys to a successful marriage is discussing money and being financially sound. Jeremy has some good tips on how to do this.

- U.S. Housing Crisis Now Worse than Great Depression (cnbc): Housing prices have officially fallen more than they did during the Great Depression. The scary part (if you own a house) or great part (if you want to get one) is that I dont think weve bottomed out yet. Thank you corporate greed and government bank deregulation (Im a home owner).

- Getting Along at Work Boosts your LifeSpan (toronto star): According to researchers, your lack of conflict at work can increase your lifespan. Some good tips on how to do so.

Deals of the Week:

Chase has upped the ante on the Chase Freedom Card the new account holder cashback bonus is up to $200 now. More on this in an upcoming post.