I've been recently thinking about whether or not I should put more money into my 401K, or keep funding taxable accounts. Since many of my friends don't know the difference between various investment vehicles, I figured I'd give a brief overview as well. Financially speaking, here is the basic order of importance...

I have a friend who works at a jewelry store. I mentioned to her recently that I don't believe in diamonds. She asked why, and I rattled off the standard handful of reasons I'd read about. She had rapid answers to my concerns. Some of these were obvious marketing tripe, but others were interesting items that I hadn't read anywhere. After a little research, it does in fact seem like there is quite a bit of old information still being thrown around, but the principal objections are still not addressed....

I don't understand why people are in such a rush to pay it off...

Investigating options in which to accumulate my savings...

Background and overview of what gets blogged in the Finances category...