The Customary Weekly Round-Up

Bloomberg taught us an important lesson in contingencies this past week. Bloomberg mistakenly reported the death of Apple chairman Steve Jobs and quickly published a 17 page summation of Steve Jobs’ life work.

All self-respecting newspapers and media companies have pre-written articles to quickly respond to expected and un-expected events. World leader biographies are all constantly updated should there be a need to quickly publish them.

Contingencies are extremely important in everyday life as well. We buy insurance, save money and have emergency funds but we also need to have a plan b and c ready for tougher or better times. Think about it…

Interesting articles from past week’s papers include:

• Dividends Still Make a Difference @ NY Times – Dividend paying stocks still prove to be a more solid investment.
  
  
• Still Bleeding @ The Economist - Fannie, Freddie and Lehman ensure August is anything but quiet
  

From the Carnivals:

Carnival of Twenty Something Finances @ Living Almost Large:

• Introduction to Lazy Portfolios @ Blueprint for Financial Prosperity
  
• Why I won't save an emergency fund @ I Pick Up Pennies
  
  

Carnival of Personal Finance #167 @ Broke Grad Student:

• Financial Tips for Students Entering College. @ Consumerism Commentary
  
• Famous and Not so Famous Songs and How They Relate to Finance @ The Financial Blogger
  
  

More from fellow personal finance bloggers:

• A Simple System To Keep Financial Records @ The Digerati Life
• Reading Greek @ Moment On Money
• 12th Finance Fiesta: Baseball Edition @ Living Almost Large