Why Your 4th Quarter 2008 Investment Statements Look So Bad: Generation X digs deeper into why our portfolios tanked so much

Rules of Thumb on When to Replace Old Appliances: Free Money Finance lets you know when it’s time to ditch the Maytag.

How to Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Stick: Ways to make sure you achieve success in the new year.

Filing Your 2008 Taxes With the Economic Stimulus (Recovery Rebate Credit): Information to help with those stimulus checks from the past summer.

Carnival of Personal Finance #185: The Carnival has been posted. Read up!

PayPal Fee Calculator eBay Fee Calculator: Roundup of calculators to help with paypal fees

Bit of Auto Bailout Humor: US Automakers have a new ad out thanks to the bailout.

Best Personal Finance Books for Your Library: Blueprint with a list of must reads for anyone interested in personal finance.

Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan: Blueprint fills us in on PEBO’s economic plans which are pushing the $1 Trillion mark

How Long Will It Take to Get Even: JLP let’s us know how long it’s going to take to recover from the 2008 drop