Retirement Accounts Funded (and Personal Finance Links)

Slipping in just before the tax deadline, I was able to squirrel away close to $19,000 in various retirement accounts. Because almost all my income was 1099 last year, a good portion of it was via a SEP-IRA. The rest of it was via Roth IRA.

Now it’s time to start investing that. I’ve decided that I’m going to focus on PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (NYSE:DBA). I consider that ETF a way to broadly track quite a few commodities – something that most people have limited exposure to. The rest of the money will likely be split into my old standby ETFs – VTI and VEU. I’m contemplating adding some bonds (via symbol BND), but I’m still thinking that at age 34 I want to be very aggressive.

With that said, here is some good reading to keep you busy for awhile.

The Money Writers:

• Brip Blap writes on recurrent greed.
• Digerati Life posts wipe away debt problems with debt snowflakes.
• Frugal Dad blogs your coupons are making you poor.
• Generation X Finance says don’t treat your 401(k) like a savings account.
• Million Dollar Journey discusses the secret world of private banking.
• Money Smart Life shares how not to miss a connecting airline flight.
• My Dollar Plan asks can you have a 401k and an IRA at the same time?
• The Sun’s Financial Diary gives 10 ways to save money and Earth.

Top PF Posts:

• Free Money Finance presents retirement lessons: sail away into the sunset years.
• The Real Estate Bloggers ask was Andrew Cuomo responsible for the mortgage crisis?
• The Trend Rida wonders if Google will be a major player in mobile computing?
• Uncommon Cents on borrowing from Mmyself.
• A Penny Save writes avoiding spending temptation.
• Saving to Invest posts good debt vs. bad debt – taking charge of your finances.
• Get Rich Slowly shares a reader story: I was drowning in debt.
• The Smarter Wallet posts how to get out of debt in four easy steps.
• Wise Bread talks about the Work Exchange way to see the world.