Weekend LinkLove: Saturday, January 30, 2010

Another weekend is here, and with it comes a round up of some of the best personal finance content we saw over the last 7 days or so.  We’ve got a pretty full weekend ahead, including one of the most exciting basketball games you’ll ever see (which we alluded to yesterday): The Rivalry, today at 3 PM.  ESPN once named the Hope-Calvin rivalry the biggest in Division III, and fourth highest among all rivalries in college basketball.  If you want to check it out, it’s available on satellite TV and online streaming video.

Okay, now that we’ve got that out of our system, on with the best stuff we read this week!

Money Crashers and Consumerism Commentary both provide fair insight into Andrew’s favorite topic of the week: Apple’s new iPad (obligatory blog post about this coming later this week).

Bible Money Matters has a good reminder about the perils of and 3 Reasons Why A Big Income Tax Refund Is A Horrible Thing.

Gather Little by Little asks a fairly challenging question: should a believer really contribute to IRA’s, 401K’s or other retirement accounts?

Bob at Christian PF rounds up a significant collection of tips and resources to Make Your Own Personal Budget, our #1 suggestion for getting your personal finances in order.

How to Talk with Your Spouse About Money is a thoughtful and well-written post on Get Rich Slowly from Sierra Black, the author of ChildWild.

Jim from Bargaineering tells us How to Maximize Your Entertainment Dollar, with an interesting analogy to buying vs. renting (leasing) a car.

And finally, One Money Design brings us the Money and Marriage God’s Way Giveaway.  The freebie runs until this Thursday, February 4, 2010.

That’s all for now—enjoy your weekend!