Monday Morning Roundup - Are The Markets Starting To Recover?

Well the DOW futures this morning said that the DOW would jump by 380 points or so. When the markets opened, the DOW shot up over 400 points right out of the gate. Right now the markets are up about 450 points. Nice to see some positive action in the markets.

In other news over the weekend, investors seem to be cautiously optimistic on news of pledged government aid:

Wall Street is snapping back from last week’s devastating losses on growing hopes the stock market will finally find some footing. Investors are cautiously optimistic after the Bush administration and European governments pledged coordinated actions to help the crippled financial system. The Treasury has said it plans to buy U.S. bank stocks.

Here’s to hoping for a big rebound in the market.

I also noticed this morning that Biblemoneymatters.com just passed 150,000 page views on the site since our launch. Thanks to everyone for visiting the site, and making it more successful than I could have ever imagined!

Here’s a bit of good reading as you get ready for the day!

October 13, 2008 · Filed Under Commentary, Links, Post Roundup, christianity

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Happy Monday Morning!

Happy Monday morning to one and all. It’s going to be another interesting week! As the markets opened this week, instead of the markets going up because of the bailout bill, the markets are going down. Now legislators are saying that a recovery may take weeks or months and that they didn’t expect the markets to go back up right away.

Right.

Makes me wish i was still in this small village on the Amalfi Coast of Italy. (Positano, Italy for those of you who were wondering)

Instead of checking my 401k this morning and giving myself a heart attack, here’s a few articles that I read this morning and and found helpful.

Make some extra money for hard times - using Cash Crate @ Biblemoneymatters.com: I’ve made over $75 the last couple of months using Cash Crate with little or no effort. You can too!
The Twelve Biggest Personal Finance Mistakes People Make Over and Over Again @ thesimpledollar.com: I know I’ve made a few of these mistakes (if not all) myself.
PT over at PT Money does his first post on the Pay yourself first challenge website! @ pyfchallenge.com: Don’t forget to go and support another PF blogger we all know and love!
Saving money when moving @ gatherlittlebylittle.com: Moving can be stressful, but here’s a few tips to save some money while you’re doing it.
The day I rescued my dogs @ remodelingthislife.com: Pets play an important role in our lives, but they sure can be expensive.
Happy Birthday to me @ freefrombroke.com: 1 year anniversary - congrats!
Looking back on one year of blogging @ sensetosave.com: 1 year for Kacie too - congrats!
My Friend Just Got Offered 290k To Work In Iraq - Would You? @ myinvestingblog.com: Would you take big money in exchange for a little less safety? I wouldn’t.
12 tips to save water @ milkyourmoney.com: Save some water!
Good deeds without love are worthless @ christianfinance.wordpress.com: Great verse and exploration of what it means.
8 things you didn’t know you could sell @ bargaineering.com: Did you know you could sell these things? I knew a couple of them, but the rest were new to me.
Five strategies to recession proof your household @ frugaldad.com: Tips for saving some money in a recession.
How I live without borrowing @ ncnblog.com: Is it possible to live without credit? We’re doing it pretty well. NCN talks about his strategies for living without credit.
Dave Ramsey on 60 Minutes @ 60minutes.yahoo.com

Enjoy the week!

October 6, 2008 · Filed Under Links, Post Roundup, Post With Photos

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September Site Numbers and Recap

Looking back at September 2008

September was another banner month here at Bible Money Matters. Our numbers continued to increase as we passed 75,000 visitors and 134,000 page views all time. Our RSS subscribers passed 400 for the first time In September. On top of that we moved up to number 40 on Fire Finance’s top list of the top 100 personal finance blogs. Last month we enjoyed these great numbers:

16,793 Visitors
18,630 Visits
28,118 Page views

We wouldn’t have been able to make such big strides without all the help from our friends in the blogosphere. This past month our biggest referrers were the big search engines, but beyond those, here are our friends who sent traffic to biblemoneymatters.com:

Here are a few of our top articles for the month of September:

A second stimulus check: Is it on the way, and is it even a good idea?
Are we going to get another stimulus check?
A second stimulus check - why not just create your own?
Are we getting another stimulus check - roundup of opinions
5 ways to make some extra money
7 things you can’t do if you want to stay out of debt
Financial Peace University - Dumping Debt
Debt snowball or debt avalanche. That is the question.
10 things I have learned about money
A step by step guide to making money with Cash Crate. I made over $75 in September, and I was gone for over 2 weeks on vacation! check it out!

Once again the stimulus check articles are by far and away the most popular articles on the site, getting a ton of google, live and yahoo search engine traffic. Other popular articles include the articles about making extra money, and staying or getting out of debt. Interesting.

Stay tuned, this month promises to be a busy one with all of the crazy economic news that is coming out every day.

October 2, 2008 · Filed Under Post Roundup, news

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We Live In Turbulent Times - Roundup

photo credit: Shiny Things

The last couple of weeks in the financial sector have been tough ones, with the markets going up and down (mostly down), rumors of bailout packages, legislation for said bailouts being voted down, lawmakers blaming each other for the plan’s failure and one of the largest drops in the markets in history yesterday. I’m almost afraid to see what comes next. I can only guess it won’t be good for my 401k.

Lots of reading around the blogosphere talking about what’s going on, and what you can do for yourself when the going gets tough. Check ‘em out!

September 30, 2008 · Filed Under Commentary, Links, Post Roundup

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August Top Referrers and Traffic: 100,000 Page Views!

Looking back at August 2008

August was another great month for Bible Money Matters as we continue our strong growth from our launch in January to the point today where we’re serving up daily personal finance articles, bible commentary and advice to over 375 feed subscribers, 15,500 monthly visitors and almost 25,000 monthly page views. In fact this month we went over 100,000 page views since our launch!

I’d like to thank some of our top referrers for BMM this past month. They include the following: