Bill Gross' Latest Discussion of the Economy Situation

Bill Gross of Pimco Inc. is one of the world's largest mutual fund managers, focusing mostly on bonds. Called "the nation's most prominent bond investor" by the New York Times^[1], he manages Pacific Investment Management's Total Return fund (the world's largest bond fund and fifth largest mutual fund) and several smaller ones

Bill Gross is a very enlightened speaker with a lot of insight into the investment market, and world economies.

But he isn't always the easiest person to listen too and understand....often seemingly speaking in "code".

But even with this, I find listening to him to be quite interesting and educational.

Mom's Money Podcast.......

I discovered this Podcast while surfing the Personal Finance BLOG world, and I listened to Podcast #7 about 1/2 way through and found it kind of interesting. I think I'll at least sample the other 6 shows and perhaps subscribe to it if I continue to like it.

It seems to be a fairly common and average person who discusses personal finance questions that most people will have, but don't feel comfortable talking about. She drags those topics right out and bares her soul.

As I said, I just scratched the surface with the small segment of show I heard....but I think I liked what I heard enough to suggest that you might want to give it a listen.

The web address is:
http://momsmoney.com/blog

Why do people BLOG about money?

I suppose people BLOG about money for the same reasons people BLOG about other things.

Some want to pass on a particular talent they have to others. Some want to further focus their own goals and aims...so if they force themselves to BLOG about it, they will tend to keep their eyes on the ball better.

Writing a BLOG can also create a sense of peer pressure as well, and this can keep people on the straight and narrow.

Over a year ago I found a Podcast that is quite simple in nature. It is called the Money Blogger Podcast, and it is a very simple format......a very simple interview format.

I love it, and I love it because it basically askes very similar questions to a number of Persoanal Finance BLOGGERS and finance authors. I love it because while we can read explanations of these same questions on most of these people's BLOGs, being an audio format, this Podcast adds all the audio inflection you get when you get people talking about things that they have a passion for.

Many of the BLOGGERS interviewed are a part of the PFBLOG list of money Bloggers.

Some Personal Finance Bloggers focus on simplicity, some on reducing debt, and others about how to invest or even very specialized topics like currency trading.

Not all people are alike....and neither are Personal Finance BLOGGERS.

Chinese and Indian Cars are on their way soon....

Chinese cars in the USA and Europe soon? These guys in this Economist Podcast suggest these cars are still crap, but is this another shortsighted view....

Oh, but haven't we seen those sort of short-sighted comments in the past with our old bias against "Made in Japan" not too many years ago?

Hey Money Bloggers....do you listen to Money Blogger Podcast?

Ok, so this might be a matter of preaching to the choir but there may be a few of you out there that have not heard of the Money Blogger Podcast.

This is an audio podcast where he this guy interviews a whole array of Money Bloggers....and gets there perspectives on money and why they BLOG. (You can check out tons of Money and Personal Finance BLOGs at:
http://pfblogs.org/)

It is interesting to see why people BLOG, and what they expect to get out of their writings themselves. To me it is very interesting to hear these bloggers that I have often read and hearing their voice is often gives me great insight into the personality and individual behind the thoughts and words.

Most of the shows I have listened to are very interesting.....I suggest you give it a listen.

Here is how this podcaster describes his Podcast:

Money Blogger Podcast

Welcome to the blog for the Money Blogger Podcast! I interview bloggers, authors, and columnists who write about personal finance and the meaning of money. To subscribe to the podcast enter the following in your podcatcher:
HTTP://BLOGGERPODCAST.AUDIOBLOG.COM/RSS/MONEY_BLOGGER_PODCAST.XML