The folks over at Morningstar have put together a nice personal finance calendar.

This is a good summary of how your credit score works and how good habits can keep up your score.

Believe it or not, you can get up to a $60 credit on your federal income tax return this year if you, but only if you claim it. It's line 71 on Form 1040 for the telephone excise tax that you've paid for years, probably without knowing it. Here's a link to the IRS site.

Makes for a nice dinner. Thanks to the IRS.

Urban Legends Reference Pages: 2006 Federal Excise Tax Credit

The article below presents a sound strategy for allocating investment funds between a Roth IRA and a 401k. Here it is in a nutshell:

1. Contribute enough to the 401k to get the full employer match
2. Max out your Roth
3. Go back to the 401k and put in any remaining funds you can afford

This assumes you can contribute to a Roth and have a 401k to contribute to.

CNN/Money Magazine has a great piece on 25 rules to grow rich by. Sound advice, though I am not sure all the rules are worthy of a "top 25." But they're still good.