Well, the first week of 2011 is behind us.  Are you off to a good start on your resolutions? I hope so.  Here is my weekly blog round up for week 1 of 2011.

Personal Finance Articles That I’ve Been Reading

How To Deal With Change - From Every Peso Counts – I choose this post because I believe many of us need to learn to deal with change to reach our New Year’s Goals

Property Assessment and How I Use It With My Net Worth – some useful ways to access your property in an era where accurate property values are hard to come by

What’s Your Magic Number – My Own Advisor – We need to have a number to shoot for when we near retirement.  Most importantly, we need to plan for retirement.

A Guide To Avoiding Debt – From My Journey To Millions

4 Stocks To Buy In 2011 – Mitch from Beating The Index shares some of his stock picking wisdom

How To Win Big Deals – Kevin over at Invest It Wisely shares some useful ideas on how to win the big deal. I believe these ideas can be applied to almost any successful relationship

What’s Happening In The Economy

A Brief History Of Silver Manipulation – From Zero Hedge

Is The Fed Really Purchasing Over 60% of The Fiscal Deficit? – From Gonzalo Lira

Employment, The Declining Participation Rate – From Calculated Risk – A good read on how to understand the employment numbers
I hope you have a great weekend!