The October 2006 issue of Kiplinger's offers a list of must-read investing blogs, including nine blogs featured in Moneysmartz. Investing blogs appear to have some staying power as most of the blogs in previous Moneysmartz Directory updates, including Investing Blogs, Economics Blogs, Financial Podcasts, and Personal Finance Blogs are still actively posting. The Kiplinger list offers blogs for the hard-core number cruncher, including the 10Q Detective and one of our favorites, Footnoted.org, and a wide-range of blogs covering economics, personal finance, and mutual funds. Blogs continue to move toward the mainstream, as a blog in the Kiplinger list, Seeking Alpha, now provides content to Yahoo! Finance. From the perspective of financial decision-making, many investment blogs provide fresh insights directly from investment professionals. However, anyone can start a blog and begin offering advice, so as always, it's important to consider the source before devoting a lot of time to a blog.

• The Buffett Blog - Dedicated to studying the Oracle of Omaha while celebrating the Muse from Margaritaville. Maintained by the Buffett Group at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

• Consumerism Commentary - A blog about personal finance.

• Controlled Greed - Undervalued stock investing.

• Cramerwatch.org - Dedicated to holding Jim Cramer accountable.

• Dear Economist - Answers Financial Times reader problems with the tools of Adam Smith.

• Footnoted.org - Uncovering the story behind financial statements.

• Freeakonomics - A rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything.

• Fund Alarm - Helping investors decide when to sell mutual funds.

• The Kirk Report - Independent and award-winning stock picks and investment advice.

• Mad Money Machine - Podcast that reviews the Mad Money recommendations of Jim Cramer.

• PFBlogs.com - Aggregates feeds from many of the top personal financial webloggers.

• Random Roger's Big Picture - Stock market blog about portfolio management, navigating the current market environment, how to analyze and choose foreign stocks, exchange traded funds, and options.

• Seeking Alpha - Dashboard for network of stock market and personal finance blogs.

• Stockblogs.com - Stock market blog directory.

• 10Q Detective - Investors often overlook SEC filings, and it is the job of the 10Q Detective to dig through businesses 8-K and 10-Q SEC filings, looking for financial statement soft spots, such as depreciation policies, warranty reserves, and restructuring charges.

• Thoughts From The Frontline - Investment insight and commentary.