Carnival of Personal Finance Published

July 8, 2008 By Debbie Dragon

This week’s carnival is hosted by Mighty Bargain Hunter and offers the history of the American Flag as a theme.  Tons of personal finance related articles, so head over and check them out.  Here is a sample:

• Discover Debt Freedom gives five tips for finding financial freedom, especially for folks who could improve their spending habits.
• The Money Wise Coach makes the argument that debit card fraud is much worse than credit card fraud
• Digerati Life lists jobs that survive in a slumping economy.
• Dollar Frugal broaches the somewhat sticky topic of a woman’s tradeoff between career and family.
• American Small Business News lists some illegal interview questions

Posted in blog carnivals

• What is your Credit Card Costing You? Most people do not put enough thought into how much their credit cards are really costing them. Sure, you may think that you are aware of all of the costs associated with credit, but there...
• Help Yourself to Avoid Credit Card Fraud Credit card fraud is officially back on the rise.  Despite over 1.1 million devices in the UK now using Chip and PIN – a change that caused a 13% initial drop in shop fraud –...
• A Credit Card Is Not Your Ticket To Financial Freedom One of the inaugural questions on Moolanomy Answers was asked by Scott, "How old do I have to be to get a credit card?". The interesting part is how he worded the rest of his...
• Credit Card Reward Offers Can Change Any Time Yesterday, I read a great post called Credit Cards Don't Suck...You Suck at Free From Broke. In it, he makes the point that most of the downsides of credit cards can be avoided if you...
• Last 2 Days of $25 Bonuses @ Revolution Money Exchange Unless they extended it like they did last month (and who knows, they might), the deadline for getting a signup bonus with Revolution Money Exchange is tomorrow (5/15). I signed up for it early last...