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The Carnival of Personal Finance #213

Debbie — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:35:14 +0000

Man Vs. Debt is traveling through New Zealand, but still posted this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance. Make sure you check it out for great finance posts from around the blogosphere, as well as some really nice New Zealand photographs and information.

Here are a few selections from the carnival:

Jim from Bargaineering presents How to Hard Reset Your Financial Life
Stephanie from Poorer Than You presents Erasing Negative Credit History: 5 Strategies You May Not Have Heard About!
Matthew Paulson from Fine Tuned Finances presents Annuities Grow Tax Deferred But Watch Out for Missed Opportunities
Matt B from Financial Methods presents 15 Sites that Can Help Improve Your Finances, Without Focusing on Money.
Prime Time Money presents Keep Investing Simple: Taxable vs Tax-Advantaged Investing.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #211 at Green Panda Treehouse

Debbie — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:43:01 +0000

The GreenPandaTreehouse offers up the Carnival of Personal Finance #211 with their favorite TV show theme, Burn Notice. Check out the complete carnival to see how they tie in the TV show with personal finance! Here are a few we’ve selected to feature here from the carnival submissions:

Savings Toolbox has some situations when When Automating Your Finances May Not Pay.
Sound Money Matters looks into the new tax credits available and asks, Is a Tax Credit Your Motivation to Buy?
Budgets are Sexy wonders How do you measure your own financial success?
Dividends Value has 3 Simple Steps For A Successful Retirement
Deposit Accounts discusses and defines in What are Annuities?

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The Carnival of Personal Finance #208 Rolls In

Debbie — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:12:18 +0000

Money Under 30 hosts this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance, with the “Lobster Roll Edition”. Apparently in Maine, there is a 60-foot Lobster Roll on a flat bed truck looking to beat the Guinness World Record. I wonder how many lobsters were involved in the creation of that thing? (Don’t know how many, but various news reports indicate it took 45 pounds of lobster and 4 gallons of Miracle Whip, some herbs and seasonings… and an amazing 60-foot roll to hold it all in) If anyone finds a link to a photo of this amazing creation, leave a comment!

Here are several posts from the carnival:

LeaveDebtBehind: Low Budget Meal Ideas
Money Smart Life: Best Mutual Funds for Your Money.
CreditCardAssist.com: Uh Oh – Your Credit Card Went AWOL.
Fine Tuned Finances: Claim Free Money if You Can.
The Happy Rock: The Choice For Expensive Daycare: This Why I Do This Stuff.

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Pay it Forward – Carnival of Personal Finance Published

Debbie — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:38:21 +0000

The Carnival of Personal Finance #205 has a pay it forward theme. Participants were asked to link to the carnival and to 3 or more other posts they liked from the carnival as a way of “paying it forward” online for personal finance bloggers. So here are some that I liked:

Deposit Accounts presents Tips for Beginning Investors.
Money Smart Life presents Improve Your Credit Score in 5 Simple Steps.
Jennifer from Getting Ahead presents Do you have a Freedom Account?
Erick Simpson from Managed Services Blog presents Why Your Organization Needs a Sales Manager.
Fine Tuned Finances presents What Exactly is “bounced protection”.

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The Cutest Finance Blog hosts this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance

Debbie — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:29:22 +0000

I don’t know how I’ve never come across Fire Finance before now, considering I frequent what feels like thousands of personal finance blogs on a regular basis. I discovered this blog today because they are the host of the Carnival of Personal finance, and you’ve got to head over and see how cute their site layout is, not to mention sign up for their software giveaway (You Need a Better Budget Pro, worth $50).

As usual, the carnival offers up a great list of finance themed posts, including:

IRA or Roth IRA? Which One is Better? – Matthew Paulson, Fine Tuned Finances
Rampant Inflation: My Big Early Retirement Worry – Elizabeth G, Modern Gal
No-Grocery-Shopping Week – Todd, Harvesting Dollars
Financial Plan for the Young and Single – Savings Toolbox
Your Home Office: Ideas To Set Up Your Place of Work – Silicon Valley Blogger, The Digerati Life
Best Rates Not Always the Best Deals – Credit Card Assist
Simple and Easy Methods to Reduce Your Debt Significantly – Debt Freedom Fighter, Discover Debt Freedom

And then, my favorite simply because the quoted summary of the article made me laugh:

I’m Dumb For Consolidating My Student Loan – “Who said consolidating was a good idea? I wish I could punch them in the face” – Debt Ninja, Punch Debt In The Face

The Cutest Finance Blog hosts this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance was created by and is property of American Consumer News.

The Carnival of Personal Finance at Wide Open Wallet

Debbie — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:51:59 +0000

It’s Monday – that means it’s The Carnival of Personal Finance Day – and this week it’s hosted at Wide Open Wallet. Some of the submissions included:

Debt Freedom Fighter from Discover Debt Freedom presents Personal Loan Information for People that Have a Low Credit Score.
Erin from PlinkPlink: Moms Talking about Money presents Mom Reigns as CFO in Many Families.
Flexo from Consumerism Commentary presents Eight Tips for Living Through a Recession.
Debt Kid from Debt Kid presents What is a Self Directed IRA?.
Savings Toolbox from Savings Toolbox presents Finding Money to Save.
Destroy Debt from Destroy Debt presents Credit Companies are Hurting Your Credit Score
CreditCardAssist.com from CreditCardAssist.com presents Three Methods to Protect Your Credit Card in Online Transactions.
Apply4-Credit.com from Apply4-Credit.com presents Top 5 Credit Card Deals That You Must Have.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #195 at StockTradingToGo.com

Debbie — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:23:24 +0000

This week’s carnival of personal finance was posted at StockTradingtoGo.com. There were 91 submissions – all on personal finance topics. Go take a look for the full presentation; but here’s a little sample:

10 Best iPhone Applications For Finance and Investing
M is for Money presents My Money Mistake #3 – Cashed out a 401(k)
The Digerati Life presents My Stimulus Tax Credit: Should I Spend or Save My Tax Break?
The Smarter Wallet presents Our Mortgage Bailout and Rescue: Obama’s Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan
Apply4-Credit.com presents Credit Card Advice for Young People
CreditCardAssist.com presents Fee Increases Raise Consumer Anger
Money Smart Life presents Job Interview Tips – Questions & Answers for Success in Your Job Interview

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Cavalcade of Risk #69: Risk Management and Uncertainty Quotes

Debbie — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:22:15 +0000

It’s the Cavalcade of Risk, the first of 2009! It’s issue #69… and I figured any theme based on the issue number would be far too risky for this blog, so I had to go a different route! I discovered a fun website of famous quotes that all relate to risk management, uncertainty, and financial decision making and thought it would be interesting to include some of these quotes in our round-up of risk-related blog posts.

Even a correct decision is wrong when it was taken too late.
Lee Iacocca 1924-, Father of the Ford Mustang and CEO of Chrysler

From “The Naked Soul” blog, Nothing says “risk” like a failing economy, which is one of the points made in this post about Risk Taking at The Naked Sould blog.

I wrote a little about Retirement for Stay at home Parents for Wisebread. Based on the comments, there’s a lot of people who don’t agree with the need for a stay at home parent to start up a retirement fund, but I disagree.

In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
Plinius the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus) circa 23-79, Roman natural historian

Carson Brackney presents Long Term Disability Insurance Makes Sense posted at Personal Finance Analyst.

Credit Card Assist presents Is Credit Card Insurance a Scam? posted at Credit Cards Blog | CreditCardAssist.com.

Debt Free Destiny presents Bankruptcy Has Far Reaching Effects on Your Life posted at Debt Free Destiny.

jim presents Is Pet Insurance Necessary? posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.

Bob Vineyard, CLU presents Things Your Provider May Not Be Telling You posted at InsureBlog. So, does your vet push health insurance for Rover? InsureBlog’s Bob Vineyard reports on a New Jersey effort to expand pet care insurance, and wonders about THAT risk/benefit equation.

If there`s a 50-50 chance that something can go wrong, then nine times out of ten it will.
Paul Harvey

Credit Risk Management blog has an in-depth post on high-risk loans, discussing both them from both the lender’s and the borrower’s point-of-view.

Is Russia putting Mars at risk? So avers Tim Jones, blogging at remote central. Apparently, the latest Russian space mission includes samples of our “hardiest known terrestrial microbes.” What could possibly go wrong?

Over at the Security and Risk Management blog, Ramon Krikken discusses risk aggregation and dependencies, explaining how these are affected by risks in the global economy

A wrong decision is not forever; it can always be reversed. The losses from a delayed decision are forever; they can never be retreived.
J.K. Galbraith 1908-, American economist

Joe Manausa presents January 2009 Housing Market Trends | Tallahassee Real Estate Blog posted at Tallahassee Real Estate Blog. The continuation of the three-year-old bear market in real estate has brought many people forward to comment on the condition of the real estate market. It seems for everybody with an opinion, there are an equal number of theories about where the housing market is going. So, not to be left out of the crowd……. I thought I would chime in with an (updated) opinion of my own.

Reba Haas presents Who is responsible for cleaning walkways and driveways for tenants? posted at Team Reba Real Estate. For investment property owners there is always risk whether it come from poor screening processes or onsite issues. Seattle’s recent “big snow” brought to the forefront the question of liability for snow and ice covered common areas.

KCLau presents Redefine Retirement: Lifestyle Design of the New Rich posted at KCLau’s Money Tips. About retirement, deferred retirement versus mini-retirement, income relativity and how to earn the income you want in the shortest time.

It is a funny thing about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.
W. Somerset Maugham 1874-1965, French-born English novelist, playwright, and short-story writer

Nick Perry presents The Unaffordable Health Insurance Myth posted at Georgia Insurance Options. This article deals with the risk of not having health insurance versus the “benefit” of saving money by not paying premiums. It details what can, and will, happen when health insurance is neglected, opening up a person, family, or business to severe financial risk.

FMF presents 13 Smart Insurance Moves for 2009 posted at Free Money Finance.

Joe Paduda presents Misleading managed care headlines posted at Managed Care Matters.

Monevator presents Seven reasons why you shouldn’t start your own business posted at Monevator. Looking to gain financial freedom by starting your own business? Think twice. Most well-paid employees are better off sticking with their jobs, and investing surplus income in the markets.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.
William Shakespeare 1564-1616, Hamlet, Act 1 scene 3

A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don`t need it.
Bob Hope

DR presents How to Buy and Sell Loans on LendingClub’s New Trading Platform posted at The Dough Roller. With LendingClub’s new Note Trading Platform, investors can buy and sell existing loans. This article walks through how to buy and sell notes and how to value them.

Silicon Valley Blogger presents New To Prosper? How To Manage Your Risk As A Peer To Peer Lender posted at The Digerati Life.

Ben presents Lending Money to Family and Friends posted at Money Smart Life.

Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.
Albert Einstein 1879-1955, German-born American theoretical physicist

Insurance Toolbox presents How to Save Money When Buying a LIfe Insurance Policy posted at Insurance-Toolbox.

Jason Shafrin presents Are we winning the war on cancer? posted at Healthcare Economist. Are we winning the war on cancer? The Healthcare Economist reviews an article by economist David Cutler.

How does a malpractice defendant use illustrations to explain the risks of pregnancy to a jury? Interesting article posted at Health Business Blog.

Sun presents CGM Focus Fund: The Extreme Makeover posted at The Sun’s Financial Diary.

Several times each week, Colorado Health Insurance Insider talks to clients in Colorado who have been declined by a health insurance carrier in the past. Quite often they express concern about the “black mark” on their record, and wonder if they will ever be able to qualify for a medically underwritten policy. So I thought I’d clear up some of the most common misconceptions about individual health insurance underwriting and previous declines.

Chris from TermLifeOptions.com offers Buying Life Insurance:Do You Really Need Multiple Quotes.

Cavalcade of Risk #69: Risk Management and Uncertainty Quotes was created by and is property of American Consumer News.

Carnival of Personal Finance #173 at Girls Just Wanna Have Funds

Debbie — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:44:42 +0000

Where does the time go? On Monday, Girls Just Wanna Have Funds published the most recent edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance. Check it out – or if you’re pressed for a time, here’s a select few you won’t want to miss:

Scott from The Passive Dad presents Free Creative Ideas to Help Friends Facing Foreclosure or
Bankruptcy
Laura from Dollars and Dreams presents Bailing Ourselves Out, Part 1: Savings
Luke from Money & Fitness Blog presents The rich may be poorer than you think
Debbie Dragon from Destroy Debt presents Free College Education Exists
Todd from Harvesting Dollars presents Beginner Advice For Someone New To Personal Finance

Carnival of Personal Finance #173 at Girls Just Wanna Have Funds was created by and is property of American Consumer News.

The Carnival of Personal Finance #156 has been published

Debbie — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:41:21 +0000

Thanks to the hard work of Prime Time Money, the 156th Carnival of Personal Finance has been published, and it offers up a theme of Songs of the Summer. I enjoyed the following posts:

Your Finish Rich Plan talks about the OverDraft Fee Ripoff. I avoid overdrafts all together by using the checking account through IngDirect.
Debt Free gives us the Top 10 Part Time Evening Jobs.
Happy Rock is giving away a $50 SmartyPig card… I want it for my SmartyPig account!
Single Guy Money and his Vacation Savings Account.

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It’s Carnival of Personal Finance Time, #154

Debbie — Tue, 27 May 2008 13:12:40 +0000

One of American Consumer News blog posts took a trip to Canada in the Carnival of Personal Finance, hosted at Canadian Dream – Free at 45. They liked my article about Automatic 401k Plans.

Also included in this weeks carnival:

Accumulating Money tells us What to do before age 30 to set you on a firm financial path. I am running out of time, only 2 years left to conquer this list!

I wrote a little something at DestroyDebt.com, about Managing Your Money with a Preparation Account. It’s a new take on the emergency account, and you actually use the money that’s in there.

Mighty Bargain Hunter warns us that $12-$15 per gallon of gas is coming… Pay $15 for Gas Now to prepare for these days. I can’t imagine. I’m scared. I’m glad I work from home!

Discover Debt Freedom gives us 5 Financial Rules to live by.

See them all by visiting The Carnival of Personal Finance #154.

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The Carnival of Personal Finance is Available

Debbie — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:57:19 +0000

Carnival #148 is up and running and ready for you to get your fill of the week’s personal finance articles. You can visit the entire listing on the Gather Little By Little Blog: http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2008/04/14/148th-edition-of-the-carnival-of-personal-finance/

Here are a few of the articles I was most interested in this week:

My Family’s Money: Outsource to Your Kids Already
FiveCentNickle: Credit Card Bonus Offers: $1200 Worth of deals
Discover Debt Freedom: A Common Sense Way to Reduce Your Debt

Do you listen to music? I’m pretty certain I learned everything I needed to know about managing my money from music. See if you agree with my money management music lessons!

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Carnival of Personal Finance #147 Is Available on MoneyNing

Debbie — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:56:54 +0000

This week’s carnival is hosted at MoneyNing. Visit the blog to read all the great submissions. Here are a few of my favorites:

Budgeting on an Irregular Income from I’ve Paid For This Twice Already.
10 Facts Credit Card Companies Don’t Want You to Know from Discover Debt Freedom.
Saving for Specific Goals at ING from Handling Finances.
Top 10 Ways to Aggravate your Spouse with Your Frugality from Think Your Way to Wealth.

Thanks to MoneyNing for linking to my 5 ways to increase the value of your home for under $100 article.

By the way, if you read the Personal Finance blogs and have decided you’re tired of receiving credit card offers, that the temptation is too great- and you think putting yourself on a credit freeze will prevent your mailbox from filling up with them, think again. Learn about the difference between a credit freeze and a fraud alert so you know the facts.

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Cavalcade of Risk – December 18th, 2007

ACN Staff — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:44:18 +0000

Welcome to the December 18^th, 2007 edition of the Cavalcade of Risk. The topic of risk often takes a backseat when talking about finance, but it’s extremely important to adjust whatever financial action you’re taking for risk. A bet on black in Vegas will yield a 100% rate of return on your money, but most of us never make that “investment” because there’s too much risk involved! Read some of these articles submitted by blogs from around the internet and consider whether or not you’re taking an acceptable amount of risk in your life.

Health Care

An Enigmatic Conundrum (How Insurance Companies Are Trying To Get You to Take On More Risk) @ InsureBlog

Changing the way we see disability @ Workers Comp Insider

Dangers of Getting Your Health Insurance on Your Own @ Consumer’s Health Insurance Blog

Fitting Health Care Into The Budget @ Insurance Shoppers

Medicare Part D and Switching Costs @ Healthcare Economist

Investing

10 Common Investing Mistakes Or Just Personal Choices? @ The Digerati Life

Ben Stein vs. Goldman Sachs: Market-Makers, Brokers, and Trusted Advisors @ Trust Matters

Common Mutual Fund Investing Mistakes @ Bullreturns.com

Our 7 Mutual Fund Investing Mistakes! @ Fire Finance

Risk Management – Pure Risk and Speculative Risk Explained @ Personal Financier