Tue, 28th July, 2009 - Posted by Nash

Carnival of Everything About Personal Finance – 7th Edition


Carnival of everything about personal finance - 7th edition

Welcome to the 7th Edition of Everything About Personal Finance! We’ve managed to collate a lot of articles from the contributing authors. I’m sure there’s at least one interesting article for everyone.

I’ve read one interesting article from a blogging friend in www.onemint.com. He mentioned that people’s perception is that the recession is over and economic recovery is underway. Nevertheless, personal finance is something everyone should take interest on, whether the economy is going south or not.

In this carnival, just like the previous ones, you’ll see a wide variety of collection of fresh articles about Personal Finance in the topics of  career, credit card, debt management, frugal living, property, make money online, insurance, investment, savings and others.

Just like the previous carnival, we will also choose the top 10 articles for this carnival.

To the contributors of the articles – thanks for participating! Please feel free to join this Carnival again in the future. Can you do me a favor? Can you please link this article back to your blog, so that both our readers can benefit from this post? Thanks!

What is blog carnival? It is a collection of articles from other blogs on the related topic. It’s divided to smaller topics where you can zoom in to the ones that interest you. The articles are fresh, so it’s always useful to come back for more.

If  you like this article, you can subscribe to get future articles to be sent directly to your email.

Pick Of The Week

Jonathan from Debt Loans presents How to Fix Bad Credit | Debt Loans posted at Debt Loans, saying, “It’s easy to fall into the bad credit trap, but it’s extremely difficult to get out of that trap. Improving your credit rating is possible, though it can also be tricky. As with most other things in life, there are some fool-proof ways to improve your credit score for good.”

Linda Jones presents 100 Tips, Tools, and Resources to Reinvent Your Career posted at JobProfiles.org - Job Descriptions and Online Schools to Start Your Career.

Pinyo presents Dave Ramsey And The Power of Behavioral Finance posted at Moolanomy, saying, “Learn why Dave Ramsey is such a popular Get Out of Debt Guru. It’s all in your mind.”

Julie presents Parenting Tips: Making Sure Your Children are Financially Literate posted at More4kids.

Michael Schindler presents 4 Benefits of Index Fund Investing posted at Your Personal Finance Source, saying, “Index fund investing is a great way to build wealth. Although it has many advantages, this article discusses 4 primary benefits associated with index fund investing.”

KCLau presents Why the worse classmates are wealthier than you? posted at KCLau’s Money Tips, saying, “Discusses if there is a correlation between academic success and financial well-being”

Chris McClelland presents How social networking sites can also help you save some money posted at Lucrative Investing.

Kathryn presents Beware! 15 Common Scams That Can Steal Your Money posted at SpendOnLife, saying, “Important information about how to avoid the most common scams including scams that try to steal money away from people seeking legitimate job opportunities.”

Kate Hopkins presents 100 Money-Saving Lessons from Poor College Kids posted at Online College Degree.org.

Master Your Card presents 7 Lame Reasons People Spend More Than They Make posted at Master Your Card, saying, “Personal finance isn’t exactly rocket science. We all pretty much understand the basic concepts of living below our means, budgeting, tracking expenses, etc. But, even as straightforward as these concepts are, there are still plenty of people out there in debt and spending more then they make. So, here are seven lame excuses we hear, or we use ourselves, about why we spend more than we make.”

Career

One Advice presents IVA Bank Accounts posted at One Advice, saying, “Been accepted for an IVA but worried that you cannot get a bank account? Need to move away from a bank that you are in debt too? You CAN get a bank account! Find out how…”

FMF presents When to Take Two Pages on Your Resume posted at Free Money Finance, saying, “The right length for a resume.”

Credit Card / Debt Management Programs

Mr Credit Card presents Best Business Credit Cards Recommendations for 2009 posted at Ask Mr Credit Card.

Miss Bankrupt presents Staying Sane While Broke and in Debt posted at Miss Bankrupt.

Daniel Drew presents Unsecured Small Business Loans posted at My Business is doing well should I choose an SBA Loan?, saying, “”Lines of credit are generally paid off by opting for a permanent source of financing. In case of commercial property line of credit, the sale of the old property may help repay the line of credit”"

Daniel Drew presents Small Business Loans posted at My Business is doing well should I choose an SBA Loan?, saying, “Many companies in the US are ready to help businesspersons when they need financial assistance. The lending companies have a team of experts who can guide you about matters pertaining to unsecured loans, so that you can make a smart financial decision.”

SpendOnLife.com presents Weather the Storm by Keeping Credit Card Debt posted at SpendOnLife.

Ben Dinsmore presents How to Clean Up Your Credit Reports: A Step by Step Guide to Repair Your Report and Increase Your Credit Scores. posted at Trees Full of Money, saying, “Improve your three major credit files with my simple step by step guide.”

Patrick @ Cash Money Life presents Using Credit Cards to Rebuild Your Credit Score posted at Cash Money Life, saying, “You can use credit cards to establish or rebuild your credit score - even if you have no credit or a bad credit history.”

Jonathan from Debt Loans presents 8 Things You Need to Know About Payday Loans | Debt Loans posted at Debt Loans, saying, “A few years ago, a couple I know got into trouble with some payday loans. Hard on their luck and desperately in need of groceries, they spent a couple of weeks taking out payday loans from one of those conveniently located check-cashing places. Before too long, they were drowning due to the payday loans. While they wouldn’t have had food in their home otherwise, here’s a list of things that would have helped them (and can help you) before they were in over their heads in a high-interest debt situation:”

CreditCardAssist.com presents What Does Pre-Approved Really Mean? posted at Credit Card Assist.

Ben presents New Credit Card Rules - How They’ll Help You posted at Money Smart Life.

Frugal Living

Choose From 30+ Nationwide Discount Dental Plans!

Woman Tribune presents 5 Tricks to Get a Handle on Unnecessary Spending posted at Woman Tribune.

Kathryn presents Spend a Little, Save a Lot posted at Out of Debt Christian, saying, “Sometimes, you’ve got to spend some money to save some money. Here are three great programs that will cost you a few dollars today but could save you hundreds of dollars over the months ahead…”

MatthewPaulson presents Use an Income and Expense Budget to Deal With Your Financial Problems posted at Fine-Tuned Finances.

Insurance

PPO HMO Insurance Differences Explained posted at Home Life Weekly, saying, “This article discusses the differences between PPO HMO insurance differences in simple terms”

Investing

The Smarter Wallet presents Investing In The Stock Market? Rules To Help You Sleep At Night posted at The Smarter Wallet, saying, “Thanks!”

Investing Toolkit presents The Successful Stock Investor: Do You Have These Attributes? posted at Investing Toolkit.

Sam presents New !! Make Money With the Best Stock Investments in the Market posted at Surfer Sam and Friends

Nickel presents Best CD Rates (Updated!) posted at fivecentnickel.com.

Martha Jackson presents 10 Excellent YouTube Videos to Learn About Long-Term Investing posted at ETFdb.

Property

Chris presents The pros and cons of non-bank lenders posted at Home I Own, saying, “First home buyers, this is a must read for you.”

Retirement

Jeff Rose presents 5 Year Rule for Roth IRA Qualified Distributions posted at Jeff Rose.

Savings

Banker Saver presents Is The Inflation Protected Certificate of Deposit Still Around? posted at Banker Saver, saying, “Thanks!”

Mindi Lyons presents Your Financial Latte Factor posted at Mindi Lyons.com.

Tom Tessin presents 10 Steps to Help You Lease a Car posted at FGC Auto Blog, saying, “Looking to lease your next car? Here are some steps that you can use.”

Silicon Valley Blogger presents FNBO Direct: Best Online Savings Account, ETrade Bank Interest Rate At 3% APY posted at The Digerati Life

Savings Toolbox presents Compare Features when Shopping for an Online Bank posted at Savings Toolbox

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Others

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Kindle Swindle? posted at Mad Kane’s Political Madness.

Jenny presents Strict Spending posted at Stop Spending Money, saying, “It is not too difficult to learn how to budget and still be happy.”

Mike Piper presents What are refundable tax credits? posted at Taxes Made Simple, saying, “A quick explanation (and some examples) of the tax term “refundable credit.”"

Britannica Blog presents About Fixing the Economy: Obama, Weak; GOP, Clueless; the Masses: Distracted (by Michael Jackson, et. al) | Britannica Blog posted at Britannica Blog, saying, “Vice President Joe Biden says the administration “misread” the severity of the recession, an assertion borne out by forecasts supporting the stimulus package that came nowhere near seeing June’s unemployment rate of 9.5 percent. Yet the statement still seems odd: Even during the campaign economists and politicians alike were talking about the worse economic calamity since the Great Depression. Misread, indeed.”

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