The Carnival of Personal Finance is a weekly collection of the best personal finance articles from across the blogosphere, usually with an entertaining or thematic presentation. This week’s Carnival was published last night by the blog Four Pillars.
Check out the articles picked for Editor’s Choice but don’t miss out on The DIY Haircut and Unexpected Check, but It Wasn’t Mine to Keep. I also participated with Which Comes First: Paying Off Debt or Starting Emergency Fund?.
The Carnival, which hasn’t missed a week since it began in June 2005, is a great way to discover new writers and new blogs.
A few of the blogs that participated in that first Carnival on June 20, 2005 are still around, and they deserve some attention for sticking it out through the years.
Only three of the original participants no longer maintain their website or now write about a topic other than personal finance.
The schedule for the Carnival of Personal Finance through June 2009 is in the final stages of organization and should be ready to be announced within the next few days. If you are looking to participate as a host, we are accepting applications for hosting for July, August and September.
If you would like to participate in next Monday’s Carnival to be hosted at Wide Open Wallet, please submit your best article from this week for consideration.
Find out more about the Carnival of Personal Finance, including what’s expected of hosts and participants.
Welcome to the Carnival of Debt Reduction, a traveling weekly roundup of the best articles in the blogosphere covering credit cards, consumer debt, mortgages, and the elimination thereof. Here is more information about the Carnival of Debt Reduction, founded by Mighty Bargain Hunter.
Through this past week, many bloggers submitted articles to be featured in today’s Carnival of Debt Reduction. What follows is the best of those submissions. Interspersed throughout the links to articles are short tips provided through Twitter. Twitter is a micro-messaging social media website. Last week, I asked the people who follow my updates to send a micro-message with their favorite debt reduction tip, and I’m included a few responses randomly throughout the Carnival.
Let’s start with the top six debt reduction articles.
The Silicon Valley Blogger kicks off today’s Carnival with the dos and don’ts of reducing debt, gleaned from her own experiences with debt elimination.
@MillionMommyND’s debt reduction tip: “Create a wall chart and update it weekly. Keep an eye on your goal and focus on driving the line on your graph consistently downward.”
Can a housing assistance program help prevent foreclosure and assist with housing debt elimination? The Smarter Wallet explains where to look within the federal government for assistance, if you qualify and if the programs operate as advertised.
Lately, a number of banks are shoring up their own finances by closing credit card accounts that have been inactive. PFR from Personal Finance Reviews explains what to do when your credit cards are closed due to inactivity.
@bargainr’s debt reduction tip: “freeze cards, pay everything cash until you’re cc debt free.”
The Happy Rock explores what it means to “live within your means” with his recent article, As Long as You Can Make the Payments, You’re Fine. Don’t judge the article by it’s title, however.
The Military Finance Network fields this question: Will my credit cards affect my ability to get a car loan? PatrickCML explores the effect of credit scores on loan qualification and the best use of credit cards to maintain a high credit score.
@banker_girl’s debt reduction tip: “Downsize your residence.”
Christian from Our Personal Finances explains how his family must start rearranging their finances to thrive with only one income for a time. While living below their means previously, they’ll need to make some choices; namely, whether to liquidate retirement savings to eliminate the mortgage, easing the stress on other living expenses.
@jeffrosecfp’s debt reduction tip: “Stop viewing new purchases as “It will only cost this much per month”. If you can’t pay cash, don’t buy it.”
Continue reading the Carnival of Debt Reduction for more of the best from the blogosphere and Twitter. [click to continue…]
I have announced the new Carnival of Personal Finance schedule for the first three months of 2009. The Carnival of Personal Finance is a traveling celebration of the week’s best articles about personal finance throughout the blogosphere. Each Monday, a different blog hosts the Carnival, and the hosts bring their own style and flair to the “event.”
| Date |
Host |
Edition |
| Mon., Jan. 5, 2009 |
Clever Dude |
#186 |
| Mon., Jan. 12, 2009 |
The Writer’s Coin |
#187 |
| Mon., Jan. 19, 2009 |
Pecuniarities |
#188 |
| Mon., Jan. 26, 2009 |
Taking Charge |
#189 |
| Mon., Feb. 2, 2009 |
Funny About Money |
#190 |
| Mon., Feb. 9, 2009 |
Dollar Frugal |
#191 |
| Mon., Feb. 16, 2009 |
Canadian Personal Finance Blog |
#192 |
| Mon., Feb. 23, 2009 |
Broke Grad Student |
#193 |
| Mon., Mar. 2, 2009 |
Free Money Finance |
#194 |
| Mon., Mar. 9, 2009 |
Stock Trading to Go |
#195 |
| Mon., Mar. 16, 2009 |
Green Panda Treehouse |
#196 |
| Mon., Mar. 23, 2009 |
Four Pillars |
#197 |
| Mon., Mar. 16, 2009 |
Wide Open Wallet |
#198 |
| All other dates |
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Also, next Monday, I will be hosting the Carnival of Debt Reduction. If you are a blogger and have posted an article about debt reduction this week, and you would like to have the article featured within this carnival, submit it to me by 5:00 pm on Sunday, January 11.
Welcome to the third anniversary edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance! It’s hard to believe the Carnival has been in operation for so long, traveling to so many different locations week after week, yet here we are, starting the Carnival’s fourth year with a presentation of some excellent articles.
Last year’s second anniversary was hosted at Get Rich Slowly and the first anniversary was hosted here at Consumerism Commentary. The first edition was launched from here on June 20, 2005.
Thanks to everyone who participated in the third anniversary edition. There are many, many great articles that deserve your attention this week. It’s interesting to see how the community of personal finance blogs has grown and matured over the past few years, and this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance is a great example. Excellent articles have come from long-time and new bloggers alike.
I think you’ll enjoy the Editor’s Choice section, but there are many more articles that are worthy of your review.
Originally, I had planned to do something special for this third anniversary edition of the Carnival, but the sheer number of submissions was more than I expected and I’d rather let the best articles speak for themselves.
Editor’s Choice
Remember the “purity test” which you took in high school? You would get one point for everything you’ve done on the list, and the higher your score, the less “pure” you were. In a similar vein, Moolanomy has the Financial IQ Test, which follows a similar premise. Take this test to determine your Financial IQ.
Free Money Finance for president? Here FMF presents Politics and Your Money, taking a critical look at both presidential candidates’ stated economic policies.
Ron Haynes from The Wisdom Journal presents My Top 5 Personal Finance Blunders. I think these five mistakes will sound familiar to just about everyone. We all make mistakes, but the most intelligent of us learn from these errors.
Emily Starbuck Gerson from Taking Charge presents Too much debt can ruin your health. Debt is not only bad for your wallet, but according to recent research, there is a correlation between debt and certain physical or psychological manifestations like ulcers, anxiety, and depression.
Alex from Transcendental Success presents Become Rich By Helping Others. “There are at least two ways to create wealth. Both of these ways create wealth out of “nothing”. Nobody has to lose wealth for these to work.”
Everyone wants to be a superhero, and you can be a financial superhero with some discipline. The Financial Blogger presents Financial Super Powers Series: Time Control and Super Speed.
Kimberly from Alpha Consumer presents How to Teach Your Kids About Money. “Amid what could be considered a nationwide crisis in financial literacy, as illustrated by burgeoning consumer debt and paltry savings rates, parental guidance might be one of the few ways to reverse those trends.”
Madame X from My Open Wallet presents The Four Pariahs, and says, “In the movies, the rich kids are always beautiful and popular. In real life? Maybe not…”
Keep reading for more great recent personal finance articles. [click to continue…]
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