Carnival of Personal Finance #159
This week’s Carnival of Personal Finance is hosted by Greener Pastures: Personal Finance and takes us outside of Abu Dhabi for the first planned zero-emissions city, being built from scratch.
Here are the host’s picks for best articles:
- Congressional testimony: Student credit card issuers under investigation
- Four Specific Paths To Automatic Saving and Investing
- Retirement Savings 101: All about retirement accounts (and why to start saving now!)
- George Carlin Tribute – Finance Jokes
- 4 Phases of Money Merging
- Big Toys For Top Dollar: 5 Reasons People Spoil Their Kids
- The Surprising Costs of DIY
- Creating My List Of Financial Priorities
- TradeKing Review: A Discount Broker with Loads of Features
- The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Money Making WordPress Blog
- Six Overlooked Reasons why you are struggling with your finances: Reason #6 – System Failure
The hosting schedule for the Carnival of Personal Finance through September will be released early this week, so get ready for the next round of great personal finance articles!
Carnival of Personal Finance #158
Mrs. Micah is channeling Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the 158th Carnival of Personal Finance. Here’s are the editor’s picks for best of bleed… er… breed:
- My Incredibly Skrinking Savings Account – Are Savers Financial Losers?
- Make Bi-Weekly Pay Work in a Bi-Monthly World
- The Price of Your Favorite Color
- The Vending Machine 2 for 1: Frugality or Stealing?
- Is it Frugal or Stealing?
- Monopoly Game Expansion: Personal Savings Account
- Economy of Technology: Smoke and Mirrirs With the iPhone
- My Personal Finance Confession Project: Credit Card Rates
Thanks to everyone who participated this week!
The Carnival is in the final week of accepting applications for those who would like to host in the upcoming months. If you are interested in hosting the Carnival of Personal Finance, find out more about it here.
Carnival of Personal Finance #157
The Carnival of Personal Finance is celebrating three years today with the latest edition hosted at the origin, Consumerism Commentary. There were a lot of great articles to choose from; the quality of the writing continues to increase across the board. Here are my picks for Editor’s Choice:
- What’s Your Financial IQ? Here’s a Test.
- Politics and Your Money
- My Top 5 Personal Finance Blunders
- Too Much Debt Can Ruin Your Health
- Become Rich By Helping Others
- Financial Super Powers Series: Time Control and Super Speed
- How to Teach Your Kids About Money
- The Four Pariahs
Thank you to everyone who participated in the third anniversary edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance. We’re taking requests for future hosts, so if you’d like to organize the Carnival of Personal Finance in the future, let us know.
Carnival of Personal Finance #156
Feeling the heat this summer? Relax with summer songs from the latest edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance, hosted by Prime Time Money. There were many excellent submissions this week, so thanks to everyone who participated.
Here are PT Money’s selections for “Editor’s Choice:”
- The ABCs of Keeping Cool
- How I Will Save Money on My Summer Vacation
- 13 Fun (Free) Things to Do This Summer
- 6 Ways to Save Money on Vacation
- Spreadsheet: New Car Cost vs. Old Car Cost
- 13 Free or Cheap Ways to Keep Your Home Cool This Summer
On Monday, June 16, Consumerism Commentary will host the third anniversary edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance. Please submit your best article from this week for consideration before Sunday evening’s 6:00 deadline.
Carnival of Personal Finance #155
Moolanomy is presenting the latest edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance, with 98 accepted submissions. Here are the editor’s picks:
- 29 Free Or Low Cost Ways To Save Energy & Money
- Stop Complaining about Gas Prices
- Invest in What You Know
- Five things Indiana Jones Can Teach Us About Personal Finance
- Taxes… Now or later?
- 26 Ways To Make Extra Money While Keeping Your Day Job
- Economic Mobility—What Are Your Chances of Moving Up, Really?
- Learn to Say No
- My Favorite Money and Time Saving Websites
- Increase Your Salary Without Increasing Your Work
Thank you to everyone who participated this week. Please remember to link back to the 155th edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance to allow all participants to receive exposure to your readers.
Carnival of Personal Finance #154
For those in the United States, happy Memorial Day! We’ll take a short trip to Canada for the 54th edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance, hosted by Canadian Dream: Free at 45. The host based this edition of the Carnival on the nursery rhyme, Monday’s Child.
Here are the host’s Editor’s Picks for the week.
- Credit Protection
- 12 Ways to be Financially Boring
- Will the Falling Dollar Cause Inflation?
- Setting Boundaries for Grandparental Spending
- 4 Stages You’ll Encounter During a “No Spend” Challenge
- Don’t Blame OPEC
- The Social Acceptability of Frugality
- Tracking Pennies: Making the Abstract Concrete Time and Effort are More Valuable Than Money
Thanks to everyone who participated this week. Next week’s Carnival will be hosted by Moolanomy. Please submit your best article from this week before the deadline Sunday evening at 6:00 PM Eastern Time.
Carnival of Personal Finance #153
The latest Carnival of Personal Finance is live on Money and Values. The host took an interesting approach to this week’s Carnival and presented the articles in question-and-answer style. Here are the Editor’s Choice Q&As:
- What do I need in order to have a happy retirement? Four Things You Need for Retirement
- How can I make sure that my actions and measures of success match my priorities? Mind vs. Brain Part II: Priorities, Pursuits & Productivity
Thanks again to everyone who participated this past week! Remember, all submissions must be received by 6:00 PM Eastern time on the day before the Carnival’s publication. Last week, the Carnival mail server delayed submissions so some did not reach our inbox by the deadline. The sooner you submit your article, the better.