Archive for October, 2007

The Millionaire Mommy Next Door has posted the latest edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance, the “Trick or Treat Edition.” The concept this week is interactive. Mommy is looking for all readers to vote for their favorites in each category. The winners will receive one of five excellent prize selections.

Here are the Editor’s Picks, which include a number of new bloggers to me:

• Money vs. Time Off: Why We Don’t Take Vacations
• Follow the White Rabbit to Financial Freedom
• Work Once, Buy Forever
• Is Real Estate a Good Investment?
• Diversify to Avoid Investment Fraud
• Lifestyle and Spending Choices
• A Contingency Plan
• Stay at Home Parents Pay a Professional Price
• Why Personal Finance is Personal
• It’s That Time of the Year Again

Please check out all 92 submissions and vote for your favorites!

Today’s Carnival of Personal Finance has been posted at The Dough Roller. Here are the Editor’s Picks:

• My Impulse Buy Savings Plan
• How China Could Crash the US Dollar on a Whim
• Use Halloween to Teach Kids Money Lessons
• 36 Important Money Saving Tips
• Change Your Child’s Genetics by Giving Up the BMW
• Why the Rich Get Richer: an Entirely Different Perspective
• List of Money-Related Forums and Discussion Boards
• The Myth of the Parent That Needs to Work
• I’m Responsible for One of the Worst Interviews Ever

The remainder of the Carnival is interspersed with scary stories—this is the “Boo edition,” after all—of market crashes. Oh, the horror. The Carnival does end on a brighter note, sort of.

Mighty Bargain Hunter is on the ball with this week’s Carnival, which takes the form of a “Dr. Zeuss” story. Please take a look and read the entire Carnival in all its rhyming glory. Here are the Editor’s Picks:

• 10 Steps Using Which Even a Lazy Person Can Be a Millionaire
• Saving On Minimum Wage
• Trying and Buying Musical Instruments the Wrong Way
• How to do Business With a Friend Without Killing Each Other

Check out all the great articles at Mighty Bargain Hunter.