Carnival of Financial Learning #7 - Snow Addition
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Welcome to the 7th edition of the carnival of financial learning! 
Editor’s Picks
Dorian Wales presents Budgeting As a Family Activity posted at The Personal Financier, saying, “Encouraging your family to take part in the budgeting process is crucial to its success”
Jeffrey Kramer presents Fuel Hedging in the Airline Industry - Calls and Collars posted at Economic Outlook, saying, “This article explains how airlines hedge fuel prices using call options and collars. Readers will learn why hedging is important and see examples of calls and collars in practice.”
Andrew presents The Road to Retirement Should Be Paved Today posted at Primer.
Economics
KCLau presents How inflation affects your life? posted at KCLau’s Money Tips, saying, “An article on how inflation can affect your life. Also, I am giving away a book based on a 10-year study of 200,000 managers and employees. It shows you how the best managers use recognition to engage their people, retain talent and accelerate performance. You will get this great book written by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton - THE CARROT PRINCIPLE.”
Toni Graybill presents What is wealth? posted at Maximize Health and Wealth, saying, “A simple explanation of a basic economic term”
Fred Black presents Toilet Paper Millionaire! posted at Fred Black: Internet Business Blog..
Frugal Living
Michael Geoffrey presents Ditch The Credit Cards To Save Money posted at Debt Smackdown.
Lauren presents The Advantages of Getting a Gas Credit Card posted at FGC Auto Blog, saying, “I thought this would work for your next carnival, thanks! :)”
Joseph presents 26 tips to save money on gasoline posted at Penny Pinching.
Insurance
Ben Dinsmore presents Trees Full of Money: Is a Higher Automobile Insurance Deductible Right for You? posted at Trees Full of Money, saying, “Can you save money by raising your decuctible? With an emergency fund in place you may be able too.”
Investing
The Shark Investor presents Buying a Franchise - Do It The Right Way posted at The Shark Investor.
Investing Angel presents The 2008 Election And The Stock Market » Free Stock Market Investing Tips posted at Stock Tips, saying, “Your investment decisions right now may largely depend on who you think will win the 2008 election.”
Contrarian Profits presents How ETFs Can Bag You High Profits Without the Risk posted at Contrarian Profits, saying, “ETFs are revolutionizing financial markets, according to Money Morning’s Horacio Marquez. They allow investors to follow global trends without having to select individual stocks. They provide easy access to otherwise impossible-to-reach profit plays. And, by grouping stocks in a fund, they significantly reduce systematic risk in the market. For these reasons, Horacio says ETFs are the best way for investors to play today’s global trends…”
Geoffrey presents Want to Hold Foreign Currencies Instead of US Dollars? posted at Wealth Monkeys.
Steve Faber presents - Stock Market Terms – The Top10 Market Terms You Need to Know (Part 1) posted at DebtBlog.
Tom Lydon presents An ETF Trend-Following Plan For All Seasons posted at ETF Trends, saying, “Successful and smart investors know that just because one segment of the market is down, it doesn’t mean that everything is. They know how to spot trends and be in the areas that are moving, while staying out of the not-so-hot spots. Learn how to make following trends a part of your strategy!”
Value Seeker presents TD Ameritrade Review posted at Stock Investing, saying, “A review of one of the most popular brokerages.”
MoneyNing presents Did You Adjust Your Automatic Contribution to Investments This Year posted at Money Ning, saying, “Don’t let the bad news deter you! Keep investing!”
Money Management
William Blake presents How to Avoid Debt With Good Budgeting posted at Becoming Debt Free.
Tyler McKinna presents Credit Score Secrets Revealed posted at Credit Score Handbook, saying, “An article explaining how credit scores are developed, how they really work and how to improve them. Plus, how to establish good credit and keep it that way.”
FMF presents How to Ask for a Raise posted at Free Money Finance, saying, “How to increase your current income.”
Anand presents How to Master Money & Wealth | The Key to Financial Freedom posted at Anand Dhillon . com, saying, “This article details a long-term approach to becoming financially free. Put this into practice and you will reach the point where you will never have to work again unless you choose to.”
Ted Reimers presents Paying for College posted at CampusGrotto.
Larry Russell presents Living Expense Tracking Methods posted at Pasadena Financial Planner.
Raymond presents How To Generate Valid Credit Card Numbers posted at Money Blue Book.
Card Blogger presents The Best Credit Cards posted at Credit Card Blog.
Real Estate
Joe Manausa presents Real Estate Inventories Falling? posted at Tallahassee Real Estate Blog, saying, “If you follow the real estate market, than you have been seeing the general trend of rising inventories. This is not good. We cannot begin to talk about the market turning until we first see a turn in the flow of inventory.”
Livingalmostlarge presents To escrow or not? posted at LivingAlmostLarge, saying, “Should you escrow your own property taxes? What are the pros and cons?”
Retirement Planning
Wanda Grindstaff presents Retirement or Lifestyle - It is Your Choice! posted at Creating Abundant Lifestyles.
Jose DeJesus MD presents Drawing on Your Retirement Funds posted at Physician Entrepreneur.
Jay Lotz presents Comparing the Roth 401(k) and Traditional 401(k) posted at Personal Finance Hacks, saying, “My employer recently added a new option to our 401(k) plan: a Roth 401(k). While I had heard about these plans, I had to do some research to determine if the Roth 401(k) was a good idea for me. Here’s what I found out.”
Taxes
Robert D Flach presents USING THE IRS AS YOUR BANK posted at ASK THE TAX PRO.
Hanna Kassis presents Tax Breaks for College Students: pt. 2 posted at College Finance 101.
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13 July 2008, 9:13 am
Thanks for posting my article!
13 July 2008, 11:37 am
Nice job!
Thanks for the inclusion! Man, that is a lot of snow!!! I live in Maine and we never get snow like that!
ben
14 July 2008, 6:06 am
Thanks for including my post!
Where were the photos taken? Thats a crazy amount of snow!
15 July 2008, 9:58 am
Thank you for featuring my article as an Editor’s Pick! I really appreciate it, and found a lot of the articles to be very good this week.
16 July 2008, 11:02 am
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