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Carnival of Personal Finance #21
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Greetings and salutations! Welcome to the 21st Carnival of Personal Finance. Started a mere twenty-one weeks ago by the inimitable Flexo of ConsumerismCommentary, this Carnival seeks to quench your thirst for personal finance musings and this week is no exception. With a veritable cornucopia of contributions (twenty seven to be exact, I missed one before!), I invite you to sample them all.
For a list of past Carnivals and a schedule of upcoming Carnivals, visit the birthplace of the Carnival of Personal Finance. I’ve also had the pleasure of hosting the 2nd Edition and 9th Edition of the Carnival.
- FMF at Free Money Finance presents Seven Ideas for Maximizing Retirement Savings, Part 1
- Nickel from Five Cent Nickel has very useful tips on saving big on well-child care.
- Josh Cohen at Multiple Mentality presents Credit me with something
- Caitlin from Clutter2Cash took a look at her Netflix usage and decided to change to the one-out-at-a-time plan for only $9.99.
- Henry Stern of InsureBlog discusses Steve Case casting his eyes on healthcare solutions.
- Jane Dough of Boston Gal’s Open Wallet detail how purchasing (and sleeping) on an Aerobed saved her money. I interviewed Jane as part of my Personal Finance Blogger Spotlight series.
- Nina at Sitting Pretty talks about some of the financial lessons she learned from her childhood in a post titled “Catch of the Day.”
- Cathy at CFO: Chief Family Officer presents Learning How To Cook (Efficiently)
- Sarah of Frugal Underground explains how you can get deals by bargaining in places you otherwise wouldn’t think you could.
- Steve Pavlina at Steve Pavlina’s Personal Development Blog presents Million Dollar Experiment.
- Madame X of My Open Wallet does a great analysis on whether a New York City apartment can be a profitable investment property in today’s market.
- Jon of Smart Money Daily looks back a year and reflects on how buying his first Rich Dad book and applying Robert Kiyosaki’s wisdom has led to a more than 100% increase in my earnings in one year.
- Cap of StopBuyingCrap shares some of the things you should watch for if you are considering about 0% balance transfer offers.
- Harvey Multani at Fiscal Times discusses the effects of despair on investing.
- Nick of 2¢ Worth doesn’t believe the question is whether to buy or to rent… , he suggests buying AND renting?
- Dan Melson at Searchlight Crusade presents Credit Reports and Credit Score Manipulations
- Canadian Capitalist discusses why you should consider giving yourself a little exposure to the Canadian market as part of your equity allocation to international stocks.
- The Happy Capitalist thinks that the sagging U.S. housing market won’t crash but land softly.
- Noah Kagan of OK Dork gives an explanation of diminishing marginal return.
- MBHunter of Mighty Bargain Hunter offers part two of 50 ways to make you richer.
- JLP of All Things Financial discusses ways to get Uncle Sam to pay for your college education.
- NCN discusses how important it is to get your financial house in order.
- Deputyheadmistress at The Common Roompresents Winterizing
- Jonathan at MyMoneyBlog warns you all that you Shouldn’t Forget Your Local Credit Union.
- George at Fat Pitch Financials guides you through the process of learning about yourself so you can maximize your investment potential. One of the first steps in becoming a better investor is to know yourself.
- Jeffrey Strain of PFAdvice also wants to warn you about What The Government Knows About Your Personal Finances. Sorry for missing the submission Jeff!






Thanks for hosting this week! Busy week for me, I didn’t have anything worth submitting this time around.
Nice job on the carnival…it seems my submission What The Government Knows About Your Personal Finances may have gotten lost in the mail…
Good job Jim! And thanks for including my post
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Fine job…Thanx for hosting this week!!
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Nice input on bargaining . Do you know that we can bargain the price of online stuff by calling the toll free number on the site . I did this with dell and they offerd me upto 30% less on digital cameras .
When you have bad credit getting a loan at a reasonable interest rate can be difficult. I spend my time researching and posting information for Americans seeking fair interest rates. Bad debt is a great reason for getting a bank loan but there are many other reasons people with bad credit need financing.