Carnival of Personal Finance #162
Written by admin on Jul 22nd, 2008 | Filed under: blog carnivals
Emily Starbuck Gerson of Taking Charge hosted the Carnival of Personal Finance #162. Some of my favorite posts she included are:
- The Money Answer Guy helps consumers decide if they should hang onto their gas guzzlers.
- Not the Jet Set tells how the envelope system works and why it has been so successful for his family.
- Antishay Ventenne once thought credit cards were evil, but after becoming debt free, she has come to realize that they can be useful tools
- American Small Business News explains to small business owners the importance of employee evaluations
- Destroy Debt exposes the real “trick” to saving money.
- Uncomment Cents lists seven ways to travel frugally
- Last Day For CollegeAdvantage Free Money (and Some Personal Finance Links) Today (May 31st) is the last day to claim your $25 in free money for setting up CollegeAdvantage account. This is that very rare opportunity where a company is paying you to secure your future. I explained why CollegeAdvantage's 529 Plan is great before or you can just take my......
- Personal Finance Guidance for Your Children Many baby boomers have done well financially over the past 20-30 years. Some of that was luck, with success coming in spite of our own lack of personal finance. Many other boomers have paid or will pay a severe price for not knowing or not following some of the basic......
- Super Bowl Pick (and Personal Finance Links) The Super Bowl starts in some 45 minutes as I start to type this. When I was watching the Patriots beat the Cardinals by 40 points in week 16, I couldn't have imagined they'd make it this far. As a Patriots fan, I don't really have words to describe how......
- Ignore Your Personal Finance Guru This couple that I'm friends with related an interesting story to me the other day. They decided that their current bank no longer suited their needs and it was time to try a new bank. Sometimes, and this is one of those times, switching to a new bank isn't exactly......
- San Francisco Fishing Charter with Captain Perry (and Personal Finance Links) A couple of weeks ago, my friend San Francisco Boater on a fishing expedition. He had made friend with Captain Perry Kerson who does fishing charters in San Francisco. SF Boater suggested that we go out and see what fish we can catch. On this day, the quest was......
