Mighty Bargain Hunter

Welcome to Carnival of Personal Finance #122

October 15th, 2007 | by mbhunter |

It’s Monday today, and here we all are!
You’ve no doubt arrived to this blog from afar,
By hook or by crook or by llama or car.

But on to the posts! There’s no time to spare!
As most of you folks are keenly aware
This Carnival’s huge! It’s gigantic! Supremo!
A strawberry float with a ton of whip cream-o!
All Personal Finance! You’ll just want to scream-o!

Quest for a Million was first to submit;
These ten things are better with money, to wit.
Kim Standenraus surely serves it up straightest:
“Lending to friends really isn’t the greatest.”

Quest for Four Pillars remarks on recession:
“Investing is possible! Can the aggression!”
4EvaYoung on that Oracle Buffett:
“Get your hands dirty! Get off your tuffett!”

A heat map on Reverse Mortgage Information
Shows HECM — go check ‘em! — across the whole nation.
Grad Money Matters’ real popular post
Shows lazy ain’t crazy — they’re richer than most!

(You noticed that GMM’s name was in red?
Applaud to yourself! Pat yourself on the head!
It’s an Editor’s Pick! So butter your bread
And read the red posts before going to bed!)

Our friend Chris Kakaras discusses a budget
That smooths out the bumpies — there’s no need to fudge it.
Then Moolanomy surely shows us that taxes,
among other things, really badly impacts us!

Next Mrs. Micah makes clear a pronouncement:
A credit card publicly serviced announcement!
A CVS game from that slick Hustler Money:
Prescription Round Robin! It sure does sound funny.

Smithwyck and Sneedle and Sotheby Stahma
Will vote for Chase Debit Card Hustler-o-Rama.
Real World Finances was thinking of late
That mortgage tax benefits just aren’t that great.

This post over here at Online College Blog
Shows MBA deals — not one single dog!
The Financial Blogger might knock off your socks
With posts on The Primerica Paradox.

No Paper Money breaks down into tiers
His road to the wealth in retirement years.
But please heed the words of Financial Reference:
“The law of free markets requires our deference.”

Millionster talks to the cubicle monkey
And gives fourteen ways to go quit and be spunky.
On financial choices from Rather Be Shopping:
“The good ones are starting; the bad ones are stopping.”

Mill’ Dollar Journey is so tough to rhyme
On lending your money: When’s the right time?
A question is asked by our Dividend Guy:
“Smallish-cap stocks: How much and why?”

Flexo, an expert at credit card stacking,
Deals with the cards where the plastic is cracking.
Ana, the one of DebtFREE-Revolution,
Had one good decision! (Now that’s absolution!)

Then Being Frugal, with thrift neverending,
Asks if we’re born to be saving or spending.
Brip Blap, the blog with the catchy-ish name,
Describes how to enter the billionaire game.

Free From Broke profits by flexible spending;
An iPod promoted a hap-happy ending!
In this short post My Retirement Blog
Says “Watch that inflation! It’s going whole-hog!”

A question was asked by the juggernaut Trent:
“A lady gets diff’rent advice than a gent?”
O’ercoming Foreclosure’s this week is thus:
September was better; there’s still room to fuss.

GRACEful Retirement posts from the john;
The one post this week that’s on T-P-E-con!
Finance is Personal talks on a scam
A thief washing checks just might net you a jam.

Punny is sure mathematic this week!
His checksums require you think like a geek.
Poorer Than You has some nice observations:
“We spend more while swiping at credit card stations!”

The Online Savings Blog’s crying alarm:
“AmTrust is cutting! So please watch your arm!”
This week’s account on I’ve Paid For This Twice:
“The worst is the worst-est; the best is quite nice!”

Now GirlRobot likes to get tickets for shows
And getting the prices to challenge new lows.
Advanced Personal Finance says this time around:
“Your spending’s depending on how it was found?”

This post we’re getting from FMF’s page:
Turn $5k to millions — not minimum wage!
Dough Roller’s contri says Berkshire’s a buy!
(But read the whole thing and you’ll soon find out why.)

Plonkee advises that under duress
That if you’re offered help, it’s best to say “Yes!”
Then some good posting from Finance and Fat:
Save money on food — now that’s where it’s at!

Smart Money Daily submitted, he did:
Money is something you teach to your kid.
Then Thrifty Penny is budgeting cleaner;
A fat tax imposed makes you leaner and meaner.

Happy Rock now is a real-estate taker
Of less than one millionth of one single acre.
Ask Mr. Credit Card asks you to choose
If you’d give your high-schooler credit card blues.

Searchlight Crusade on a real-estate tear:
Listing exclusively? Not on a dare!
Queercents was posting on stuff that we drink:
“Guzzling and glugging costs more than you think.”

Now on the Boulevard to Retirement we see
That PF and patience both start with a P.
With Money and Such I will tend to agree
That stocks are not safe and it’s time that we flee.

Read this great post from the Tight Fisted Miser;
On topics of minimum wage you’ll be wiser.
Digerati Life now is making some sense!
Increase your own yard space by axing your fence.

Blunt Money’s gone into saving-buck mode;
She wants to save more bucks — a bigger-er load!
Then My Wealth Builder recalls his degree
And postulates that it helped him go job-free.

Ask Dong, your favorite cash commentator,
Securely protects his account aggregator.
Fundmastery Blog on the U.S. Buck fall:
“The Treasury sure has held onto the ball.”

Money and Values says banking is green;
A ShoreBank account keeps environments clean.
Then FIRE Finance (the blog that has eyes)
says Zecco has free trades it cannot disguise.

Cash Money Life, with a flashback to youth,
Collected and traded his cards of Babe Ruth.
Millionaire Mommy Next Door has the key:
Just three things: “You rent, you grow rich, and you’re free!”

From Finance Puzzle we are hearing it straight;
His Smart Money magazine’s pulling its weight.
Clever Dude ate crow and covered his face
At all of the credit he used for his bass.

A Penny Closer warns not to be stunned
At everything for your emergency fund.
And Everyday Finance says, “You silly clucks!
Emergency funds saved me thousands of bucks!”

Saving Advice goes for quality shoes
And other qua-licious things you might peruse.
Money Blue Book now has moved on from school
But keeps his old loan as a general rule.

Now here Two Wise Acres has sure got a clue!
With friendships in business, please think it all through!
Money Smart Life says “You’ll lighten your coffers
If you take advantage of free trial offers.”

The Skilled Investor is making us wiser;
Don’t get scammed by your financial advisor.
One Frugal Girl doesn’t fall for this, though:
An infomercial? Well, she changes the show!

A dozen tips here from Stock Trading To Go:
When choosing a broker, there’s lots you should know.
Now Blueprint is playing with most of a deck,
But poker and finance? Well hey! What the heck!

Money Ning has a worthwhile endeavor:
Save tons of green! Cut your taxes forever!
After Grad talks on a topic I’ve known;
Funding is bait so you might need a loan.

Frugal Dollar’s, just in case that you missed ‘em,
Has laid out a plan for the envelope system.
No Credit Needed has two ESAs
For college-bound offspring to use there somedays.

Debt Beater drums on some withholding lore
On what to declare on your W4.
Teacher Art Dinkin, a finance detective,
Gives assets and such a fresh brand-new perspective.

Home Finance Freedom’s a triple-noun phrase,
But maintenance costs take a bite at each phase.
And last but not least, a post from yours truly:
Just take these five steps so your sites behave coolly.

And that’s all there is! I cannot post more!
We’ve eaten this apple clean through to the core
With stories on personal finance galore!

So everyone, please kindly now, have a nice week!
May all of your finances rock, so to speak.
I bid you farewell, for it’s time to cut loose!

–Dr. McCharly McFarlyton Zeuss

Questions tagged savings at Cash Commons:

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