Hello everyone, welcome to the Carnival of Twenty Something Finances for the week of April 7th, 2008. In this edition we have more than forty articles on a variety of financial subjects that twenty somethings could learn about. Read on for some financial enlightenment!
Editor’s Picks
Investing Man presents 10 Tips On How To Negotiate posted at Wealth Building Lessons. This reminds of my post where I said everyone should haggle. Investing Man’s article expands the idea to all types of negotiation.
Finance Girl presents Childhood Money Memories, Part I posted at Finance Gets Personal. Finance Girl followed my post and wrote about her childhood money memories. There are some great stories here!.
Monevator presents Four ways to stop a financial crisis derailing your money goals posted at Monevator.com. Monevator gives great advice about not panicking in this economic environment. This is a very detailed and well written article.
Tip Diva presents Tip Diva | Top Ten Tips – Going Dumpster Diving posted at Tip Diva. This is a pretty interesting list of tips. I haven’t gone dumpster diving, but in the past I have gotten clothes, furniture, and books that were discarded on the side of the street. I am wearing a pair of my neighbor’s unwanted jeans right now.
Sarah presents The cost of graduating where she discusses how expensive a diploma really is! I never got my diploma because I was too lazy to order it. I think it’s still in Sproul Hall somewhere and employers verify everything online these days so I never needed my physical paper diploma.
Budgeting & Saving
Heather Johnson presents 8 Ways Women Can Save the Whole Family Money posted at wpersonalfinance.
GBlogger gives us Silly Rabbit, Budgets Are For Kids—How We Do Use Budgets posted at Can We Get Rich on a Salary?
zork presents 15 Ways to Exercise Your Budget during Recession posted at It’s the Recession, Stupid!.
Dividend Growth Investor presents Back test Results of one Rule of Thumb posted at Dividend Growth Investor.
Livingalmostlarge presents Budget backwards with priorities posted at LivingAlmostLarge.
Faron Benoit presents Establish Financial Goals posted at Financial Learn.
Seb presents Five things you should buy used posted at Pinching Copper.
Credit and Debt
Michael Bass presents What You Should Know About Credit Cards posted at Debt Prison.
Steve Faber presents - How to Get Out of Debt Fast posted at Debt Free.
FIRE Finance presents Three Quick Steps To Get Out of Debt! posted at FIRE Finance.
Shuchong presents I Thought it was Supposed to be Good Debt! posted at But WHY Doesn’t it Grow on Trees?.
Ray presents How To Avoid A 0% Balance Transfer Mistake posted at Money Blue Book.
Michael Bass presents What You Should Know About Credit Cards posted at Debt Prison.
College
Ted presents Cheapest Textbooks Online posted at CampusGrotto College News.
Patrick A. Sizemore presents 10 Guilt-Free Splurges for Students posted at College Information for Smart Students.
Realm of Prosperity presents Great Financial Aid Advice For College Students!!! posted at Realm of Prosperity.
Career and Income
Shanti presents WWSD #3: How Can I Work at Home Successfully? posted at Antishay Ventenne.
Tracy Kiss presents Conscious Flex: How to Find Your Passion and Make It Your Career: by Nicholas Powiull posted at Conscious Flex.
Passive Income Investor presents How I Generated $2,667 In Passive Income Last Month posted at LIVING OFF DIVIDENDS & PASSIVE INCOME.
Karin Verbeek presents From Nine-to-Five – That?s All You Need posted at Time Management Blog.
Economy
Wenchypoo presents Inflation—Here We Go Again posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket.
Free Stuff
Sally Thompson presents The Freeloader?s Toolbelt: 50 Tools to Help You Get Anything Free Online posted at Free Geekery.
Investing
Rio presents The Easiest Way to a Start a Roth IRA [del.icio.us] posted at Get Financially Fit!.
Charles H. Green presents Great Moments in Self-Regulation: Financial Planners and CFP Board posted at Trust Matters.
David Carter presents Why I Invested in Gold posted at David Makes Cents .com.
Richard M. Rothschild presents Bond Market Index Funds posted at Bond Market Index Funds.
Jorge H. presents Have We Hit the Bottom? posted at My Adventures into The Street.
Moneywise presents Largest mutual funds and their expenses posted at The Real Returns.
Real Estate
Ana presents Foreclosure Crisis Means A Buyers Market posted at DebtFREE-Revolution.
Dorian Wales presents The Personal Financier: How to Make Sure this is your Dream Home: 7 Practical Tips posted at Personal Financier.
Roshawn Watson presents Is Home Ownership A Good Investment? posted at Watson Inc.
Other
David presents $10 Bus Fares: Frugal or Frightening? — Money Under 30 posted at Money Under 30.
KCLau presents Financial Security: How you feel it? posted at KCLau’s Money Tips.
That is all for this edition. Thank you all for submitting your wonderful articles and make sure to link back and promote the carnival via social bookmarks! If you want to participate in the next carnival it will happen in two weeks and you can submit your articles here.
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An account receivable it might be, is not the answer to debt consolidation situation. The solution is learning to spend wisely. This means resisting borrowing a loan of any sort on your credit card. Even if you have a cheap travel insurance, retaining it is the best measure.
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Thanks for accepting my post into the carnival this week!
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Thanks for hosting and publishing our post “Three Quick Steps to Get Out of Debt.”
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FIRE Finance
Wow! What a great collection of financial resources! Will have to set some time to read these!
Thanks for including me!
Thank you for hosting the carnival. You did a great job!
Thanks for hosting the carnival and for including my post: “Is Home Ownership A Good Investment”
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