Carnival of Financial Planning - August 23 2008 Edition

By The Skilled Investor, August 23, 2008, 5:31 pm
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Welcome to the August 23, 2008 edition of the Carnival of Financial Planning.

The Carnival of Financial Planning takes a long-term view of personal financial planning for individuals and families. We focus on efficient and sustainable personal financial planning practices that can lead to lifetime financial security.

This edition is arranged by subject heading, so that you can browse efficiently.

Enjoy!

The Skilled Investor

Budgeting

Weight Ladder / Rich Leverage presents How to Avoid Nickel and Diming Your Way to the Poorhouse posted at Rich Leverage.

Ben presents Budgeting & Money Management Tools for College Students posted at Money Smart Life, saying, “An overview of budgeting and money management tools for college students.”

Larry Russell presents Living Expense Tracking Methods posted at Pasadena Financial Planner.

Economics

GrrlScientist presents High Wire: The Precarious Financial Lives of American Families posted at Living the Scientific Life, saying, “This is a book review of a nonfiction masterpiece that will keep you awake at night, planning how to safeguard your economic future — all on your own! It talks about the most important and long-term relationship in your life: your relationship with your work, and how that has changed substantially since the 1970s. It also discusses the myth that the average American can become a wise enough financial planner and investor to “beat the odds” and become at least more financially comfortable.”

Financial Planning

MoneyNing presents Frugally and Happily Back to School 9 Different Ways posted at Money Ning, saying, “Be happy and frugally go back to school!”

rothira presents Roth IRA for Teenagers posted at Roth IRA Explained.

Wilfrid presents Are TIPS A Good Investment? posted at Your Finish Rich Plan, saying, “Protection against the ravages of inflation should be an integral part of every investor’s long-term plan”

Ariel Ozick presents 3 Dumb Ways to Waste Your Money posted at Fiscal Liberty.

Larry Russell presents Financial Planning Reading List posted at Pasadena Financial Planner.

Barb A. Ryan presents Your Personal Financial Planning Skills posted at Pasadena Financial Planner.

Financing Education

Tom Tessin presents Types of College Loans posted at FCC Student Blog, saying, “Learn all the types of student loans on the market.”

Income

The Shark Investor presents How To Trade Domain Names And Websites posted at The Shark Investor, saying, “An ultimate guide to website flipping”

Investing

Dorian Wales presents How to Invest Wisely In a Bear Market? posted at The Personal Financier, saying, “Bear markets present a challenge for any investor with the end never in sight. How do we invest wisely in a bear market?”

Raag Vamdatt presents All you wanted to know about Senior Citizen Savings Scheme (SCSS) :: RaagVamdatt.com :: Financial Planning demystified posted at RaagVamdatt.com.

Marc Ryan presents IndependentInvestor.info - Musings about preferred shares posted at IndependentInvestor.info, saying, “A popular strategy for increasing the return of the fixed income portion of a portfolio is to buy preferred shares outside of your tax-free account(s) to benefit from the advantageous tax treatment for dividends paid to individuals, compared to the taxation of interest payments on, for example, government bonds. This article questions the validity of this strategy.”

The Financial Blogger presents Answering to a Reader’s Comment on Mutual Funds posted at The Financial Blogger, saying, “Find out about the impact of turnover ratio and MER’s on your mutual funds”

Walter W. Fouse presents Vanguard Index Mutual Funds Versus Vanguard Managed Funds posted at Best No Load Funds.

Richard M. Rothschild presents Bond Market Index Funds posted at Bond Market Index Funds.

Frank Vertin presents Top 10 S and P 500 Index Funds posted at NO LOAD INDEX FUNDS

Managing Debt

Richard Martin presents Bankruptcies And Foreclosures in Bubble States posted at BankruptcyAccess.com, saying, “This homemade graph showing the increases in bankruptcy filings & foreclosures in 4 “bubble” states.”

imarketing4s presents All The Debt Consolidation Information You Ever Needed To Know posted at Free Debt Consolidation: Qualified Financial Management.

imarketing4s presents Free Debt Consolidation: Get Relief From Debt For Free posted at Free Debt Consolidation: Qualified Financial Management.

David presents Is the Increased IRS Mileage Allowance High Enough posted at Physician Entrepreneur, saying, “Here are 7 ways to improve your credit score.”

Del Sandeen presents How Much are You Really Spending? posted at Fiscal Liberty.

Retirement

KCLau presents How a medium family can retire comfortably (Real Life Case Study) posted at KCLau’s Money Tips, saying, “a success story about a frugal family. If everyone learn to manage cash flow like they do, there will be no financial problem in Malaysia.”

Savings

Tool presents How to Compare Online Savings Accounts posted at Savings Toolbox.

FMF presents Using Your Health Savings Account as a “Super Roth” Investment Vehicle posted at Free Money Finance, saying, “Great way to super-size your savings.”

Joseph presents Saving Money At Garage And Yard Sales posted at Penny Pinching.

FIRE Getters presents Want To Be A Millionaire? Follow the YAWN Philosophy posted at FIRE Finance.

nickel presents Is Your Credit Union Safe? posted at fivecentnickel.com, saying, “Taking a look at credit union safety.”

Larry Russell presents The Top 25 Low Cost Best US Money Market Funds posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR Blog.

Taxes

Silicon Valley Blogger presents Tax Tips For The Working Stiff posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “Thank you!”

Barb A. Ryan presents Asset Allocation, Investment Asset Tax Location, and Emergency Cash Management posted at Pasadena Financial Planner.

Miscellaneous

Nadege presents Are your financial goals merely financial wishes? posted at fabulous finances.

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