By The Skilled Investor, March 12, 2007, 12:14 am
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The Carnival of Investing - March 12, 2007 Edition

Welcome to the March 12, 2007 edition of the Carnival of Investing!

We have a smorgasbord of articles from which you can choose.

I have sorted the articles into three categories below:

* Editors Choice,

* Honorable Mention, and

* Straying a Bit, but still interesting.

Enjoy your feast,

The Skilled Investor

EDITOR’S CHOICE:

FIRE Getters presents Investing - Asset Allocation - Part 5 posted at FIRE Finance.

(A nice survey of industry asset allocation models — backtrack from this link to the other 4 parts)

FMF presents Why I Like Index Funds, Part 3 posted at Free Money Finance, saying, “My most complete post yet on why I like index funds.”

(Plus, lots of links to follow for more information about index funds…)

Silicon Valley Blogger presents What Do You Make Of A Stock Market Sell Off? posted at The Digerati Life.

Ybother presents Top 10 Reasons Wall Street Gives for the Stock Market Correction posted at TodaysTen.com: Daily Top Ten List to jumpstart your knowledge, saying, “Why did the stock market fall so suddenly and by so much? Wall street tries to explain”

Jim presents Background Check Your Financial Adviser posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.

Golbguru presents Gold As Investment: When One Pound Of Gold Is Not Equal To One Pound Of Gold posted at Money, Matter, and More Musings, saying, “A rookie’s initiation into gold as an investment and his first thoughts about gold.”

Leon Gettler presents The China Syndrome posted at Sox First, saying, “The historical significance of this week’s stock market plunge should not be under-estimated. When it comes to risk, it’s a whole new ball game with global capital markets now more integrated than ever before. What’s happening now in China is the shape of things to come.”

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Tom Hanna presents Financial Roadmap March 12 to 17, 2007 posted at Financial Options, saying, “The big indicators of the week will be the release of the Producer Price Index on Thursday and the Consumer Price Index on Friday, the major indicators of wholesale and retail price inflation respectively. The US federal budget, which has been coming in with a lower than expected deficit pretty consistently, will also bear watching as a continued downtrend in the deficit could equate to a mollified Federal Reserve and lower interest rates.”

The Skilled Investor presents Screening mutual funds on-line with Morningstar.com posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR Blog.

Super Saver presents Q1 2007 Stock Purchases Update - Closed All Positions posted at My Wealth Builder.

FMF presents Six Investment Pitfalls posted at Free Money Finance, saying, “Six investment pitfalls — and I’ve done them all!”

TJP presents Top Indian Funds: The Indian Fund (IFN) posted at Investor Trip.

Finance Buff presents Was It a Bubble, Or Was It Just Early? posted at The Finance Buff.

Paul presents More risk from stock advice newletters posted at ExtremePerspective.

Silicon Valley Blogger presents Filthy Wal-Mart = Poor WMT Stock Performance? posted at The Digerati Life.

Jim presents Money Markets Are Dangerous! posted at My Retirement Blog.

Craig S. Higdon presents What Is The Best Commercial Real Estate Loan? posted at Investment Property Insider.

Market Poetry presents Abercrombie’s Future posted at Market Poetry, saying, “Thanks and good luck with the carnival!”

Sam presents Buy 500 Companies for $1,000 with a Stock Index Mutual Fund posted at Surfer Sam and Friends, saying, “Index Funds allow people to participate intelligently in the stock market. You are guaranteed average earnings. Clear, quick and easy info.”

Michael Emilio presents Commercial Real Estate Investing Using Triple-Net Leases posted at MichaelEmilio.com.

Travis Johnson presents “I have found Warren Buffett’s successor” posted at Stock Gumshoe, saying, “The first post of a new service and a new blog — deciphering investment advisor email ads.”

Allen Young presents Real Estate is a Business posted at Living the Dream.

Tracy Coenen presents Pinnacle Development partners charged with running a Ponzi scheme posted at FRAUDfiles.

Web Admin presents Investing for Kids - Entry level mutual fund options posted at Stock-Net.com, saying, “Thank you.”

Michael Cook presents How to Find the Right Mortgage posted at Suite101: Buying/Selling a Home articles.

Michael K. Dawson presents How to Survive Getting Hit by a BRIC posted at The Time and Money Group.

STRAYING A BIT, BUT STILL INTERESTING:

Bill presents Taxes and the Three Martini Lunch posted at Ask Uncle Bill, saying, “It’s that time of year.”

Charles H. Green presents Trust Amongst the Investment Bankers posted at Trust Matters, saying, “There’s no such thing as trust among investment bankers - or trusting investment bankers, and the reason is that they’re more interested in the deal than the relationship.”

Christopher J. Brunner presents Why Small Businesses are Gullible to Scams posted at GreatFX Business Cards, saying, “Sets out some of the reasons that scam artists take advantage of small businesses, and how to protect yourself.”

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of The Carnival of Investing using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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