Carnival of Financial Planning – May 17, 2007 Edition
Welcome to the May 17, 2007 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.
The Skilled Investor has made parenthetical comments beneath some listings. These comments are the opinion of The Skilled Investor and not of the blogger.
Blogroll Picks** To increase the breadth of article links in each Carnival of Financial Planning, The Skilled Investor, proactively searches blogs to find articles that could be of interest to those interested in long-term financial planning. Each week, The Skilled Investor searches our blogroll in alphabetical order until we find a several interesting posts in addition to those that other bloggers have submitted to this Carnival. Next week, we will start again where we left off in the alphabetical rotation. Blogroll Picks are marked below by a double asterisk (**).
Enjoy!
Budgeting
edithyeung presents 7 Habits of Highly Effective Money Managers posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act..
College Savings
Steven Silvers presents Rankles over U.S. News best colleges list hint at bigger issue with media rankings. posted at Scatterbox at stevensilvers.com, saying, “Information-age transparency turns what used to be slam-dunk annual marketing promotions into ongoing controversies about news media methods.”
Ted Reimers presents 10 ways to save money in College posted at CampusGrotto.
Financial Planning
savingadvice presents The Confusing Process Of Measuring Net Worth & Financial Progress posted at Personal Finance Advice, saying, “Trying to come up with a good way to measure net worth and financial progress.”
WBL presents Top 5 Ways To Go Broke posted at Adventures in Money Making.
FIRE Getters presents Online Checking Accounts: Part 2 – Electric Orange Checking From IngDirect posted at FIRE Finance.
Kevin Surbaugh presents 33 Ideas for Dating Frugally posted at Becoming & Staying Debt Free, saying, “You’ve made a love connection, but now you’re weary of the wooing process because you’re on a tight budget. But don’t worry, because dating without much cash is possible and it can allow you to be creative while showing your date a good time. If you think that showing your true frugal colors may be a turn-off, then no need [...]