Carnival of Financial Planning 05-18-2012
Financial Planning and Investment Articles this Week Carnival of Financial Planning – Edition #237 – May 18, 2012
Welcome to the May 18, 2012 Edition #237 of the Carnival of Financial Planning.
This edition is arranged by subject heading, so that you can browse efficiently.
Enjoy!
The Skilled Investor, Editor
Budgeting and Economics
101 Centavos presents Career Tips For Young Folks posted at 101 Centavos, saying, “This is a series of blog posts, dormant for a while, resurrected for a while. These would be career tips #15, #16 and #17, meant for young people entering…
krantcents presents How to Finance Your Start Up posted at KrantCents, saying, “Starting a new company is an expensive proposition. A new business owner has to pay for land, supplies and employees. Financing all of these purchases is not easy considering there is little revenue coming in.
Green Panda presents Negotiate. Negotiate. Negotiate… and Get What You Want. posted at Green Panda Treehouse, saying, “Do you negotiate?”
David presents Wired Wall Street Capital Markets posted at Wall Street History , saying, ” Looking into the workings of modern securities markets is like looking under the hood of a Prius hybrid car. There are so many complex and obscure parts it’s hard to discern what’s going on. History repeats and informs in market technologies. From the days when front-running involved actual running to the “Victorian Internet era” brought on by telegraphy, we can learn a great deal from looking back at a simpler era.”
Paul Vachon presents The Cost of Currency – Is it Time to Ditch the Penny? posted at The Frugal Toad, saying, “Is it time to ditch the penny? Since 2006, it has cost the United States Treasury more to produce the penny and nickel than the value of the coins themselves. For 2011, each penny cost American Taxpayers almost 2 1/2 cents while each nickel cost taxpayers 11 cents.
Financial Planning
Jason presents Reason #45,682 Why It’s Good to Have an Emergency Fund posted at Live Real, Now, saying, “My mother-in-law died two weeks ago. It’s sad, but I’m not going to get into the emotional devastation that comes with the death of a loved one here. At least, not today. Today, I’m going to talk about the money, but not the funeral expenses. I’m talking about the expense of taking over her stuff. When she died, she was living [...]