Introducing the Carnival of Financial Planning
We spend an extraordinary amount of time earning money and a lot of personal time on backward looking tax and accounting matters. When these tasks are done, how much time and energy do you have left for forward-looking financial planning activities that could improve your future financial welfare? Most people would rather engage in leisure activities than do personal financial planning.
Given that personal financial planning requires personal time and clear thinking, it occurred to The Skilled Investor that a blog carnival dedicated to long-term personal financial planning would be welcomed by many. There already are numerous financially oriented blog carnivals and festivals, and many publish very useful articles about personal finance and investing. Therefore, the Carnival of Financial Planning will focus on long-term planning and hope to add value to the discourse in the blogosphere.
The Carnival of Financial Planning will take a long-term view of personal financial planning for individuals and families. This weekly blog carnival will focus on efficient and sustainable personal financial planning practices that can lead to lifetime financial security.
The Carnival of Financial Planning invites the submission of “long-view” articles that help readers to improve their lifetime financial planning decision-making. We plan to publish a weekly carnival every Thursday. Bloggers: Click here to submit your financial planning article to our next Carnival.
In the weeks and months ahead, we expect that the Carnival of Financial Planning will publish links to many thoughtful and well-written blog articles. We welcome blogger submissions on the following topics and on anything else that might be germane, as long as the articles take a long-term personal financial planning view and, of course, are not spam:
BUDGETING, INCOME, AND SAVINGS PLANNING - including:
- earned income
- self employment income
- household budgets
- budget worksheets and budgeting software
- personal savings projections
BUYING A HOME - including:
- preparing for a home purchase
- home value and appraisal
- home buying tips
- buying an older home
- buying a vacation home
- home mortgage loans
- home equity loans
DEBT MANAGEMENT - including:
- debt reduction
- accelerated loan and mortgage repayment
- payment and interest calculator software
- mortgage refinancing
EDUCATION AND COLLEGE PLANNING - including:
- college savings and 529 plans
- student financial aid
- education grants and scholarships
- educational loans
- private school financing
FINANCIAL PLANNING METHODS - including:
- return on investment
- net worth
- net present value and future value
- compound interest
- inflation
- financial planners and financial advisors
- financial calculators
- financial modeling and projection software
- financial management software
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING - including:
- investment growth
- risk management
- diversified investing
- expenses and fees
- no load funds
- mutual funds
- exchange-traded funds
- index funds
- stocks versus bonds
- money market funds
- savings bonds
- asset allocation
- investment portfolio rebalancing
- passive management
- active management
- investment calculators and investment software
- broker dealers and stockbrokers
- rating services
RETIREMENT PLANNING - including:
- retirement savings and investments
- Social Security payments and benefits
- tax-advantaged retirement plans
- traditional IRAs
- Roth IRAs
- traditional 401k
- Roth 401k
- pensions
- Medicare
- health care
- retirement calculators and planning software
RISK MANAGEMENT - including:
- annuities
- life insurance
- health insurance
- long term care insurance
TAX PLANNING - including:
- federal taxes,
- state taxes,
- Social Security taxes,
- tax rates,
- capital gains tax,
- self employment taxes
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