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The Carnival of Personal Finance is being hosted by Smart Money Daily this week. It is always worth exploring.
The Carnival of the Capitalists is hosted by Evelyn Rodriguez this week. This edition provides additional discussion of Hurricane Katrina’s impact and ends on a lighter note with some humor.
This weeks carnival tour starts with the Carnival of Personal Finance hosted by Savvy Saver. My recent post summarizing the history of my Special Situations Real Money Port was featured in this weeks Carnival of Personal Finance.
I have been thinking about getting new glasses and updating my home’s heating and air conditioning [...]
Today is the first day that free annual credit reports are available in all states. You can request a credit report from each of the three major credit reporting companies. To get your credit report you can either call 1-877-322-8228 or go to AnnualCreditReport.com.
You can use your free credit reports to make [...]
Doesn’t a financial carnival just sound like tons of fun? :-)
This weeks Carnival of Personal Finance is being hosted by the newly relaunched site of AllThingsFinancial. Fuel economy discussions appear to be all the rage this week. I guess today’s spike in crude oil prices to over $70 a barrel might have something [...]
Catch up on the latest business and personal finance articles written by bloggers this week. The first stop on this carnival tour takes us to the Carnival of the Capitalists hosted by James Archer of Strange Brand. My recent article about the first verdict regarding Merck’s Vioxx is featured in this week’s Carnival [...]
The first edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance is out today. The Carnival of Personal Finance is the brain child of Flexo at Consumerism Commentary.
I have recently noticed some aggressive marketing by ISPs for high speed internet service. It seems like almost every day I receive some form of advertisement from Verizon for their new FIOS DSL service. I currently have Comcast cable home internet service for $42.95 a month. The service has been fairly reliable, and I’ve had [...]
Yahoo! Auctions recently announced that it will no longer charge sellers listing fees or closing costs.
PFBlog.com recently pointed out a money saving article by SmartMoney.com, titled “How to Save $150,000 (And Still Have a Life)“. I agreed with most of the article, however, I would not opt out of a 30-fixed mortgage for an ARM in this historically low interest rate market unless I planned on moving in a few [...]
After a bit of research, I decided to open up a Coverdell Education Savings Account (ESA) this week. The Coverdell ESA provides a very smart option to create a college savings account. The key benefit is that your savings are allowed to grow tax free and the money in the account can be withdrawn tax [...]
