Carnival of Financial Planning - April 5 2008 Edition

Welcome to the April 5, 2008 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.

Enjoy!

The Skilled Investor

Budgeting

poetloverrebelspy presents Baring My Budget: London posted at Less Than a Shoestring, saying, “Don’t be scared off by the weak dollar exchange. Bag your new Open Skies “bargain” ticket to London and enjoy one of the greatest and most expensive cities in the world for just $25/day. This post shows you how to stretch your dollars and still score plenty of history and fun in London.”

Economics

Larry Russell presents Objective Personal Finance Answers Are Hard to Find posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR Blog

Financial Planning

mmhabits presents How to Save a Million Dollars posted at Millionaire Money Habits, saying, “Often people spend too much time trying to find “the best way” to make more money and reach their financial goals. Quit looking and get started. Read this article to find out how.”

Richard M. Rothschild presents Bond Market Index Funds posted at Bond Market Index Funds.

Dorian Wales presents How to Protect Your Money From Inflation posted at Personal Financier.

Barb A. Ryan presents Your Family Financial Planning posted at Pasadena Financial Planner.

Income

Silicon Valley Blogger presents How Do You Plan To Get Ahead? Ways To Increase Your Income posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “Thank you!”

Investing

Moneywise presents Largest mutual funds and their expenses posted at The Real Returns, saying, “Largest mutual funds and total expenses paid by the shareholders.”

The Dividend Guy presents Pension Fund Asset Allocations You Can Use posted at The Dividend Guy Blog, saying, “Asset allocation is the most important investment decision an investor can make. Looking at pension fund asset allocations is one way to learn and find an asset allocation that may work for you.”

Dorian Wales presents Long Term Investments Are Not Risk Free: The Fallacy of Large Numbers and the Past Decade in US Stock Markets posted at Personal Financier.

texasdave presents Forex your way to Wealth posted at Make Cash Online.

nickel presents Investment Insights: Staying the Course posted at fivecentnickel.com.

Frank Vertin presents Top 10 S and P 500 Index Funds posted at NO LOAD INDEX FUND.

Dividends4Life presents Dividends Under Attack, Again… posted at Dividends4Life, saying, “Back in the old west, if you had a reputation as a quick draw, there was always someone willing to risk their life to see if they were better. If you are good, someone will always be coming after you. Dividends must be really good.”

FMF presents Ignore Daily Financial Noise posted at Free Money Finance, saying, “Ignore the news and keep investing.”

Richard M. Rothschild presents The Best Mutual Funds Have NO Sales Loads and NO 12b-1 Fees posted at Best No Load Funds.

Frank Vertin presents Buy an S&P 500 Index Fund with Low Costs posted at NO LOAD INDEX FUND.

Larry Russell presents 7 Ways to Pick the Best Noload Mutual Funds and ETFs posted at Best No Load Funds.

Managing Debt

FIRE Getters presents Three Quick Steps To Get Out of Debt! posted at FIRE Finance.

Casey Markee presents 5 Bad Habits that Lead to Debt Disaster and How to Avoid Them posted at CAPC Debt Management Blog, saying, “This article addresses 5 of the most common debt bad habits that consumers make on the road to financial ruin. Concrete advice on how to identify these bad habits and improve both your credit score and your sanity at the same time are discussed.”

Steve Faber presents - How to Get Out of Debt Fast posted at DebtBlog, saying, “Properly managed, debt can make you wealthy. Many individuals and businesses have done just that. The problem is that too few people can actually manage their debt properly. Most people are better off just being debt free, or very close to it. Here are some ways to get you there, without waiting 20 years.”

Jose DeJesus MD presents Physician Entrepreneur - Business, Strategy, and Wealth posted at Physician Entrepreneur.

Jeremy Zongker presents 21 Ways Credit Cards can Save You Money on Your Summer Vacation posted at Creditor Web.

Risk Management

Life Lock - Identity Theft posted at HelpMyCashGrow.com.

Savings

Tip Diva presents Tip Diva | Top Ten Tips - Going Dumpster Diving posted at Tip Diva, saying, “Tip Diva enjoys Dumpster diving, which is quite a fine art. She’s found things such as a working sewing machine, furniture, bolts of fabric, computer software, brand new candles, a fan and more. Remember, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, so here’s how to go find your own free loot.”

Faron Benoit presents Establish Financial Goals posted at Financial Learn.

Sally Thompson presents The Freeloader’s Toolbelt: 50 Tools to Help You Get Anything Free Online posted at Free Geekery.

Jeremy Zongker presents 90 Low Cost or No Cost Activities to Entertain Your Kids All Summer Long posted at Destroy Debt.

Miscellaneous

KCLau presents Relative Value of Money posted at KCLau’s Money Tips, saying, “An article on how to earn and spend money as well as the relative value of money.”

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