Money Hacks Carnival #20 — Personal Finance Destinations

Unfortunately, our host this week was unable to fulfill the obligation, so the carnival is being hosted here at the Money Hackers Network site. This week, I will take you on a tour of the Personal Finance Blogosphere and share with you some of my favorite destinations. But first, here are my editor’s picks:

• Top 50 Useful Financial Apps for Your iPhone or Blackberry posted at Currency Trading.net.
• Frugal Tips: How To Make 10 Ordinary Things Last Longer posted at The Digerati Life.
• Re-balance Your Life-Work Balance posted at The Wealth Hunter.
• Save like you’re paying off a high interest debt posted at Bible Money Matters — “A hack for saving money.”
• Hypermiling 101 posted at Christian Personal Finance Blog — “The steps and tricks hypermilers use to get double the gas mileage as the rest of us.”

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MBN Forums – This is the main hang out for personal finance bloggers. If you are interested in what’s going on behind the scene. This is a great place to visit. Be sure to participate in the conversations.

Debt & Credit

• 7 Disastrous Debt Habits posted at Watson Inc — “7 habits that can cause your financial doom.”
• Countrywide Visa Rewards Credit Card Offers 2% Cashback On Everything posted at Money Blue Book.
• You Can Win the Credit Card Game posted at The Red Stapler Chronicles.
• Balance Transfer Credit Cards Video Tutorial and Guide posted at Ask Mr Credit Card.
• On Loaning Friends Money (or, I’d rather give) posted at This Writer’s Wallet.
• 6 Reasons Why I Hate Cash posted at Broke Grad Student.

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PopTopRanks.com Personal Finance – As a personal finance blogger, I love to see how my blog compares to others. But the best feature is the ability to scan the latest headlines from all the top blogs.

Economy

• Privatization Is Not a Miracle Drug (Sometimes it’s Just a Drug) posted at The Personal Financier — Privatization does not automatically equal higher efficiency and better service despite common belief”
• The Final Punch - Inflation posted at Greener Pastures: Personal Finance — “The bottom feeders, subprime lenders and the like, were thriving, but so weren’t many of us.”

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PFBlogs.org The Aggregator – Here, you can find the latest headlines and excerpts from over 1,000 personal finance blogs. To find the more interesting stuff, I usually head straight for the Personal Finance Popular section.

Income

• How NOT to Make Money - Read “How to Get Rich” Books posted at KuleKat . com.
• What is wealth? posted at Maximize Health and Wealth — “Know your why and your what”

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Alltop Personal Finance – Consider this the newsstand consists of the most popular personal finance sites. Here you can scan the 5 latest headlines.

Investing

• Who is David Dodd and Why Should We Listen to Him posted at Dividends 4 Life — “Smith & Wesson immediately means something to a person familiar with firearms. In much the same way, the phrase Graham and Dodd carries a lot of weight with value investors.”
• Restarting the Social Security Clock posted at My Retirement Blog.
• Temper, Temper posted at Save and Conquer — When investing in a volatile market, take some time to step back, holler if you must, and then approach the problem without attitude or emotions.”
• Buying a Franchise - Do It The Right Way posted at The Shark Investor — “Buying a franchise as investing”
• Real Estate Inventories Falling? posted at Tallahassee Real Estate Blog — “If you follow the real estate market, than you have been seeing the general trend of rising inventories. This is not good. We cannot begin to talk about the market turning until we first see a turn in the flow of inventory.”
• Create CD Ladders for Short Term Money Needs posted at My Dollar Plan.
• The 2008 Election And The Stock Market posted at Free Stock Market Investing Tips — “Your investment decisions right now may largely depend on who you think will win the 2008 election.”

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MSN Smart Spending – Donna and Karen are the dynamic duos behind the MSN Smart Spending Blog. I consider this the main meta-personal finance blog since you can usually find links to the best of the best personal finance blog posts here.

Saving Money

• Teaching Children About Money - Part 3 - Saving posted at Mrs Nespy’s World — “In a series of teaching children about money, this is Part 3 which deals with saving.”
• Buy Costco Gas without Costco Membership posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.
• Avoid One-Way Surcharge on Rental Cars posted at Daily Money Hack.
• June 2008 - Family Budget Review posted at Passive Family Income — “A review of our monthly family budget for June and how we increased our savings by 80% over the month.”
• How to Save Money on Gas posted at Cash Money Life — “How to save money on gas… always a good thing!”
• Coupons on Your Cell Phone??? posted at Dollar Frugal.
• Winning the Daily Cash Flow Battle posted at The Frugal Dad.
• Getting Closer…. posted at Dreaming of Ferraris — “When saving money towards a goal, it’s important to keep yourself motivated by taking the time to review the progress you’ve made.”
• (Not So) Stupid Money Tricks: Credit Cards at a Convenience Store posted at Uncommon Cents.
• Holiday Planning Made Easy For the Unorganized posted at Frugality In the Making — “Christmas will be here before we know it. And most people cannot afford to go wild this year. With proper planner, you can keep the expenses down. This entry can show some simple ways to accomplish that!”
• Using Ebates to Save Money on Contacts posted at The Family CEO.
• My DIY Steam Cleaning Experience posted at Value For Your Life.
• Are high-yield savings account still advantageous in today’s economy? posted at HelpMyCashGrow.com.
• Two Free Software Programs That Can Protect Your Computer posted at Think Your Way to Wealth.
• Buying Futures at the Gas Pump posted at Funny about Money.

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Get Rich Slowly Forums – Need to bounce your ideas or ask personal finance questions? Here, you can find over 1,800 users who share common interest in personal finance and personal development.

Other

• Read This or Hello Kitty Dies posted at Tales From The Road Less Traveled.
• How to Find a Good, Young Financial Planner posted at Free Money Finance — “Thoughts on picking a good, young planner.”
• Using the IRS as your bank posted at Ask The Tax Pro.
• Sometimes you have to just grow a pair, and ask posted at Budgets are Sexy — “Sometimes you just have to ask for what you deserve these days! You might be surprised how easy it is”
• Top Ten Tips - If Your Wallet Is Stolen posted at Tip Diva — “Tip Diva unfortunately had her wallet stolen yesterday. Luckily, her ATM card and driver’s license were not in the wallet, but the perp decided to buy $200 worth of train tickets using her credit cards. Here’s what to do in case your wallet is stolen”
• Money as an aphrodisiac? posted at LivingAlmostLarge — “Is money an aphrodisiac? Does it make you more attractive?”
• Financial Lessons I Learned From My Puppies posted at artofthecoupon.com.
• White House Black Market Deals for All posted at Personal Finance Analyst.

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Personal Finance Buzz – A Digg-like portal where you can find daily submissions of personal finance articles where only the best articles are voted to the front page.

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