Carnivals - Jan - Week #3 - Round Up Of Carnivals And Festivals!

Here comes Sunday and with it comes an afternoon of leisure which we spend fruitfully going through the carnivals and festivals of the personal finance blogosphere. A wealth of information is shared every week at these carnivals. Consequently they broaden our personal finance domain knowledge which makes it a very enriching experience.Carnival of Credit Cards #2 was published at Credit Card Low Down. Though this is a new carnival it is becoming popular and its size is also increasing.

Our Publication: FIRE Finance's contribution was "$50 from First National Bank's Rewards Advantage Platinum Edge Visa Card!" This post discusses a $50 sign-up bonus deal from FNB for their Rewards Advantage Platinum Visa Card. We are quite pleased with FNB's credit card, its online management system and prompt delivery of the sign-up bonus. The sign-up bonus of $50 is sent as a gift card.

Our top three favorites from The Carnival of Credit Cards are:

• Mr Credit Card presents Union Plus Credit Card Review posted at Ask Mr Credit Card's Blog. Mr Credit Card gives a review on Union Plus Credit Card.
  


• Kristine presents How to establish credit posted at Financial Tips for WAHMs. If you're just starting out in your financial life, you may not have any established credit. You need credit for many things - renting an apartment, car rentals, credit cards, buying a car, etc. Get some tips on how to build your credit.
  


• Moneywalks presents Things to consider when choosing your credit cards posted at Money Walks. Moneywalks listed the points to be considered before choosing the right credit card.

The Carnival of Investing #56 was hosted by The Sun’s Financial Diary. Its a wonderful presentation on Martin Luther King Jr's day. We request you to take a look at this carnival.

Meanwhile here are our top three from The Carnival of Investing:

• ETFs, or exchange traded funds, are hot and 2006 has seen record ETF issuances. Should you or shouldn't you invest in ETFs? Wise Bread lays out the pros and cons of investing in ETFs. Read the post and see if they are the right investment vehicle for you. Separately, Tom at ETFtrends offers his insights on how the ETF world will shape up in 2007, a must read whether you are already an ETF fan or just about to start.
• Apparently, buy high and sell low isn't the only way to lose money in the stock market. TJP at Investor Trip says he found another nine ways to shrink your wallet (if that's what you really want to do), guaranteed!
• The Digerati Life shows us some statistics on what our net worth should be given the age and income level. Why it matters? Because it can give us a sense of where we are now and how far we still need to go.
• How many of you have left your old 401(k) account with your previous employer when you changed job? If you think the only way to deal with those money is to leave where they were, then you are wrong. Ben at Money Smart Life will tell you there are other alternatives. But whatever you do, you have to follow the rules.
• Building Wealth One BRIC at a time, yes. But that BRIC isn't the one used to build the Great Wall. What is it exactly? Michael tells you the story of investing in B(razil) R(ussia) I(ndia) C(hina) and how the BRIC can help you build your wealth.

Young and Broke presented the Carnival of Personal Finance #83. It is a huge carnival with 70+ posts!

Our Publication: We published our post titled "Retirement - The Magic Withdrawal Triangle". This post discusses how we can get a ball park figure of how much we need to retire by using the magic withdrawal triangle. Take a peek at it, its fun!

Here are our top five posts from this carnival:

• My Financial Awareness shows us how to recognize resistance to financial planning.

• Journey to Financial Freedom shares 36 Money Management Tools

• Make Your Money Work reveals the 6 Rules of Money Management

• A Financial Revolution explains why you should get your taxes in early

• Queercents reminds us not to put all our eggs in one basket

We were the proud hosts of the Festival of Frugality #57. Here is Jim's (the guy who started this festival) description of this week's festival:

"This week, you should join Joe the Photographer as he explains why he’s always so darned happy! In fact, the story of Joe’s life is the theme of this week’s Festival of Frugality hosted by the fine folks at FIRE Finance. Twenty six articles made the cut this week and FIRE did a great job in presenting the festival in story-form."

That is it for this week. We thank the hosts for their hard work, the authors for coming up with the posts and the audience for visiting the carnivals and leaving their feedback. See you next week and don't forget to leave your comments or opinions on this post :)!

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