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Sunday is here to take us on a tour of the Carnivals published this week. First, we visited the Carnival of Credit Card #3 which is slowly getting bigger in size.
Our Publication: We contributed the post which discusses a $100 Sign-up Bonus From Citi Professional Master Card.
FIRE Finance's favorites from The Carnival of Credit Cards are: - Will Chen presents Man Tears Up Credit Card Application. Fills It Out. Sends It In. Result: Card Approved! posted at Wise Bread - Living large on a small budget. Man Tears Up Credit Card Application. Fills It Out. Sends It In. Result: Card Approved! Some interesting facts are given by Will.
- Kevin Surbaugh (aka the Prince of Thrift) presents Top Ten Credit Tips posted at Becoming & Staying Debt Free. "Top 10 Credit Tips," that Kevin found an interesting read.
Next we hopped on to the Carnival of Personal Finance #85. This is a big carnival and we found that 57 posts had made through Nickel's cut.
Our Publication: FIRE Finance presented Research - Safekeeping of Records which discusses the various types of personal finance documents that needs to be safely stored and time period of archiving for each type. It is a useful post and we suggest that you take a peek at it.Our favorites from this carnival are:
- Pete from My Financial Awareness has some deep thoughts for you about accepting your lot in life. His article is called Acceptance of Your Financial Situation Can Be Freeing.
- Getting To Enough presents How Did You Really Do Last Year? posted at Getting To Enough.
- MakingOurWay presents The Great Big Lie About Personal Finance Blogging! posted at MakingOurWay.
Our third stop was at the Festival of Frugality #59 at Golbguru. This is a fantastic presentation and we are truly impressed with Golbguru's creativity and hard work in hosting the festival. Here are our favorites: - Yan explains how students can save money on textbooks using Chegg.com in his post Save on college textbooks with Chegg posted at Pro Bargain Hunter. For non-students it’s slightly less cheaper.
- Trent at The Simple Dollar also encourages buying late model used cars and offers some tips on how to go about doing it in Time To Buy A Car? Follow These Ten Steps To Maximize Your Deal.
- NCN offers some quick tips on efficient shipping methods in his article Save Time and Money When Shipping posted at No Credit Needed Blog.
- Stingy Student tells us about how to eat our way to free miles and mentions other resources for getting free miles in his post Free airline miles! at Stingy Students.
Our last stop was at the Monopoly Edition of The Carnival Of Investing #58 by Digerati Life. This is a wonderful presentation and we feel that it is a must visit. Our list of interesting investing tips from this carnival are:- My Pocket Change presents How Long Do You Need to Leave your Money in the Market? Part 2, which I found to be an in-depth analysis for determining how long you need to wait for your stock market portfolio to attain certain rates of return. It’s truly well-written with charts, samples and the whole kitchen sink, aiming to convince us to invest for the long term.
- A Financial Revolution brings us What the Hell is Beta? remarking that this is “an introductory level financial mathematics article describing what beta is, how to use it, and the caveats for using it in investment decisions.” It’s quite comprehensive and I’m bookmarking this piece for my own education.
- Extreme Perspective reminds us about Why Worrying About Your Stock Portfolio is a Waste of Time. According to Paul, schemes become higher risk due to shorter investment periods or because we don’t have any control over these investments. He thus makes an interesting argument for long term stock market investments and owning real estate outright.
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