It's my pleasure to host this week's Best of Money Carnival, the blog carnival that recognizes the top 10 personal finance posts each week.
Let's get right to the good stuff. Here are the ten best personal finance posts (IMO - in countdown order) submitted for this week along with a description of each post from the post's author:
#10 - How To Take Money Out Of Your Retirement Accounts "“How do I get a paycheck? How do I actually draw money from my retirement accounts?” I want to address those questions and demonstrate real quickly how that works."
#9 - How to Turn $5000 into $22 million? Lessons From One Successful Individual Investor "We can learn some basic tenets of investing from Anne Scheiber, who was an auditor at IRS and went on to become a multi-millionaire. Scheiber had a law degree, but because she was a woman, she believed that she had been thwarted in her desire to move up to a better job position at the IRS. She decided to get back by saving until she had a fortune and never give a penny of her profits to the IRS ..."
#8 - How I Cut My Cable Bill By $40 A Month! "How a father of three was able to cut his cable bill with a little research, and a 15 minute phone call."
#7 - 25 Awesome Infographics to Visualize the Housing Crisis "One of the reasons that we are having such a problem in our economy is due to the crash of the housing market. These infographics can help shed light on ehat exactly went wrong."
#6 - Are You Sending Your Children into Slavery? "Do not send your children into a life of paying off debt. Consider the financial legacy (be it debt, discipline, or knowledge) you are passing on to your children."
#5 - Passive Investing: Mixed Feelings "I like some of the ideas behind a passive investing approach, but I don't think I'll choose a purely passive approach for our investments. A hybrid might work better for us."
#4 - Show Them the Money | Teaching Teens About Money "What you are currently teaching your teens about money has everything to do with whether they will be in debt up to their eyeballs ten years from now."
#3 - Does Asset Allocation Matter? "Asset allocation is an important part of investment success. But there are several other factors that play just as big of a role."
#2 - Build Wealth from Your Tax Refund "Your tax refund is a great opportunity to boost your investments and grow your wealth. These ideas can get you started."
#1 - 21 Ways To Make Extra Money From Home "These are 21 options to consider if you are trying to make some extra money from home!"
Enjoy!!!
Thanks for the selection! :)
Posted by: Ryan | February 28, 2011 at 10:21 AM
Thanks for including me today!
Posted by: Balance Junkie | February 28, 2011 at 11:57 AM
Wow! We made it to the Best Ten!! Elated, thanks for hosting this carnival and selecting us.
Posted by: FIRE Finance | February 28, 2011 at 02:22 PM