Carnival of the road to financial independence #5

Welcome to the March 17, 2009 edition of road to financial independence.

Frugal Living

MoneyNing presents Counter Intuitive Way of Lowering Your Spending posted at Money Ning, saying, "It might not make sense at first but it absolutely works! Curb your spending today."

Insurance Toolbox presents Do You Have to Pay “Charged Off” and Other Old Debt? | Fine-Tuned Finances posted at Fine-Tuned Finances.

Kathryn presents How to Save Money on Dining Out | eHow.com posted at KathrynVercillo on eHow, saying, "Reducing what you spend on dining out to create wealth for yourself."

Peak Personal Finance presents Rent to Own Advice posted at Peak Personal Finance.

Wenchypoo presents The Consumer’s Guide to Functioning in an Economic Cycle (L-O-N-G) posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo's Mental Wastebasket.

PFCreditCards presents Priceline Gets You the Cheapest Hotel Deals posted at PF Credit Cards, saying, "A real world example (mine) that shows you why I love priceline so much!"

Sigrid Landau presents Find Printable Food Coupons posted at A1 How To, saying, "For many years the best way to find coupons was through the newspaper and that is still a good way to find good coupons. But now with the Internet you can find printable coupons that you want."

Tom Tessin presents Budget Cooking for your Family posted at FSC Blog, saying, "Cooking can take a lot out of many people's budget. Find out how you can cut back by more than 50%."

sherin presents 15 Financial planning mistakes posted at Investment Internals, saying, "The most committed financial planning mistakes"

FMF presents Six Places to Spend More Money posted at Free Money Finance, saying, "Sometimes you need to spend more rather than less..."

Abigail Perry presents Through the looking glass: A look at perceived frugality posted at i pick up pennies, saying, "Many times, our self-image can get in the way of realistic expectations and planning. Because we want to believe that we'll be frugal, we don't plan enough for our own fallible natures. By being more self-aware, we could probably all save ourselves a lot of time, energy and money."

Passive Income

Paul Gallion presents The Next Generation of Viral Marketing posted at Paul Gallion, saying, "Use these to advertise your business and earn at the same time"

Peter OBrien presents Adsense Templates - Top 6 Features to Look for in Adsesne Templates Packages posted at Professional Adsense Templates, saying, "To help you with all of this work, look for a good adsense templates package. A good package will have some of the work all ready done and make it easier for you to complete the other tasks. Here are the top 6 features for any adsense templates package:"

Praveen presents Another Round of Website Sales Page Testing Completed posted at My Simple Trading System, saying, "How to increase sales from your website, based on the results of testing various versions of an online sales page."

Reducing Expenses

Mike Lares presents Poker Articles About Online Poker Rooms posted at online poker, saying, "You love to play poker but you hate to lose money, especially when the hands you have been dealt lately have been pretty bad."

Kathryn presents 25 Fun Ways to Spend Your Free Time Without Spending Any Money posted at Promotional Codes - Free Discount Codes, Voucher Codes, Promotion Code for UK Websites, saying, "How to stop spending money on entertainment but still have a lot of fun."

Chris presents Cost of Living Chart - Goa, India (in Rupees, Dollar and Euro) posted at nomad4ever.

Junior presents What To Do If You Can?t Make Your Car Payments posted at Car Commentary, saying, "Tips if you are in the unfortunate situation of being unable to make your car payments."

Finance Tips 101 presents Why Take The Risk Of Day Trading posted at Finance Tips 101.

KCLau presents How to Refinance your Home Loans Smartly posted at KCLau's Money Tips, saying, "Lists several reasons why home owners would benefit from switching their loans to a new loan with lower interest rates"

Raily Arena presents Four Home Staging Mistakes of Neglect You Need to Avoid posted at How to Sell Your Own Home.

Jim DeSantis presents You Are A Banker And A U.S. Automaker posted at On Line Tribune | Front Page Blog, saying, "In an old Hollywood movie, actor Burgess Meredith's
character said he invented - "conspicuous consumption".
This is what we have become and this is at the heart
of our economic disease - conspicuous consumption
without regard for the consequences."

Nate Desmond presents 12 Ways to Waste Money in College posted at Debt-free Scholar.

Beth Dargis presents Save Hundreds of Dollars this Month posted at My Simpler Life - Simple Living.

ishanbansal presents 10 Tips to Reduce Car Expenses posted at Save Few Bucks, saying, "Expenses on your car are one of the biggest drain on your wallet. We sometimes do not realize the complete impact of these. However, if you try to add up the all the expenses that we have to do on our car every year (including insurance, gas, any repairs, state inspection etc.), you will be really amazed with the amount. So, I decided to write this article about some Money Saving Tips to reduce Car Expenses."

Stock Investments

Investing School presents Beta and Alpha Returns for Us Sane Investors posted at Investing School, saying, "Beta and alpha calculations might be just the ticket for you to succeed in investing."

Jeonard Cook presents how to sell your own home - Be A Master Negotiator When Selling Your Home posted at how to sell your own home.

Debt Wizard presents Making Money Is Easier Than Saving Money posted at Money Help, saying, "If you are trying to firm up your finances, trying to make some extra cash may actually be easier than just saving money."

Patrick Smith presents Buying new versus used posted at Real World Advice, saying, "The pros and cons of buying a new versus a used car."

Den Levin presents Get Ready For The Crowding Out Effect | Credit Makes The World Go Round posted at Credit Makes The World Go Round, saying, "With the US government projected to have the highest deficits ever, businesses will have an even tougher time borrowing due to the crowding out effect."

Abdulrasool Sumar presents Borrowing from Your 401k Plan - Advantages & Disadvantages - Basics of Borrowing, 4 Reasons to Borrow, Media & Myths on 401(k) Loans posted at 401k, saying, "Financial advisors will never advise you to borrow money from your 401(k) retirement plan, afterall this is the nest egg that you will need when you stop working upon retirement. Other financial advisors will tell you borrowing a 401k loan from your own retirement account is more like an act of robbery! While it is encouraged not to ever borrow from your 401(k), there are advantages of doing so on the flip side; this is what we will explore in this article."

The Investor presents Stocks vs corporate bonds posted at Monevator.com, saying, "Do stocks AND bonds both have a place in your portfolio?"

Gold Investor presents Gold/Silver Ratio | Gold Investing Info posted at Gold Investing Info, saying, "If you are going to invest in precious metals, it is useful to look at the gold to silver ratio."

Aussie Investor presents Australian Stock Of The Week - McMillan Shakespeare Limited posted at Australian Stock Market Today, saying, "Stock markets all over the world have been decimated in recent times, and Australian shares have been no different. But investing for the long term requires patience and an eye for quality. So with that in mind, this week I have a look at McMillan Shakespeare Limited, one of the better quality stocks at the smaller end of the market."

The Smarter Wallet presents A Stock Trading System For Shorting Stocks: How To Short Estee Lauder posted at The Smarter Wallet, saying, "Thanks!"

sri2701 presents Value investing and The Small Investor posted at Mind Meditations.

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