The Personal Finance Blog

Welcome to the February 16, 2010 edition of personal finance.

Bankruptcy

Honeypurple presents 100 Important Personal Finance Posts for Women posted at Accounting Degree.com.

Debt

oneadvice presents Is an IVA Right for me? Solve Debt Problems with IVA posted at One Advice, saying, “Does the range of debt solutions seem confusing, not sure which one is right for you? UK legislation means that you could be debt free in as little as 60 months with an IVA…”

Ben Dinsmore presents How My Family and I Paid Off $90,415 of Consumer Debt In Two Years: Part 6 posted at Trees Full of Money, saying, “Part six of my family’s debt success story in which we paid off over $90,000 in less than two years!”

Financialbondage.org presents Reasons why credit card companies work so hard to get us involved posted at FinancialBondage.org, saying, “credit cards are a bad idea.”

Financial Planning

Sandra Lopez presents The Heaviest Price Tags In Higher Education posted at Online Colleges.net.

nissim ziv presents Job Interview Questions and Answers posted at Job Interview Guide, saying, “Anticipating the job interview questions is one of the best ways to get ready for an interview. Getting ready for an interview requires homework, but the hours of prep time will be worth it. Your answers for any interview questions are taken into consideration by the interviewer.”

Consumer Boomer presents Term Life Life Insurance is Cheap to Buy posted at Consumer Boomer.

Peak Personal Finance presents Advantage of Having a Tax Professional Do Your Taxes posted at Peak Personal Finance, saying, “Sometimes it makes sense to hire a professional!”

jim presents Best Free Checking Accounts posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.

Four Pillars presents Complete Tax Return Myself Or Should I Hire An Accountant? posted at Quest For Four Pillars, saying, “Pros and cons of doing your own income tax return or hire an accountant.”

FIRE Getters presents A Simple Budget That Works? posted at FIRE Finance.

Investing

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Wall Street Woes posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog, saying, “wall street humor.”

mmresources presents Rehab Loan Terms posted at ZuliaNet.com, saying, “Fix and flip investing is a hot trend these days, but many don’t understand the financing of these types of transactions. We look at some key terms you should understand if you are going to enter this market.”

Leslie Yoelson presents Ultimate Guide To Biotech ETFs posted at ETFdb, saying, “ETF investors looking to gain exposure to the biotech sector have a number of options to consider–five to be exact. While there are some similarities between these funds, there are also some significant differences that result in unique risk and return profiles and diverging returns. In this article, we profile each of the ETF options, highlighting the pros and cons of each.”

Debt Hawk presents Best CD Rates ? Best 36 Month CD Rates posted at Best CD Rates, saying, “With long term CDs, you get the best CD rates”

Patty Pedersen presents Fidelity Investments Offers Free ETF Trading posted at AlphaProfit MoneyMatters – Investing Blog, saying, “Following Schwab’s move, Fidelity is offering free trades on a wide range of ETFs. This article explains how can investors can prudently you use free trading of ETF to their advantage.”

MoneyEnergy presents Ex-Dividend Date and Record Date Explained posted at MoneyEnergy, saying, “These two terms have confused me for a long time, so it’s a good time to finally get clear on the difference.”

Making Money

Limas presents How to make my blog profitable posted at Lima’s personal developmen.

KCLau presents Economic Outpatient Care posted at KCLau’s Money Tips, saying, “Economic Outpatient Care“ or EOC from the book “The Millionaire Next Door” by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko.”

Medhat Youssef presents job from home – Work from home jobs posted at 10 best home based businesses.

Deb Bixler presents Sales Technique-Direct Sales Marketing posted at Direct Sales / MLM Cash Flow, saying, “Don’t take the art out of sales! Comments welcome!”

Tom Tessin presents 3 Ways to Find Missing Money posted at FSC Blog, saying, “Think you have some missing money out there? Here are some tips you can use today to potentially find it.”

Real Estate

James Adair presents What is up with the new Good Faith Estimate? posted at Oregon Mortgage Blog, saying, “Visit the Oregon Mortgage Blog to know about the current trends concerning the good faith estimate.”

Peak Personal Finance presents 3 Things to Ask Yourself When You Refinance | Peak Personal Finance posted at Peak Personal Finance, saying, “Keep these tips in mind if you are thinking of refinancing.”

Saving Money

Sun presents Be Your Budget’s Best Advocate posted at The Sun’s Financial Diary.

oneadvice presents Credit Crunch Spending Ideas to Keep posted at One Advice, saying, “The credit crunch is over, or so we are led to believe! But don’t let your frugal skills go out of the window just yet. Here are some credit crunch spending ideas you should keep…”

MatthewPaulson presents Avoid Getting Ripped Off By Scams posted at Fine-Tuned Finances.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of personal finance using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

Technorati tags: personal finance, blog carnival.