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Kirby on Finance Carnivals This Week

Kirby on Finance had the joy of being included in several carnivals this week, here they are with links to the posts:

Festival of Frugality - The 5 Best Ways to Save Money at Starbucks (Note: Special thanks to Mapgirl for selecting my post as an editor’s pick!)

Carnival of Debt Reduction - Is Your Own Ego Your Own Worst Enemy? (Note: I’m honored to have this article chosen as an editor’s choice, thanks Money Walks!)

Carnival of Personal Finance - Is Your Own Ego Your Own Worst Enemy?

Be sure to go read the carnivals! There’s a ton of great information contained in those posts. As the other carnival’s come out, I’ll post updates.

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The Carnival of Debt Reduction!

I hope everyone had a fantastic Memorial Day Weekend! Just remember, the weekend was about more than a having an extra day off from work. As promised, here is this week’s Carnival of Debt Reduction! I had a blast reading the articles and I’m sure you will too. I was rather liberal on what type of articles I included this week, but in my defense I turned down several Real Estate Speculation articles and what turned out to be a terrific recipe for a Brownie Sunday. Enjoy the carnival!

FMF from Free Money Finance presents Good Debt versus Bad Debt in which he bucks the trend of classifying debt as either good or bad while asserting that the best debt is no debt!

Amanda at Young and Broke presents one of my favorites this week. It’s Radical Saving! which is a great post for when you really want to make a difference in your spending habits and save a bundle!

With student loan interest rates being readjusted on July 1st, Jim at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity presents Consolidate Student Loans before June 30th which offers some reasons why you should be consolidating them if you haven’t already.

Katie presents Weekend homework: keep your future cash—consolidate those loans, posted at Aridni.

Dawn Cadwell at Queercents presents Credit Card Alternatives, which offers some great alternatives for the credit card weary.

J.D. from Get Rich Slowly presents The psychology of spending in which he offers some analysis on the reasons why we spend the way we do. Mastering these part of our lives is awfully critical to reducing debt!

Have you ever wanted to know how lenders fight mortgage fraud? It’s the IRS Form 4506. Find out more as David A. Porter presents Ask Dave: Do I have to sign form 4506 at my mortgage closing? posted at Pacesetter Mortgage Blog.

Matthew Crist presents Keep the Change, where he shows us how losing his wallet has led him to a great money saving service - posted at We’re In Debt.

Steve Faber presents HELOC your way to independence? Maybe So, Maybe Not posted at Debt Free.

Amy Allen Clark at The MotherLoad presents Thirteen Easy Ways to Save Your Family Money.

Bill at Ask Uncle Bill presents Sucking Downward in which he shows that the best debt reduction tool is a successful career.
LA MoneyGuy presents Upfront Rewards Credit Card Offer posted at It’s Just Money.

Kevin Surbaugh at Becoming and Staying Debt Free presents Buying 2nd Hand Is A Way Of Life.

Would you take sticker price on your next car? Would you take the first offer you get on your house? Probably not…So why don’t people [bargain and negotiate] with their hospitals or doctors when they are about to buy…health care?? Why not negotiate? Why not bargain?…Lower prices means less debt! Consumer-Driven Finance discuses this in, Consumer-Driven Finance 2: Preempting Medical Debt.
Chris McLeod presents Budgeting 101: Happiness is a Good Budget posted at The Get Rich Project.

Dan Melson at Searchlight Crusade presents Debt Consolidation Services.

Tricia presents Calling Them Finally Worked!! posted at Blogging Away Debt.

Christine Kane presents Building a Relationship with Money (Money Series #3) posted at Christine Kane.

That’s it for the Carnival this week! I hope you enjoyed these posts as much as I did. If you’d like to see your post added here, feel free to contact me and let me know! Have a terrific week!

Carnival of Debt Reduction reminder!

This is just another reminder that I’m hosting this weeks Carnival of Debt Reduction! Also, don’t forget that since Monday is Memorial Day - the Carnival will be posted Tuesday morning. So, what are you waiting for - get your submissions in!

Next week’s Carnival of Debt Reduction

I just wanted to remind everyone that I will be hosting next week’s Carnival of Debt Reduction!  As I’m sure you are, I am pretty excited about this Carnival!  The Carnival usually comes out on Monday’s but since this Monday is Memorial Day, I think I may push it back to first thing Tuesday morning.  So, without any objections that’ll be the plan.  Go ahead and get your submissions in!

The Carnival of Investing!

This week’s Carnival of Investing is rather light, but full of really informative articles. Each are well worth the read! If you have an article that you would like to see included - feel free to send it to me by using the contact form on the side of this page. Enjoy the carnival!

2million presents, “Taking Assessment of My Portfolio Returns” in which he reviews his net worth returns for 2005 and offers what steps he will take to see better returns in 2006.

Cajun Finances presents, “Identity Theft: CSBs? (and Life is a Carnival)” where he asks, When you invest in a Canadian government backed bond, you assume that your identity information would be safe, or would you?

JLP of All Financial Matters presents, “Monte Carlo Your Finances” which offers a great primer on using Monte Carlo analysis with your portfolio.

ML of Investing the Middle Way presents, “Uranium: The Big Picture” offering a great primer on uranium investing.

Trip of Musing Money presents, “Quantitative Funds All the Rage – from Vanguard” which offers a great overview of quantitative funds.

Jon Swift presents, “Due Compensation at Exxon” where he argues that Exxon CEO Lee Raymond’s $400 million retirement packaged may have left him grossly underpaid.

Frugal of My 1st Million at 33 presents, “My Hunting Trip for a Money Manager” where he chronicles his search for a money manager. I hate to offer my opinion on this carnival, but this is a really fantastic overview of the “hunting” process.

Investing Guide presents, “Too Poor to Write Covered Calls” where he shares his frustration at, you guessed it – being too poor to write covered calls.

Moneywise of The Real Returns presents, “Secular Bear Market?” where he helps you determine whether or not your portfolio is in a bear market.

George of Fat Pitch Financials presents, “AutoNation Inc Cash Received” where he shows us the successful conclusion of his experiment in odd-lot tender offers.

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MBH of Mighty Bargain Hunter presents, “Hi-ho Silver!” - with silver and gold rising to amazingly high levels, MBH offers us some tips in investing in physical precious metals.

I hope you all enjoyed the Carnival this week! Next week’s Carnival of Investing will be hosted by Canadian Capitalist.

Submit to the Carnival of Investig!

It’s not too late to get your submissions into this week’s Carnival of Investing. To those of you have already submitted some great investing related articles, thanks! I know that there’s been some trouble with the carnival submission forms that many of you use out there, but don’t worry - I’ll take submissions all night.

Look for next week’s edition to debut either later tonight or early tomorrow morning!