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Money Hacks Carnival #74 – Saturday Morning Cartoons Edition

I am honored to be hosting the 74th Money Hacks Carnival this week. I have hosted quite a few carnivals now and I continue to be impressed by the shear number of articles that are out there that I missed out on during the week. I chose another quirky theme for this weeks carnival, Saturday Morning Cartoons. I can’t remember if any of these cartoons actually aired on Saturday morning, most likely they didn’t but either way here are a few of my Editors picks followed by the rest of the carnival with my cartoon facts scattered throughout.

Editor’s Picks

Jason R Fisher presents Teaching Kids about Money I posted at Improve The Quality. I am a huge fan on ensuring our young our educated about money and understand the implications of debt. That is why I couldn’t resist this as an editors pick.

Heather Levin presents How To Make Your Own Vermicompost Bin posted at The Greenest Dollar. I found this post quite Ironic as I was just having a discussion with Matt from Debt Free Adventure about vermicomposting. I still don’t think my wife would approve of worms in the house though.

The Happy Rock presents Just Buy It Already! Fighting Indecision On Big Purchases posted at The Happy Rock. The Weakonomist snuck into my editors pick via this killer guest post on The Happy Rock. A great look at how sometime it is best to just bite the bullet and make that purchase.

Wojciech Kulicki presents Saving More vs. Insuring More posted at Fiscal Fizzle. This post made me think about my own musings in “Why Self Insurance is Crap“. Good points here for both sides though, each has its place.

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The Smurfs

Ran from 1981-1990

Around 256 episodes

Consisted of little blue creatures who lived in mushroom houses. They had an archenemy in Gargamel who was always trying to catch the little creatures. Anyone looking for a live action movie idea, this one is the only one listed here which hasn’t been done.

Career

Joe Plemon presents Is Direct Selling Right For You? posted at Personal Finance By The Book.

Money Beagle presents Financial Moves In The Event Of A Job Loss posted at Money Beagle.

MLR presents Top Interview Blunders posted at My Life ROI, Getting the Best Return On Life.

FMF presents Is Writing a Book a Good Career Move? posted at Free Money Finance.

nissim ziv presents Why Did You Choose This Career – Interview Question and Answers posted at Job Interview Guide.

Debt & Credit

Paul Kamp presents Putting a Mortgage in Reverse posted at Don’t Quit Your Day Job.

Dan presents How to Get a Mortgage Rate Under 4% posted at Everyday Finance.

J. Money presents Borrow From Yourself First. posted at Budgets are Sexy..

Patrick @ Cash Money Life presents Benefits of Secured Credit Cards posted at Cash Money Life.

MatthewPaulson presents Cash for Clunkers: Can it Reduce Your Need for Vehicle Financing posted at Fine Tuned Finances.

Leave Debt Behind presents How to Get a Collection Agency to Work with You posted at Leave Debt Behind.

DR presents The College Student’s Guide to Credit Cards posted at The Dough Roller.

Matt Jabs presents Pay off Credit Cards VS Build Emergency Fund Savings – Me VS Suze Orman posted at Debt Free Adventure!.

The Smarter Wallet presents Credit Monitoring Services To Check Your Credit Report posted at The Smarter Wallet.

Brad presents An Inconvenient Myth: The Marketing Effect posted at Enemy of Debt.

Miss Bankrupt presents Dating Bad Credit posted at Miss Bankrupt.

oneadvice presents IVA Bank Accounts posted at One Advice.

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Transformers

Ran From: 1981-1984 (Original Series)

The transformers is about two sets of alien robots, the autobots and the decepticons. Most famously they have recently had the oddly successful real life movies. They also had a separate TV series Transformers Beast Wars.

 

 

 

 

 

Frugality and Saving

Barry presents Saving Money With Do It Yourself Projects posted at Associate Money.

MoneyNing presents How to Buy a Used Car posted at Money Ning.

Wren Caulfield presents Moving? Save time and money with these great tips. posted at True Adventures in Money Hacking.

d. ninja presents Underwear emergency fund, check! posted at Punch Debt In The Face.

julie presents Parenting Tips: Making Sure Your Children are Financially Literate posted at More4kids.

mbhunter presents Wegmans, Costco, trading down, and trading up posted at Mighty Bargain Hunter.

Single Guy Money presents Quitting Smoking Update posted at Single Guy Money.

Kathryn presents Spend a Little, Save a Lot posted at Out of Debt – Christian Finances and Debt Help.

Miss Bankrupt presents Personal Budget Cuts and My Options posted at Miss Bankrupt.

Income

KCLau presents Why the worse classmates are wealthier than you? posted at KCLau’s Money Tips.

 

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G.I. Joe

Ran From:

Yet another of my favorite child hood cartoons that got bastardized into a live action movie. G.I. Joe Rise of the Cobra is coming out soon and I am more than a little bit scared to even try to watch it.

 

 

 

Insurance

Jason presents What is the Average Cost of Car Insurance for a Teenager? posted at Finance, Credit, Insurance and all.

Investing

Allison Johanson presents The ETF Hall of Fame: 25 People Who Revolutionized the ETF Industry posted at ETF Database.

Zachary Scheidt presents Short Interest Stocks – Distressed Investment Opportunities posted at ZachStocks.

Travis presents Retirement Costs Less Than You Think posted at Christian Money Mountain.

Carlos M. Sera presents An Expert Tale; Turn Around posted at Financial Tales.

jim presents Scottrade Review posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.

Tom Drake presents Build A Guaranteed Investment Certificate (GIC) Ladder posted at The Canadian Finance Blog.

ChristianPF presents Info about ETFs posted at Christian Personal Finance.

Ray @ Financial Highway presents Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) Ideas posted at Financial Highway.

DebbieDragon presents I Want My Share! posted at 7 Million 7 Years.

Investing School presents CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) posted at Investing School.

Silicon Valley Blogger presents OptionsHouse Review: Low Commission Broker posted at The Digerati Life.

Banker Saver presents Is The Inflation Protected Certificate of Deposit Still Around? posted at Banker Saver.

Madison presents The Automatic Poorhouse posted at My Dollar Plan.

Sun presents A Look at OptionsHouse for Stocks and Options Trading posted at The Sun’s Financial Diary.

Hank presents The Best And Worst Places To Squeeze Out A Little Extra Money When Times Are Tough posted at Own The Dollar.

Paul Kamp presents For Whom The Bell Tolls posted at Don’t Quit Your Day Job – Personal Finance, Economics and Investing.

nickel presents Best CD Rates posted at fivecentnickel.com.

Zachary Scheidt presents Stock Rally Could Continue Higher posted at ZachStocks.

Taxes

Robert D Flach presents 1040 FYI – Gross Proceeds and Cost Basis at The Wandering Tax Pro.

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Alvin and the Chipmunks

Ran from 1983-1991

A story of three chipmunks trying to make as a singing group,. They lived with there father Dave, most recently they are known for their movie where Jason Lee starred as the real life Dave Seville.

 

 

 

Other

Marie presents How Emergency-prone are you? posted at Moneymonk.

Four Pillars presents Keep Your Emergency Fund In A High Interest Savings Account posted at Four Pillars.

Darwin presents Median vs. Mean: Know the Difference or Risk Being Manipulated posted at Darwin’s Finance.

The Weakonomist presents Six Lessons The Tour de France Can Teach You About Money posted at Weakonomics.

Amy Fontinelle presents 11 Actions You Can Take To Improve Your Airplane Experience posted at Two Pennies Earned.

Jeff Rose presents Taking Care of an Elderly Parent posted at Jeff Rose.

PT presents How to Setup Multiple Savings Accounts at ING DIRECT posted at Prime Time Money.

Luke Grand presents Calculating Your Annual Budget posted at Cash Out Life.

Kathryn presents Beware! 15 Common Scams That Can Steal Your Money posted at SpendOnLife.

Alex presents ways to prevent identity theft posted at Home Life Weekly.

B Simple presents 12 Success Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires to help you simplify your finances posted at Simplified Financial Lifestyle.

That is it for this weeks carnival, be sure to get your submissions in for next weeks carnival hosted at My Life ROI.

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Carnival of Money Stories #10 – Tribute to Billy Mays Edition

Welcome to the tenth Carnival of Money Stories, for those of you who may have missed it in the mayhem surrounding the death of Michael Jackson, TV lost one of the greatest pitchmen ever, Billy Mays. Billy passed away on June 28th at his Miami home he was famous for his crazy loud voice and his extreme enthusiasm for the products he pitches. In honor of this late great TV personality I will highlight some of the products he was famous for pitching.

Editor’s Picks

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Mighty Putty is probably the only product I have really thought about buying. I was convinced by his demo’s on this product that I could put anything in the world back together with it. It looks like C4 but it makes superglue look like Elmers Glue.

 

 

 

 

 

My Jobs, Graduate School posted at Free Money Finance. FMF Talks about the jobs he had during graduate school, interesting article.

Jim presents My Wife Quit Her Job posted at Bargaineering. A great look at what it means for Jim and his wife now that she has quit her job to pursue a doctorate.

MLR presents The Three Most Influential Lessons From My Childhood posted at My Life ROI. This article reminds of why I like this guy, we are a lot alike as I am similarly situated. Of course of 5 children I was the only one who learned the lessons.

The Rest

oxiclean

 

I can’t knock oxi-clean because I haven’t tried it, but I am pretty sure that if I spill coffee on my shirt and then immediately throw it in the wash it is going to come out. I can never believe these “stain” demo’s. Still this is one of the most famous pitches Billy did.

 

 

 

 

 

Curt lists How Two People Can Work Together To Build One Career posted at PennyJobs.com.

Madison presents How to Get Control of Your Budget posted at My Dollar Plan.

Save Money presents Revising and Simplifying My Budget (One More Time) posted at How I Save Money.net.

Pinyo presents Chase Minimum Payment Increased To 5%, Now What? posted at Moolanomy Personal Finance.

Jeff Rose presents What Are Your Best Roth IRA Rates? posted at Good Financial Cents.

PT presents Paying Off Student Loan Debt Early posted at Prime Time Money.

Jack Schmidt presents Real Estate: The Time to “Buy Low” Is Now posted at SectorMatic Money Journal.

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OK Seriously, a fancy drill bit to dig a hole in the ground? I think the only thing that would happen if I tried to use that thing is a broken drill. Still he made it look easy and I am sure people bought the heck out of it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joe Plemon presents No Retirement Plan and I’m 48 Years Old posted at Personal Finance By The Book.

MoneyNing presents What to Do When Money Conflicts with Ethics posted at Personal Finance Blog by Money Ning.

d. ninja presents It’s all about the benjamins baby! posted at Punch Debt In The Face.

debt kid presents Why You Need an Emergency Fund posted at Debtkid.com.

Matt Jabs presents Emergency Fund Is For Emergencies ONLY – 6 Ways To Leave It Alone posted at Debt Free Adventure!.

BigCitySliders

 

This is probably the weirdest thing I ever saw Billy pitch. I know i can make little hamburgers without the assistance of a giant piece of iron like this. This is one of those products that just leaves me wondering who buys this stuff. Again though Billy just makes it sound like you can’t live without it.

 

 

 

 

 

The Happy Rock presents Getting Old Can Be Expensive – The Big Birthday Bash posted at The Happy Rock.

Silicon Valley Blogger presents I Need A New Credit Card Fast posted at The Digerati Life.

Patrick @ Cash Money Life presents Life Is A Stradivarius Violin posted at Cash Money Life.

Miss M presents Watching the Spender Become a Saver posted at M is for Money.

Mr Credit Card presents Airline Transaction Gone Bad posted at Ask Mr Credit Card.

I apologize to anyone I left out but I tried to stick as close to the carnival guidelines as I could. Be sure to get your submissions in for next weeks carnival to be hosted at Bible Money Matters.

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Carnival of Pecuniary Delights 15 – Epicurean Delights Edition

Welcome to the 15th edition of the Carnival of Pecuniary Delights. Because I find the word pecuniary so interesting, which by the way it just means “of or pertaining to money” I thought I would use an epicurean theme for this weeks carnival. The word epicurean, as defined by the great dictionary.com means

fond of or adapted to luxury or indulgence in sensual pleasures; having luxurious tastes or habits, especially in eating and drinking.

With that in mind enjoy some of the most expensive food and drink you could ever experience while perusing this weeks submissions.

Editors Picks

Matt Jabs from Debt Free Adventure presents Follow Through on Financial Goals. Have you recently made side money, reduced some expenses, or paid off a debt, yet failed to follow through by properly redistributing your savings accordingly? Check out this article.

PT Money from Prime Time Money presents What Debt Should You Payoff First When You Get Extra Money. A great post on why you should have a plan even if you don’t have the extra money right now to pay down on your debt. You need a plan for when you do.

Ray from Financial Highway presents Importance of Money- Means to an End or the End in Itself?. How important is money to you? What would you sacrifice to reach your financial goals? Great discussion to go with this great article.

Kopi Luwak Coffee

This little gem comes from coffee beans which are collected from the excrement of civet’s in Southeast Asia. Seriously, the beans come from poop, then they roast them, bag them, and sell them to you for around $230.00 a pound. You had better really like your coffee.

Bob from Christian Finance presents Cash for your clunker stimulus. A look at the cash for clunker bill and what it entails.

FMF from Free Money Finance presents Ten Pricey Cities that Pay Off.  A discussion about a recent US News piece that purports to list ten cities, that while expensive, are worth the extra cost.

The Smarter Wallet from The Smarter Wallet presents Technical Trading Indicators Predict That The Stock Market Rally Won’t Last.

Hank from Own The Dollar presents Roth IRA vs. 401k Retirement Plan – Which Is Better?. A comparison of 401k plans and Roth IRA Accounts. Personally I think both have their place but you might be better off mixing one of those two with a traditional IRA so your tax eggs aren’t in one basket.

Golden Opulence Sundae

You think paying out the rear for coffee that came out of something’s rear is crazy? Try out this $1,000 ice cream sundae served at Serendipity3 in New York. That there be real gold me matey’s! They use a 23-karat edible gold leaf to coat the ice cream, along with rare chocolates and then serve it up in a crystal goblet with an 18-karat gold spoon. Suddenly my purchase of an iPhone doesn’t look so bad.

jim from Bargaineering presents What is the Average Credit Score?. A look at the average credit scores seen by Credit Karma. Glad to report I am WAY above average.

Charlie from PayLessForFood presents The Beans and Rice Way to Better Health and More Wealth. Mmmm… Beans and Rice, need I really say more? No recipes though just a look at why beans and rice is both frugal and healthy. Beans Beans the magic Fruit, the more you eat, the more you… :-)

MLR from My Life ROI presents 5 Tips to Prepare for Next Years Tax Season. Steps you can take now to ensure a super easy filing in April.

Nino’s Bellissima’s Pizza

When you are in New York you think about good food, and great Pizza. If you want the most expensive pizza in New York you have to go to Nino’s and get the Bellisima Pizza. It is a 12 inch pizza with multiple kinds of caviar, crème freche, lobster, and wasabi and it rings up to $1,000.00. Now you have got to be a serious pizza freak to pay that kind of cash for pie.

Jeff Rose from Good Financial Cents presents Debt Consolidation Loans, Good Idea or Not?. No, No, No.. etc. A great look at why you probably shouldn’t consider Debt Consolidation loans.

Penelope Pince from Pecuniarities presents Pay Bills Online and Save. After my own heart, a great post on paying your bills online to save some money.

Madison from My Dollar Plan presents 12 Tasks for Your Mid Year Financial Checkup. You get a physical to check on your health, take this opportunity to give yourself a mid year finance checkup, 12 great tips on how you can do it.

Super Saver from My Wealth Builder presents Early Retirement Strategy – Save, Invest, and Repeat Often. How one person achieved that ever elusive dream of early retirement.

Silicon Valley Blogger from The Digerati Life presents Your FICO Credit Score Information: What It Means. What is that pesky score all about that Fair Isaac thinks is so important. Oh wait so does everyone else, check out this post on what it is all about.

La Madeline au Truffe

This is the one chocolate that could get you out of just about anything, seriously it had better. For $250 you can get 1.9 ounces of these delightful delicacies, that equates to around $2100 per pound. These bad boys are hand made by Knipshildt Chocolatiers and I certainly hope they taste like heaven.

Next weeks edition of the Carnival of Pecuniary Delights will be held at WiseBread if you are interested in participating please submit your post early to give to the host time to prepare.

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PF Chat and Top PF Posts

June 10, 2009

Two side notes for today I wanted to highlight while I had the chance.
1.) Kelly at The Centsible Life had the great idea to hold a Personal Finance Twitter Chat tonight at 8pm (ET). So if you are around and have a Twitter account you should stop by and ask your questions or just talk [...]

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179th Festival of Frugality – Memorial Day Edition

May 26, 2009

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Yesterday was Memorial day here in the United States. It is a day of remembrance for all those dedicated Armed Services members who have died protecting the rights of the citizens of this great country. I hold members of our armed forces in the highest regard and I truly appreciate everything they are willing [...]

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