Archive for July, 2008

Carnival of Personal Finance #162

Taking Charge has the latest edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance today. Inspired by the Carnival’s edition number (162), Emily focused on baseball for this week’s theme.
Here are the editor’s picks:
Rationing Cards – A Pictorial Journey Down Nostalgia Lane
My “Secret” to Feeling like a Million Bucks
Money Lessons Learned From Famous Movies
12 Tips to Prepare [...]

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Ovation Credit Services

Ovation Credit Services is a website designed for users with credit issues ranging from credit report repair to foreclosures and more. With the knowledge and experience of seasoned lawyers as its creator, customers can be reassured that their problems will be resolved. All this can be said at a quick glance of the websites homepage [...]

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Carnival of Personal Finance #161

Renewal is the theme for this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance, hosted by The Budgeting Babe. The Budgeting Babe has been writing about personal finance online since 2004 and if you like reading within this niche, you must include this blog.
Here are her selections for “editor’s choice” in edition #161, focusing on renewal.
It’s Official – [...]

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

The World’s Most Secretive Billionaires

I was sent a very interesting article today regarding some of the world’s wealthiest people that are not commonly or even heard of.  We are used to seeing famous people like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet on the top list, but there are many wealthy people that are not publicly published. In fact, someone [...]

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Stocks Challenge July 2008

Due to the positive responses from the June 2008 Stocks Challenge, I will continue the Stocks Challenge. Unfortunately, the first week of July has already past, so I will extend the deadline until July 15 for the contest entries.
The Challenge
Pick a stock that you think will have the most percentage gains from the open price [...]

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Carnival of Personal Finance #160

The latest edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance has been published at Mighty Bargain Hunter with a history of the flag of the United States. It’s a timely and interesting theme, plus the Carnival includes many great articles from around the web, so take a look.
My article, Stock Challenge Results June 2008 is included [...]

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Stocks Challenge Results June 2008

June was a tough month for trading in the stock market. For the month of June, the Dow Jones was down 10%, the Nasdaq was down 9% and the S&P 500 was down 9% as well.
Six people participated in the Stocks Challenge for June, and all but one was in the negative zone after the [...]

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

Carnival of Personal Finance #159

This week’s Carnival of Personal Finance is hosted by Greener Pastures: Personal Finance and takes us outside of Abu Dhabi for the first planned zero-emissions city, being built from scratch.
Here are the host’s picks for best articles:
Congressional testimony: Student credit card issuers under investigation
Four Specific Paths To Automatic Saving and Investing
Retirement Savings 101: All about [...]

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008