Carnivals of Personal Finance

Happy Valen-week!  Are you ready?  J.D. preps you with this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance #243: Valentine’s Day Edition and intersperses his favorite romantic poems with his favorite finance articles. Ahhh, love.

His double star favorites (think double-plus-good!) are:

Pop Economics: The illusion of control — our compulsion to do something

Dough Roller: One Financial Goal to Rule Them All

His single star favorites are:

Four Pillars: Two Views on the Economics of Dating

Penny Farthing: Is debt okay if it leads to self-improvement?

Studenomics: How My Friend Made $2,100 From Tutoring

Think Your Way to Wealth: Is self-reliance a lost art in this day and age?

Financial Student: How I’m Receiving 30 Hours of College Credit For 15 Dollars

Personal Finance Ninja: 3 Reasons Why the Average Joe is a Bad Investor

Good Financial Cents: How to Choose The Best Financial Advisor/Planner for You

Foreigner’s Finances: Renting 101: What You Should Know Before You Sign

Thanks to Patrick of Cash Money Life for hosting this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance: Fun Tax Facts.

His Editor’s Picks are:

Personal Finance By The Book: Unemployed? Are You Rocking or Are You Rolling?
Personal Finance Ninja: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Your Credit Score
The Everyday Minimalist: Confusing frugality with minimalism
Pop Economics: Paralysis and other effects of distrust

This edition of the carnival also includes a great post by yours truly for a good cause, Legitimate Charitable Organizations for Donations to Haiti Earthquake Relief.

Evan of My Journey to Millions brings us the 241st edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance.

His Editor’s Picks are:

Dividend Growth Investor: Buffett the dividend investor
A Gai Shan Life: I don’t want to retire
Financial Highway: MythBusters: Financial Advisors
Planting Dollars: Being Rich versus Being Wealthy
Len Penzo dot Com: When Pigs Fly: How I Fought My Parking Ticket and Beat City Hall
Pop Economics: What investment return should you plan for?

The latest edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance is presented by Frugal Trader at Million Dollar Journey, the Support Haiti edition.

Here are his Editor’s Picks:

Squawkfox: 10 Frugal Ways to get Fit this Winter
Gen Y Wealth: The 7 Deadly Sins of Personal Finance
Balance Junkie: Your Financial Hierarchy of Needs
Pop Economics: Why crazy people rule the market, and how you can profit from it
Bible Money Matters: Blueprint For How To Make Money With A Blog: Income Generators, Optimizing Your Site And Helpful Site Tools

The latest edition also includes my article, Rental Property Update for Year 2009.

The 238th edition of Carnival of Personal Finance is hosted at The Financial Blogger. This edition includes my article, Holiday Tipping.

The 224th edition of Carnival of Personal Finance is hosted on MY LIFE ROI. This edition includes my article, Rental Property Update September 2009.

Mary is hosting the Carnival of Personal Finance #222 at Simply Forties this week with the Monticello Edition. This edition includes my article, How to Collect Money You’red Owed.

The 221th edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance (Labour Day Edition) is posted on Financial Highway.  It includes my post, Rental Property Update August 2009.

The 218th edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance (Chuck Norris Edition) is posted at Budgets Are Sexy.  It includes my post, The Big Layoff at My Work Place.

The 205th edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance is posted at WiseBread.

It includes my post, Rental Property Update May 2009.