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Carnival of Personal Finance #174 - The Columbus Day Edition

To commemorate Columbus Day, this week’s theme is Christopher Columbus - And Other Great Risk Takers That Have Changed History.

October 13th, 2008 | Continued

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Hope You’ll Join Me for Tomorrow’s Carnival of Personal Finance #174 - The Columbus Day Edition

With over 70 entries already, tomorrow’s Carnival of Personal Finance looks to be a good one! To commemorate Columbus Day, this week’s theme is Christopher Columbus, and Other Great Risk Takers That Have Changed History.

12Oct2008 |0 comments | Continued
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Church of Blog - October 12th, 2008

It’s difficult for me to pick just one favorite blog to write about for the latest Entrecard Giveaway Bash.

I have a favorite blog for every mood. On Sundays I’m usually drawn to “real world reflective” type blogs. Fridays I want to escape from the real world.

12Oct2008 |0 comments | Continued
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Want to Join My New “You Comment - I Comment” Entrecard Movement?

“You drop- I follow” just doesn’t cut it. But how about “You comment - I comment?” It won’t slow down the 300 drops in 12 minutes crew, but for the rest of us trying to improve our quality blog traffic….

11Oct2008 |3 comments | Continued
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Doom and Gloomed Out

I’m doom and gloomed out. Give me a Rip Van Winkle sedative and wake me when it’s over.

10Oct2008 |3 comments | Continued
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Site Back Up

My site went incognito for almost 24 hours. How do you spell anxiety attack?

10Oct2008 |1 comment | Continued
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Hold Your Breath - The World of Underwater Finances

cNBC reports that 1 in 6 homeowners now owe more money on their property than the property is worth.

Is your mortgage underwater?

9Oct2008 |0 comments | Continued
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How to Get More From “Bank FDIC Insured”

I just found out how my spouse and I can increase our FDIC insurance coverage from $250 thousand to as high as $1 million dollars.

Not that we need it, but for you lucky folks that do, here’s how to do it.

9Oct2008 |0 comments | Continued
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Check Out the 33rd Money Hacks Carnival at Fix My Personal Finance

Sam hosts this week’s Carnival in great style, as he presents the Oktoberfest Edition.

8Oct2008 |0 comments | Continued
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Getting Rich on the Backs of Others - the Middle Class Squeeze

Do the rich think that the middle class owe them something?

7Oct2008 |1 comment | Continued
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The Sarah Palin Show

Sarah Palin may not be a great vice presidential candidate, but she’d make a great talk show host.

6Oct2008 |0 comments | Continued
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“Snap” Sunday Sermon - On Citizenship, and Some Words of Thich Nhat Hanh

I regularly point the finger at all the shysters that have ruined our economy and our environment. But on Sundays, I look inward, and looking inward I find that I, too, can act selfishly, be motivated by greed. In wanting a better life for myself and my family, I find it easy to block out the recklessness of many of my actions, the harm they do to others.

5Oct2008 |0 comments | Continued
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Bank Account Rates Rise as Banks Compete for Your Business

Banks may not want to loan you money right now, but they sure want you to deposit it.

4Oct2008 |1 comment | Continued
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Golden Parachutes - Another Way for the Rich Bottom Feeders to Clean Up

“The golden parachutes have been exchanged for camouflage parachutes…”

3Oct2008 |0 comments | Continued
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Palin Passes the Test, but Biden Steals the Limelight

The fear that Palin would crash and burn proved unjustified. She certainly held her own, sidestepping, jabbing, and avoiding any knockout punch Biden threw.

But Biden finally got some attention, and his passion and connection to the middle class shined.

2Oct2008 |1 comment | Continued