Money Hacks Carnival #31 — Crisis And Bailout

Well, looks like we are having a rash of carnival crises here. Yesterday the host of the Festival of Frugality bailed and David at My Two Dollars bailed out the carnival with an emergency edition of the Festival of Frugality, and it’s our turn today! Here’s my quick and dirty bailout edition of the Money Hacks Carnival #31.

Before I begin, I just want to let everyone know that I am looking for a few good hosts. If you are interested, please contact me.

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Photo by Meagen via Flickr

Editor’s Picks

How To Draft A Basic Financial Savings Plan at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.
8 Money Principles To Stay Bad Debt Free at KCLau’s Money Tips.
8 Steps to More Money at Where You Are Now.
10 free household budget spreadsheets at Christian Money and Finances.
How to Make Your Child A Millionaire! at My Family’s Money.

Credit and Debt

How to Put a Fraud Alert on Your Credit Report at Military Money Might.
How to get out of Debt at Liberta – Freedom.
After Debt? at Living Almost Large.
Poll: Economic stimulus money went to credit card payments, savings at CreditCards.com.
The credit-card-as-a-gift-card system at The Financial Wellness Project.
How To Apply For An American Express Black Centurion Card at My Personal Finance Blog.
Best 0% Credit Card 0% Balance Transfers at Credit Card Blog.
American Express Black Centurion Card – Value or Ultimate Status Symbol at Ask Mr Credit Card.

Economy

Lehman, Merril Lynch, and AIG Lead to The “Unbubble” at My Simple Trading System.
The Deregulation Blues at Greener Pastures.
Video: Ron Paul Discusses Financial Turmoil and the Fed at PennyJobs.com.
Can you afford to get sick? at Master Your Card.
The Pain Of Paying Cash at Watson Inc.
This Won’t Stick at Upsidetrader.
My Prediction for UK House Prices at Uncommonadvice.
Updated: Will The REAL Economy Please Stand Up? (L-O-N-G) at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket.

Frugality and Saving Money

How to Use Walgreens Coupons to Score Great Deals at Sound Money Matters.
Tip # 318: Keep all your receipts for at least 3 months. at Budgets are Sexy.
How to Save Money on ATM Fees at Cash Money Life.
10 Ways To Save A Dollar During Hard Times at Actorlicious.
Can women get a better deal on cars? at $aving to Invest.
The American Dream Is An Illusion at Free From Broke.
Attention Coupon-Haters: The Savings Isn’t Just 5 Cents on Paper Towels at Art of the Coupon.
Why Didn’t I Think of That? at Funny About Money.
Water Fun Activities To Cool You Off This Summer at The Digerati Life.
How To Save Money On Generic Drugs at The Smarter Wallet.
Making my Contacts Last Means No Vision Coverage Needed Next Year at Are You Going To Be This Way The Rest of The Time I Know You?.
How I Found A Good Auto Mechanic at The Happy Rock.
Hypermiler In The Making at Personal Finance Analyst.
DollarSavingsDirect: A High Yield Version of Emigrant Direct at The Sun’s Financial Diary.
How Can they Possibly Afford That? Or Is Money in the Eye of the Beholder? at The Personal Financier.
Some Readers Favor CDs, Some Think It?s A Dumb Idea at No Debt Plan.
Three Cheap Way to Watching Movies and Shows at The Writer’s Coin.
How to Create a Household Budget at Destroy Debt.
How To Eat Healthy & Cheap Traveling Europe! at soultravelers3.
Baked beans: food of the gods at Miss Thrifty.
Family Downsizes Life to a Camper, the Open Road and Adventures Rich in Simple Pleasures at The Life Less Traveled.

Investing

Are you disappointed with your mutual fund investments? at Invest In India.
Sep 11, 2001 (9 / 11) – Hindsight And Investment Gains at FIRE Finance.
Adjust Your Retirement Savings Goal For Risks at Harvesting Dollars.
The upside of a late loan at Passive Family Income.
Invest in future top models at Investment Internals.
Investment Fraud: If It’s Too Good to Be True … at The Wealth Spa.

Making Money and Alternative Income

The Alternatives Of 9 To 5 at The Shark Investor.
$25 Referral Bonus for 529 Plan at My Dollar Plan.
Get FREE Gift Cards from Blue Cross Blue Shield at How I Save Money.net.

Other

A Few More Tips on Not Answering the Salary Question at Free Money Finance.
Changing Your Own Oil Is Not Worth Your Time. Outsource the Small Tasks. at Own The Dollar.
How Do I Find A Small Business Franchise Opportunity at Small Business Franchise Opportunity.
Canadians Are Not Comfortable In Regards To Their Personal Finance at The Financial Blogger.
The Freshman Fund- A Great Idea for Increasing 529 Plan College Savings at Think Your Way to Wealth.
Free College Education Exists at Destroy Debt.

Thank you everyone for your participation. Next week, the carnival will be hosted at The Financial Blogger.

16 Comments

Roshawn Watson
September 24, 2008, 23:22

Great job with this carnival…Very good selection of articles. Thank you for including the Pain of Paying Cash!
I can’t wait to read all of these picks.
Soultravelers3
September 25, 2008, 6:46

Wonderful collection! I can’t wait to check out these great posts!
Thanks so much for including Soultravelers3….we are a family living large on 25K a year as we start our 3rd year of an open ended world tour!
We have visited 4 continents, 23 countries and counting, but few know that one can actually live cheaper doing slow travel, even in expensive countries like Europe!
Boy, am I glad we got mostly out of the dollar in 2005!
I have just stumbled this and will subscribe to this fantastic site!
Soultravelers3
September 25, 2008, 6:50

BTW I love the carnival picture icon….we just saw it in person in Stockholm Sweden!!
Writers Coin
September 25, 2008, 6:53

Thanks of resolving the crisis and for the link!
Patrick
September 25, 2008, 7:41

If only all financial emergencies were taken care of so quickly!
Thanks for hosting!
passivefamilyincome
September 25, 2008, 8:00

Pinyo – Thanks for the emergency hosting and including my article.
FFB
September 25, 2008, 8:54

Tis the season of bailouts! Great job on the last minute carnival, though it would have been a better bailout if you found a way to split 700 billion amongst us all!
Thanks again for hosting!
J. Money
September 25, 2008, 9:03

yeah for real, way to step in my man!
Aaron Aiken
September 25, 2008, 10:33

Thanks for hosting and for selecting my article as an editor’s pick. glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks again for hosting, and especially at the last minute!
Take care,
-Aaron
Connie Prater
September 25, 2008, 11:20

Thanks for including our post on the economic stimulus package. I’m wondering if the idea of a second stimulus package is now dead in the water given the $700 billion bailout plan….or will we just print more money?
Scott
September 25, 2008, 11:42

I got up early this morning and enjoyed reading through some great posts here. I hope to be able to provide an article for next weeks carnival. Thanks for hosting this week.
Greener Pastures
September 25, 2008, 13:31

Thanks for pinch hitting!
And posting my article.
Lisa
lulugal11
September 25, 2008, 17:24

You did a good job with the carnival. My favorite article (apart from mine) was the one about Coupon Haters.
Family Smudge
September 30, 2008, 8:58

Hi there,
Just dropping by to say thanks for featuring our family’s travel story on your wonderful site.
Alice
Pinyo
October 2, 2008, 8:08

Everyone, thank you for your participation and link back!
Teagen
October 6, 2008, 3:18

I’m so glad you liked my interview. Thanks for including The Life Less Traveled in the carnival!