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This week in the Best of Money Carnival we received great amount of fantastic articles and enjoyed reading them, I hope you will enjoy them just as much!
Let the Festival begin!
10. Reports indicate that more and more Gen Y’s have fallen into a new addiction, it is not drugs, alcohol or gambling it seems to be a much more dangerous addiction. Experts are calling this “Salary Addiction” are you a victim? If so, then this article by RJ Weiss will provide you with some potential cures. The Secret Addiction of Generation Y.
9. Not sure how many people believe in ghosts or hunted houses, personally I don’t. J. Money asks Would You Buy a House That Someone Died In? If I would get a deal on it, I absolutely would.
Germany was the top scoring team in the world cup, although there were a few goals we could have picked from this goal by Oezil was probably one of the most important goals for them.
8. Managing finances in a relationship seems complicated for most newlyweds, when we got married last year we decided to have join ownership of everything. However this may not work for everyone, if you find yourself confused read Ace‘s How to Manage Finances in a Relationship.
7. Planning for retirement is always complicated and never an exact science, those who either retired in the last two years or will be retiring in the next few years were the hardest hit with the recession. Retiring in a bad economy is not impossible as this guest post Investing For Retirement: How To Retire In A Bad Economy on Silicon Valley Blogger points out.
Ghana made history by being the first African team to make it to the Quarter Finals, although they lost this game to Uruguay on penalties Muntari’s from will go down as one of the best goals.
6. When it comes to the economy nobody likes the bad news bearer, but should we ignore them or are they on the something? 2 Cents presents Why Do Bears Always Wear the Black Hats?
5. What’s the point of life if we can not dream? As human beings we have to be able to dream as it motivates us to work hard and get through the bad times. Everyone has dreams, but how can we make them come true? MoneyNing lists 7 Simple Money Tips Can Make All Your Dreams Come True.
The host nation, South Africa, was the first host not to qualify out of the group stages. However this goal by Tschabalala was among one of the best in the tournament.
4. One of my favorite articles this week was by Control your Cash titled Too big to stop failing. You’ll just have to read it to understand it.
3. I am a big believer in giving. For some it’s the tax deduction that motivates them for others it’s just giving back to the community. FMF says that Giving is a Complement to Wealth, Not a Hindrance, I’ll have to agree with him.
The 3rd place game is always a fun game to watch as the teams have nothing to lose and often it is filled with goals. This years 3rd place game saw 5 goals in total including this amazing goal by Diego Forlan, who also won the Golden Ball (MVP).
2. We are all pro’s when it comes to spending money, it’s often the savings part that we find difficult. Eric Napier has a neat little trick when it comes to spending money that can help you reduce unneeded expenses, Ways to Spend Money.
1. The winner this week is….Miss T and her article Creating Wealth With What You Already Have.
The Dutch made it to the World Cup final for the third time and for the 3rd time they left only as the second best. They were the only team to win all their qualifying games as well as all the World Cup finals games within the 90 minutes, but it just wasn’t enough. This goal by their captain Giovanni van Bronckhorst was an absolute rocket!
Congrats to all participants and especially the winning post Next week’s carnival will be held at Canadian Finance Blog. Click here to submit a post.
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Thanks for hosting and for including my article!
Woooooooooo! Only 4 more years until World Cup baby!!!!
Can someone tell me how these carnivals of finance work? I’m intrigued…
Thank you so much for choosing me as the winning post! I am honoured.
Great edition! Very honored to make it here this week!
Thanks for hosting an awesome edition.
4th place? I’ll take that. I’m honored that our little site is the Uruguay of this tournament.
just one question. what do i do to get included in a carnival like this? i have never gotten a link back from a site this established. Something like this would make my day. Any suggestions??
@Jenna here is more info on carnivals
http://blogcarnival.com/bc/faq.html
@kt-lifedividend you can submit your articles to carnivals via http://blogcarnival.com/bc/index.php create an account find the carnivals you want to submit and done!
Thank you, Ray.
Thanks Ray!
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