Carnival of Personal Finance #110
Carnival of Personal Finance #110 is up at Fat Pitch Financials. My entry in the carnival is Out of the Market and Meaningless Stats. The following articles in this carnival stood out for me:
* Car-free Living Is the Path to Financial Independence by A Canadian and Her Money. Owning and operating a car is expensive. By my calculation it costs about 40 cents per mile if you include all vehicle operating costs.
* How Dumping TV Allowed Me to Quit My Job, Create an Online Business and Fund My Retirement Account by SavingAdvice.com. I didn't realize how much commercials take up in a typical TV hour until I watched TV in a hotel when I traveled on vacation. I cut my cable subscription 2 years ago and I never regretted it.
* How Much Is Your Privacy Worth by Chief Family Officer. I think this is the best article in this week's carnival. When you open accounts for the sole purpose of earning the signup bounty, you are basically selling your private information, social security number and everything. It's funny people say they value their privacy highly but they won't hesitate for a minute giving out everything when there's a signup bonus dangling in front of them or when a new bank offers 0.05% higher interest rate.
Software picked, likely related posts:
- Carnival of Personal Finance #74
- Carnival of Personal Finance #109
- Editor's Choice in Carnival of Personal Finance #98
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saving advice on July 25, 2007 |
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Cathy on July 25, 2007 |
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Thanks for the mention. I"m not anti TV, but do feel that most of us (including myself) watch more TV than we should and this costs us both money and opportunities. I think most people would be surprised if they actually tracked the amount they watch.
Thanks very much for the mention!
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