Awesome Articles Last Week

Lazy Man And Money: Finances: Don’t Take them So Personally - Lazy points out how easy it is for us to be wasting money without realizing it, and cites a couple of big examples how.

Money, Matter and More Musings: Are You Spending More On Stuff Than Millionaires? - Rate your spending against the millionaires! Golbguru appears to score in the lowest spending percentile based on some “Millionaire Next Door” rankings.

Money Smart Life: Health Care Costs Increase While Our Income Goes Down - I could very well be writing a novel about this as I’m in the same club as Ben is. I’ve been in this same situation for about a year now!

The Sun’s Financial Diary: The Frustration With AMEX Continues - There’s been a mysterious monthly charge on one of Sun’s credit cards that’s been going on for a while now. I’d ditch this card immediately no matter what the consequences are.

Gen X Finance: Buying High and Selling Low Might Sound Stupid, But People Still Do It - Human nature departs from logic too many times, unfortunately.

Free Money Finance: Boost Your Career with Professional Classes - Brushing up your skills in whatever field you’re in could help you get ahead tremendously. If you work in the field of technology, as I do, it’s a given.

Mighty Bargain Hunter: The trick to finding really good deals on housing - Those who are shopping around for a new house will find this discussion quite helpful.

Five Cent Nickel: Reducing Our Electrical Usage: One Year Later - Nickel has worked on keeping his electrical usage down through various means. It’s a feat in itself.

Blueprint For Financial Prosperity: 3 Reasons Why I Love Index Funds - This is great — I second Jim’s opinion too. I heart index funds, as my t-shirt says ;).

Consumerism Commentary: Do You Waste Two Hours Every Workday? - Just two hours a day? Okay, just kidding there, but I believe that productivity can be fleeting and can be a challenge to sustain for long periods. And all those administrative activities can get in the way of some work momentum!

The Simple Dollar: The Debt Entrapment: When Your Debt Forces You To Stay At An Untenable Job I can imagine how tough it is to be stuck between a rock and a hard place. It’s a situation that you literally need to claw yourself out of, but it’s doable with *much* hard work and sacrifice.

NCNblog: Store-Branded Credit Cards: A Shocking Look Back - If you love shopping and spending, you have to read this. I’m afraid some people close to me are addicted to department store credit cards. I need to figure out a way to send them to NCN’s blog.

Cheap As Chips: Dedicated to my youngest brother. Though there are financial aspects to this article, the message here goes beyond that.

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Last Week’s Carnivals

Hot Finance Carnivals!
Carnival of Money Stories #19 (Dough Roller Presidential Debate Edition)
Cavalcade of Risk #31
IBN Stocks & Investing Festival #12
Carnival of the Capitalists, July 30, 2007
Carnival of The Entrepreneur - July 30, 2007
The Carnival of Fraud
Festival of Stocks # 47
happiness carnival - July 29, 2007
Let’s Share Feelings - July 30, 2007 Edition in Blog Carnival
Abundance Thinking: Blog Carnival 2
The CARNIVAL of CRAZINESS, 3rd Edition! Thank you, Crazy King of Clowns, for giving me a “Badge Of Honour”.