Guide To Roth IRAs and 401ks @ The Carnivals

It’s starting to get cloudy and gray around here now, which is a great thing! We here in California need the rains…badly (even if I’m not fond of this type of weather). These days, we are beginning to gear up for the holidays and preparing for the wetter weather and the flu season. This means that we’re thinking of getting our flu shots soon, then making sure our gutters are cleaned and our home “winterized”. Then the holiday decorating follows as well as preparations for family parties and gift exchanges. That’s on top of all the regular stuff we’ve got going on, like work, business, school, chores, errands and working out our finances during this dreaded economic period .

So on breaks, I’ve got myself catching up on the carnivals!

I loved a lot of what the Carnival of Personal Finance had to offer, thanks to the great hosting job done by Master Your Card. I have to thank Jonathan for picking my post on Obama vs McCain as his Editor’s Pick! Here were some favorites of mine this week:

• Broke Grad Student: College Student’s Guide to Roth IRAs
• Dividends 4 Life: What Would Warren Buffett Do?
• Don’t Mess With Taxes: 401k Do’s and Don’ts

I took in the Monster Mash Edition of the Festival of Frugality, written up by Living Well On Less. I didn’t get to participate this time around but I did enjoy these articles:

• Think Your Way To Wealth: Ways to Save Money on Your Pets
• Budgets Are Sexy: Do You Ever Feel Guilty For Using Your Emergency Fund?
  
• MoneyNing: Overspending When Buying in Bulk

Recent Carnivals

• The Carnival of Twenty Something Finances: Money Through The Ages Edition
• Kids and Money
• Review Bloggers Carnival