If you are curious, you can go and check out last weeks carnival, and next weeks carnival will be hosted at the Ultimate Money Blog.

This is a long carnival, so let’s get right to it.

First, a few that I’ve chosen as Editors picks.

• Doug Warshauer from Doug Warshauer presents How Much Should You Spend on Your Car?.
• Myke from In Search of Salt presents Nearly Everything I learned about Investing I Learned from My Father.
• Kevin from Financially Poor presents The Path To Financial Freedom: Start Counting.
• John from The Best Money Blog presents Saving Money For Opportunities.
• Jeremy from Generation X Finance presents Everyday Philanthropy: Simple Ways You Can Start Helping Others Today.

And the rest, in the order that they were submitted:

• Jaime from Eventual Millionaire presents How I Handle an Irregular Income.
• Craig from Free From Broke presents The Different Types of Mortgage Loans.
• Dividend Growth Investor from Dividend Growth Investor presents 14 Dividend Stocks with Dividend Growth Potential .
• moses kimani from life dividend presents greed is good!- or is it?.
• Nicole from Grumpy Rumblings of the Untenured presents Adventures in Retirement Savings Part 2: What not to do.
• Adam from Rabbit Funds presents REVIEW: Mint.com and the new Goals feature.
• Len from Len Penzo dot Com presents 15 Organic Fruits and Veggies That Aren’t Worth Paying More For.
• Neal Frankle from Wealth Pilgrim presents How To Convince Your Spouse You Need A Budget.
• Money Beagle from Money Beagle presents Do Any Of Us Have A Chance In The Stock Market?.
• Mich from Beating The Index presents How To Prepare For Higher Mortgage Rates.
• Craig Ford from Money Help For Christians presents Student Loan Debt Forgiveness For Ministers and Non-Profit Workers.
• Austin from Foreigner’s Finances presents Online Banks vs. Brick & Mortar Banks.
• D4L from Dividends Value presents Where To Find Great Dividend Stocks.
• Kim at MMI from Blogging for Change presents 10 ideas for young entrepreneurs.
• Briana Ford from Go Banking Rates presents Divorce Happens: Be Prepared.
• Bret from Hope to Prosper presents The Benefits of Financial Reform.
• FMF from Free Money Finance presents How to Make Your First Million.
• Arjun R. from Investing Thesis presents An Introduction To Financial Planning For Same Sex Couples.
• Kathy Sweedler from Plan Well, Retire Well: Saving and investing your money presents Refinancing: If it was just a simple yes/no question!.
• Rob from Daily Financial Solutions presents How Much Is Your Driving Costing You?.
• Jeff Rose from Consumer Boomer presents How to Calculate Your Credit Card APR.
• Tim from The Econ Man presents How to Kick a Bad Habit.
• Dan from ETF Base presents Why Bear Market Investments are Bad in Any Market.
• Pop from Pop Economics presents How to prepare for a double-dip recession.
• Reasonable from Richly Reasonable presents Use it Up, Wear it Out, Make it Do, or Do Without!.
• FruGal from FruGal presents Central Europe travels: Transport on a budget.
• Jason from Live Real, Now presents A Budget Isn’t Enough.
• RJ Weiss from Gen Y Wealth presents Money can be a Great Excuse.
• Kim Snider from Kimmunications from Kim Snider presents Five Healthcare Questions You Must Answer Before You Retire.
• Craig from Free From Broke presents Dollar Cost Averaging Helps Eliminate Emotion And Market Risk.
• Suba from Wealth Informatics presents How to make tent camping comfortable?.
• J. Money from Budgets Are Sexy presents These Commercials Are Making Me Batty!.
• Kristina from DINKS Finance presents A 50/50 Relationship.
• Paul Williams from Provident Planning presents Understanding the New Credit Card Statements.
• Rick from Expat Investing presents Is Offshore Banking right for you?.
• Bob from Christian Finance presents 10 Tips To Create Wealth.
• Cara Henis from Taking Charge presents ‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ credit card tales of trouble.
• 2 Cents from Balance Junkie presents 5 Financial Bubbles: Are We Facing a Bubble of Bubbles?.
• MD from Studenomics presents Student’s First Car Buyer Guide– What You Need To Know .
• Silicon Valley Blogger from The Digerati Life presents How To Invest In Shares of Common Stock.
• The Smarter Wallet from The Smarter Wallet presents Visa Black Credit Card Review.
• Adam from Magical Penny presents How to Avoid Burn Off.
• Betty from www.ControlYourCash.com presents Stick a Pin In It, It’s Done.
• Jacob from My Personal Finance Journey presents Does Being Green Make Economic Sense? – Part 1 – Green and Hybrid Automobiles.
• Donna Freedman from Surviving and Thriving presents Hey, you, take off those shoes!.
• Michael from The DoughRoller presents 8 Must Have Small Business Tax Deductions.
• Mike from Green Panda Treehouse presents 8 Ways to Put Cash in Your Pocket Now.
• Pierre from Intelligent Speculator presents Build your own macro hedge fund with single country ETFs.
• Mike from The Financial Blogger presents Everything you need to know about income trusts.
• PT from PT Money presents Best Small Business Credit Cards.
• eemusings from Musings of an Abstract Aucklander presents Children are expensive, but so are cars.
• Mr. Credit Card from Ask Mr. Credit Card presents The Parent Trap.
• Miss Bankrupt from Miss Bankrupt presents Life After Bankruptcy Isn’t All Bad.
• mbhunter from Mighty Bargain Hunter presents How not to buy gift cards on eBay.
• Madison from My Dollar Plan presents Amazon Prime Free for Students and Others.
• Helen from Science and Money presents The True Purpose of Whole Life Insurance.
• ElizabethG (Modern Gal) from Modern Gal presents Preparing for Today’s Employment Realities.
• Tim Chen from NerdWallet Credit Card Watch presents Discover Acceptance Hits 90%. Does Discover Escape Finally Deserve Consideration?.
• Cecil Dellison from Clear Choice Credit Cards presents New Amendment on Credit Card and Debit Swipe Fees.
• a.b. from Modern Tightwad presents My Folks’ Home Modification = Epic Fail.
• Curt from PennyJobs.com presents 5 Reasons Why the Sooner the Market Crashes the Better.
• Daniel from Sweating The Big Stuff presents Motivational Story: From Dog Walking To Ivy League.

Whew!  That’s a lot of posts.  That’s the last of them though, so take your pick and read as many as you can.  There’s a veritable gold mine of information there and you could learn a lot!

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• Save Money, Save the Environment
• Tips for Sticking to your Shopping List
• How we Vacation for $500!
• Focus on the Debt Snowball
• Factors of a Credit Score

Over here folks!  In the tent to your left, is the Bearded Lady!  And, to your right is the Hall of Mirrors.  Stick out your tongue at the mirrors, not the lady, if you please.

• Happiness – The last week of the BFS way to diagnose your financial health series
• Post Transaction Marketing: Helpful or Rip-off?
• Capital One changes terms on no-hassle cash for excellent credit
• Make Money Online
• I want the new iPhone and I don’t care what’s in it

Step right up folks!  Step right up!  Have you ever seen a needle wink it’s eye?  A rubber band play a tune?  An elephant fly?  That’s right folks!  In this very tent, right behind me, we have a genuine miniature horse!  Smallest one in Rhode Island!  Take a peek for free, only a nickle for a picture with the mini horse!

• Must read for new traders and a giveaway!
• A frugal breakfast that’s good for you
• How to watch tv for free or cheap without paying for cable
• The Joy and Folly of Emotions
• The Cost of making your house a home
• It’s (unofficially) summer
• June 1 Check in
• A Light Bulb Moment
• How to get stuff for free
• Is it wrong to strive for job security?

Lions, Tigers, and Bears!  Oh My!  There’s no yellow bricks here, folks, just the lion tamer tent!  Watch as he sticks his head inside the lions mouth!  Watch the bear balance on a ball!  Then, watch as the tigers perform complex financial calculations.  Or, they might just jump through flaming hoops!

• Financial Pillar of Strength
• Make your own baby memory book
• Stockpiling vs. Hoarding
• More Groceries
• 5 Tips for the money saving mom
• Slip of the Tongue or Truth in Advertising
• Dental care makes a difference
• Are you really saving all that you can
• How to invest into bonds
• The future of college education

Ladies!  Gentlemen!  Point your eyes and ears over here to center ring!  Watch as the amazing Yakezie Trapezie Troupe test the fates with every swing!  Don’t cover your hair and your eyes, you might miss the excitement!

• What’s the difference
• Have you got the blogger blues
• How to get into debt part 0
• SocialSpark
• Are you a lending tree user
• 5 ways to get good customer service
• Book review and giveaway
• Black Swans circling
• Harvesting your own food for health, fun, and savings
• Is a debt snowball an answer to your financial troubles

Bend your eyes up to the highwire folks!  What you’re about to see will astound you!  It will amaze you! Watch as a man teeters along the line with only a tiny net below to save him if he should fall.

• Essential Insurance after College
• Life without a cell phone
• Should you pay off mortgage early or invest
• I isn’t perfect
• Best self employed retirement plans
• Fixed or Variable, why not both?
• Do your kids understand how to use credit cards
• The voluntarily dispossessed
• Marriage and managing money
• How to make hair conditioner

And now, in the far ring, the cage of death!  Two motorcycles, spinning at breakneck speeds, passing within inches of each other!  Then, watch as Liandra enters the cage to stand, unprotected, while the motorcycles spin past her head!

• Book review and giveaway
• Is renting a financially viable option
• Enough by John Bogle, What’s enough
• Priceless Memories
• Is Billionaire the New Millionaire?
• Genius Personal Branding
• How to pack effectively for vacation
• 5 little things now to save money later
• Early retirement extreme 21 day makeover
• My advice to college grads

What a show!  That concludes our broadcast day!  Be sure to stop and win your girl a stuffed animal at the dart throw and to grab a bite to eat at the corndog emporium on your way out!

• Response to Term vs whole life insurance
• Surviving the rags to get to the riches
• People who refuse to change
• Can you believe I’m selling Enemy of Debt?
• Are BP shares a buy
• Dave Ramsey was Wrong
• Only the poor or super rich say Money can’t buy happiness
• Senior life insurance rates

What a show, indeed!  That’s what you get with the Yakezie Carnival!  Lots of bang for your buck!

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What a week!

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The stars of our show this week are the articles that deal with frugality and being green.

• The Homemaking Helper gives us the low-down and dirty on Cloth Diapers.
• Money Crush discusses How Much does our culture affect recycling and frugality.
• Cool to be Frugal gives us Baby Steps to a Sustainable, Self-Sufficient Lifestyle.
• Wisebread talks about the Work Exchange way to see the World.
• Yes I am Cheap is having an Earth Day Giveaway!
• Funny about Money wonders, Can Minimizing Go Too Far?
• Penniless Parenting made a Refrigerator Solar Cooker!
• Energy Saving Gadgets Saves Energy by using Motion Sensing Light Adapters.

A Few Articles that tickled me the right way:

• Live Real Now tells us What My Dog Taught me about Personal Finance.
• Suburban Dollar is Giving the Suburban Garden Experiment another year.
• Money Ning details 10 Situations in Which DIY is More Expensive.
• The Paycheck Chronicles Shares the Coupon Love with the Military overseas.

And here’s the rest!

• If you read, you’ll like this quick post by Money Help for Christians on saving money on books.
• Cheap, Healthy, Good has an excellent article on Couponing for people who hate couponing.
• The Saved Quarter tells us how to save on cell phones.
• Go Banking Rates lays out which are the Best Black Cards in the Business.
• Money Management International asks, What is your money personality?
• Personal Finance Analyst gives us Frugality vs. Deprivation: Does saving money damage your quality of life?
• Learn, Save, Invest remixed the Top 5 reasons to Invest your money.
• Free Money Finance discovered how a New Furnace Saved Thousands.
• Personal Finance Journey details 7 Cost Effective things you can do instead of watching TV.
• Wealth Pilgrim answers yet another Health Reform question with Is there an LTC Policy Provided by the Health Care Reform Act.
• Free from Broke asks us to Choose what expenses are important to us.
• Mad Kane provides us with a Tax Day Limerick.
• Consumer Boomer talks about Checking Your Credit Score.
• Bargaineering talks about How Much is Minimum Wage?
• Good Financial Cents talks about Secured Credit Cards and Navigating the Minefield & Building Back your Credit.
• Provident Plan details why Contentment is not Complacency.
• Joe Plemon talks about the Airstream Saga.
• Budgets are Sexy asks Where have you gotten the best financial advice.
• Dinks finance wonders Should you life on a Cash Budget?
• Balance Junkie gives us some pointers on What if you Budget Doesn’t Balance.
• PTMoney gives us 5 ways the Library can save you Money.
• Saving Money Today has The Movie Lovers Guide to Saving Money.
• The Digerati Life shows us How to Save Money on Food & Groceries.
• The Smarter Wallet tells us Where to Buy Cheap Treasures.
• Ask Mr. Credit Card answers How Does  a Hardship Program Affect my Credit?
• Miss Bankrupt posits that There is More than Money.
• The Sun’s Financial Diary Demands More from Previous Purchases.
• Magical Penny tells us Why I Became Interested in Personal Finance.
• Not Made of Money tells us How to Save Money When Buying Plane Tickets.
• The Debt Hawk explains Stock Splits.
• Frugal Family Examiner has some Easy Tips to trim your summer grocery expenses.
• Home Ec101 is Cutting Kitchen Waste and sparking creativity.
• Eventual Millionaire has some Q&A from a Frugal Blogger.

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Of course, it is the Festival of Frugality, so try and keep your submissions to some semblance of frugal topic.  Since I get to play “in charge” for this one, I’m not going to hold that line real strongly, but I would like to try and keep the spirit of the festival.  Also, since it’s going to be Earth Week next week, I might be giving higher billing to those posts that deal directly with green stuff.

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• Money Crush has a $100 Giveaway
• Consumer Boomer talks taxes and health care
• Personal Finance by the Book gets down to the nitty gritty with Dave Ramsey
• Ending the Rat Race is giving away a DVD and a Book!
• Personal Finance Journey asks if you Invest in Sin Stocks (I have)
• One Money Design talks about what the Bible says about Money
• Red discusses the role that money has taken in her wedding plans
• Canadian Finance Blog hosted the Yakezie Carnival #6
• Couple Money presents the Debt Reduction Strategies Guide
• Deliver Away Debt is talking about Christmas already.
• Well Heeled Blog got a new job! (Congratulations!)
• Money Funk wants to know how much they paid you to give up your dream
• Planting Dollars talks about Storing your financial records
• Financial Samurai is playing games

Whew!  I think I’ve got a cramp in my finger from all that linking!  There were just so many good posts since last time.

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• Christian PF talks about the pros and cons of variable annuities
• Stay at Home Mom CFO gives us the low-down on a terrible new debt collection practice
• Simple life in France is growing oranges.  She thinks.
• My Journey to Millions is questioning the Constitutionality of the Health Care bill
• Christian Common Cents doles out a bit of common sense about never lending money to friends and family
• The Amateur Financier details the history and methods behind Keynesianism
• And Cool to be Frugal hosted Yakezie Carnival #5 this week!

That’s it for this week.  Still lots of good reading there though, so make sure you check them all out.

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• First and Foremost, there’s the weekly Yakezie Carnival hosted by Sweat the Big Stuff.
• Something tells me that Financial Samurai likes to be on time.
• Money Funk is talking about traveling with teens.  Our kids aren’t quite there yet, but a good heads up for us.
• Couple Money is celebrating by giving a way a Netbook!
• Out of Debt Again is talking about something that I, gladly, don’t worry about much anymore.  How to properly write a check.
• One Money Design has a great article on your options if you can’t pay your taxes on time.
• Rainy Day Saver is fixing up light switches.  We did that when we moved into our house and the wiring looks just about as old!
• Don’t make these 401(k) mistakes from Saving Money Today
• The Girl with the Red Balloon isn’t going to float away, ’cause she’s got a shiny new rock on her finger!  Congrats!
• Jim would like to know Why Are You Frugal? at Bargaineering.
• The Consumerist has some of the details on the K-Mart Scam Coupon Debacle.

And that concludes our weekly wrap-up.  Whew!  That should keep you busy for the rest of your recovery Monday.

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However, I didn’t miss the newest one and my post on reactive personal finance is included.  If you’d like to check it out (and you should) it can be found over at The Life of an Insurance Salesman.

As a side note, it looks like I’ve jumped about 500k in my Alexa ranking since sometime last week.  That’s pretty impressive if you ask me.  And I’d be remiss if I didn’t credit almost all of it to my fellow Yakezie folks.  Thanks Yakezie!

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Go check it out!

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