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Carnival of Personal Finance #384 – Time for a Laugh Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Hello and welcome to this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance. If any of you have seen me host carnivals before you know that I like to add in some funny clips about personal finance for your enjoyment. ” Harry Sit from The Finance Buff asks Tax Efficiency: Relative or Absolute? I love this list.

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Why Save Money in a Low Interest Rate Environment?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Each year I bring them together in my Grandma Rie’s Money Camp and focus on different aspects of personal finance, with saving being a focus in each camp. Both are now old enough to open a bank savings account. Most of the time, the best we can expect from bank savings accounts has been from 2% to 5% before inflation.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #236 – May 11, 2012

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

After all it was not the people who caused the problem so why should they suffer while the banks get off scot-free? KT presents In Debt Consider Paying Cash for Your Purchases posted at Personal Finance Journey , saying, “Are you in debt besides the mortgage? They do not like this austerity business one little bit.

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Investment Methods

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Much of the information in it is basic personal finance guidance (with a biblical twist). Unfortunately, I was doing this from 2010 through 2013, part of the longest bull run we’ve had in the US recently. One I obtained in that manner is “The Sound Mind Investing Handbook” by Austin Pryor.

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