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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Hello and welcome to the 316th Carnival of Personal Finance- Family Edition. Big Cajun Man from THE Canadian Personal Finance Site asks What is Your Financial Plan B? Watch out! , Jacob @ My Personal Finance Journey discusses Online Shopping – The Risks, Benefits, and How to Stay Safe.

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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. This week week, I screened my dividend growth stocks database for companies with dividend yield between 3.5%

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Best of Money Carnival #112

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

While the plot, acting, music composition, and special effects are normally what others focus on when watching this movie, there are actually quite a few lessons in personal finance that can be learned from The Dark Knight as well. Being a personal finance geek myself, I found this piece of trivia neat to read.

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How to Teach Your Kids About Money and Business – Take A Family Field Trip

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You can have a fun, and usually inexpensive time helping them learn by showing them companies, factories and banks in action. Let them pick a product to research, then next time you go, have them tell you all about where it comes from, what company makes it, how much the company makes, and etc.

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We Cancelled Our Cable TV and Land Line

Family Balance Sheet

While I sheepishly admit that I may have had a slight addiction to the reality shows on Bravo TV, I also realized that I was spending too much time watching grown women cat fight in their Manolo Blahniks--that they clearly can't afford. And I definitely don't want to spend an additional $1200 a year to watch that train wreck.

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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Now without further adieu, I present you with the dozens of great reads written by Yakezie members and challengers alike this past week in our efforts to bring you timely insight on personal finance and lifestyle today. Personal Finance Whiz : What Is An Emergency Fund? There were 50 submissions this week.

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How To Excel At Your Primary Job

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

For most of us, it’s either reading or writing about personal finance and/or self-improvement. For others, maybe it’s Facebook-stalking or watching Youtube videos (unfortunately neither of which provide income). Most companies provide you with plentiful resources. If you don’t like your company, then quit.