15th edition of the Carnival of Everything Money

Welcome to the 15th edition of the Carnival of Everything Money. I wanted to give my thanks to everyone who is contributing to making this carnival a success! I would appreciate it if anyone who is featured in the carnival links back to this post. If you want to submit an article for next week's edition, the submission form is here. Just a reminder: I am not including articles that are not submitted with a category. If your article wasn't included, that's most likely why. Please change it because the more articles I can post, the better!

credit

Jim presents Citi Forward Credit Card Review: Rewarding Responsibility posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.

David presents CNN Money Names Top 5 Credit Card Offers posted at Credit Card Offers IQ, saying, "CNN Money 100 has named the top credit cards in five categories, including cash back, travel and balance transfer."

The Smarter Wallet presents No Credit History? Here's Why Building Credit Is Important posted at The Smarter Wallet.

debt

Dave presents Debt is Squalor posted at Do You Dave Ramsey?.

Raj Patel presents Yahoo! Personal Finance: DebtGoal Puts Financial Houses in Order posted at DebtGoal.

Brian McKay presents Buying Down Mortgage Rates with Points posted at MonitorBankRates.com, saying, "Getting a lower mortgage rate is possible by shopping around for the best mortgage rates. Another option to getting a lower rate is to buy points."

frugality

MoneyNing presents How to Deal with Frugal Advice posted at Money Ning, saying, "Don't just skip the article if you think it doesn't apply to you as it might be useful later on in life."

investing

Kristjan presents Gold & Silver About to Hit Resistance posted at Personal Development for Awesome People.

ABC presents Warning - Not All Index Funds and ETFs Are Low Cost posted at ABCs of Investing, saying, "Some index funds and etfs are too expensive."

Silicon Valley Blogger presents TradeKing Review: How Does TradeKing Measure Up? posted at The Digerati Life.

ChristianPF presents Retirement Plans (Part 1) - 401k questions answered posted at Money in the Bible | Christian Personal Finance Blog, saying, "A bunch of 401k questions answered by a CFP..."

Cash Tree presents Cash Advance Payday Loans Not an Option for Everyone Says Payday Loan Company posted at Cash Advance Loans, saying, "With people more often tempted to pursue lending options to make ends meet during tough economic times, Cash Tree Loans (www.CashTree.com) is offering free tips to help consumers better understand the risks to decide if payday loans are really right for them."

other

GrrlScientist presents Tough Love for City's Homeless: Pay Rent or Get Out! posted at Living the Scientific Life, saying, "Sounding like a story that is fresh out of the satirical newspaper, The Onion, the eighth richest person in America tells thousands of homeless families in NYC to pay rent to live in a shelter or GET OUT!"

PicktheBrain presents Gallows Humor: 21 Economy Inspired Cartoons posted at School Loans.

Kate Kashman presents Four Financial Lessons from a Six Year Old - The Paycheck Chronicles posted at The Paycheck Chronicles, saying, "Learning about shopping, budgeting and debt from a six year old perspective."

Wren Caulfield presents Adventures in Cake, Installment One posted at True Adventures in Money Hacking, saying, "starting a home business"

Jerry presents Figuring Payments On A New Car posted at Talking About Cars, saying, "How much can you afford to pay for a car?"

Patrick @ Cash Money Life presents Reasons to Buy Whole Life Insurance posted at Cash Money Life, saying, "Here are a few times when you should consider whole life insurance over term life insurance."

Patrick @ Military Money presents GI Bill Transfer Rules posted at Military Finance Network, saying, "The GI Bill now allows some military members to transfer their benefits to their family members."

Nickel presents How Much Life Insurance Do You Need? posted at fivecentnickel.com.

saving

Fabulously Broke presents Fabulously "Broke" ...in the City: What is your lifetime income? posted at Fabulously Broke ....in the City, saying, "What is your lifetime income? The number may be shocking and it will certainly help change your mind in how you spend/fritter away your money on non-productive items."

Online Dividends presents Blogging Banks: $200 Capital One Bank Bonus Opportunity posted at Blogging Banks.

Bank Champ presents GMAC Bank Becomes Ally Bank posted at Bank Champ.

Lazy Man and Money presents Glad I Have an Emergency Fund posted at Lazy Man and Money.

stocks

Ryan Suenaga presents What’s in My Portfolio: Apple, Inc. posted at Uncommon Cents.

taxes

Shadox presents Issue Bonds with No Tax Increase? Dream On... posted at Money and Such, saying, "The truth about bond issues: tax payers always end up paying. Bonds necessarily lead to higher taxes. There is no such thing as a fre lunch in economics."