The Wealth Builder Carnival #44

Welcome to the forty-fourth edition of The Wealth Builder Carnival. The purpose of this carnival is to collect articles from the blogosphere on building, preserving and keeping enough wealth for a comfortable retirement. For reference, I have tried to keep the carnival content tightly focused on wealth building and did not include submissions that were off topic. For reading convenience, the posts are listed with a brief summary or comment by the submitter and organized them into seven categories: Earning, Insuring and Protecting, Investing, Living Frugally, Retiring, Saving and Taxes.

And now onto the Carnival:

Earning

Kyle Taylor presents 2012 Elections: How to Profit from Them posted at The Penny Hoarder, saying, "Whatever you’re feeling on politics is, there are plenty of ways to profit from the circus and small business owners have a unique opportunity."

Insuring and Protecting

John presents Want Better Healthcare at a Lower Price? New Primary Care Models Are Gaining Traction posted at Wallet Blog, saying, "There's a new trend growing in the healthcare industry that could help save you money: buying directly from physicians and removing insurance companies from the process. This model could help lower costs for both doctors and patients, and allow everyone to receive the standard care they need at an affordable price."

Investing

FlBlogger presents DRIP Investing posted at Dividend Stocks, saying, "Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRIP) are excellent ways to invest slowly over time in individual stocks. You can invest a very small amount of money on a monthly basis and build large positions in quality stocks over time."

Mike Piper presents Should You Own Stocks in Retirement? posted at The Oblivious Investor, saying, "Despite stocks' higher expected returns than bonds and CDs, they don't really allow you to spend much more during the early stages of retirement."

John Border presents Passive Investing Strategies posted at Stock Market Basics, saying, "Passive Investing strategies to help you avoid the costly mistakes done while stock picking and get better returns from the market."

Dividend Growth Investor presents Realty Income (O) Dividend Stock Analysis posted at Dividend Growth Investor, saying, "Realty Income Corporation (O) engages in the acquisition and ownership of commercial retail real estate properties in the United States. The company leases its retail properties primarily to regional and national retail chain store operators. Realty Income is a real estate investment trust widely known among its investors as the monthly dividend company. The company is a dividend achiever, which has increased its dividend for 16 years in a row by raising its monthly distributions several times per year."

Dividends4Life presents 12 Industrial Strength Dividend Stocks With Annual Dividend Growth posted at Dividend Growth Stocks, saying, "The Industrials Sector is one of the largest sectors in my dividend growth database. Of the 209 stocks that I track, it currently is represented by 44 stocks (21%). This is not a sector I am in a position to buy often, but when the time is right, I plan on taking full advantage of the opportunity."

Jason Price presents How Long Should You Invest In The Stock Market? posted at One Money Design, saying, "What does the market's history tell us about how long we should invest in it?"

Living Frugally

Teacher Man presents Why I Automate My Finances posted at My University Money, saying, "Automating your finances will save you time and money, and it will also ensure your bills get paid the next time a postal strike comes around."

Annette Berlin presents 22 Crafty Ways To Reuse Magazines posted at Craft Stew, saying, "Before you throw out your old magazines, first consider
all the money-saving ways they can be reused."

The 2nd Wind presents Keeping Track of Every Penny posted at The 2nd Wind, saying, "Just as keeping track of every detail during a space shuttle flight, keeping track of every penny helps you stay on track financially. The habit-building process is simple to learn."

Nathan Richardson presents What Is A Good Credit Score To Buy A House posted at Deals & Tips, saying, "When buying a home, it's important life-changing decision that requires a good credit score to save money. Sometimes it makes since to wait until your improve your credit score."

David Leeman presents Best Ways to Save Money posted at Financial Freedom Advantage, saying, "The best ways to save money are sometimes also the easiest. These practical saving tips will help you keep more of your hard earned money."

Retiring

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Saving

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Taxes

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That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of The Wealth Builder Carnival using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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