The Wealth Builder Carnival #68

Welcome to the sixty-eighth 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 into seven categories: Earning, Insuring and Protecting, Investing, Living Frugally, Retiring, Saving and Taxes.

Earning

Jon Rhodes presents How To Make Money From Your Hobbies posted at Affiliate Help!, saying, "This article shows you the benefits of earning money through your hobbies. There are also some suggestions how how you can achieve this."

Insuring and Protecting

Joe Morgan presents Save Money on Insurance – Skip These Insurance Policies You Don’t Need! posted at Simple Debt-Free Finance, saying, "Some insurance policies are a waste of money, and some are essential. The trick is knowing which is which. Here's a quick guide to some of the most unnecessary insurance policies available."

Liana presents Chargeback Policy Report posted at CardHub.com, saying, "What happens when you disagree with a charge on your credit card? Find out how networks and issuers may respond to some common “chargeback” scenarios and see which credit card companies were found best for customers when disputing charges!"

Dr. Dean presents Giving Credit Card Info To Social Media? Come on! posted at Dr. Dean's TheMillionaireNurse.com Blog, saying, "Around the corner is a marketing explosion that will allow us to shop while visiting our favorite social media site. It’s going to happen. Is it a good idea?"

Investing

Dividends4Life presents 11 High Yield Utilities With A History Of Growing Dividends posted at Dividend Growth Stocks, saying, "It is human nature to want to jump on the what's hot bandwagon and ignore what is considered boring. Long considered the domain for “widows and orphans”, utilities have developed a somewhat stodgy reputation. Why are utilities considered good for widows and orphans? Here a few reasons:"

The Passive Income Earner presents How To Review Your Portfolio posted at The Passive Income Earner, saying, "Everyone needs to review their portfolio and having a process to do so is important to take actions at the appropriate time."

Living Frugally

Super Saver presents Surviving the Great Recession posted at My Wealth Builder, saying, "The Great Recession has truly been a test of economic survival capability. Here are some of the actions we took and how they helped us survive so far."

Retiring

Theresa Torres presents Is Your Military Pension Enough to Retire On? posted at Retired Pay World, saying, "If you're a career military person, here are some facts about your military retirement money as well as some tips on how you can stretch your military pension so that you can make the most of it in your retirement years."

Taxes

Bill Smith presents Best iPhone Apps to Help You with Your Taxes posted at 2012 Taxes - Free Tax Filing Options, saying, "Once again it’s the most boring and stressful season of all: tax season."


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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