The Wealth Builder Carnival #76

Welcome to the seventy-sixth 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.  This week all of the submissions were excellent and I enjoyed reading each one.

And now on to the Carnival:

Earning

Stephen Kavita presents Ways Of Making Money From Home With Google Adsence posted at Start A Blog From Home Using WordPress On Hostgator, saying, "All these sounds so simple but there are some vital pointers you need to consider so as to be making money from home with google effectively. First and foremost, you need to choose a..."


Writers Coin presents Do Resumes Still Matter? posted at The Writer's Coin, saying, "In order to make more money, you need to get a better job. But instead of focusing on your boring old resume, it's time to create a portfolio to stand out."

Insuring and Protecting

Mac Hildebrand presents Can you collect disability after retirement age? posted at Insurance Providers, saying, "The article discusses expectations for receiving social security after retirement."

Investing

Dividends4Life presents 6 Healthcare Dividend Stocks For A Healthy Portfolio posted at Dividend Growth Stocks, saying, "In addition to death and taxes, we can add one more sure thing: Until death, our bodies will continue to age and need more attention. As I am approaching 50 this is becoming more of a reality to me. I take little comfort in knowing that there are millions of other people in the same situation. However, from an investing standpoint, it does provide an opportunity..."

Super Saver presents Net Short posted at My Wealth Builder, saying, "The value of short positions are now greater than the value of long positions in my trading account. If the market should decline this week, the value of the trading account will increase."

Living Frugally

Dr. Dean presents Cut College Costs by 40% posted at Dr. Dean's TheMillionaireNurse.com Blog, saying, "How can you save big money and still get your degree from that Big Name University? Let me show you."


Liana presents Is the LivingSocial Credit Card Worth Getting? posted at CardHub.com, saying, "Discounts for already discounted goods and services? That's what the new Living Social Credit Card is offering. But, is this really a deal for the consumer? Let's take a look…"


Theresa Torres presents 6 Tips for Smart Shopping at Warehouse Outlets posted at The Coupon King, saying, "Warehouse Outlets offers opportunities for shoppers to save on groceries and other items. Make sure to get the most out of this saving strategy by following these tips."

Retiring

Jason P. presents Your 401K Match May Not Really Be Free Money posted at One Money Design, saying, "Recent study shows why your 401K match may not be so free after all. Think twice about passing up any employer match!"

Saving

Laura Edgar presents NerdWallet’s Top Picks for Senior Checking posted at NerdWallet Blog - Credit Card Watch, saying, "Senior checking accounts usually offer free or discounted checks, and incentives for a higher average daily balance, like an increased interest rate."

Raj presents The Basics of Money Management – Save, Invest and Repeat | eMoneyLog posted at eMoneyLog, saying, "The article covers the basics of money management – saving, investing and repeating the process. The emphasis is on repeating as many people save and invest initially but do not repeat and do not accumulate wealth."

Taxes

John presents Students with Summer Jobs Shouldn’t Forget the Tax Man posted at Wallet Blog, saying, "Students - Looking forward to that summer job? Avoid a nasty surprise in the spring. Don't forget to take taxes into consideration."

Bill Smith presents Charitable Tax Deductions That May Surprise You posted at 2009 Tax, saying, "There are in fact many charitable tax deductions that may apply to you without you even realizing it."

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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