The Wealth Builder Carnival #111

Welcome to the one hundred eleventh 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.

And now on to the Carnival.

Earning

Susan Wowe presents Make Money Online | A Free $10 Today posted at Online Business - Make Money Online, saying, "Every penny counts, especially if it is from a passive income. Spend little time to receive this $10 in your account all free today."

Insuring and Protecting

Bryan presents Compare Car Insurance posted at My Best Car Insurance 101, saying, "Liability car insurance is required by law in most states, but what about comprehensive, collision, gap, and under or uninsured motorist coverage? Do you know about all the coverage options available and how you should go about comparing policies, companies, and rates to lower your costs? This article is to help you maneuver the industry and buy the best and cheapest insurance coverage."

Super Saver presents The Value of Health Insurance posted at My Wealth Builder, saying, "In 2013, our medical insurance premium will more than pay for itself. I expect the billed amount for my medical treatments to exceed 50% of our annual living expenses. My out-of-pocket costs will only be a few hundred dollars."

Investing

Bryan presents Vanguard vs Fidelity posted at Gajizmo, saying, "Early on, investors learn they can't time the markets, so why should passive investors try to? Chances are, you have retirement funds in Vanguard or Fidelity mutual funds, so why not determine which company is the best for the rest of your investments. We compare the pros and cons of each company for your benefit."

My Money Design presents P2P Investing Denied! What Should be My Next Passive Income Ambition? posted at My Money Design, saying, "The tires on my P2P investing efforts quickly went flat last week when I discovered some very important information - Michigan doesn't allow it!"

Dividends4Life presents 12 Dividend Stocks Growing Their Yield posted at Dividend Growth Stocks, saying, "Investing in dividend growth stocks is a long-term proposition. One of the beauties of following a dividend growth strategy is that you don't have to watch your portfolio or the market on a daily basis. For the most part, daily, monthly and yearly movements are just noise in the system. Here are my income portfolio's top and bottom 5 performers for the year, through December 31, 2012..."

John Schmoll presents How to Take the Emotion Out of Investing posted at Frugal Rules, saying, "The stock market is driven largely by emotion, some say upwards of 90%. If you have a solid investment plan though you can easily separate the emotions from the day to day activity of your investments."

Living Frugally

Jon Rhodes presents How To Save Money AND Improve Your Life posted at Affiliate Help!, saying, "Being able to save money AND improve your life just requires the correct mind set. Read on..."

MFIJ presents Frugality is Just a Tool – Nothing More posted at My Journey to Financial Independence, saying, "Presenting a view on frugality from someone who is neither forced into it nor idolizes it as the path to happiness."

joneshailey presents 30 Blogs with Tips to Actually Cut Your Grocery Bill posted at Nanny Websites, saying, "Feeding your family on a tight budget, especially when money doesn’t seem to go as far as it used to, can be a frustrating and even downright frightening proposition."

Super Saver presents Colleges with Free Tuition posted at My Wealth Builder, saying, "Free is a great cost for college tuitoin.

Saving

Emily presents Upcoming Transition and a Potential Financial Overhaul posted at Evolving Personal Finance, saying, "My husband is moving out in a few months, and we are taking the opportunity to whip our finances into shape."

Taxes

Bill Smith presents Bipartisan Changes Needed To Reduce Debt posted at 2013 Taxes, saying, "Spending cuts and reforms to government entitlement programs are very necessary, according to an interview with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on National Public Radio."

Bill Smith presents Tips to Settle Your Tax Debt on Your Own posted at 2014 Taxes, saying, "Want to settle your tax debt on your own? Here are few tips for you."

Jason presents FreeTaxUSA – Review and Analysis by a Tax Accountant posted at WorkSaveLive, saying, "FreeTaxUSA is a tax software used to prepare and e file your federal return for free and your state return for just 9 99! It is an original member of the IRS’ Free File Alliance, which is comprised of a group of tax software providers that allow individuals with an Adjusted Gross Income of 57,000 or less to file federal returns at no charge"

Michael presents Why Did My FICA-OASDI Taxes Increase in 2013? posted at FinancialRamblings.com, saying, "Wondering why your FICA taxes increased? Click through to find out."


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