Alright - here are the carnivals that I was involved in the last 2 weeks and posts that caught my eye.

Carnivals I was involved in

2nd Anniversary of Personal Finance Greatest Hits Edition by Get Rich Slowly

Carnival of Money Stories #14 by Frugal Law Student

Festival of Frugality #79 by Money is Personal

Carnival of Credit Card #16

Posts that caught my attention

Credit Industry fighting against piggybacking is a reminder for us that the days of piggybacking and getting someone with a better credit to co-sign a credit card for you may soon be over. Even if that is the case, new college students can always build their credit history with a .

Brushing Your Teeth with Backing Soda is a funny article by Brett (the frugal law student) on his experiment with this very basic and inexpensive teeth whithening method. Before you go try it, read his post first!

The Cost of Being Overweight by Free Money Finance is a great reminder that health is wealth. It’s no use being really wealth when you do not have the health to enjoy it. But being overweight can also result in higher health insurance premium (as Free Money Finance points out).

SVB from the Digerati Life tells us how she saved money on furniture by shopping on craigslist. This is a really good tip and I thought I’d highlight this because they are so few articles about using craigslist.

How to fight back against collection agencies by Broke Ass Student was her best post that appeared in the 2nd anniversary of the carnival of personal finance. It is a really comprehensive piece which is a must read for anyone who is facing this problem.

1st Million at 33 New Portfolio Composition is the best piece on portfolio allocation I’ve come across. In this post, he details his new asset allocation. Frugal attempts to kinda mimic portfolio asset allocations by endowments. 50% of the portfolio will be in passive mix of ‘traditional assets’ like bonds, stocks, REITs etc. This post goes into more details on his ‘passive allocation’.

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