44th Money Hacks Carnival – The Merry Christmas Edition

Use these links to navigate through this carnival: Editor’s Picks | Debt & Credit | Economy | Frugality & Money | Insurance | Investing | Taxes | Other

Welcome to WhereYouAreNow.com! We are honored to be hosting our second Money Hacks Network blog carnival, our first one was the 34th Money Hacks Carnival – Fall Into Saving Edition.

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Today is Christmas Eve and this is one of our favorite days of the year! We absolutely love the Christmas season and love the days surrounding it. We’ve had our tree up since the day after Thanksgiving and it is now towering above a pile of gifts that are wrapped and waiting for friends and family. This time of year is a beautiful time of year and one that we hope you enjoy as much as we do.

So get in your favorite pair of sweatpants and sweatshirt, grab that mug of hot chocolate, curl up on the couch near the crackling fireplace, and boot up that laptop. This is the 44th Money Hacks Carnival – Merry Christmas Edition, ENJOY!

Editor’s Picks

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If you take the time to read the articles submitted to this carnival, you will see that all of the content is awesome. Well written with good messages, tips, and financial strategies. The 4 articles below were our favorites, though. If you read nothing else here, read these:

• Money Saver presents How to Save Money during the Economic Downturn posted at Save Money Tips.
• Matt presents Lessons From My Grandfather posted at The Online Investing AI Blog.
• The Happy Rock presents Skipping Christmas Gifts And Other Ways I Save At Christmas posted at The Happy Rock.
• Vince Scordo presents Marriage and Money: 5 Tips posted at Scordo.com.

Debt and Credit

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Credit Shout presents How to Challenge a Credit Card Denial posted at CreditShout.

William Blake presents Pay Off Debt Or Invest Your Money? posted at Debt Smackdown.

Destroy Debt presents Make Your Own Debt Reduction Plan posted at Destroy Debt.

Raj Patel presents DebtGoal » Blog Archive » 5 Important Tips on Educational Debt Repayment posted at DebtGoal.

American Entrepreneurship presents How to Avoid Late Fees on Credit Cards posted at American Small Business News.

Scott Crawford presents Credit Card Reform: Be Careful What You Wish For posted at DebtGoal.

PFR presents Citi PremierPass Card 20,000 Bonus Points Offer posted at Personal Finance Reviews.

Sun presents Where to Get Your Free Credit Report? posted at Earn More and Invest Wisely at The Sun’s Financial Diary.

CreditAddict presents Citi PremierPass Elite 20k Point ($200) Signup Bonus posted at Credit Card Addict.

Insurance

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Sam presents More Ways to Save on Auto, Home and Health Insurance posted at Fix My Personal Finance.

Investing

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Sandy Naidu presents Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi Scheme posted at FutureNestEgg.

D4L presents Is Now The Time to Consider Long-term Bonds? posted at Dividends4Life.

Investing School presents 9 Terrific Investing Websites That is Sure to Suck Up Your Time posted at Investing School.

FMF presents Employee Stock Purchase Plans: Great Investments posted at Free Money Finance.

[EDITOR'S PICK] Money Saver presents How to Save Money during the Economic Downturn posted at Save Money Tips.

Mike C. presents Are TheStreet.com Ratings Great Contrarian Indicators? posted at Stock Investing Tips.

Patrick @ Cash Money Life presents MoneyAisle – Banks Bid for Your Money posted at Cash Money Life.

value investor presents Graham vs. Greenblatt (Session 1) posted at Value Investing.

Other

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Surfer Sam presents NEW !! Do You Need a Will? Ten Steps to Make a Legal Will. When Do You Need An Attorney? posted at Surfer Sam and Friends.

vh presents Cleaning help scored! posted at Funny about Money.

J. Money presents J. Money Claus is coming to town! (My Holiday Gift Budget) posted at Budgets are Sexy..

pfincome presents Finding Auto Loan Rates in a Recession posted at Passive Family Income.

Mr. ToughMoneyLove presents Reasons to Delay Taking Social Security until Age 70 posted at Go To Retirement.

nickel presents 36 Ways to Earn Extra Money posted at fivecentnickel.com.

Money Beagle presents Leveling Out Our Monthly Expenses | Money Beagle posted at Money Beagle.

Cindy King presents Christmas Buffling In Britain posted at Cindy King.

Economy

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[EDITOR'S PICK] Matt presents Lessons From My Grandfather posted at The Online Investing AI Blog.

Michael Haltman presents Bernie Madoff: Who Could (Should) Have Known? posted at The Political and Financial Markets Commentator.

Intelligent Speculator presents Are US automakers doomed? posted at Intelligent Speculator.

Mr. ToughMoneyLove presents Trying to Shine Light into our National Money Hole posted at Tough Money Love» Tough Money Love: Hard Truth about Money and Personal Finance.

Penelope Pince presents Gifts Cards Could Be a Blessing This Christmas posted at Pecuniarities.

Robin Bal presents People Giving Up Pets As Economy Falters posted at Fortune Watch.

Frugality and Money

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Jim presents The Mythical Thin Wallet posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.

MoneyNing presents Bargaining to Advantage: Lowering your Bills in a Recession posted at Personal Finance Blog by Money Ning.

[EDITOR'S PICK] The Happy Rock presents Skipping Christmas Gifts And Other Ways I Save At Christmas posted at The Happy Rock.

Broke Grad Student presents The Best Frugal Christmas Gift Ever — Broke Grad Student posted at Broke Grad Student.

[EDITOR'S PICK] Vince Scordo presents Marriage and Money: 5 Tips posted at Scordo.com.

Taxes

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Madison presents 17 Tips for End of Year Tax Planning posted at My Dollar Plan.

Thank you for stopping by! I invite you to check out more personal finance bloggers who are a part of the Money Hackers Network. Next weeks Money Hack Carnival will be hosted at Online Savings Blog.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

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