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Welcome to the October 6, 2007 edition of personal finance money tips.

Frugal Panda presents Fly or Drive: Which is Cheaper? (A Definitive Answer, Once and For All) posted at Frugal Panda. You will find comparison between flight and gas cost with some examples of trips within US.

ISPF presents Is “Slow and Steady” Approach to Wealth Out of Fashion? posted at Grad Money Matters. Yes, it is out dated if you think it is. I am sure that using this conventional slow approach, getting wealthy is almost a guarantee.

Sam presents How to Save on a Home Mortgage Loan, Mortgage Refinancing, Second Mortgage Loan. posted at Surfer Sam and Friends, saying, “How to Save Money on a Home Mortgage Loan. All Interest Rate Quotes Are Not Alike. Don’t Let Closing Costs Scalp You.”

Mr Credit Card presents Cash Back Credit Card Guide posted at Ask Mr Credit Card’s Blog.

Jimmy Atkinson presents 15 Crucial Money Moves for Seniors posted at Ask the Advisor.

Ryan Russell presents Is Debt Consolidation A Good Idea? posted at Care on Credit, saying, “Debt consolidation is a term often thrown around as a generic label for products to get out of debt — but the services offered by companies vary greatly. Learn about the different options available to consumers and when you should consider each alternative.”

Ryan Russell presents DIY: 5 Steps to Becoming Your Own Financial Planner posted at My Money Thinks, saying, “It seems that more and more people are talking about their financial planners these days. At times, it feels like not having a financial planner means that you are not serious about money or that you are just not serious about doing smart things with your money.”

Everything Finance presents Saving for Kids College Education posted at Everything Finance.

Sagar Satapathy presents The Amero: An Introduction, A Short History, and What it Would Mean for Our Economy | Currency Trading.net posted at Currency Trading.net.

Roshawn Watson presents Do Your Friends Keep You Broke? posted at Watson Inc, saying, “I was shocked to learn that your income will often mirror that of your five closest friends. I had to ask myself who is in my inner circle. Learn from billionaire J Paul Getty. He said that if he were down to his last five dollars, you wouldn’t find him in some cheap restaurant trying to eat all he could. He would rather be in a nice hotel lobby drinking coffee with visionaries and leaders. His rationale was that the people he wanted to be a part of his future were at the hotel not the restaurant. Believe him.”

Matthew Paulson presents Don’t Let Rebates Go to Waste posted at Getting Green.

Henry Bagdasarian presents When Making Medical Bill Payments posted at Free Identity Theft Prevention, Detection and Fraud Solutions.

louise presents Asking yourself the difficult questions. posted at My Journey to Eliminate Debt, saying, “When plannning finances it is important to consider illness and end of life so that you can make things easier for the people you love. Here are some questions to get you thinking.”

Shadox presents Reducing Our Car Insurance Bill posted at Money and Such, saying, “This article tells the story of how we saved $200 on our car insurance, AND how we spent $100 more than we needed to spend.”

Shaheen Lakhan presents The Inherent Problem With Health Insurance posted at GNIF Brain Blogger.

Warren Wong presents What Do You Actually Buy With Money? posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, “What do you actually purchase when you exchange money for some item? The answer isn’t as obvious as you may think!”

Babak presents Why A Weak Dollar Can Help The Stock Market posted at Trader’s Narrative, saying, “did you know that, paradoxically, a weak dollar can actually help the stock market?”

Wayne Hurlbert presents Buying the Right Art, Antiques, and Collectibles by Scott Zema - Book review posted at Blog Business World, saying, “Anyone can profit from buying art, antiques, and collectibles if you think of them as investments, writes Scott Zema in his new book Three Steps To Investment Success: Buying the Right Art, Antiques, and Collectibles. Instead of losing money on foolish purchases, your collections can increase dramatically in value if you follow some important rules. The author provides those rules, and helps the collection investor to avoid the mistakes and misconceptions that haunt the art and antique markets.”

Rodney Burge - Marketing Strategies presents More Single Women Buying Homes posted at Joyce Gioia - Herman - Future Workforce Trends, saying, “Leading Future Trends Expert Joyce Gioia-Herman writes as more women postpone marriage and family, we see them choosing to buy their own homes as individuals. Some say they are taking a stand for “financial independence” and others say they say they are investing for the future. Whatever the reason, there is a definite trend towards more single women buying homes of their own and you can read more at her blog at http://www.keyboard-culture-future-workforce-trends.com”

Larry Russell presents Understand the confusing securities market motion picture posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR Blog, saying, “Securities markets are usually very quick to adjust prices to reflect new information. However, this price adjustment process may take longer and be more volatile, if the new information is ambiguous.”

rhbee presents If You?re Going to Trade Stocks ? posted at Finance is Fun, saying, “This book provides a clear, concise, basic education in how charting stocks works. So if you are going to trade or already are in the process, it never hurts to review the basics.”

Steve Faber presents - Career Highlight - Investment Banking posted at DebtBlog.

Rodney Burge - Marketing Strategies presents The Effects of Fear posted at Joyce Gioia - Herman - Future Workforce Trends, saying, “Leading future trends strategist Joyce Gioia Herman writes about the recent mortgage crisis at her blog at http://www.keyboard-culture-future-workforce-trends.com/, “A mere one percent of the mortgage loans in the United States will be affected by this crunch; yet because of the simple truth that “bad news sells.” Bad news sells newspapers, magazines, television and radio time, and even banners on the news web sites of the Internet. As a result, we have seen the real facts blown out of proportion and hedge funds leveraged out of existence.””

John Crenshaw presents Pay Off Mortgage, Lose Tax Deduction? posted at Truthful Lending dot Com, saying, “The home-ownership tax deduction is one of the most commonly misunderstood aspects of home ownership. Find out why it’s ok to lose that deduction when you pay off your home.”

karyn presents Stop Saving for College! posted at Finance 123, saying, “It’s important that parent’s don’t begin saving for their children’s college education until their own retirement is secure. This post will explain why.”

ISPF presents Campaign Against Financial Myths: 82 Myths Busted! posted at Grad Money Matters. This is a very comprehensive list of financial matters that commonly got wrong by most people who don’t know their special relationship with money. I wonder why ISPF didn’t make it to the total of 100.

Jason Elder presents How To Find A Cheap Bankruptcy Lawyer - Basic Tips On Choosing One posted at A Bankruptcy Lawyer’s Blog, saying, “Avoid hiring bankruptcy lawyer based on their cheap cost only. You need to acquire a skilled cheap bankruptcy lawyer who can really assist you out from your unfortunate financial injury, Here are some tips…”

Eric Hudin presents My Estate Planning Career Blog » Blog Archive » The Professional Corporation Trust - Preserving the Value of Your Practice posted at My Estate Planning Career Blog, saying, “The professional corporation trust is simply a revocable living trust with a specific purpose: to keep a licensed individual’s interest in a professional corporation out of probate in the event of the death of its owner.”

Allen Taylor presents Stocks Are Your Best Shot For Getting A Return Over And Above The Pace Of Inflation posted at Investing World Today, saying, “Stocks are your best shot for getting a return over and above the pace of inflation. Stocks are estimated to provide higher returns than bonds over the long term, but the premium for investing in stocks isn’t as high as it has been historically.”

Thomas Humes presents Saving Money - An Easy But Tricky Job posted at Wealth Building World, saying, “The advantages of saving money are numerous. Saving money is undoubtedly one of the easiest ways for amassing wealth. But in spite of being easy, people often fail to save properly. It is almost a ritual that needs to be put into practice. Only then one can be assured of accumulating a considerable amount saving.”

ChristianPF presents How to budget with ING direct posted at Money in the Bible | Christian Personal Finance Blog, saying, “ING Direct is my secret budgeting tool. Here are a few steps to start budgeting using ING Direct.”

Trent presents The One Hour Project: Go Christmas Shopping At Sale Time posted at The Simple Dollar.

FIRE Getters presents Money Management with Mint Goes Live Today! posted at FIRE Finance. It will be great if MINT can extend its service internationally.

Robert Freedland presents A Reader Writes “Are there techniques that help lessen the effect of currency fluctuation…?” posted at Stock Picks Bob’s Advice, saying, “An interesting discussion about the challenges fasting Canadian investors who invest in American dollar based securities while the Canadian dollar is appreciating.”

Last week, I showed you how to Get Rich with Excessive Debt posted at KCLau’s Money Tips. This article shows you how the rich get richer with excessive debt. Bad-debt-free makes you a freeman. But if you know how to leverage with good debt, that’s the exact secret of wealthy people.

Pinyo Bhulipongsanon presents Basic Finance Lessons posted at Moolanomy. This post discussed the risk of having only one financial savvy person in the household and went into his personal story about how he began teaching his wife about money management. According to him, leaving behind a great amount of insurance payout doesn’t guarantee that his wife will be able to live comfortably if she doens’t know how to handle the money.

Tezza presents How To Set Up A Contingency Fund posted at 4 Eva YoungThe first step to getting started is decide on a place to park your money which is out of reach for day to day expenses and needs. You want to stop yourself from getting easy access to it so a sensible place is to park it in a high interest savings account.

Phil B. presents The Best Mortgage Comparison Website is Bankrate.com « Phil for Humanity posted at Phil for Humanity, saying that Bankrate.com is the only mortgage website that he trusts . Is it true that BankRate.com is the best? Go find out and inform us if it is not.

Steve_Leung presents Empowering Yourself Through Your Credit Rating posted at 1SiliconValley.com, saying, “One way of protecting your wealth is to ensure you get the most from your money, and with mortgages, that means paying less to lenders in interest and fees. By making sure you have a strong credit rating, you’ll also ensure that ethical lenders give you the lowest rates. Here’s how.”

Ken Nubo presents How to get out of debt fast. posted at Ken Nubo, PUA extraordinaire and ranting buddhist.. 3 simple principle mentioned in the post are frugal, increase your net income and get a debt consolidation.

baglady presents The 5% Goals — How I Reach Larger Goals by Completing Smaller Goals posted at xynny. saying that he use 100 of small goals to track his performance of wealth accumulation.

Dax Desai presents A Gift from the Fed (I was wrong) posted at Dax Desai, saying, “How you could have made money with the recent Fed interest rate cuts. Gold and Foreign CD’s. Also the exchange rate is explained.” Dax made some handsome return from his gold investment. You might want to check it out.

Jigsaw hc presents You Can Make Money Reading Emails posted at Jigsaw hc’s Rants & Reviews. Jigsaw reviewed 5 sites to pay you for reading the email they send to your inbox. It looks pretty simple to made another few bucks. Jigsaw made a total of $46.73 last week. It seems easier than blogging for those who want to make money online.

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