Canadian Finance Blog

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 02:00 AM PDT

Welcome to the third edition of the Canadian Finance Carnival. Thanks to everyone that has been participating every week and thanks to those who submitted for the first time this week!

Budgeting

Mike at Green Panda Treehouse presents Budgets and Spending Plans: Find What Works, saying “I want to share some budgeting systems that have worked for many people.”

Career

glass_is_half at The Mouse Trap presents Make More Money!, saying “Making more money (legally) and without it being a “get rich quick” scheme. Ways in which you can work the system to do so and some ideas to improve your financial situation and life.”

Debt and Credit

Craig at Free From Broke presents How Can I Improve My Credit Score? 8 Ways to Increase Your Rating, saying “Here are some tips to increase your credit score.”

N.W. Journey at Net Worth Journey presents How to take control of credit card debt, saying “Tips for getting a grip on your credit card debt.”

Craig Ford at Money Help For Christians presents Should a Christian Declare Bankruptcy?, saying “A guide for Christians who are considering bankruptcy.”

youngandthrifty at Young and Thrifty presents Comparsion of No Fee Travel Reward Credit Cards, saying “A comparison of no fee travel rewards credit cards to see which one will give you back the most for carrying it in your wallet (and using it).”

Economy

Kevin Press at Today’s economy presents David Orrell and the Economyths, saying “Markets are stable, investors are rational and the earth is flat. David Orrell, a fascinating mathematician who works in systems biology has published a book dedicated to exposing what he considers the great flaws of neoclassical economic theory. Adam Smith's invisible hand "has a bad case of the shakes," he says. In Economyths, he argues that the global economy functions like other organic systems, in a state known as "far from equilibrium." And that as long as we labour under the false assumptions of mainstream economics, we'll continue to fall prey to crises.”

Investing

Darwin at Darwin’s Money presents 3 Supercharged ETFs To Beat Gold Price Returns, saying “With gold hitting new highs yet again, it’s worth checking out three metals ETFs that are actually exceeding the return of gold bullion itself.”

Arjun Rudra at Investing Thesis presents Trading With Zen – An Interview With Jeff Pierce, Professional Stock Trader, saying “Trading equities for a living can be a tough endeavor. Tougher than most people think it is. We sat down with Vancouver based Jeff Pierce to get his take on trading stocks for living.”

WealthWebGuru at WealthWebGurus presents The Ongoing Mutual Fund Fee Debate, saying “It appears that a new report from Mackenzie Financial claims that mutual fund fees in Canada are no higher than our American counterparts. This has created some alarm bells because it has been widely accepted that mutual fund fees are higher. Here’s my thoughts on mutual fund fees.”

Mike Holman at Money Smarts Blog presents 6 Reasons For Not Reinvesting Dividends, saying “Reinvesting dividends is a perfectly good strategy, but consider the alternatives.”

Tiny Potato at Interested in All Things Financial presents Is a Cash Portion of a Couch Potato Portfolio an Oxymoron?, saying “A brief post questioning if maintaining a cash portion in a couch potato portfolio is worthwhile”

TFB at The Financial Blogger presents Financing Options For Your Small Business, saying “A few financing sources worth trying out first.”

Arohan at Personal Dividends presents Successful Retirement: More Than Just Money, saying “You may have done everything money wise to prepare for a good retirement, but are you also nurturing those other ‘aspects’ of life that will make your retirement years enjoyable?”

Invest It Wisely at Invest It Wisely presents Have a Lump Sum? Should You Pay Off the Mortgage Faster or Invest It Instead?, saying “This post takes a look at the merits of paying down your mortgage faster versus investing the money, instead.”

Saving

Matt Jabs at Debt Free Adventure presents Slush Fund – Save it For a Rainy Day, saying “Saving money in a Slush Fund creates options. Pay off debt THEN save, or SAVE to pay off debt. Which do you prefer?”

Miss T at Prairie Eco-Thrifter presents Perception Is the Link to Wealth.

Other

John at Passive Family Income presents 33 Ways to Earn Money Today, saying “Building multiple income streams is a necessity in today's economic climate. Gone are the days of living off of a single income from a job. It is not safe to think that you or your significant others job is safe.”

md at Studenomics presents Finding The Perfect Credit Card For College Students , saying “A look at what college students should try to get out of their credit cards.”

Kevin at Financially Poor presents Beware of Online Money Making Scams.