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Canadian Finance Carnival #32 Posted: 17 Apr 2011 02:00 AM PDT Thanks to everyone that submitted their posts this week. With all the issues some sites are having with Blog Carnival the last couple weeks, I’m sure you’ll appreciate that some carnivals still work! Budgeting Mike at The Financial Blogger presents Spending or Saving? How to Balance Money Management With Your Life, saying “Options for how you can manage your money.” Business Jim at Advisor Think Box presents The evolution of facebook for business: Pages vs profiles, saying “Facebook has made some changes with pages and profiles this year that really helped me to understand how to separate business from personal and it has to do with the difference between a profile and a page.” Career Mike at Experiglot presents Choosing An MBA Program, saying “Which MBA program should you decide on?” md at Studenomics presents Life After College Without Graduate School, saying “Do you have to attend graduate school?” Debt and Credit Janet at Credit, Eh presents Win Your Share of $500: Credit Card Rehab Contest, saying “This contest is about coming up with the most useful, most creative, most interesting uses for expired credit cards. You could win your share of $500.” Glen Craig at Free From Broke presents When Should You Borrow Using P2P Lending?, saying “Peer to Peer lending provides people an alternative to using a bank for a loan. But it’s not for everyone. See when you should borrow using p2p lending.” Economy Mike at Do Not Wait presents 2011 Market Predictions â€" Part I, saying “Predictions for financial enthusiasts in this year.” Kevin at Invest It Wisely presents To Parity. . .And Beyond, saying “Parity is exciting to Canadians, because it makes us feel that our dollar has real purchasing power, and at the same time it makes us resentful when we see how much more we have to pay for things compared to our neighbours to the south.” Big Cajun Man at THE Canadian Personal Finance Site presents Unemployment Inches Down, but Employment the Same, saying “Employment figures suggest the recovery is continuing, but how much longer will it last?” Frugality Steve Zussino at Grocery Alerts Canada presents Has anyone seen the Grocery shrink ray in Canada?, saying “The “grocery shrink ray” is a term coined by Meghann Marco for the trend for groceries to be reduced in size while being sold at the same price point. I strongly believe some manufacturers think that most consumers do not pay attention.” Glen Craig at Parenting Family Money presents Make Your Own DIY Household Cleaners For Pennies, saying “You can save on buying household cleaners by using ingredients in your home to make your own DIY cleaners. See how.” Matt at Stupid Cents presents Simple Ways to Buy Everything Cheaper and Save Money!, saying “There many simple ways to buy everything cheaper and get great deals on nearly everything! Why not save the money if you can?” vh at Funny about Money presents The Joy of Ethnic Markets, saying “Didn’t save much on meat at the Mexican market, but had some fun anyway.” Investing IS at Intelligent Speculator presents I’m intrigued but happy about the Expedia (EXPE) spinoff, saying “We look at some new moves with Expedia.” Mike at The Dividend Guy Blog presents Dividends – Where Do You Include Them In Your Asset Allocation?, saying “How you can start dipping into dividend investing.” Fox at Finance Fox presents Mutual Funds 101, saying “In 1924 Mutual Funds were introduced in United States. Some years later, in 1930s Mutual Funds became part of the investment industry in Canada and today MFs are one the most popular and oldest investment products.” Mike at What Is Dividend presents What is Ex-Dividend Date, saying “Do you understand the ex dividend date?” Online Income MD at PIN presents How You Can Stay Sane While Moonlighting, saying “Is it possible to stay sane while running a side gig?” Real Estate Mike at Green Panda Treehouse presents The Pros and Cons of Buying a Home, saying “A must read before deciding to buy a home.” Retirement Jim Yih at Retire Happy Blog presents Estate Planning Tips, saying “Smart Tips for Estate Planning gives you what you need to avoid the trap of having an inappropriate cookie-cutter Will and estate plan. Instead, you will learn how to legally take advantage of tax breaks, avoid unnecessary probate fees, thwart creditors, and establish trusts for your children and grandchildren.” Group Benefits Guy at Group Benefits Online presents Contribute to your Group RRSP plan, saying “One of the best ways to save for your retirement is through a Group RRSP. Here’s 10 great reasons to contribute to a group RRSP plan.” Taxes Echo at Boomer & Echo presents Naming An RRSP Beneficiary, saying “Naming your beneficiary is very important. Upon your death the market value of the RRSP can be taxed as earned income on your terminal tax return depending on who you name.” Ronika Khanna at Montreal Financial presents Understanding Payroll Deductions: Personal Income Tax Rates, CPP/QPP, EI and Basic Exemption, saying “A discussion of the tax calculations and their implications for taxpayers “ Sustainable PF at Sustainable Personal Finance presents Sustainability Tip 102: eFile, saying “eFile is convenient and free!” Related Posts: Welcome To The Canadian Finance Blog! Experian Closes Their Canadian Consumer Credit Bureau I Should Have Bought An Index Fund Canadian Finance Carnival #32 originally appeared on Canadian Finance Blog on April 17, 2011.

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