Weekend Link Love And Carnival Roundup

Carnival Of Personal Finance #223

Carnival of Personal Finance #223 was hosted by Emily Gerson of CreditCards.com and included my post How To Invest In A Low Return Environment.  Other notable posts from this weeks edition are…

Len Penzo explains how rechargeable batteries are often more expensive than simply buying a new set since the pay-back period is typically so long.

Stumble Forward writes about a worrisome trend in paypal scams.  If I weren’t pretty security-conscious by nature, I’d probably have fallen for a few scams.  I worry that less-savvy consumers would be easy targets.

Personal Finance By The Book writes about credit security freezes are, how to get one, and why you should bother.

Carnival Of Personal Finance #224

This week’s Carnival of Personal Finance was hosted by My Life ROI and he was kind enough to pick my article How To Invest When You Don’t Have Much Money as an editor’s pick!  Other posts of note include…

Fiscal Geek insists his kids will drive a piece of crap in order to instill good financial habits.  I alternately drove a 1983 Ford F-150 and a 1983 Chevy Blazer with 300,000 miles on it.  I guess it worked for me.

Man vs Debt thinks “latte factor” is a lame name, so it he gave it an awesome new title.

Accumulating Money tells us about wage garnishment.  Those greedy bastards.

PF Bloggers are apparently fond of crappy automobiles because Jim of Bargaineering also advocates students drive a beater.  In my opinion, a better alternative would be too mooch off friends, preferably female.  And blond.