Best of Money Carnival, # Sexty-two

Hey guys!  Welcome to this week’s Best of Money Carnival #62 hosted by yours truly, J to the $. It’s been a while since I hosted one of these guys (and the first “Best of” one actually), but I love doing ‘em because you really get a feel for what’s being talked about out there.

I can sometimes get stuck in my own little financial world over here and I often forget about all the other GREAT sexy blogs spreading the love!  And let me tell you, there are some real up and comers bringing a lot of fresh perspective up in here – no doubt.

So in honor of all this blogging awesomeness, I present to you the top 10 best financial posts from the week – narrowed down from the original 60+ submissions sent in.  And I’m not gonna lie, this was hard as $hit ;)  Especially picking THE winner because all of these posts (and many I didn’t include) had something smart to offer.  But there’s only so much my A.D.H.D. can handle until I’m on to the next shiny post!

Now sit back, grab a coffee, and get ready to feast your eyes on some Monday awesomeness.

The Top 10 BEST Financial Posts of The Week:

#10) Jason from One Money Design: Ask the Readers: How Do You Establish Financial Union with Your Spouse? There are many people who are married, share their entire lives with their spouse, but keep their finances separate. How do you think this reader should establish more financial union with his spouse? Could there be other challenges to sort through first?

#9) Free From Broke: Dollar Cost Averaging Helps Eliminate Emotion And Market Risk. Using Dollar Cost Averaging allows a new investor to get rid of some of the emotion that’s so prevalent in investing. It can also help ease market risk as well.

#8) Jacob A. Irwin from My Personal Finance Journey: Does Being Green Make Economic Sense? – Part 2 – Recycled Paper and Reusable Batteries. A quantitative analysis of whether or not it is cost effective to use recycled paper and rechargeable batteries. (hint: one makes sense, and the other doesn’t)

#7) Lauren from Richly Reasonable: 15 Ways to Simplify Your Life. In terms of your to-do list: simple begets easy, easy begets accomplished, accomplished begets having time to do all of that other stuff you really wanted to do. Here are some ideas to get you started saving that most precious commodity: time.

#6) RJ Weiss on Free Money Finance: Two Mind Hacks to Lower Your Expenses. This article is about looking at money in a different way then you’re used to – about transforming how you value each expense. More specifically, about using two mind hacks, that will make you look at money differently from this day forward.

#5) Cents from Balance Junkie: Cash: Is It Trash or King? Is cash the safest place for your money in the current environment or will it hurt your investment returns? I don’t know, but I sure do like it!! :)

#4) Ramsay from MoneyedUP: 5 Things You Should Never Say About Money. Like many other areas of life, your mindset and attitude can make the difference between financial success and a life of living paycheck to paycheck. Don’t ever say these things!

#3) Daniel from Sweating The Big Stuff: Motivational Story: From Dog Walking to Ivy League. “Sally,” a 4.0 honor student describes how she hustled her way through dog walking and waitressing to get back on top.

#2) David Rahimi from New Age Thinker: Money Isn’t Everything, Not Having It Is. “I’ve had many, many debates about money and its significance in our lives. I’ve been on both sides of the argument at different points in my life, and have met dozens of people that are on one side or the other. Basically, people either believe that money plays little to no role in whether or not a person is happy or they believe it does indeed play a big role.” Where do YOU fit in?

*AND NOW FOR THE WINNER*

#1) Mike Collins from Saving Money Today! With his 7 Things I Learned Watching Honeymooners Re-runs. Financial lessons can be learned in the most unexpected places, including a classic T.V. show!  Congrats my man!  You won a case of FREE virtual beer, along with my respect :)

If you liked this carnival, be sure to follow it next week when it travels over to PT Money, a fellow hip-hop and money blogging extraordinaire ;) And for real try to read some of today’s hand-picked posts!  Even if only 1 or 2 caught your eye as you never know what might sink in. You might just find a new fave blog to follow too.

Happy Monday folks, here’s to a successful week!

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