There’s less than a half hour until the Oscars, so I’m going to keep this short. Let’s jump right in to the articles that I enjoyed this week!  
Money and Income
My Two Dollars identified his sources of alternative income. I’m especially interested as it is one of my goals in 2008 to work on passive and [...]

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Valentine’s Day is just around the corner! It’s time to get out the scissors and red construction paper and make some hearts for those special people in your lives.
From celebrating frugally to funding your Roth IRA, you’re sure to find an article you love. We have 95 great articles in this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance. [...]

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I think during every post I’ve written this winter I’ve had the ability to look out the window and see it snowing. It’s no exception this weekend as it’s still snowing…. on top of the 58 inches we already had this time last week…. on top of the foot of snow we had on Wednesday [...]

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This week the Carnival of Personal Finance is at Paid Twice. Jaimie has teamed up with Lynnae at Being Frugal for a Superbowl Showdown in the Festival of Frugality.
My post Investment Snowflaking was an MVP in the Superbowl themed carnival. (An editor’s pick!)
To add to the fun, you can vote for your favorite MVP, including [...]

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We have an adjustable rate mortgage and it’s a good thing! Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs) have been blamed recently for a lot of the housing troubles going on. However, adjustable rate mortgages do serve a purpose and meet the financial needs for some people, including us. We carefully selected the best product to match our financial [...]

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