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Greetings! Welcome to the 11th edition of the Carnival of Economics and Global Trade. We have selected 9 posts for this edition. Here are the posts in the order they were received.

George Courtney jr presents OPEC: Don’t Blame Us for Oil Prices posted at The Authentic Bartender Blog. OPEC oil ministers, led by Saudi Arabia’s Ali Naimi, indicated Wednesday there was nothing they could do to quell oil prices running at 11 month highs because much of the blame lies at the door of a logjam in fuel production.

Leon Gettler presents Private equity, corporate governance and vampires posted at Sox First. Reports of private equity’s death are exaggerated. Private equity is like a vampire, it stays Undead just waiting for the right time to strike.

Sean Hackbarth presents The Language on the Money Isn’t Important » The American Mind posted at The American Mind. A Dallas grocery chain will be accepting pesos as payment. This is making Michelle Malkin go bonkers.

Trent presents Retail Sales Slowdown Not Limited to My Watch List posted at Stock Market Beat. Yesterday I noted that, at least for the companies I watch, retail sales didn’t look so hot. With the official statistics now out, it appears it wasn’t limited to my stocks of interest.

Eric Hudin presents Estate - Don?t Be Left Holding The Bag posted at My Estate Planning Career Blog. Ned almost lost the farm that had been in his family for 8 generations! Make sure you dont make the same mistake Ned did.

KCLau presents Asset Allocation Application in Unit Trust Investment posted at KCLau’s Money Tips. Asset allocation involves dividing an investment portfolio among different asset categories, such as stocks, bonds, and liquid cash. The right mix for a person is actually very personal.

Warren Wong presents How To Come Up With Good Business Ideas posted at INTJ Personal Development. Are you thinking about starting a business? Here’s 4 steps to come up with great business ideas.

Adam Pieniazek presents State Street Tears Up Wall Street posted at Adam Pieniazek. Celebrating the latest earnings announcement by State Street.

That concludes the 11th edition of the Carnival of Economics and Global Trade. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on 02 August 2007. You can submit your posts here.

Greetings! Welcome to the 10th edition of the Carnival of Long Term Investing. We have selected 16 posts for this edition. I hope you will enjoy reading these. Here are the posts in the order they were received.

Smart Trader presents Do You Need Trading Rules? posted at Smart Trading For Profits. Do you really need trading rules to succeed in the trading game?

Steve Faber presents - Alternative Investment Opportunities posted at DebtBlog. While this may mean pain for you, and the economy as a whole, it has a silver lining, as do most dark clouds. Just as the problems in the sub-prime mortgage market have generated opportunities for the foreclosure and distressed property investor, this economic situation will create investment opportunities in the alternative energy sector.

George Courtney jr presents The 8 Steps to Building a Multi-Million Dollar Individual Investment Portfolio posted at The Authentic Bartender Blog. Who wants to be a multimillionaire? It’s not all that hard these days to become a millionaire on paper, but to build a multi-million dollar individual investment portfolio is another matter.

Leon Gettler presents Private equity, corporate governance and vampires posted at Sox First. Reports of private equity’s death are exaggerated. Private equity is like a vampire, it stays Undead just waiting for the right time to strike.

ChristianPF presents How to make more money with your emergency fund posted at ChristianPF.com. A quick how-to showing you how to use an emergency fund to save more money and increase it’s growth rate.

Eric Hudin presents Estate - Don?t Be Left Holding The Bag posted at My Estate Planning Career Blog. Ned almost lost the farm that had been in his family for 8 generations! Make sure you dont make the same mistake Ned did.

Allen Taylor presents What Are Your Wealth-Building Goals? posted at Investing World Today. The money is out there. No matter how many people tell you that we are in the midst of a starvation economy, that the market is doing this or that, and that it’s too risky to play the game, so to speak, people are getting rich every day. That is the reality.

Surfer Sam presents ETF Exchange Traded Funds Are a Great Investment Strategy. Buy and Sell easily. posted at Surfer Sam and Friends. ETFs give the investor a way to “own” all the stocks in a broad group, like the Dow Jones Industrials or all the stocks in the Standard & Poors 500 Index. Better yet, ETFs are easy to buy and sell because they trade on the stock exchange just like stocks.

Babak presents Commitment of Traders: Commercials Are Record Long posted at Trader’s Narrative. The Commitment of Traders report is a static snapshot of how the 3 different market participants (commercials, large speculators and small speculators) in any futures market are positioned. Each week the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) reports how many contracts each of the three are long and how many they are short.

KCLau presents Asset Allocation Application in Unit Trust Investment posted at KCLau’s Money Tips. Asset allocation involves dividing an investment portfolio among different asset categories, such as stocks, bonds, and liquid cash. The right mix for a person is actually very personal.

Warren Wong presents The Life Pursuit Of Money posted at INTJ Personal Development. Why should making money be a life pursuit? Because making money actually helps people! Here’s why.

Thomas Humes presents Retirement - The Real Cost of Procrastination posted at Wealth Building World. If you want to accumulate $1,000,000 when you are 65, how much would you have to save? It all depends on when you get started.

Dough Roller presents 10 Surefire Ways to Retire Broke posted at The Dough Roller. 10 things to do if your goal is to retire without enough money.

Ryan Russell presents 101 Ways to Trim Your Budget posted at Careone Credit. The key to successful financial management is effective budgeting. Read on for 101 ways you can reduce your budget (and your stress) with a little planning, patience and practicality.

Edithyeung presents How To Build a Strong Real Estate Team posted at Stewart Hsu. You need to invest 11 players to succeed in soccer. Well, it’s the same investing in real estate. The good news is you don’t even need as many as 10 other people, just a few select people will do.

Tushar presents Investing in a Tradtional IRA posted at Life of a Resident Alien…. A traditional IRA is an individual retirement account (IRA). The IRA is held at a custodian such as a bank or brokerage, and may be invested in anything that the custodian allows (for instance, a bank may allow certificates of deposit, and a brokerage may allow stocks and mutual funds).

That concludes the 10th edition of the Carnival of Long Term Investing. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on 25 July 2007. You can submit your posts here.

Greetings! Welcome to the 10th edition of the Carnival of Economics and Global Trade. We have received 8 posts for this edition. Here are the posts in the order they were received.

Noric Dilanchian presents Dilanchian Lawyers - Designer Chinese and IP in China are not contradictions posted at Lightbulb. China is infamous as a place for intellectual property piracy in international trade in brands and copyright. China is also increasingly engaged in genuine intellectual property law reform at an international level. This post calls for better understand of trends, rather than trade responses fed by out-of-date responses prejudices.

Allen Taylor presents Enhance Gains With Timing Diversification posted at Investing World Today. Many investors, who understand the potential of market timing, pay little attention to the potential of diversification. Many novice market timers jump right into an aggressive timing strategy with little thought about how they will handle a period of losing buy and sell signals.

Matthew Paulson presents Single Stocks or Mutual Funds? posted at Getting Green. There’s always been quite a debate among seasoned investors as whether to invest in single stocks or in mutual funds when investing in the stock market. Much like every issue in the history of the universe, there’s not a consensus on the issue.

Trent presents June Job Growth Tops Forecasts But Still Looks Anemic posted at Stock Market Beat. Just because economists have low expectations does not mean that higher numbers are a sign of strength.

Adventures in Money Making presents How Capitalism Really Works posted at Adventures in Money Making. here’s an amusing anecdote on how capitalism really works.

Leon Gettler presents Private equity: is the party over? posted at Sox First. The private equity party seems to be coming to an end, leaving the buyout firms to take the money and run. The fallout from the subprime mortgage defaults are making the banks nervous and investors are turning to safer bets.

David Gross presents Forever currency posted at The Picket Line. Two months ago, a legal, non-inflationary, value-backed currency was issued nationwide in the U.S. Why haven’t I heard cheers of victory from the gold-bug crowd?

KCLau presents Why Invest in Land? posted at KCLau’s Money Tips. Most people think that land investment is only for real estate developers, who buy big parcels of land for commercial, or residential development. But actually, investing in land is one of the sound investment strategies available for common investor, both large and small.

That concludes the 10th edition of the Carnival of Economics and global Trade. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on 19 July, 2007. You can submit your posts here.

Greetings! Welcome to the 9th edition of the Carnival of Long Term Investing. We have received 18 posts for this edition. Here are the posts in the order they were received.

Babak presents Guide to Social Investing Websites posted at Trader’s Narrative. A complete guide to the social networking sites dedicated to the stock market and investing. Find out which one is the best for you and join to learn more and make money!

Warren Wong presents Do You Get Money? posted at Personal Development for INTJs. Do you “get” money? Did you know that if you leave your money in the bank gathering interest, you actually lose a little bit of it every year? Read this article to find out more!

Adventures in Money Making presents Is It A Good Time To Invest In Real Estate? posted at Adventures in Money Making. Is It A Good Time To Invest In Real Estate?

The Dividend Guy presents BCE - A Sell Gone Way Bad posted at The Dividend Guy Blog. As part of learning, it is important to look back at prior decisions to see what has worked and was has not worked.

J at IHB and HFF presents How To Measure Prosper Profits Accurately posted at Home Finance Freedom. Perhaps Prosper profits should be tracked by making the loan, recording a -100% return (100% loss), updating to a -97% return after the first payment, and so forth. Thank you.

Jason Elder presents Bankruptcy - The Best Ways to Deal With It posted at A Bankruptcy Lawyer’s Blog. If you are thinking about filing for bankruptcy, you have come to the right place.

Eric Hudin presents Estate Planning Made Easy?.Easier posted at My Estate Planning Career Blog. Special Report for Capital Financial Advisory Clients.

Allen Taylor presents Enhance Gains With Timing Diversification posted at Investing World Today. Many investors, who understand the potential of market timing, pay little attention to the potential of diversification. Many novice market timers jump right into an aggressive timing strategy with little thought about how they will handle a period of losing buy and sell signals.

David presents Stocks versus Real Estate Investments posted at Worldwide Success. When the stock market crashed in 2002 many people gave up on stocks and started putting their money in real estate. At that time home prices were increasing at a fast rate and stocks seemed to have nowhere to go. Five years later things look a lot different. Stocks have been growing at a fast clip, with many market indexes hitting new highs.

Super Saver presents Innovative Companies - Spectacular or Duds posted at My Wealth Builder. Most Innovative Companies for 2007 by Business Week highlights their 50 top choices for innovative companies. What is interesting to me is that the list contains companies that I consider “spectacular” for innovation and companies I believe are becoming “duds” for innovation. Here’s my assessment of a few of these companies and how I am using the information for my stock investments.

ChristianPF presents 9 Tips from Warren Buffett posted at ChristianPF.com. Nine tips about investing, business, and life from the world’s greatest investor.

Adventures in Money Making presents How Capitalism Really Works posted at Adventures in Money Making. Here’s an amusing anecdote on how capitalism really works.

Dough Roller presents Beginner’s Guide to Asset Allocation: Value vs. Growth Funds posted at The Dough Roller. This article looks at the differences between value and growth mutual funds.

Shadox presents ROTH 401K - What is it Good For? posted at Money and Such. This post looks at the ROTH 401K and suggests who it might be appropriate for.

Mr Credit Card presents Target Date Retirement Funds versus Target Asset Allocation Funds posted at Ask Mr Credit Card’s Blog. One of the more recent “innovations” in the mutual fund industry is the “target date retirement funds”. How this works is as follows : You pick the year which you want to retire and then select the funds simply based on that. How simple. There are some pros and good points about these type of funds.

The Skilled Investor presents Lifetime investment assets of renters — with investment cost improvements posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR’s FINANCIAL PLANNING Blog. This graphic is one of the reasons why The Skilled Investor keeps harping about reducing investment expenses. Even average investment costs are simply outrageous, and they can be the difference between success and failure of a family’s lifetime financial plan.

Tyler presents Home Sweet Home Depot posted at Dividend Money. Looking at Home Depot as a long term dividend investment.

KCLau presents Why Invest in Land? posted at KCLau’s Money Tips. Most people think that land investment is only for real estate developers, who buy big parcels of land for commercial, or residential development. But actually, investing in land is one of the sound investment strategies available for common investor, both large and small.

That concludes the 9th edition of the Carnival of Long Term Investing. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on 17 July, 2007. You can submit your posts here.

Greetings! Welcome to the 9th edition of the Carnival of Economics and Global Trade. We have received 14 posts for this edition. Here are the posts in the order they were received.

Matthew Paulson presents Debunking Mutual Fund Naysayers posted at Getting Green. Mutual funds have consistently offered great returns over the long periods of time for several decades now. They take away the risk of investing in single stocks and are a great way to have a diversified portfolio and still make average rates of returns from 12-18%.

Big Cajun Man presents Canadian International Investment: Love Stocks & Bonds posted at Canadian Financial Stuff. Canadians love their trade in International Stocks, but not in U.S. money market investment devices.

FitBuff presents FitBuff.com's Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog » Blog Archive » How to Take Advantage of the Stock Market’s Summer Slump posted at FitBuff.com’s Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog. Interested in adding to your portfolio or starting a new one? The summer is usually one of the best times to get in the stock market game, and here’s how and why to do it.

Wei presents WeiCao’s Blog Journal - Bravenet Blog posted at WeiCao’s Blog Journal. The Global PC industry.

Warren Wong presents Do You Get Money? posted at Personal Development for INTJs. Do you “get” money? Did you know that if you leave your money in the bank gathering interest, you actually lose a little bit of it every year? Read this article to find out more!

Mark30 presents Technical Analysis VS Fundamental Analysis: Stop Fighting! posted at Stock Market. Having the knowledge of both sides gives you twice the amount of opportunities to make money and at the end, you are just a better trader.

Wealth Building Lessons presents Is Sears the Next Berkshire Hathaway? posted at Wealth Building Lessons. Wealth Building Lessons discusses reasons why Sears may be the next Berkshire Hathaway.

Adventures in Money Making presents How Capitalism Really Works posted at Adventures in Money Making. Adventures in Money Making discovers how capitalism really works!

Aaron Wakling presents Boat Show Financing - Never, Ever Use It posted at The Credit & Credit Card Blog. When buying a boat, used or new, cash is always better than financing. You can save money with cash, as there are no finance charges. Financing charges can get high, very high in fact if you don’t know a lot about it.

Allen Taylor presents Investing - Gold Shares - The Leverage Factor posted at Investing World Today. Investors the world over are constantly evaluating the leverage, risk and potential rewards of their investment decisions. Whether you are an individual investor or an analyst for a large mutual fund, leverage, risk and the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow are always factors to be considered.

Thomas Humes presents Wealth Creation- Don?t Start With the Wrong Concept of Wealth posted at Wealth Building World. If you think wealth creation is all about trying to save more money, trying to cut down on your spending, and budgeting then you are very wrong.

Leon Gettler presents Subprime fallout: the bears are out posted at Sox First. The fallout from the subprime meltdown will affect everyone, not just those silly enough to have invested their money in US housing. That includes the global economy.

Noric Dilanchian presents Dilanchian Lawyers - Coffee brand values posted at Lightbulb. This post discusses changes in coffee prices and their influence on the nation of Ethiopia which has adopted a coffee brand name trademark registration and licensing strategy. It is seeking to overcome poverty caused by declining coffee prices.

TJP presents 3 Global Stocks that Changed the World posted at Investor Trip. Great companies change the world as we see it, and investors in these businesses benefit from the profits they generate.

That concludes the 9th edition of the Carnival of Economics and Global Trade. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on 09 July, 2007. You can submit your posts here.