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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.

Greetings! Welcome to the 8th edition Carnival of Economics and Global Trade. We have received 9 posts for this edition. I hope our readers will find those useful and interesting. Here are the posts in the order they were received.

Phil presents Phil for Humanity: The Effects of Globalization on the United States of America posted at Phil for Humanity. American companies have migrated most of their manufacturing jobs to foreign countries where it is cheaper to do business. Furthermore, service and technical jobs are currently undergoing a large exodus to foreign labor too.

HP presents What is a Bubble?? posted at Money works!!. Is it a global bubble in the making? Progressive price movements across asset classes just makes you wonder how real economics can support this so called “bull rage”, is it a bubble waiting to burst??

The Skilled Investor presents Commodity futures in your investment portfolio: Is there really any future for individual investors? posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR Blog. This article delves into the financial science behind this skepticism, as it relates to one of these supposedly new asset classes. In this article, we focus on whether commodity futures really are a good candidate for long-term holdings in the portfolios of individual investors.

Ruby presents 25 Ways to Make Money Quickly and Easily (and Legally)! posted at Advice and Rants. How can you earn some extra money easily and quickly? You may be broke, debt, and desperate to make some money quickly, or you may be unable to work full-time (maybe because you’re a student like me?). Don’t worry, there are ways to make money quickly, easily, and without robbing a bank.

Bryan Moore presents How to Create Synthetic FOREX Currency Pairs posted at TheFinancialWhiz.Com. This article explains the principles behind creating synthetic Forex currency pairs. The problem a lot of traders run into is that they sometimes cannot directly trade a particular currency pair from their broker, this explains how you can dissect two currency pairs to create the one you need.

Leon Gettler presents London to overtake New York and rival Silicon Valley posted at Sox First. Here’s a warning to America. Within the next eight years, London will overtake New York as the world’s financial hub, and it will rival Silicon Valley as a technology centre.

Matthew Paulson presents World Markets: Be Culturally Savvy for Less posted at Getting Green. Not having a ton of money and trying to eat well is no small task. One needs to maintain a healthy level of nutrition while not busting the budget. Many people in this situation resort to eating inexpensive foods such as ramen noodles, beans and the like.

Amish Parashar presents What Big Oil can stand to learn from Google posted at New venture outsourcing blog. On a global marketplace and economic theory applied to pricing choices…

Eric Hudin presents Protect, Provide & Profit - A Family Limited Partnership posted at My Estate Planning Career Blog. A Family Limited Partnership is becoming one of the most popular methods to pass the equity in a larger estate to the heirs at a discounted tax rate, while retaining control, and at the same time, protecting the assets from lawsuits.

That concludes the 8th edition of the Carnival of Economics and Global Trade. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on 01 July, 2007. You can submit your posts here.

,Greetings! The 7th edition of the Carnival of Economics and Global Trade is live with 10 great posts. I hope you will enjoy reading this carnival. Here are the posts in the order they were received.

Praveen presents Unintended Effects of Stock Market Regulation posted at My Simple Trading System. The House of Representatives recently passed the "say on pay" bill proposed by Congressman Barney Frank. The bill forces all corporations to allow shareholders a non-binding vote on CEO compensation.

Leon Gettler presents China’s high-speed economy: will there be a car crash? posted at Sox First. Is China’s high-speed economy headed for a car crash? What are the chances of China’s engine getting a power supply, hardware or software failure because of governance, corruption, banking, budget problems, or social unrest?

Gavin R. Putland presents Corporate solution to rape posted at /etc/cron.whenever/. A global alliance of corporate think-tanks has come up with an ingenious market-based system for limiting the incidence of rape. It’s called "rape-rights trading" or, more informally, "cap and trade". Here’s how it works.

The Skilled Investor presents How expensive is financial advisor compensation paid via sales loads? posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR Blog. For two primary reasons, The Skilled Investor has concluded that compensating advisers through sales loads is extremely expensive. First, the lifetime value of the assets you give away through sales loads can be huge. There are much better and much cheaper ways to pay advisers. Instead, just find a competent adviser who charges reasonable hourly rates and who does not try to live off of your assets.

Matthew Paulson presents World Markets: Be Culturally Savvy for Less posted at Getting Green. Shopping at ethnic markets will allow you to sample great specialty foods from around the world and allow you to do so at a very inexpensive price.

Gustav S presents American Social Security, our World Economic meltdown? posted at success-is-in-you.com. If you are going for long term investment or other investment affairs please be aware of the possible upcoming events, this article is divided in 3 parts please read them all.

R.Pettinger presents The effects of a devaluation in the Dollar posted at Economics Essays. What are the economic effects of a prolonged devaluation in the dollar. With a large current account deficit the devaluation is likely to continue.

Allen Taylor presents Steps to Financial Independence posted at Investing World Today. There are so many gurus out there publishing book after book about what these ground rules should entail. For this short article, let’s stick to the basics - those rules that are undeniable.

Phil presents A Call for More Multinational Currencies � Phil for Humanity posted at Phil for Humanity. Have you noticed that almost every country has their own currency? The only exception is the European Union where over a dozen countries share a single currency, called the Euro.

Charles H. Green presents How Marketing Can Destroy Sales Trust posted at Trust Matters. Private equity is in danger of being damaged by its own successes and high profile.

That concludes the 7th edition of the Carnival of Economics and Global Trade. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on 19 June, 2007. Feel free to submit your posts.

Welcome to the 6th edition of the Carnival of Long Term Investing. We have received 10 posts for this edition. All the posts are useful and interesting. I am sure our readers will like these.

Bryan Moore presents Utilizing “Hedge Fund” Mutual Funds to Generate Consistent Returns posted at TheFinancialWhiz.Com. This innovative portfolio strategy allows for a small retail investor to be able to purchase mutual funds that utilize strategies that are employed by hedge funds. The results and analysis are presented over a 4 1/2 year time spans, which demonstrates that returns are comparable to the broad stock indexes with much less volatility.

Andy presents Are you a Traditional or a Roth? posted at moneywalks. Gives pros and cons on both Roth and Traditional IRA.

Tyler presents Attention Please! posted at Dividend Money. The majority of us buy-and-hold investors could probably get by with reviewing our portfolios on a monthly basis. Some would suggest that quarterly is sufficient for those who invest primarily in large blue-chip stocks.

AJ presents Stock Analysis - Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) posted at Dividends Matter. Analysis of a dividend paying stock Abbott Laboratories. Member of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats.

The Skilled Investor presents Use Caution with Classical Investment Books ? A Tip from The Skilled Investor posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR Blog. Individual investors should exercise caution when applying the tactics of classical investment books to current markets. The more handcrafted, seat-of-the-pants, and individual actor approach to the securities markets in the pre-computer, pre-networking era has given way to different practices.

Average Joe presents Reader Stock Pick - Starbucks Corp (NASDAQ:SBUX) posted at Investment Jungle. Stock Analysis of Starbucks.

Babak presents IBES Valuation Model: Stocks Extremely Undervalued posted at Trader’s Narrative. The IBES valuation model has been almost flawless, over the long term, in pointing out good times and cautioning against bad times in the stock market. You’ll be surprised to know that it is signaling an extremely good buying opportunity.

Gustav S presents American Social Security, our World Economic meltdown? posted at success-is-in-you.com. If you are going to invest for the long term better read this article to be informed. This article is divided in 3 parts please read all of them.

Steve Faber presents - The SSBC Investing Strategy � the 4 Secrets to Investment Success? posted at Debt Free. You need strength, good solid investments you can bank on to support your portfolio. Whether you are primarily in equities, debt, real estate, commodities, or some other investment instruments, you absolutely must have pillars to support your portfolio.

Eric Hudin presents Living Trust Confusion posted at My Estate Planning Career Blog. One of the biggest benefits of a living trust is that it allows you to begin to put your estate plan into action while still alive. You can then get some insight into how your estate plan will work and make adjustments if necessary.

That concludes the sixth edition of the Carnival of Long Term Investing. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted on 18 June, 2007. Feel free to submit your posts.

Welcome to the sixth edition of the Carnival of Economics and Global Trade. We have received 18 posts for this edition. Here are the posts in the order they were received.

Brian Brady presents What’s my rate? It looks like I gotta WACC you ! posted at The Most Opinionated Mortgage Broker. Stop shopping online for loans. The average loan hack in a boiler room has no clue about what is taught in the article. Rather, look for a mortgage adviser who has had some real financial planning experience or training.

Josh presents National Gas Blackout March 15 2007 posted at The Mad Money Analyst. When consolidation occurs the security’s price that has recently broken out of a trend and will begin to level off. Within this process, supply and demand meet and become more and more less even.

David presents Apparel Buying Agents posted at The Alexander Report. Information on apparel buying agents for designers, retailers and manufacturers.

Eric Stanley presents Too Broke to Budget? posted at Personal Finance Blog Articles. Budgets are for people with predictable income, fairly predictable expenses, and the former larger than the latter, right? What good will a budget do if you dont have enough money to go around, and you never know when more is coming in?

WBL presents Will The U.S. Experience A Depression? posted at Wealth Building Lessons. Whats a likely scenario for the US economy and how to profit from it.

Shadox presents Globalization and Your Check Book posted at Money and Such. The main stream media and some of our populist representatives on Capitol Hill are constantly complaining about global free trade. This article lists four specific examples showing how globalization has helped Shadox personally, as proof that globalization is a good thing for the little guy, not just for multi-national corporations.

Renthusiast presents The Inflation Question posted at Renthusiast.org. Inflation at any rate is still inflation. The question: why at 2% inflation is "good", but at 3% inflation is "bad" intrigued everyone including Renthusiast.

Alfaking presents Not on the same wavelength posted at Alfa King Memories. Something is wrong somewhere. We’ve always been used to seeing the government and the private sector in good terms, with common stand even in difficult economic contexts. Everybody is surprised with the statement of the Joint Economic Council (JEC), on the one hand, and the Government on the other.

WBL presents Is Gold a Good Investment posted at Wealth Building Lessons. WBL talks about whether its a good time to invest in Gold.

R.Pettinger presents Economics Essays: Why the UK will never join the EURO. posted at Economics Essays. Why the Euro will never make it to the UK.

Charles H. Green presents TrDoes Business Squeeze the Poor? posted at Trust Matters. The global trend toward concentration of wealth is making the US more and more like Rio de Janeiro.

KRG presents The Falling Dollar and Its Effect On You posted at FIL-AM WORDS. The post is based on the effect of the falling dollar to the dollar remittances sent to th Philippines. Also, it discusses the effect on everybody (both in the US and abroad).

Alex Z presents Investing In Mutual Funds: The Advantages posted at Funds Zine. Investing in funds for simple people.

Tim Ramsey presents 2 Debt Tips for Improving Your Credit Score posted at My Debt Relief Blog. If you are struggling with debt and need to improve your credit score, you need to understand how important financial organization will be. Getting your finances organized will go a long way toward improving your credit score and reducing your debt. So how do you go about making these changes?

FIRE Finance presents Online Checking Accounts: Part 3 - FreeNet Checking From EverBank posted at FIRE Finance. Everbank is FDIC insured and has a 4 star rating by Bankrate which means that it is a sound financial institution.

FitBuff presents How to Legally Get Your Cable and Phone Bills Paid for Free! posted at FitBuff.com’s Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog. If you’re always worrying about money, then it will be near impossible to achieve “total mind and body fitness”.

Adventures in Money Making presents Beware The Chinese Stock Market posted at Adventures in Money Making. Why the Chinese Stock market will correct.

Edithyeung presents 7 Habits of Highly Effective Money Managers posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act.. Money can’t work hard for you unless you are in control of the money. Money is like a child. The child can be easily tamed if you spend time to teach and nurture them. Otherwise, they can easily take over your life.

That concludes the sixth edition of the Carnival of Economics and Global Trade. Keep submitting your posts to the future editions of this carnival. Thank you for your participation.

Greetings! Welcome to the 5th edition of the Carnival of Long Term Investing. We have received 11 entries for this edition. Without further ado, here are the posts in the order they were received.

Cade Krueger presents Find People Who Are Looking To Help Financially posted at Make Money Business Opportunity @ Write To Right. So many entrepreneurs look to raise money to start a business. You want to find LLC Investors that will save your business. There are a couple avenues to take a look at as far as finding an angel investor, a large investing company, or a business loan of some kind through a bank.

FIRE Finance presents Firstrade Lowers Options Pricing & Receives #1 Ranking! posted at FIRE Finance. This lowering in option commissions clearly puts Firstrade at the forefront of low cost online brokers. Combined with the recent release of Complex Options Trading Platform makes Firstrade a super destination for options investors and traders.

Abdulrasool Sumar presents Differentiate Between Good Debt and Bad Debt posted at Debt Consolidation. "When you buy something that goes down in value immediately, that’s bad debt." He adds, "If it has no potential to increase in value, that’s bad debt." For example, buying a 21′ inch monitor for your computer for $1000 and putting it on your credit card is a form of bad debt.

Israeli Speculator presents How Much Can You Stand To Lose On a Given Day? Part I posted at Israeli Speculator. Hope you enjoy the article.

The Smart Trader presents Basic Money Management for Your Trading Portfolio posted at Smart Trading For Profits. A key part of becoming a successful trader is the knowledge of money management. Without a proper understanding of Money Management is and is not, a trader can have the best trading systems and still blow their account out of the water.

Tyler presents All Drugged Up posted at Dividend Money. Trying to tackle the law-suit machine that is the pharma industry is a daunting task for many investors, myself included. However, with our aging population, a prudent investor simply can’t ignore the upside potential that these companies have going forward.

Adventures in Money Making presents Kiyosaki’s Words of Wisdom posted at Adventures in Money Making. The real estate boom is over, but there’s always a bull market somewhere.

Joe Caterisano presents High Yield Investing - Hourly Updated News On High Yield Investing posted at Your Investing Guide. For openers, stock investors seem to have their own special language and it’s hard to understand what all those mysterious terms mean.

Charles H. Green presents Insurance Fraud, Short-Selling and Why You Can’t Trust Stock Analysts posted at Trust Matters. The few short-sellers on Wall-Street are often reviled, harassed, even sued — but a vibrant community of short-sellers would have seen Enron coming.

Babak presents Is the REIT Bull Run Over? posted at Trader’s Narrative. Don’t count out the REITs just yet.

George Courtney jr presents The Universal Law of Vision posted at The Authentic Bartender Blog. To find local planners, consumers should ask friends, family and colleagues if they can recommend someone they trust.

That concludes the 5th edition of the Carnival of Long Term Investing. Keep submitting your posts to the future editions of this carnival. Don’t forget to promote this carnival on your blogs.