Best of Money Carnival #107

by Chris Parsons

Hello, and welcome to the Best of Money Carnival #107 for the week of June 13th, 2011.

My name is Chris Parsons, and I’ve got some great posts for you today. Ten of them, to be exact, from around the personal finance blog universe. The Best of Money Carnival presents the ten best money articles each week, and as this week’s host, I was charged with picking the winners – so I guarantee that these are all excellent reads!

For those of you who are new to Small Biz Big Dreams, take a look around. We’re not purely personal finance here – my focus is combining Entrepreneurship with Personal Finance, including my failures and my less popular viewpoints.

Without further ado, this week’s Best of Money Carnival Posts:

10. Tom Drake presents Your Stuff Costs You Money posted at Canadian Finance Blog. Minimalism is all the rage these days, but I think we’ve just started to realize the true cost of having so much stuff like Tom shows.

9. Glen Craig presents Half of Americans are “Financially Fragile” – How Not to be One of Them posted at Free From Broke. Depressing figures about Americans’ financial picture with encouraging words to go with it.

8. Philip Taylor presents Does This Get Easier? Getting Ahead Financially posted at PT Money Personal Finance. Yes, it does! But I can relate to the feeling…

7. Crystal presents Craigslist – Garage Sale Leftovers | Budgeting In the Fun Stuff posted at Budgeting In the Fun Stuff. A good, hassle-free idea for getting some quick cash.

6. TheCollegeHelper presents 5 Secrets To Getting A Job After College posted at TheCollegeHelper.com. The value of a college degree is a hot topic these days, but it’s still a route many people take. If you make the right moves (like these), it will still help you get a job.

5. Robert presents An Easy Side Business: Selling Online for Income posted at My Multiple Incomes. A good overview of places to sell your stuff online.

4. Miranda @ Financial Highway presents 35 Ways to Make More Money posted at Financial Highway. If your desperate for cash, it’s always good to review your options.

3. Jacob @ My Personal Finance Journey presents Can Investing in Stocks of Companies With Happy Employees Make You Money? posted at My Personal Finance Journey. What an interesting read! I can’t help but feel the premise is a bit too simplistic in and of itself (for instance, the sample size is so small that valuations could play a HUGE role), but it is good to consider regardless.

2. Neal Frankle presents 5 Best Entrepreneurial Ideas for Less than $5,000 posted at Wealth Pilgrim: Money Management Advice, Financial Stess Management, Addiction Recovery Plan & Resources. Good suggestions, but of course this list would change like the tides depending on what’s happening in the economy.