Best of Money Carnival: Edition #34

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I’m proud to be hosting the Best of Money Carnival created by Free Money Finance. The carnival highlights the top 10 submissions. Without further ado, here are my choices for the top 10 posts submitted to the Best of Money Carnival.

1. Get A Financial Education In Your Twenties by The Digerati Life. Austin explains why it’s important to start managing finances in your twenties. He also offer suggestions on how to get started with handling your money.
2. Four Words in Personal Finance that Piss me Off…and The Wife Says them All the Time by My Journey to Millions. Evan shares the 4 words he can not stand, and tries to puzzle out why they bother him so much. Even better his wife replies in the comments!
3. How to Deal With Future Income by Fiscal Fizzle. In the personal finance realm we often talk about debt and income, but Woj looks at the difference between spending money you already have versus future income.
4. 9 Sneaky Expenses That Eat Away at Your Income by Adam, staff writer at Get Rich Slowly. Adam, and his wife, used the book “Your Money or Your Life” to help them figure out their real hourly wages. Adam says, “This is an awesome tool when trying to compare two income opportunities that aren’t similar to begin with.”
5. The Best Tip I Know To Increase Your Negotiating Power by Wealth Pilgrim. Neal shares a personal story and tells you his secret that can mean the difference between negotiating power success and failure.
6. Is There Such a Thing as Good Debt? by Personal Finance By The Book. Joe examines different types of debt to determine which, if any, can be considered “good”.
7. 4 Questions to Ask Before You Buy Life Insurance by Redeeming Riches. Jason says,”Like anyone is going to read a post about life insurance? Is there a topic more hated than that? Check out the four questions you should ask BEFORE dismiss the post!” It is well worth the read, despite the sometimes snooze worthy topic.
8. How (and where) to donate your car to charity by Christian Personal Finance. A simple guide to help you donate your car to charity without getting ripped off…
9. Should Companies Teach Their Employees the Basics of Personal Finance? PT Money issues a challenge to corporate America. By training employees they will reap the rewards of a more financially educated work force.
10. How to Get a Raise or Promotion by Free Money Finance. There are specific steps you can take to consistently get raises and promotions. This post tells you how to do just that.

What did you read last week that you want to share, leave me a comment and let me know what your top post of last week is.

Next week’s Best of Money Carnival will be hosted by Studenomics, head here to submit an article.

Kelly