Monday Mix: Land Of (Fiscal) Confusion

Genesis sure had it right (albeit a few decades early), this is a Land of (Fiscal) Confusion these days. Between the debt ceiling crap, the confusion over the US credit rating-S&P downgraded while Moody’s affirmed-the market’s plunge, and then the death of those 31 SEAL Team 6 members with their 7 Afghani pals, this was a crazy and wild week. Hopefully, things will start to look up as everyone has time to assess everything. But, in the meantime let me recap the week that was in my PF blogging experience… 

 

Carnivals My Posts Have Appeared In:

Carnival of Personal Finance #320 – Plutus Awards Edition hosted at Canadian Finance Blog 

Tax Carnival #89: Dog Days hosted at Don’t Mess With Taxes 

Best of the Rest: It’s My Blog-Birthday-Versary Edition! hosted at Sweating the Big Stuff

 

Posts I Enjoyed Reading:

Do You Need Store Credit Card? I Don’t via One Cent At A Time

9 Ways To Avoid Buying Things You Don’t Need via Boomer & Echo

How to Save on Your Cell Phone Plan with Secret No-Contract Deals via Get Rich Slowly

2 Reasons I Shouldn’t be a Personal Finance Blogger via Budgets Are Sexy

Are Financially Independent Women a Turn On? via Young And Thrifty

Biggest Money Wasters – Or Temptations via Everyday Tips And Thoughts 

Understanding The Debt Relief Industry via Financial Samurai 

Is Your Hobby Holding You Back Financially? via Bucksome Boomer 

Retail Store Credit Cards: Don’t Get Sucked In! via Good Financial ₵ents 

Can’t Pay On Time? Change Your Due Date! via Free From Broke 

Ignoring Bills Won’t Make Them Disappear via Consumerism Commentary 

How To Transition From Employee To Entrepreneur via ChristianPF 

Buying and Selling Gift Cards via Five Cent Nickel 

 

While you’re at it, head on over to the Yakezie website and check out all of the bloggers there. You’ll have quite a variety of options to choose from, and some very informative stuff too!

About Eric J. Nisall

Former NY'er, accountant & business consultant, founder of GreenBridge Advisors. Blogging about personal financial, small business topics, and other fun topics at DollarVersity. Fan of the NHL and everything hockey! Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and on Google+

  • http://twitter.com/BoomerandEcho Boomer and Echo

    Thanks for the mention!

    • http://www.dollarversity.com Eric J. Nisall

      Don’t mention it, I like to share thins I find interesting & informative!

  • http://youngandthrifty.ca/ Young

    Thanks for the mention, Dollarversity!  I appreciated your great comments and perspective on the post too- I learned lots!

    • http://www.dollarversity.com Eric J. Nisall

      Any time! I think everyone who read the post and the comments learned something, and if they didn’t then they clearly weren’t paying attention ;-)