Yakezie Carnival, Just Another Day Edition

While trying to name this carnival, I searched on Wikipedia with 6th November but, couldn’t find any worth mentioning incident. Finally I have decided to name it ‘just another day’ and talk about Yakezie group. About pictures, I searched through my personal album and picked three pics from our Cruise trip to Bahamas on Carnival Cruise lines.

I have hosted Yakezie carnivals twice previously and noticed that they get visits from Yakezies and non-Yakezies alike. This is the best stage to talk about some of the benefits of Yakezie group.

If you are a blogger and write about personal finance or lifestyle, Yakezie is the place you want to be. The biggest benefit I have so far, is the zeal and interest to continue blogging. Leaving apart the technical blog related help, knowing other bloggers’ little success stories motivate you like anything.

Knowledge grows by sharing, in Yakezie our slogan is to ‘Selflessly helping others‘. You have a problem, mention it on forum and 20 other bloggers would jump in to help you. Yakezie has 90 members as of date and another 90 (almost) as challengers waiting to become member, including us.

If appraised for its future potential, the value of yakezie brand should surpass almost all of the established personal finance blogs. First, its most powerful as it represents around 200 blogs, and second, it’s unique in personal finance blogosphere, Yakezie is community of bloggers, there is no competitor around and thus it has the monopoly.

Let’s begin the ‘just another’ Yakezie carnival now.

Upper deck – Carnival Cruise

Investorz Blog asks Should You Close Your Position and Take the Profits? The most critical decision your investment is working out the way you want it to is whether or not you should close your investment and lock in your profits or hold onto your position and hope for even more gains. Here’s my article that hopefully, will help you decide.

Personal Finance Whiz asks Are Annuities A Good Investment? I’ve seen a lot of popular financial advisers and finance bloggers preach the evils of annuities. For some people, that advise is solid. But for others, annuities might actually be useful. So are annuities a good investment?

The Millionaire Nurse is also asking this week Aging: Financial Armageddon! Does It Have To Be? Your financial smarts falls apart as you age.  What can you do about it?

Money Talks Coaching teaches us Our House Buying Story Seven years ago today I moved into my house.  I thought I’d tell you the very irresponsible story that goes along with it!

My Journey to Millions exclaims with joy November Net Worth–Remember to Back Up Your Information Edition •From to October 1, 2011 to November 1, 2011 my net worth increased 5.54%!

Invest It Wisely shares 5 Tips for a Fun and Safe Halloween Here are five tips to have a fun and safe Halloween.

20′s Finances utters in frustration How My Gas Was Shut Off Because of My Neighbor Paying your bill on time is important. It can keep you from having your utilities shut off, but sometimes it is unavoidable not matter what you do. Find out how my neighbor prevented me from having gas for days.

Money Q & A tries to convince Three Reasons That I Love Term Life Insurance I explain the three reasons that I love about term life insurance. Make sure you aren’t missing out on these benefits.

My Broken Coin introduces herself Why My Coin is Broken Aloysa’s very honest confession about her financial sins.

Live Real, Now tries to find Stealing Motivation I’ve spent hundreds of hours per year, over 10 years building my yard full of one-of-a-kind props for Halloween, and someone felt it was acceptable to tear down a section of my skull fence, come into my yard, and steal a little piece of my life. Motivation has been difficult this year.

Living in Financial Excellence has a prediction You Can Be in the 1%  I don’t make a lot of money, but I feel a lot closer to the 1% than the 99%. I don’t think redistribution of wealth is a good thing. I believe that was tried in many communist countries and it failed miserably.

Ultimate Smart Money explains 4 Important Factors When Considering Refinancing Not sure if you should refinance now? Consider these 4 factors before refinancing as mortgage rates continue to drop.

Beating Broke preparing towards Shopping for a New House We’re in the process of getting all the ducks in a row and buying a house.  We will need to sell the house we are currently in, to use the funds from the sale for a larger down payment.  God willing, we might be able to close on the house and be moved in before Christmas.

Cash Flow Mantra is Gearing Up for a Strong Finish in Yakezie Challenge Here is what I hope to accomplish in the last two months of the year which are the last two months of the Yakezie Challenge for me.

Parallel parking

Bucksome Boomer has an interesting find 6 Ways to Earn Citizen Rewards Cities are rewarding residents for many reasons including reporting crimes, sewer overflows and even good behavior.  Read about how you may earn a monetary reward.

How To Save Money writes about Save Money on Your Groceries: “Money in Your Pocket” Review Cassie Howard, the well-known Canadian blogger behind MrsJanuary.com, has recently released a brand new eBook called Money In Your Pocket: A Canadian Guide to Coupons, Stockpiling, and More. It’s a very worthwhile read, and it is my pleasure to review it and let you know what you can expect if you decide to read it yourself.

Funancials explains  PMI & PMS Both PMI and PMS cause “flow” problems. See for yourself.

Financial Success for Young Adults telling all  How to Get Your Free Credit Score You don’t have to pay to get your credit score. You can get it for free with annual credit report and the folks at Credit Sesame.

Miss Wall Street discovered Mobile Trading: EURUSD Late a night when I feel restless, sometimes I trade. Check out this forex trade I placed going long the Euro.

Totally Money has a suggestion Stop Wasting Food 6 simple tips for saving food and money.

Investor Junkie finds out Technology Is Great, Unless It Doesn’t Work The problem is while technology can be enlightening, it can also be outright frustrating to use. While technology can advance, it can also take things two steps backwards in the process. Let me recant two recent examples in my life.

The College Investor asking if we are Considering the Upcoming Tech IPOs? A look at the upcoming tech IPOs and whether they are worth investing in.

DollarVersity explains Bank Transfer Day: No Thank You Bank Transfer Day is a movement that hopes to change the way that people look at banks.  Does it make a difference in the way you think about how you bank?

Wealth Informatics gives us many Creative ways to help a charity without spending money In this economy people are strapped for cash, but the charities need more help than ever. Here are some ways to help a charity without spending any money or time.

Your Finances Simplified explains 5 Factors Affecting Your Car Insurance Premium YFS tells you the top 5 factors affecting your car insurance premium

Budgeting in the Fun Stuff notifying   Our Halloween Party Was a Hit! What a weekend!  Between a Paranormal Activity marathon Friday night, a family reunion Saturday morning, the Halloween potluck Saturday night, and the Renaissance Festival all day Sunday, I am pooped out!!!

The Penny Hoarder as usually gives us another way to earn How to Get Paid $50 or More Writing Guest Posts We know a blogger’s time is valuable so we’ve put together a list of blogs that will not only let you guest post, they’ll pay you $50 or more…

Smart On Money gives the news Bank of America Drops Plans for New $5 Debit Usage Fee After Other Banks Do the Same While the big banks aren’t charging the new fees at this juncture, my guess is that they’ll find a way to institute new fees somewhere at some point soon.  My suggestion is to just take your money and vote with your feet – by taking your money to a better bank.

Free Money Wisdom has another wisdom Set Your Financial Life to Automatic Consider these ways to automate your savings and bring order to your financial life.

Carnival central atrium

Sustainable Personal Finance has another green tips Save Gas: The Financial and Health Benefits of Walking or Biking to Work It is amazing how much money you can save and calories you can burn by parking the car and walking or biking to work.

Krantcents contemplating I Want to be a Rock Star! Fame and money influence our decisions including our careers.  What should you do?

Daily Money Shot warns about the price of a vice How my hatred of coffee saves me money, and can save you money, too.

Squirrelers analyses Loss Leader Pricing Strategies: At the Pumpkin Patch? Sometimes a merchant might offer a great deal on something that is really an incentive for us to spend more on more expensive things. This story relates my offbeat experience dealing with loss leaders.

Novel Investor thinks Not Enough Financial Literacy For A Bailout Plan Vote Thoughts on a potential Greek referendum on the Eurozone bailout plan.  Is the financial literacy of the public voters high enough to understand and make such an important decision?

PT Money analyzes  Personal Finance Save Money on Health Care: Health Savings Account vs Flexible Spending Account Discusses FSAs and HSAs.

Smart Family Finance reasons Why Banks Stopped Charging Debit Card Fees Economics can explain why banks dropped debit card fees and can also help predict what consumers can expect next.

Moms Plans narrates Debt Free Journey, Update #2 We did many different activities this week to find money to snowflake on our debt, and the result was that we were able to snowflake $369 this week!  In the two weeks since we have gotten gazelle intense, we have “found” $701.56 to snowflake!

Free From Broke gives us a way Free Online Checking Accounts – Why Pay More Fees Than You Have To Sick of paying crazy fees for your checking account? Take a look at these free online checking accounts and find the best checking account for you.

Family Money Values explains How Do You Measure Up Financially It’s fun to see how you measure up on a variety of financial related items. Check out your current group and your prior ones to see how you fare

Watson Inc warns Too Frugal For Your Own Good While I am an advocate for frugality, as I think we should be financially responsible, the dangers of frugality often slip under the radar.

Parenting Family Money guides us A Beginner’s Guide to Once a Month Freezer Cooking Once a month freezer cooking can help you save money as well as save time (very important when you are raising a family). Read more about OAMC.

Broke Professionals guides  Six reasons to share your knowledge at work Here are six reasons you need to be proactive about sharing your knowledge at work.

My University Money ponders Should I Pursue a Co-op Education? – A down to earth outline to what I see as the advantages and disadvantages of a cooperative education, and to argue that one doesn’t need take a cooperative education to be successful.

Money Beagle explains   Why You Should Write Your Personal Finance Executive Summary Today –  Working with a clearly defined objective is key to financial success.

Money Cactus interviews Wealth Creation Online: Invest It Wisely Interview – There are a stack of really great personal finance blogs online and keeping up with them can be tough, this series introduces you to those who I think are well worth knowing about.

Cents To Save proudly shares The Best Things We Sold On Ebay # 1 Here is out first “Best Thing”. It is a Hawaiian Shirt by “”Paradise Found”". The thrift store that we found this shirt has a “Fill A Bag for $5.00″ every Wednesday and Friday. A Quarter investment turned into a $19.99 profit.

Yours truly tries to search what is passive income and how do I create one? It was part of my education in to passive investing. Although I was investing in various streams, I really didn’t know what’s passive and what not. I wrote few of my finding in this blog post, I admit they are very basic.

We have come to an end of this week’s Yakezie carnival. My blogger friends if you have anything more to say other than “thanks for including me” I would be eager to know. Your entry should be included as long as you are on topic, it doesn’t matter whether you were drunk while writing, so please do not thank me for including you.

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