Saturday Link Roundup

It was a big week for me, carnival wise.  I participated in the following blog carnivals.  So many great posts.  Check them all out!

• Carnival of Personal Finance – Learn the Basics of Investing
• Carnival of Twenty-Something Finances – Mustache Edition!
• Festival of Frugality – Frugal Living is Timeless
• Money Hacks Carnival – Spring Edition

And a whole series of links for you to peruse.  These are just a few of the blog entries that caught my eye this week.  I’m testing a new way to save these links so as to make the link sharing much easier on me, and so far, it seems to be working well.

• Should the Government Use the Stimulus to Bailout Madoff Ponzi Victims?
• The Very Basics of Asset Allocation
• Which Comes First: Paying Off Debt or Starting Emergency Fund?
• Reflections on Leaving My Job… Six Months Later
• You Can Afford to be Generous
• If an economic crisis hits you, are you ready?
• Credit Scores from Credit Karma are Deflated
• The Free Online Tax Filing Toolbox: 25 Sites for Tools, Printable Forms, Software, and More
• Why is Money a Four Letter Word?

And from my friends over at Pecuniary Associates

• Credit Mishaps: How 1 Collections Agency Notice Continues to Spoil My Day
• 5 Consumer Trends in the Recession Economy
• Time for new tires – or why I’m glad we have an emergency fund
• What I Learned about Real Estate Investing Today: Be Patient
• When “Free” Things Aren’t Free: Beware the Hidden and Indirect Costs