The Carnival of Personal Finance included “Do RFID Credit Cards Encrypt Data Before Sending?” Also included was “The Future of Retirement?” from fivecentnickel.com.

The Carnival of Money Hacks included “Three Blink Transactions Completed.”

---
Related Articles at Credit Card Addict:

» Carnivals – Week of 05/05/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/21/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/07/08
» Carnivals – Week of 05/12/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/14/08
» Carnivals – Week of 03/17/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/28/08
» Carnivals – Week of 03/31/08

The Carnival of Personal Finance included “The Death of the No Fee 0% Balance Transfer Credit Card Offers.” Also included was “The Social Acceptability of Frugality” from fivecentnickel.com.

The Best of Me Symphony included “How to Improve Your Credit Score.” Also included was “Disney Magic Caribbean Cruise Review” from raising4boys.com and “Ten Tips for Avoiding an Income Tax Audit” from fivecentnickel.com.

The Carnival of Money Hacks included “Credit Card Not Working? Lick It (Seriously).” Also included was “Saving Money With Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs” from fivecentnickel.com.

The Carnival of Fraud included “LifeLock and Identity Theft: D’oh, it Didn’t Work!“

---
Related Articles at Credit Card Addict:

» Carnivals – Week of 05/05/08
» Carnivals – Week of 06/02/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/21/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/07/08
» Carnivals – Week of 05/12/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/14/08
» Carnivals – Week of 03/17/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/28/08

The Carnival of Personal Finance included “Hard vs. Soft Credit Checks and Your Credit Score.” Also included were “Our Allowance System: New and Improved” from fivecentnickel.com and “Teaching Kids About Money: Lead by Example” from raising4boys.com.

The Money Hacks Carnival included “Don’t Forget to Request Your Cash Back Credit Card Rewards.”

The Best of Me Symphony included “How to Improve Your Credit Score.” Also included were “The Lazy Cheapskate’s Guide to Saving the Planet” from fivecentnickel.com and “Disney Magic Caribbean Cruise Review” from raising4boys.com.

---
Related Articles at Credit Card Addict:

» Carnivals – Week of 05/05/08
» Carnivals – Week of 06/02/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/21/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/07/08
» Carnivals – Week of 05/12/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/14/08
» Carnivals – Week of 03/17/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/28/08

The Carnival of Personal Finance included “The Three Best Credit Cards.” Also included was “Our Investment Portfolio: Asset Allocation and Location” from fivecentnickel.com.

The Carnival of Money Hacks included “Who Can Apply for Business Credit Cards?”

The Best of Me Symphony included “How to Place a Fraud Alert on Your Credit Record.” Also included was “The Value of Doing Your Own Taxes” from fivecentnickel.com.

---
Related Articles at Credit Card Addict:

» Carnivals – Week of 05/05/08
» Carnivals – Week of 06/02/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/21/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/07/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/14/08
» Carnivals – Week of 03/17/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/28/08
» Carnivals – Week of 03/31/08

The Carnival of Personal Finance included “Are ‘Contactless’ (RFID) Credit Cards Safe?” Also included was “Readers’ Choice: The Best Online Brokers” from fivecentnickel.com.

The Best of Me Symphony included “How to Place a Fraud Alert on Your Credit Record.” Also included was “The Value of Doing Your Own Taxes” from fivecentnickel.com.

---
Related Articles at Credit Card Addict:

» Carnivals – Week of 06/02/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/21/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/07/08
» Carnivals – Week of 05/12/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/14/08
» Carnivals – Week of 03/17/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/28/08
» Carnivals – Week of 03/31/08

The Carnival of Personal Finance included “Why Do Rate Cuts = Rate Increases?” Also included was “Best Jobs in a Bad Economy: Recession Proof Careers” from fivecentnickel.com.

The Festival of Frugality included “Tax Rebate + Reward Credit Card = Big Grocery Savings.” Also included was “Frugal vs. Cheap: Where do you Draw the Line?” from fivecentnickel.com.

The Best of Me Symphony included “Credit Card Rental Car Insurance.” Also included was “Net Worth Values – The Rich Get Richer?” from fivecentnickel.com.

---
Related Articles at Credit Card Addict:

» Carnivals – Week of 05/05/08
» Carnivals – Week of 06/02/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/21/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/07/08
» Carnivals – Week of 05/12/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/14/08
» Carnivals – Week of 03/17/08
» Carnivals – Week of 03/31/08

The Carnival of Personal Finance included “Beware the Promise of Interest Free Purchases.” Also included was “Ten Things to Do With Your Tax Refund” from fivecentnickel.com.

The Best of Me Symphony included “FICO Credit Score Changes Looming.” Also included was “Twelve Tips for Preparing Your House for Sale” from fivecentnickel.com.

---
Related Articles at Credit Card Addict:

» Carnivals – Week of 05/05/08
» Carnivals – Week of 06/02/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/07/08
» Carnivals – Week of 05/12/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/14/08
» Carnivals – Week of 03/17/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/28/08
» Carnivals – Week of 03/31/08

The Carnival of Personal Finance included “Are You Willing to Sell Your Credit Score?” Also included was “Credit Card Bonus Offers: $1200 Worth of Deals!”

The Carnival of Debt Management included “Beware the Promise of ‘Interest-Free’ Purchases.”

The Best of Me Symphony included “What is Universal Default?” Also included was “Lessons Learned From Average Net Worth Values.”

Please also be sure to check out the Carnival of Debt Reduction

---
Related Articles at Credit Card Addict:

» Carnivals – Week of 05/05/08
» Carnivals – Week of 06/02/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/21/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/07/08
» Carnivals – Week of 05/12/08
» Carnivals – Week of 03/17/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/28/08
» Carnivals – Week of 03/31/08

Before we jump into the carnival itself…

If you’re new to Credit Addict then welcome! If not, then welcome back!

For those of you that aren’t familiar with Credit Addict, this site is an outgrowth FiveCentNickel. It was launched just three and half months ago, during which time I have been slowly (but surely!) building up content. If you’d like to get a feel for what Credit Addict is all about, I encourage you to poke around the archives.

You might also be interested in subscribing to the site feed (via RSS or e-mail). It’s a full-text feed, so you’ll get every single word delivered straight to your desktop.

With that said, let’s get to the Carnival…

Editor’s Choice

Jim presents “Curb Spending by Writing Goals on Credit Cards.”

paidtwice presents “I’ll Do What I Want With My Economic Stimulus Check.”

The Happy Rock presents “Debt is the Symptom – Fix the Problem.”

PT presents “How to Prioritize Your Debts for Payoff.”

broke grad student presents “An Illustration of Why Saving Money is Harder Than Spending Money.”

Personal Perspectives

Madison presents Rearranging Our Finances to Refinance the House.”

Meg presents “Winning the War on Debt.”

Nathaniel Scott presents “Our Progress: Month 3.”

S presents “$6,000 Per Year to Save.”

bluntmoney presents “Financial Motivators.”

Chic Saver presents “To Reflect.”

General Debt Reduction

Rio Rivas presents “How to Pay Off Your Home in Half the Time.”

Mark Butler presents “3 Powerful Reasons to Earn an Extra $16.67 Per Day.”

Jessica Donnovan presents “Turning Debt Into Wealth – One of Life’s Great Challenges.”

Alex M presents “Find Out How to Pay Off High Student Loans.”

Macroeconomic Perspectives

Lisa Spinelli presents “The Dope on National Debt.”

Jonathan presents “Why America NEEDS a Recession.”

hank presents “Should the Government Save Folks Facing Foreclosures?”

And… That’s it! Thanks for stopping by. Don’t be a stranger!

If you’d like to submit an article for possible inclusion in the next edition, please use the handy submission form.

---
Related Articles at Credit Card Addict:

» Carnival of Debt Reduction Coming Soon
» Carnivals – Week of 04/14/08
» Carnivals – Week of 03/31/08
» Carnivals – Week of 06/02/08
» Carnivals – Week of 05/12/08
» No Fee 0% Balance Transfer Credit Card Offers
» Carnivals – Week of 05/25/08
» Carnivals – Week of 03/17/08

The Carnival of Personal Finance included “Beware of Falling Credit Limits.” Also included was “The Best High Yield Online Bank Savings Accounts” from fivecentnickel.com.

The Best of Me Symphony included “Pay Your Taxes With a Reward Credit Card?” Also included was “Common Tax Deductions” from fivecentnickel.com.

---
Related Articles at Credit Card Addict:

» Carnivals – Week of 05/05/08
» Carnivals – Week of 06/02/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/21/08
» Carnivals – Week of 05/12/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/14/08
» Carnivals – Week of 03/17/08
» Carnivals – Week of 04/28/08
» Carnivals – Week of 03/31/08