This week I participated in these carnivals.

• 197th Carnival of Personal Finance
• 170th Festival of Frugality
• Money Hacks Carnival Spring Edition
• March 22, 2009 Carnival of Money Saving Tips
• March 21, 2009 Carnival of Financial Planning

These are a couple of posts I checked out this week…

• OneChancetoLive asks “Should he pay off his student loans or save to buy a home?”  It really depends on the interest rate.  But probably I’d split his savings to half to debt and half to home savings.
• Embrace Living says “Materialism breeds unhappiness.”    I
• Harvesting Dollars suggests “the best time to save for college is before kids.”  Nice idea, but honestly I think retirement comes first.  Even before college savings period.  Imagine how much more retirement money you’d have if you maximized all contributions in your 20s?
• Mr. Credit Card says Suze Orman is giving terrible advice.  She is suggesting building a up a cash EF instead of paying off CC because credit is going away.

Thanks again and have a great week!