Blog Gala Times Three!

If you haven’t yet, please check out my hosting of Money Hacks Carnival #12 — The Twelve Labours of Heracles! Past that, Can I Get Rich On A Salary participated in three personal-finance blog carnivals this past week.

[Editor’s Note: In case you are not familiar with blog carnivals, a blog carnival is a multi-blog event in which a number of bloggers aggregate their articles within a certain theme or subject area into one post. The “host” of the carnival writes up the post on his or her blog and includes links to the various articles. Hopefully, this helps readers as they get a “one stop shop” of articles. I post a weekly recap of the blog carnivals in which I have participated—and try also to cull out a few articles that I’d like to share with you here.]

Carnival of Personal Finance:

Money Under Thirty hosted Carnival of Personal Finance #152, speaking out for the twenty-somethings on March 12. I’ll mention some of the posts I enjoyed, as written up at the Carnival:

Shuchong from But WHY Doesn’t It Grow on Trees reflects on financial lessons learned from mom, and Finance Girl from Finance Gets Personal wrote about giving mom an experience for Mother’s Day…

Lazy Man and Money shows you how to snowflake an emergency fund…

Mom from Wide Open Wallet writes about why what you drive does not equal what you are worth in Millionaires Drive Minivans…

Check out the rest of the Carnival! My post, Gen Y is Stupid, Smart, Lazy, and Diligent About Money, is included under “Relevant to Money Under 30 Readers.”

Festival of Stocks:

Stock Market Prognosticator hosted Festival of Stocks #88 - May 12, 2008. Below are some of the articles I found interesting:

AndyS at Saving to Invest writes about Melco PBL Entertainment (MPEL), a company that owns a casino in Macau. Read more here at Macau Play : Melco PBL (MPEL) - on the up and worth a gamble…

Dividends4Life presents a thorough analysis of the Coca-Cola Company (KO) on his blog Dividends4Life. The full post is here at Stock Analysis: The Coca-Cola Company (KO)…

Ray presents Warren Buffett’s Single Most Important Piece Of Advice For Stock Market Investors posted at his blog entitled Money Blue Book: Personal Finance Blog…

The DINKS don't like Mutual Funds and they discuss their reasoning at the post entitled The Drawbacks of Mutual Funds…

Visit the rest of the Festival! My post, The First Commandment of Stock Investing, According to Marcial — And How To Apply It, is included under “Investment Strategy/Market Commentary.”

Festival of Frugality:

Quest for Four Pillars hosted Festival of Frugality #125 - Save Some Money If You Are Rich Edition, serving up the caviar on May 13. I’ll preview some of Quest’s great summaries of the frugality posts:

Pinyo came up with a great frugal or cheap test....

SquawkFox has some frugal dessert recipes.….

Mrs. Micah had a very good post where she looks at what are your real savings....

Frugal Dad talks about the 5 craziest things he’s done to save money....

Sound Money Matters says you need renter’s insurance....

Money Smart life has some money tips for new graduates....

Fire Finance has five ways to trim your grocery bill....

Don’t miss the rest of the Festival! My post, Poor Economy May Make It A Good Time To Buy A New Car, is also included.