Welcome to the 62nd Carnival of Investing, the first Carnival ever hosted by A Financial Revolution. You are about to join us for an exciting experience during which we will present the 5 Oscars of Investing to the bests posts of the week. I am your host, William Wallets. The staff and I here at A Financial Revolution are looking to put together an intensive blog that teaches the younger generation about personal finance and investing with examples and in depth posts about various topics. Please take the time to look around, I am sure you’ll find something that you’ll like.

Without further ado, let’s check out the Oscars Edition of the Carnival of Investing. This week, we received 16 submissions in 5 categories. The 5 awards we will be presenting this week are: Best Personal Finance Film, Best Directing of Investment Advice, Best Documentary (Most Informative), Best Foreign Film (Sector Specific), and Best Special Effects (Technical Explanation). First, I’ll present the nominees and then at the end of the post, I’ll announce the winners of the Oscars!

Best Personal Finance Film

• Bill presents Saving On Taxes posted at Ask Uncle Bill. Bill highlights some reasons why you should do your taxes yourself!

• Jim presents Can I Deduct My SEP-IRA Contributions? posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity. Jim discusses how you can go about deducting your SEP-IRA Contributions.

• Ybother presents Top 10 Money Tips For Almost Everyone posted at TodaysTen.com: Daily Top Ten List to jumpstart your knowledge. Some common tips to keep in control of your money.

Best Directing of Investing Advice

• Gualberto presents Lessons From Traders posted at Gualberto Diaz. Gualberto talks about 2 lessons that he learned from a trader.

• FMF presents $10k Challenge: Maximize Your Investments posted at Free Money Finance. A 1% difference in return makes a huge difference!

• Rich presents Before the Crash: Buying Stocks With Debt posted at Queercents. Rich shows his rage about buying stocks on margin.

• Ben presents American Century Ultra - Stupid Investment of the Week posted at Money Smart Life. Ben shows us why TWUCX is a silly investment.

Best Documentary (Most Informative)

• Silicon Valley Blogger presents 20 Typical Reasons To Sell Your Stock Or Mutual Fund posted at The Digerati Life. You know you’ve made the excuses. Now see why you shouldn’t.

• Andrea Dickson presents The ugly side of penny stock scams posted at Wisebread Financial. Andrea highlights some issues with penny stocks and talks about popular penny stock scams.

• Tom Hanna presents Financial Roadmap February 26 March 2, 2007 posted at Financial Options. Tom tells us what’s coming up this week in the economics world.

• jim presents Don’t Invest In Your Employer posted at My Retirement Blog. Jim gives us some great reasons why you should not invest in your employer in your 401k plan or otherwise.

Best Foreign Film (Sector Specific)

• Craig Higdon presents Effective Real Estate Strategies For Slow Markets posted at Investment Property Insider. Some ideas to get your real estate sold fast, in a cooling market.

• Jacqueline Lloyd presents Gold Production Overview Feb 07 Part 1 posted at Precious Metal Investment. Jacqueline gives us some information about gold supply and demand.

• Michael K. Dawson presents Time to Buy Subprime Lenders - You Gotta be Kidding! posted at Breaking the Shackles of the 9 to 5 | by The Time & Money Group. Michael explains why it’s be silly to invest in subprime lenders.

Best Special Effects (Technical Explanation)

• Ironman presents Approximating Social Security’s Rate of Return posted at Political Calculations. Check it out… Does your rate of return look any good?

• FIRE Finance presents Investing - Asset Allocation - Part 4 posted at FIRE Finance. Great primer on asset allocation!

The Oscar for Best Personal Finance Film goes to Top 10 Money Tips For Almost Everyone!

The Oscar for Best Directing of Investing Advice goes to Before the Crash: Buying Stocks With Debt!

The Oscar for Best Documentary (Most Informative) goes to 20 Typical Reasons To Sell Your Stock Or Mutual Fund!

The Oscar for Best Foreign Film (Sector Specific) goes to Effective Real Estate Strategies For Slow Markets!

The Oscar for Best Special Effects (Technical Explanation) goes to TWO Nominees, in an extremely close race. Approximating Social Security’s Rate of Return and Investing - Asset Allocation - Part 4!!

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