Hello and welcome Volume 8 of the Personal Finance News Carnival.  Here at Peak Personal Finance, we’ve been busy lately updating our blog theme and layout — please be sure to submit a comment and let us know how you like the new look!  We hope you enjoy the personal finance articles below as much as we did.

Education

SpendOnLife.com presents Hot Financial Trends: Finovate 2009 posted at SpendOnLife.

MoneyNing presents Lifestyle Inflation Is About More Than You posted at Money Ning, saying, “Lifestyle inflation is real and scary. Be careful or it is more than you who will pay the price.”

Investing

Four Pillars presents Beginning Investment Strategies to Avoid posted at Quest For Four Pillars, saying, “Some investment strategies that beginners should avoid (and probably everyone else too).”

ABC presents Value Investing posted at ABCs of Investing, saying, “A short and simple explanation of value investing.”

Jae Jun presents Warren Buffett Stock Picks Fair Value | Old School Value posted at Old School Value, saying, “Part 4 of Warren Buffett stock portfolio analyzed with stock valuation.”

Dividend Tree presents Raw Deal for Kraft Shareholders posted at Dividend Tree, saying, “To me, it is immaterial whether KFT increases its dividends or not, it is immaterial whether this acquisition goes through or not. KFT management has shown lack of vision by going after and overpaying (or over offering) for 2% revenue growth.”

stock investing tips presents Stock Investing Tips �C 3 Different Stocks for 3 Different Strategies posted at stock investing tips.

Investing School presents TradeKing vs OptionsXpress – Online Stock Broker Comparison posted at Investing School, saying, “TradeKing and OptionsXpress are both great brokers and here’s why you should look at either.”

MoneyNing presents How to Make a Roth IRA Conversion posted at Money Ning, saying, “Pretty soon, everyone will be allowed to convert do a Roth IRA conversion. Is it worth it and what’s the process?”

SurlyTrader presents Covered Call Options as Investment Strategies posted at SurlyTrader, saying, “Covered Call options can dramatically increase investment returns.”

Real Estate

BWL presents Could the Homebuyer tax credit be increased to $15,000? posted at Christian Personal Finance, saying, “Apparently the government was pleased with the results of the $8000 tax credit and are considering extending it and raising it!”

Saving

Big Larry presents Five Phone Calls To Help You Save Money posted at Out of Debt Christian, saying, “Lock yourself in a quiet room, pick up the phone and see how much you can save. You may dread making these calls, but they will put money back into your pocket!”

oneadvice presents 5 Fast Ways to Save Money without even Realising! posted at One Advice, saying, “Want to save money? Want to not even realise that you are doing it… because it is that simple? This article explains all.”

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