It has been a while since I hosted a carnival so I volunteered to help with the May 5th edition. There were quite a few good entries and then your usual hodgepodge of articles. Many which I did not enjoy because they were too much information. So I am separating my picks from the rest to make it easier for your reading pleasure.

Editor’s Pick

Raag Vamdatt’s Real Estate Investment

Free Stock Market Investing Tips’ Why I Sold My Apple Shares Today

Leaving The Folks’ Creating a budget

The Personal Financier’s How To Make Saving More Rewarding and Tangible : 5 Practical Tips

The Office Diet’s 17 ingredients, 6 sandwiches, 10 days of fantastic, healthy, lunches

And the rest of the entries…

Debt Prison’s Why Americans Can’t Afford Credit

The Skilled Investor’s The Financial Services Industry Is Still The Largest S&P 500 Sector - Even after the Collapse of its Stock Value.

Finance Tips 101’s The Pros and Cons of Personal Loans

Best No Load Mutual Fund’s Avoid Large Actively Managed Mutual Funds

The Writer’s Coin’s Dream Job

You Might As Well Burn $5!’s Financial Doublethink: A Rambling Rant

Debt Free’s Debt Relief - Do Settlement, Counseling or Debt Relief Programs Really Work?

Christian PF’s How to make a budget

Short-Term Trading’s 4 Tips to Properly Save for Your Retirement

FIRE Finance’s TIPS for Inflation and Deflation

Financial Zip’s 3 Steps to a Lower Interest Rate

No Debt Anymore’s 7 Common Sense Tips to Eliminate Credit Card Debt

Until Debt Do Us Part’s Up to your eyeballs in debt - so what?

Pasenda Financial Planner’s Asset Allocation, Investment Asset Tax Location, and Emergency Cash Management

CMOE’s Strategy in Commodities

The Eclectic Female’s How To Talk About Money With Your Partner

KCLau’s Insurance Planning Guide for Malaysians

401k Look Up’s 401k Plans for a Small Business Owner

Pinching Copper’s Buying car tires online

Creditor Web’s Understanding Frozen Credit