Weekly Roundup Independence Day Edition

I hope everyone had a safe and fun 4th! My wife and I went to a friend’s house out in the country where we had a grill out with a pot luck, a keg of beer for the adults, water guns and water balloons for the kids, and over $1,000 worth of fireworks for everyone. What a great time!

In honor of Independence Day, the Carnival of Financial Goals – Financial Freedom Edition was held at Military Finance Network. There were a lot of great entries, and I recommend checking it out if you haven’t read it yet.

This Month’s Top Referring Sites: A sincere thanks to everyone who sent traffic my way this month. I can’t thank each of you individually, but I appreciate it nonetheless. These are the top 10 referring sites from June:

• My Money Blog
• I’ve Paid For This Twice Already
• Frugal Dad
• My Dollar Plan
• Moolanomy
• My Two Dollars
• Free Money Finance
• Military Finance Network
• Being Frugal
• Gather Little By Little

This week’s top articles from my reader:

• Pinyo shares his illustrated REAL Wealth Building Framework. This has to be one of the coolest blog posts I’ve seen in a long time!
• David has tips on How To Fix A Mistake On Your Credit Report.
• Kevin defines passive streams of income.
• Gather Little by Little celebrates its one year anniversary. Congrats, Gibble!
• Mrs. Micah writes tells us what Financial Independence means to her.
• The Dough Roller says Roth 401k — Why these retirement plans may be bad for your wealth.
• Punny Money asks the age old question: A Formal Dilemma: Should You Rent Or Buy A Tuxedo?.
• Are You Under the Influence? Lynnae asks if you are. And you probably are.
• The Wisdom Journal has The Truth About Your Credit Score (from an expert). This is a very interesting read if you want to know how to improve your credit score.
• Silicon Valley Blogger says she is “Proud To Be An American Says This First Generation Immigrant.”
• Interested in P2P lending? Check out Kiva. deepali shares her story about doing good from the comfort of your own home: kiva edition. Very inspiring stuff.
• Steve asks will the government raid Roth IRAs? I don’t know, but it is certainly something to think about.
• Broke Grad Student shares a George Carlin Tribute – Finance Jokes.
• Kevin from No Debt Plan says to Ditch the SUV and Scoot Your Way to Gas Savings. That might work for a lot of people, but it’s definitely a personal decision.
• Paidtwice is writing her will for free: Writing A Will, Online Style She found out about this from Jonathan at My Money Blog (read more), which is where I found out about it. Thanks, Jonathan!
• Randall from Credit Withdrawal tells you Why Your Boss Won’t Let You Telecommute.

This week’s Carnivals:

• The Carnival of Personal Finance, #159: The First Zero-Emissions City was hosted at Greener Pastures: Personal Finance. My article, Don’t Buy Too Much Company Stock, was included. My article, Military Discounts, was included from my other site, Military Finance Network.
• Festival of Frugality #132 – “Frugal is, as Frugal does” edition. was hosted at Budgets are Sexy. My article,  $200 Free Groceries, Over Halfway There, was included. My article, Military Discounts, was included from my other site, Military Finance Network.
• The Money Hacks Carnival #19: The Independence Edition was hosted at Sound Money Matters. My article, Netflix free trial, was included.

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