Given that most everyone was busy celebrating Christmas on Friday, I waited to do my “weekend reading” post until today. I had articles in two carnivals last week. Here they are:

• Carnival of Personal Finance – Tithing in the Bible: Summary

 

• Money Hacks Carnival – ETFs Can Be a Terrible Choice for Monthly Investors

       I’m also changing the format of these weekend reading posts. I used to highlight just one good article. But the problem is I find more than just one good article a week. So now you’ll see a list of my favorite articles from the past week.

• Money Help for Christian’s November Special Report was released recently. If you haven’t done it yet, you should sign up to receive those special reports. You’ll get monthly highlights from multiple Christian personal finance blogs including Provident Planning.

 

• Trent at The Simple Dollar asks How Much Life Insurance Do You Really Need?

 

• Lazy Man and Money highlights the top 10 sneakiest business tricks.

 

• Kyle at Amateur Asset Allocator talks about changing your oil every 3,000 miles and 5 other car-care myths.

 

• Five Cent Nickel asks can you retire with a million dollars?

 

• Mike at The Oblivious Investors explains asset allocation for beginners.

 

• Mighty Bargain Hunter discusses why not getting a COLA can be a good thing.

 

• Five Cent Nickel asks when should you use your emergency fund?

 

• Kyle at Amateur Asset Allocator highlights Morningstar’s manager of the year nominees and why you shouldn’t care.

 

• Pete at Bible Money Matters shares his experience of using social media to get good customer service.

 

• Craig at Money Help for Christians wrote a great article asking how can Christians find a right savings balance?

 

• Stew at Gather Little by Little shares financial challenges from Proverbs 22.

 

• Jim at Bargaineering gave us 10 quick ecofriendly things you can do right now.

 

• Matt at Debt Free Adventure points out how you can save money buying sale items in bulk.

 

• Mike at The Oblivious Investor raises a good point about the best bond fund or ETF.

 

• Craig at Money Help for Christians had a guest post at Christian Personal Finance on how to avoid work at home scams.

       Have a great week!

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