IBN Festival #16

Welcome to the 16th edition of the Investors Blog Network (IBN) Festival! The IBN Festival is a bi-weekly showcase of the very best articles submitted by IBN members. I hope you enjoy the articles in this edition.

Jason Elder presents Ways To Quickly Recover From Bankruptcy posted at A Bankruptcy Lawyer's Blog, saying, "If you are looking to recover from bankruptcy, there are a number of things you can do to speed up the process."

Aaron Wakling presents Repair Credit Score - 12 Top Rated Secrets posted at The Credit & Credit Card Blog, saying, "Do you know how much damage a poor credit score can do?"

Eric Hudin presents Tax Help - Creative Use of the Roth IRA in Estate Planning posted at My Estate Planning Career Blog, saying, "Parents must give serious thought to protecting their family through creative estate planning. While life insurance and trusts should be a part of every plan, Roth IRAs can be an elegant tool you can use to pass some of your wealth to your children on a tax-free basis."

Allen Taylor presents Overcoming Trading Fears posted at Investing World Today, saying, "It’s been said that trading is 90% emotional, and 10% technical."

Tim Ramsey presents Financial Freedom Is Not Just About Being Debt Free posted at My Debt Relief Blog, saying, "Financial freedom is a bit of a misnomer. Having financial freedom is defined as being in a place in your life where you no longer have to work to pay for your living expenses. To me, having financial freedom is more about time than money. What could be better than having the time to do what you want without having to work?"

Eric Stanley presents 10 Ways to Keep Your Holiday Spending in Check posted at Personal Finance Blog Articles, saying, "Everyone vows that this year they are going to shop early and stay within their budget; but to avoid the post-holiday hangover they need more than just good intentions. They have to make a plan for holiday spending and stick to it. Here are 10 tips to keep holiday spending in line-"

Thomas Humes presents Are You Habitually Losing Money? posted at Wealth Building World, saying, "Psychologists tell us that up to 90% of our behavior is habitual. If you have a habit of letting your receivables get overdue, which is one of the most common unsuccessful habits, you will always get a predictable result. Negative habits breed negative consequences."

Business & Economy

Silicon Valley Blogger presents 3 Ways To Fund Your Business: How To Finance A Startup For The Best Growth posted at The Digerati Life, saying, "Thank you!"

David presents How to use this Blog to help you Start your own Business posted at Gaizer.com, saying, "This blog was written to help entrepreneurs find the “technical” information to help them start their own business. This post will be the index of this blog, and it will be updated as I ad more information."

David presents Introduction to Business Lines of credit, how this loan can help you solve your Working Capital needs posted at Gaizer.com, saying, "With a line of credit, you can make use of monies up to a maximum amount set by the bank. You pay interest only on the amount that you use."

Investing & Stocks

Pinyo Bhulipongsanon presents Why It’s Better to Cut Your Losses Early posted at Moolanomy, saying, "A simple mathematical demonstration to show that "cut your losses early" are wise words."

FIRE Getters presents Zecco Share Is Now Open! posted at FIRE Finance.

FIRE Getters presents Tax FREE Money Market Mutual Funds! posted at FIRE Finance.

Ray Chong presents Protecting Profits - The Art Of The Trailing Stop posted at Trading Tips, Strategies and Insights.

Alex Fotopoulos presents 5 Reasons Naked Put Selling Beats Covered Call Selling posted at My Trader's Journal, saying, "5 reasons it makes more sense to sell naked puts than only covered calls."

Sam presents Stock Investing With Warren Buffett. Investment Advice From a Billionaire. posted at Surfer Sam and Friends, saying, "Warren Buffett, billionaire investor, businessperson and philanthropist, is often called the "Sage of Omaha" or the "Oracle of Omaha." He is well known as the second or third richest man in the world, behind Bill Gates of Microsoft. His timeless philosophy of value investing has proven relevant and profitable in all types of markets and financial environments."

Matthew Paulson presents When It Comes to Investing, There’s No Free Lunch posted at Getting Green.

MrMike presents Looking at the QQQQ in a Larger Time Frame 103007 posted at Online Stock Trading | Stock Trading Online.

TheWild1 presents Accepting Other's Methods posted at TheWild1, saying, "You should be open-minded when coming across other people's stock investing methods"

Steve Faber presents - How Federal Taxes Affect Your Retirement Accounts posted at DebtBlog.

Personal Finance

Alex Schoenfeldt presents posted at Advice Network Founders Blog, saying, "Our contests gives you a chance to win a MacBook, and it promotes your business too. Your article will be a good inbound link, and if you blog about this, let me know and I will link to you from my blog too.

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Larry Russell presents Diversify To Avoid Investment Fraud posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR Blog, saying, "Stories about investment fraud often seem to include the phrase "his or her life savings." There should never be a moment during your lifetime when your life savings are not heavily diversified across many investment vehicles and firms."

Ryan Russell presents Map Out Your Financial Future posted at Care on Credit, saying, "Learn to balance your income statement and understand how your future cash flow will be 6 months, 12 months and 3 years from now."

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