Reading for Your Week: New Year Edition

Happy New Year, all! I can’t believe it’s already 2012. I know that it is already January 9, but this is also the first roundup I do in the new year. 🙂

Did you enjoy the holidays and the new year?

Here are some recent posts at Invest It Wisely that you may have missed:

• 5 Mistakes Which Could Be Stopping You From Achieving Financial Success
• Book Review and Giveaway Part Two: Millionaire Teacher: The Nine Rules of Wealth You Should Have Learned in School
• Congrats to the Winners of the $300 Christmas Charity Giveaway!
• Do You Really Want To Know How Much Others Make?
• Happy New Year! A Review of 2011.
• How to Make Money from Renewable Energy
• Making $30,000 from Blogging in 2012: Joining the $30k Challenge
• My Personal Goals for 2012
• Recap of Personal Goals for 2011
• Zeitgeist 2011

Reading for your week

Blogging

• December 2011 Blog Statistics and Income Update PLUS 2011 Annual Totals (Budgeting in the Fun Stuff)

Carnivals

• Best of the Best Personal Finance Investing Blog Posts of 2011 (Arbor Asset Allocation Model Portfolio Blog)
• Canadian Finance Carnival #68 (Canadian Finance Blog)
• Canadian Finance Carnival #69 (Canadian Finance Blog)
• Carnival Of Financial Camaraderie # 13 – Christmas Edition (My University Money)
• Carnival of Financial Camaraderie #14 (My University Money)
• Carnival Of Financial Camaraderie #15 (Boomer and Echo)
• Carnival of Financial Planning – Edition #216 – December 23, 2011 (The Skilled Investor)
• Carnival of Financial Planning – Edition #217 – December 30, 2011 (The Skilled Investor)
• Totally Money Carnival: First Foot into 2012 (Help Me to Save)

Government

• Canada is More Economically Free Than the U.S. (Financial God)

Investing

• 2011 Year End Investing Survey (The Passive Income Earner)
• A Chat With Vanguard Canada: Part 1 (Canadian Couch Potato)
• Building Your Perfect Investment (Couple Money)
• Dividend Growth Index Q1 Results (My Own Advisor)
• Portfolio Update: 2011 Results (Beating The Index)
• Stock Picking Contest: 4 Stocks to Buy in 2012 (Beating The Index)

Miscellaneous

• Incandescent Lightbulbs Are Banned! Here is How You Can Work Around the Ban. (Financial God)
• Patri Friedman Talks About Free Cities and Seasteading on the John Stossel Show (Financial God)
• Travel Journal: Brazilian Traffic (101 Centavos)
• What If You Want to Work Far Away After College? (Green Panda Treehouse)

Motivation

• Are We Defined by Our Mistakes? (So Over Debt)
• Waking Up to Reality (World of Finance)
• You Are In Control (Consumerism Commentary)

Personal Finance

• A financially responsible 2012 (Smart Wealth)
• APR vs. APY (Net Worth Journey)
• Creating A Passive Income With a System (Creating a Passive Income)
• I don’t care what you do with your money. (Thirty Six Months)

Real Estate

• How To Buy A House Without Mortgaging an Arm and A Leg (Yes, I Am Cheap)
• My Plan To Help the Housing Market (Everyday Tips and Thoughts)
• Should you buy a home in this economy? (Aaron Hung)

 Technology

• Technology: The Impact of Personal Drones (Online Investing AI)

Have a great week, everyone!