Welcome to the 9th edition of the Money Hackers Carnival. The name of this carnival is normally the “Money Hacks” carnival, but I modified it a bit this week to fit the my “Hacker” theme.
First up we have my all time favourite hacker from the “Nightmare on Elm Street” series – Freddy Krueger.

Best Hackers (Editor’s picks)
- Not The Jet Set gives some excellent directions on building your own rain barrel. It has got detailed instructions, pictures and everything.
- Chief Family Officer has some good alternatives to buying lottery tickets. I’ve always been a fan of buying tickets for smaller draws where your odds are much better than a lottery.
- Paid Twice offers some suggestions for your economic stimulus check.
- Blueprint For Prosperity makes an excellent case for a 30 year mortgage over a 15 year mortgage.
- Squawkfox says that free stuff is for the birds. Usually “free” stuff has a big catch!
Next up is a hacker who also likes to play hockey – Jason! You know him from the “Friday the 13th” movies.

Best slashers
- Moolanomy has some great tips for college students to keep their spending under control.
- Can I Get Rich On A Salary is not going to listen to the “rich” when deciding whether to invest in real estate.
- My Dollar Plan had a timely post on online backup services. I’ve looked for something like this in the past but never took the plunge.
- The Personal Financier talks about saving $3000 in one hour.
- Free Money Finance says you should budget by year, not by month.
- Finance Gets Personal explains how being chronically late costs her money.
- Master Your Card writes about the new credit card “bill of rights” proposed by Barrack Obama.
- Debt Free Revolution explains why you don’t get your EPA fuel economy MPG.
- Mrs. Nespy’s world has a list of items that you should only buy new.
Halloween is a really fun time of year for me, especially because I can watch Michael (no relation) do his thing on the tube.

Best ghosts and goblins
- Sound Money Matters has some advice for reducing prescription drug costs.
- The Money Kings urges you to go out and buy a GPS today!
- Single Guy Money set up a special savings account to save for a couple of special luxuries. Maybe you can comment and try to talk him out of the $359 sunglasses he wants.
- Help My Cash Grow writes that retirement is not for everyone.
- Northern Cheapskate wonders if Upromise is worth it?
- Know The Ledge says to stay the course with your investments.
- Cash Money Life wants to know if it’s better to get a tax refund or owe money?
- Millionaire Money Habits has some ideas about how kids can make money.
- Prime Time Money has the connections for free razor samples.
- Free From Broke talks about their new cell phone plan.
- Save and conquer says that turning off the furnace pilot light can save you $75 per year. Bring on the caviar!
I know what you posted about last week!

Best fish stories
- The Family CEO says she makes extra money on eBay.
- My Daily Dollars shows how to get wedding invitations for half the cost. Inviting half as many guests is my suggestion.
- Fire Finance covers some basic energy saving tips.
- Financial tips has some frugal grocery shopping tips.
- Financial zip shows the way to financial independence.
- Joshua Lien has plenty of shopping tips to save you money.
- The Shark Investor writes about passive investing vs. growing assets.
- Greener Pastures like to dream about her trust fund.
- KC Lau thinks he can identify the hot stocks of tomorrow.
Thanks a lot to all the contributors of this carnival!
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Thanks for hosting and including my post.
Great carnival this week and very clever with the “Scream Edition”, Freddy’s my all-time fav too (except I despise Freddy vs Jason).
Thanks for including my article “Retirement Is Not For Everyone”
Thanks for hosting! And thanks for posting my Trust Fund Fantasy article!
Love your theme. Thanks for including my post.
Thanks for including me!
Great carnival, great theme … even though neither Jason nor Michael Meyers said much LOL They left the witty repartee to Freddy.
Thanks for including my submission 🙂 Two things scarier than your ghouls: gas prices and this sinus cold I now have!
Cool – thanks so much for the Editor’s Pick selection! And thank you for hosting a fun carnival – I hope you feel better soon!
Great theme! I’m quite excited to be part of the “Jason” and “Best Slashers” team… just because of my sharing of Jason’s interest in compounding, of course. But he also has the best picture, I think, since it is the only one that looks like it could leap off the screen. Thanks for the inclusion!
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Great theme this week! Thanks for hosting!
Thanks for including me as an editor pick! …Although you have it under David:)
Great job hosting! This brings back a few memories. 🙂
Love the theme…you really made it work! Thanks for the inclusion.
Mike, excellent job with the carnival. Thank you!
Talk about a shocker. That first Freddy picture got me this morning. Yikes.
Great theme. Thanks for hosting.
Mike, I agree with some of the others, that picture of Freddy really creaped me out! (I do like the idea of slashing costs, though.)
Thanks for including my post.
You guys really know how to put on a show. KUDOS. Thank you so much for listing me as an Editor’s Pick! I have linked back via: Carnivals.