Several high points this week:
Sustainable Personal Finance hosted the Carnival of Personal Finance this week and kindly included Funny’s speculation about the repercussions of the latest tax break coming our way.
Speaking of the which, MSN Smart Spending accepted the same post, only handsomely edited and much improved by that site’s gifted contributor, Karen Datko.
At the COPF, many admirable pieces appeared. Here are a few I especially enjoyed:
Pat at Compounding Returns came across a pair of graphs that reveals how workers are faring during the depression vis-a-vis their respective levels of education. Despite our overall fears that education is worth about as much as the paper and ink in a diploma, these figures seem to reconfirm the conventional wisdom that education translates to income. This post also offers some smart practical advice about how to navigate financing and selection of institutions.
Here’s something fun: The Penny Hoarder reports on seven really unusual investments that you can buy into for under $100.
Have you suspected that major expenses, expected and unexpected, rain down on your head in clusters? Looks like RJ at GenWealth’s had the same experience. He reflects on the value of having set aside a large cash emergency fund.
PT Money kicks off this week’s Festival of Frugality by nominating a candidate for cheapest man alive. Amazing story! Christmas and winter weather inspired a lot of the contributions to the first FoF of 2011, one of which was about Funny’s serendipitous free carwash.
Writing at WiseBread, Sarah Winfrey suggests seven frugal ways to stay warm.
Sweating the Big Stuff takes issue with a guest poster at Len Penzo and ripostes with eight good reasons why you should donate to charity.
Did you know there are strategies to get you through medical school for (hang onto your hat!) free? Fifty-Plus Finance lists a bunch of them. Extremely interesting!
Ain’t the Internet grand? 
