It’s the New Zealand edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance, over at Man Vs. Debt. Along with some fabulous photos from the country, you’ll find a number of personal finance blog posts to enjoy.  Here are a few of the included submissions:

• D4L from Dividends Value presents Optimizing Your Asset Allocation.
• Peter from Bible Money Matters presents 10 Tips To Help Sell Your Home Fast In A Down Market!
• Single Guy Money presents Another Reason to Adjust Your W-4 Withholding
• Brad Chaffee from Enemy Of Debt presents Keys To Effective Money Management – Part 1: Attitude!
• Debt Ninja from Punch Debt In The Face presents Confession: I pay installment fees!

Surburban Dollar hosted the latest carnival of personal finance, with a Punch Out from the Wii theme.  How does a boxing game correspond to personal finance blogs? You’ll have to visit their site to find out! In the meantime, here are a few posts we liked from the carnival:

• Matt at Debt Free Adventure discusses the joy that is Pick Your Own Fruit.
• Jim with Bargaineering has a look at Charity Fraud.
• FFB from freefrombroke.com presents Confessions Of A recovering Spendaholic
• Blogging Banks from Blogging Banks presents Why do you need an emergency fund?
• Dorian Wales from The Personal Financier presents How Should Households Invest? Sharing My Asset Allocation
• Debt Freedom Fighter from Discover Debt Freedom presents What Benefits Can Debt Settlement Offer

The Broke Grad hosted the Carnival of Personal Finance (#193) this week.  It had some very funny Youtube videos to keep you entertained, be sure to check it out.  In addition to the videos, the articles included in the carnival were exceptionally good this week, including:

• Destroy Debt presents Grocery Shopping: Before and After.  Can you really save money with coupons and sales? This experiment will help you decide.
• Money Smart Life presents Job Searching – Find A Job By Building Your Personal Brand.
• DebtKid.com presents Finally Got An Accountant, Should Have Done This a Year Ago.
• Debt Free Destiny presents Understanding Wage Garnishments.
• Discover Debt Freedom presents Can a Debt Settlement Company Review Help Me Choose the Right Company?

This week’s carnival of personal finance is available at Canadian Personal Finance Blog.  Check it out.

Here are a few articles I particularly enjoyed:

• Dollar Frugal presents Super-Savings Mode – Food on Travel,
• Money Smart Life queries Valentines Day Flowers a Rip Off
• Broke in the City presents Why I rent instead of buying a home
• My Journey to Millions presents Work at Home Scams on the Rise