On the Moneyed Midways - July 6, 2007

Welcome to this Friday, July 6, 2007 edition of On the Moneyed Midways, the blogosphere's only review of the best posts from the best of the week's major business and money-related blog carnivals!

Every week, we read hundreds of blog posts contributed to dozens of money and business-related blog carnivals, seeking out the very best posts in each carnival. The best post we find wins the title of being The Best Post of the Week, Anywhere!^(TM) Posts that come near that level are awarded the title of being Absolutely essential reading!^(TM)

We don't have much to say this week, so let's just get right to it. The best posts of the week that was are below....

On the Moneyed Midways for July 6, 2007
Carnival	Post	Blog	Comments
Carnival of Fraud	Who Buys Fake Goods? Plus How to Spot Counterfeit Products	The Digerati Life	The Silicon Valley Blogger identifies the most-likely buyers of counterfeit goods and knock-offs and offers tips for how to spot these often pirated products.
Carnival of Money Stories	When Buying a Car with a Credit Card Makes Cents	Marc and Angel	Should you buy your next car with plastic? Marc and Angel show how a combination of reward benefits and introductory rate deals might put you ahead on the transaction.
Carnival of Taxes	The Different Forms of Taxes	Money Walks	How many different kinds of taxes are there? Money Walks takes us through the long list, and even compares taxes paid by single people or married couples with two kids in many countries. Absolutely essential reading!
Carnival of the Capitalists	How Long, oh CEO	Three Star Leadership	Wally Bock observes that where companies find their CEOs has a big effect on how long they keep their CEOs.
Carnival of Trust	Agreement and Trust	Dangerously Irrelevant	Scott McLeod reflects on management expert Peter Block's tools for evaluating and strengthening a leader's relationships with the essential people around them. The Best Post of the Week, Anywhere!
Cavalcade of Risk	Does Sarbanes-Oxley Stop Risk-Taking?	SOX First	Leon Gettler documents a University of Pittsburgh study that found that since the Sarbanes-Oxley law took effect, many US companies changed their risk-taking behavior, choosing to hoard cash instead of investing in R&D and new products.
Festival of Stocks	Is Sears the Next Berkshire Hathaway?	Wealth Building Lessons	Or, to ask a slightly different question, is Eddie Lampert the next Warren Buffett? The Wealth Builder discusses how non-multimillionaires might be able to join in on the Sears Holdings' CEO's investment strategies.
Small Business Issues	Cutting Through the Hype and Lies About Internet Marketing	Integrity Business Blog	Terry Dean argues that successfully marketing your Internet-based business is hard work that involves three things: finding a market, offering something the people in the market want, and constantly testing to find what works.

Previous Editions

• OMM's Running Index for 2007
  
• The Best Blogs Found in 2006 (and our full 2006 index)!