On the Moneyed Midways - June 27, 2009

Welcome to the Saturday, June 27, 2009 edition of On the Moneyed Midways, the one place you can count on each week to bring you the best of what we found in the world of business and money-related blog carnivals!

Long-time readers will know that we don't have late editions of OMM. No-sir-ee! Instead, we have "special" editions of OMM!

Of course, our "special" editions are in no way really distinguishable from our "regular" editions, but it sure sounds a lot better than "late!"

But we're late enough as it is, so let's get onto the best posts we found in the week that was!..."

On the Moneyed Midways for June 27, 2009
Carnival	Post	Blog	Comments
Carnival of Debt Reduction	Foreclosure Problems Arrive at the Superprime Demographic	DebtGoal	Raj Patel finds that foreclosure just isn't a subprime problem any more, as even those with excellent credit scores are getting squeezed by falling home prices.
Carnival of Personal Finance	16 Year Old Skips the Last Two Years of High School to Play Professional Baseball	The Happy Rock	16-year old Bryce Harper may very well have big-league talent, but the Happy Rock argues he doesn't seem to have big-league brains. Of course, we're talking about baseball where the IQ requirements aren't the same as for football or basketball….
Carnival of HR	Lessons from the Rise and Fall of Delta Airlines	Three Star Leadership	Ron Allen earned a reputation as being one of the worst CEOs ever in airline history. Wally Bock relives how Delta went from astute management to becoming "ham-handed and clumsy…."
Carnival of Real Estate	Loosen Up, Look Around, Sell Your Town	Real Estate Blog Lab	Dave Smith argues it pays for real estate agents to hype the communities where they do business.
Carnival of the Capitalists	The Young Entrepreneur Myth	Infectious Greed	Everyone thinks that entrepreneurs are most often found in the young. Paul Kedrosky graphically presents the findings of a Kauffman Foundation study that confirms that entrepreneurism isn't really a young person's game….
Festival of Frugality	The Three Levels of Frugality	Fabulously "Broke"	Hell may have nine levels, but FB identifies the 3 that classify the frugal! Absolutely essential reading!
Festival of Stocks	Smart Balance: It's Like Buttah… Maybe	The Reformed Broker	Joshua M. Bell reviews the business and brands of Smart Balance (SMBL) and generally likes what he finds.
Money Hacks Carnival	What Happens in an IRA Stays in the IRA	Wandering Tax Pro	Tax preparer Robert D. Flach really, really doesn't need to know what happened inside your IRA last year. Really. He explains what he really wants to know about your IRA in The Best Post of the Week, Anywhere!

Previous Editions

• OMM's Running Index for 2008
  
• OMM's Running Index for 2007
  
• The Best Blogs Found in 2006 (and our full 2006 index)!