This week I have the pleasure of hosting the Yakezie Carnival. The Yakezies are a group of up-and-coming personal finance bloggers who are working together to improve one another’s blogs and make some internet friends along the way.
I’ve always been interested in how countries handle money, so this week’s carnival will take a look at different currencies from around the world.
Enjoy some quality posts, and I hope you learn something about money you never knew before!
Euros - .74 = $1
Eliminate the Muda – Health Care For Kids When You Can’t Afford It!
Not Made of Money – How to Save Money When Buying Plane Tickets
Free From Broke – Home Costs To Consider
Money Help for Christians – Exploring Credit Card Fanaticism
Australian Dollars – 1.077 = $1
Learn Save Invest – Investing Isn’t About Being Sexy
The Millionaire Nurse Blog – Improve Your Money Management: 10 Reasons to Start Now!
Narrow Bridge – A Look at Personal Financial Statements
Little House in the Valley – Are Lazy People Dumb?
Chinese Yuan – 6.8 = $1
Financial Samurai – The Curse Of Making Too Much Money And Not Pursuing Your Dreams
Cool to be Frugal – Why the Waste?
Clarifinancial – Should You Buy Life Insurance at Work?
Budgeting in the Fun Stuff – BFS Way to Diagnose Your Financial Health
Russia’s Rubles – 29.1 = $1
Personal Finance by the Book – Upcoming Tax Changes and What They Mean to You
Car Insurance Comparison – How to Find Cheap Car Insurance
Rainy Day Saver – Obsessive Personalities: Debt & Debt Repayment
Frugal Zeitgeist – A Budget Egypt Vacation
Malaysian Ringgits – 3.18 = $1
Evolution of Wealth – 7 Ways Permanent Life Insurance Isn’t Permanent
Canadian Finance Blog – Meet The Money Mavens Network
Money Reasons – Choose the perfect location to raise your family
One Money Design – Ways to Improve Your Finances (Part 1)
Japanese Yen – 94.2 = $1
Redeeming Riches – 5 Things Dora the Explorer Teaches Us About Personal Financial Planning
151 Days Off – Day 29: Who Wants to Live in a Small Tropical Island?
Deliver Away Debt -Newton’s First Law of Debt Reduction
Thanks for reading and make sure to check out next week’s carnival at Little House in the Valley!
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Thanks for the mention!
Of those currencies, I’ve never seen any of the currency after the Chinese Yuan! Pretty fascinating group!
I also didn’t realize that it takes 94.2 Yen to equal 1 dollar!
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Austin Reply:
April 26th, 2010 at 7:39 pm
It was 89 about a month ago. The fluctuations are crazy to follow along with.
Thanks for taking part!
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Thanks for the link. Currencies have been crazy in the last two years (what hasn’t been?). What are your thoughts on the US dollar – increase in value or decrease?
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Austin Reply:
April 26th, 2010 at 8:15 pm
Well, since the majority of my money is in Yen, I hope it tanks in the short-term, but evens out in about 1-3 years, haha.
In all reality, being in Japan has showed me that I have no idea why currencies go one way or the other and to try to predict that would be me lying to myself.
Sorry I couldn’t do better than that!
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Great job hosting the carnival!
The Canadian dollar is hovering around parity with the US right now. That’s great when I want to shop online, not so great for my blog income that mostly in US dollars!
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Awesome carnival! People have been talking about how the new $100 bill looks like play money but it still looks nowhere near as colorful as these currencies.
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Hey Austin, awesome twist on the carnival.
I would be interested in knowing how much a loaf of bread and a pint of beer is in each of those currencies…. I may write a post on the subject, could be fun.
Thanks for the link.
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Austin,
Great theme (and pics) for the Carnival. Thanks for hosting and making it
fun and a learning experience. International currency is colorful!
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Love the theme! I guess I knew em all except for the Russian Ruble :)
Thanks for hosting and doing the sign up thing. I think that’s very helpful.
Rgds, Sam
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Thanks for hosting – nice job on the theme!!
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Love the theme! Thanks for hosting!
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Great pictures. I lived in China a couple years ago and the Yuan was at 10 to 1 US Dollar. That’s quite a change for 2 years.
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Great Carnival. Love the layout and spacing! Makes easy reading. Appreciate your including me.
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Yoo hoo, go Aussie!
Thanks for the mention, Austin.
Aussie was 1.50 to 1 USD last year but the turnaround has been pretty dramatic.
We’ll see what’s in store for this year. I’m buying USD and EUR to keep and travel.
Great pictures!
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Thanks for the mention! What great pics. Next week I’m introducing a new reading themacit unit: money. These gave me some ideas of world-wide currency!
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Gotta love the Yakezies.
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Great job on the carnival. Love the money money money theme!
Thanks for catching my last minute entry!
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