May is the month of graduation for many students. In Duckburg, Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck are graduating from Duckburg High School. Uncle Scrooge was undeniably proud. As a savvy money manager (with his whole vault of gold), Uncle Scrooge decided to share some money lessons with his grand-nephews.
“Now listen up boys, these are Scrooge McDuck’s money lessons (Saving Money Today). If you listen to them, they will be worth their weight in gold!” Scrooge quacked.
“First, avoid unsustainable debt. If you don’t get into debt, you won’t ever have to worry about getting out of debt (Smart on Money). But all of us will make mistakes along the way, and that’s okay. As you grow older, you may think, “what I would have liked to have known before I was 18” (Little House in the Valley). But what’s important is that you learn from your actions and then set out to make the best possible decisions for the future.
Only use credit cards responsibly for the rewards (Learn Save Invest) and pay above the minimum for credit card payments (Personal Finance by the Book). If your card increases the interest rate on you, negotiate (Rainy Day Saver).
As for duckmobiles, buy a used car (Invest It Wisely) if you can, and try to lower your car insurance costs (Find the Best Car Price). I, ahem, only drive a Duck Royce, but that’s because I have the financial means to do so.
It’s good to have a written budget (Deliver Away Debt), that way you can see where you need to save money. Don’t forget to look at both big and small ways of saving money: look up cheaper ways to grocery shop (Not Made of Money) and watch TV on the cheap (Money Help for Christians) for example, but also pay attention to your first time home buyer loans (Redeeming Riches).
Never stop learning – keep your eyes open for opportunities, they might be in community lending or the stock market (Narrow Bridge), or an area of the market that is as yet undiscovered. 
And when it comes time that you will have little ducklings of your own, make sure you have adequate life insurance (Free From Broke).
But the final lesson is that money should be spent and enjoyed. My personal pleasure is to dive into a vault of gold coins and luxuriate in the fact that I am the richest duck in the world! But, er, if your passions are traveling to unusual destinations (Engineer Your Finance) or arts, that’s good too. Just remember to make time for what you love.”
Uncle Scrooge finished delivering his nuggets of wisdom, then realized that Huey, Dewey, and Louie have fallen asleep! Oops. Uncle Scrooge sighed… then decided to turn his three (not-so-little) ducks on the personal finance blogs so that they can learn the same lessons that ol’ Uncle Scrooge is trying to teach them.
image source: wikipedia.org & about.com
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Awesome carnival as story! Thank you.
Cute theme Well Heeled. I use to watch Duck Tails all the time
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Thanks for including me…and great idea to use a Scrooge McDuck speech for a theme! I love it!
Your post is what gave me the idea so… thank YOU.
I thought this post was awesome! I loved the Ducktales growing up and since I've been a financial coach I've never thought of Scrooge in that light..or at all. He really is a great money manager huh?!
I loved the voice here and the advice was on point. I always enjoy seeing great personality and color coming through in the messages that we spread, like mine over athttp://www.financiallydigital.com (shamless plug 
) I am still smiling over those pic's that go with the article nice way to bring some attention to the financial planning process in a very fresh way.
Thanks for featuring me! I also really like the way that you embed the links in the post; MUCH better than simply dumping a vertical list of links, not just for regular readers (who actually bothers looking at a simple list of 20 links? I know my eyes usually glaze over them if not even a simple description is offered), but for SEO as well.
Thanks for entering. Glad you liked it.
Thanks for the mention….I'm a big duck tales fan!
Thanks for the inclusion! Great carnival. I miss Duck Tales…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frGLMtGsotc
Classic. Thanks for the clip.
Ha ha, very entertaining, great carnival…. been tweeted.
What a creative way to host the Yakezie carnival…Kudos to you! Thanks for mentioning my post BTW. I like how you included it.
This is an awesome roundup idea! Great job! I too, used to watch Duck Tales in my earlier years. (actually I would probably watch them again happily if it still came on.) LOL
I watched them every morning before elementary school.. they were the best part of weekday mornings.
Clever spin, nice blend!
Reading it reminded me of my family's Disney Trip… Maybe I will go again soon after all (maybe 2 years, I think I'll hold off on Hawaii)…
Great Carnival story. I forgot how much I used to like old Scrooge and his nephews when I was a kid. Thanks for the include!
Being a dragon, we tend to share similar experiences to that fabled cartoon of Scrooge McDuck. Though my hoard certainly isn't as remotely plentiful as his, the principles of wealth generation are almost identical.
Though where the difference lays, is that Scrooge generated his wealth through creative tenacity. As a dragon, I'm developing my hoard through due diligence; the prudence of spending my money and time on income generating assets. But I believe both sides of the fence are just means to an end, no? <3
good stuff.
This is one of my best cartoon serial i used to watch . Scrooge McDuck knew that "every thins that glitter is not gold" , so used his brain to make money .This is what we have to follow in our life i.e before doing any thing we have 2 be careful , because in the beginning all looks good n we feel good to do that .but at the end we get to know iyts drawback