Money Management

Please Don’t Listen to Celebrities for Financial Advice

While superstar athletes may be the worst possible role models when it comes to financial advice, celebrities are not that far behind. For every Jay Leno, who actually does know how to manage his money, there’s a Nicolas Cage (multiple homes in foreclosure, and had to sell his castle) or a Wesley Snipes (tax evasion) [...]

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What’s More Important: An Emergency Fund or Being Debt Free?

Having an emergency fund is one of the most important steps to financial freedom, but if you listen to some personal finance pundits, it’s not as important as being debt free. (Dave Ramsey, I’m looking at you.) When you’re financially free, you’re out of debt and have a 3-6 month emergency fund, but when you’re [...]

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Lessons Learned from a 21-Year-Old Lottery Winner

What would you do if, at the age of 19, you won $1 million on a scratch off lottery ticket? Probably a lot. A vacation here, a donation there, maybe a gift to your closest relatives, and save the rest for the future, right? That’s the situation Louis Jay found himself in two years ago [...]

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Ask the Readers: What’s Your Favorite Personal Finance Book?

As part of our never-ending journey to learn as much as we can about money management, investing and personal finance, you’ve likely read a few books that really taught you something or made you see the topic in a whole new manner. The beautiful thing is that there are so many books to read. The [...]

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How the Intuit Acquisition Has Changed Mint

When Mint.com was acquired by Intuit in September, a number of users and bloggers were worried about how the site would change. Would it become difficult to use? Would the corporate mindset affect Mint’s innovations? Not so, says Aaron Patzer, former Mint CEO and now Intuit’s vice president and general manager of the personal finance [...]

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