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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Money Management: The Amateur Financier

Welcome to week 6 of Money Management by Personal Finance Bloggers! First up, we chatted with Roger of The Amateur Financier. Previous interviews: Poorer Than You, Budgets are $exy, Blunt Money, Mighty Bargain Hunter, Financial Freak Show, PT Money, Moolanomy, No Debt Plan, ToughMoneyLove and Gen X Finance. How do you spend: cash, debit or […]

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Money Management: Poorer Than You

With our second interview of week 5 of Money Management by Personal Finance Bloggers, we’re talking to Stephanie of Poorer Than You. Previous interviews: Budgets are $exy, Blunt Money, Mighty Bargain Hunter, Financial Freak Show, PT Money, Moolanomy, No Debt Plan, ToughMoneyLove and Gen X Finance. How do you spend: cash, debit or credit? I […]

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Money Management: Budgets are Sexy

It’s time to start week 5 of Money Management by Personal Finance Bloggers! Today, we’re speaking with J. Money, who runs Budgets are $exy. Previous interviews: Blunt Money, Mighty Bargain Hunter, Financial Freak Show, PT Money, Moolanomy, No Debt Plan, ToughMoneyLove and Gen X Finance. How do you spend: cash, debit or credit? As much […]

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Money Management: Blunt Money

Continuing week 4 of Money Management by Personal Finance Bloggers, today we’re talking to Blunt Money of BluntMoney.com. Previous interviews: Mighty Bargain Hunter, Financial Freak Show, PT Money, Moolanomy, No Debt Plan, ToughMoneyLove and Gen X Finance. How do you spend: cash, debit or credit? Almost always credit. Do you bank online? How about use […]

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Money Management: Mighty Bargain Hunter

We’re starting week 4 of Money Management by Personal Finance Bloggers, and today we’re talking to Mighty Bargain Hunter, who writes at the site of the same name. Previous interviews: Financial Freak Show, PT Money, Moolanomy, No Debt Plan, ToughMoneyLove and Gen X Finance. How do you spend: cash, debit or credit? Usually credit, sometimes […]

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Money Management: Financial Freak Show

Continuing week 3 of Money Management by Personal Finance Bloggers, today we’re talking to Financia, who writes at Financial Freak Show. Previous interviews: PT Money, Moolanomy, No Debt Plan, ToughMoneyLove and Gen X Finance. How do you spend: cash, debit or credit? I only use debit or cash. Mostly debit but I always carry cash. […]

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Money Management: PT Money

It’s week 3 of our series of Money Management by Personal Finance Bloggers, and today we’re talking to PT Money of the blog of the same name. Previous interviews: Moolanomy, No Debt Plan, ToughMoneyLove and Gen X Finance. How do you spend: cash, debit or credit? I use my debit card most of the time. […]

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Money Management: Moolanomy

In our second interview in the Money Management by Personal Finance Bloggers this week, we’re talking to Pinyo, owner of Moolanomy. (Other interviews: No Debt Plan, ToughMoneyLove and Gen X Finance.) How do you spend: cash, debit or credit? I use cash, EFT, and credit. But for the most part, everything goes on credit cards. […]

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