Weekly list of curated personal finance articles from around the web. The gifts we give our kids (Finding Joy). Nine wonderful lessons on how to raise financially faithful kids. More workers feel stuck on the job (Wall Street Journal). Low job satisfaction and a tight job market is a tough combination. Most Americans expect to […]
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Profitable Ideas: 101 Ways to Save, Impacting Countless Future Generations, and More
Weekly list of curated personal finance articles from around the web. 101 ways anyone can save money (This Evergreen Home). There’s bound to be an idea or two on this list you can use. Clark’s updated way to shop for car rental deals (Clark Howard). Clark’s go-to tips and tools for saving on rental cars. […]
Profitable Ideas: The Trick to Saving Money, Garbage Clothing, and More
Weekly list of curated personal finance articles from around the web. 9 psychological tricks to save you money (This Evergreen Home). Good ideas for turning the tables on the behavioral biases that often steer us off course. The generosity power move that can boost your career (Wall Street Journal). There’s an art to networking so […]
How’s Your Financial Health?
If you were to take your financial life in for an annual check-up, how would it look? To put it in cholesterol terms, would your LDL (debt) be too high? Would your HDL (savings) be too low? Each year, researchers at the University of Southern California and a group called The Financial Health Network use […]
What Matters More — Your Spending Rate or Your Saving Rate?
Those of us who write about money for a living can get a little carried away by some of the nitty-gritty details. That seemed to be the case in a surprisingly impassioned debate that sprang up recently over what a person’s higher priority should be—controlling spending or controlling saving. At first, it seemed kind of […]
Profitable Ideas: Happy Money, A Lifestyle of Generosity, and More
Weekly list of curated personal finance articles from around the web. How much happiness can your salary buy? Researchers can’t agree (Wall Street Journal). “Money matters for happiness, but not enormously.” “No-buy pledge” catches on with TikTokers. Here’s what to know and how to start (CBS Money Watch). It’s a great way to become more […]
An Irrational Financial Act
Of all the things we can do with money, giving it away seems completely, utterly irrational, doesn’t it? After all, we work hard for what we earn. And after paying all the bills and putting a little aside for the future, there just isn’t anything left to give, right? Well, it turns out that generosity […]
Profitable Ideas: Money-Saving Habits, Overcoming Your Fear of Investing, and More
Weekly list of curated personal finance articles from around the web. 10 little shopping habits to help you save money (No Sidebar). I especially like the sixth suggestion. Why you’re scared of investing (and how to overcome it) (Darius Foroux). To be sure, investing can bring fear. Here are some steps to help keep it […]
Lessons From the Mulch Pile – How to Save Money and Build Community Along the Way
Have you ever walked through your neighborhood on a warm day and looked inside other people’s garages? Didn’t the contents look familiar? Didn’t they look remarkably similar to the contents of your own garage? I’m not suggesting that we all start forming communes, but couldn’t we do a better job of sharing? On a memorable […]
Profitable Ideas: Doing Good Work, Long-Term Gains, and More
Weekly list of curated personal finance articles from around the web. The longer I do this, the less I care about results (Ryan Holiday). Doing good work in a world obsessed with followers, likes, and hearts. 4 charts that explain the stock market (A Wealth of Common Sense). Long-terms gains come with plenty of short-term […]