Weekly roundup of recommended personal finance articles from around the web. Here’s how much money you would have lost if you bought crypto during Matt Damon’s “fortune favors the brave” commercial (MarketWatch). Beware celebs pitching investment ideas. See also, Coinbase loses half its value in a week as crypto slumps (USA TODAY). How to teach […]
Weekly roundup of recommended personal finance articles from around the web. A guide to getting rid of almost everything (New Yorker). Deciding to get rid of stuff is a great first step toward simplifying our lives. But what to do with all of it? Big financial questions? Step away from the spreadsheet (Morningstar). Some of […]
Weekly roundup of recommended personal finance articles from around the web. Why is Matt Damon shilling for crypto? (NY Times). Why invest in something you may not understand? Because it’s what brave people do? Ah, no. What fast fashion costs the world (Experience). It used to be that good stewardship meant buying what’s inexpensive. But […]
Weekly roundup of recommended personal finance articles from around the web. Investors are paying millions for virtual land in the metaverse (CNBC). To the uninitiated, this probably sounds crazy, but it may be the wave of the future. Five common obstacles to generosity (and how to overcome them) (National Christian Foundation). Are any of these […]
Weekly roundup of worth-your-time personal finance articles from around the web. Is this the greatest bull market in history? (A Wealth of Common Sense). Good times (and bad times) can last longer than you may think. What do you think you should be paid? (NY Times). Navigating a tough interview question. See also, 3 better questions […]
Weekly roundup of some of my favorite personal finance articles from around the web. What we can learn from a man who built a cathedral one brick at a time (Daily Citizen). “His mindset was of another century, when and where brawn and the solitude of work were seen as a form of worship.” Talking […]
December is a natural time to take stock of the year, financially and otherwise. Did we achieve the goals we set for ourselves at the start of the year? What went well? What didn’t go so well? And what changes should we aim for in the year ahead? But a few years ago I came […]
Weekly roundup of interesting and helpful personal finance articles from around the web. What you’re really worried about when you’re worried about money (The Atlantic). It’s good to explore what’s behind our financial fears, and it’s interesting how generosity can redirect our focus in very healthy ways. Starting early (Humble Dollar). Getting the young people […]
There’s a new report out that says a growing but still small number of Americans are financially healthy. Working with researchers at the University of Southern California, the Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) administers an annual eight-question survey among a representative sample of U.S. adults, leading to what it calls the U.S. Financial Health […]
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 […]
