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Profitable Ideas: A Big Financial Myth, A Money-Making Machine, and More

Profitable Ideas: A Big Financial Myth, A Money-Making Machine, and More

by Matt Bell | Oct 6, 2023 | Miscellaneous | 0 comments

Weekly list of curated personal finance articles from around the web. A big financial myth (The Root of All). Can more money buy you more time? The 3 types of jobs (A Wealth of Common Sense). I used to think there are generally two types of jobs—those that are...
Profitable Ideas: A Big Financial Myth, A Money-Making Machine, and More

Profitable Ideas: An $80,000-a-Year Gamble, The Overindulged Child, and More

by Matt Bell | Sep 29, 2023 | Miscellaneous | 0 comments

Weekly list of curated personal finance articles from around the web. Should I let my kid take an $80,000-a-year gamble on college financial aid with an early decision application? (MarketWatch). It’ll improve the odds of getting accepted, but it’s binding so make...
Profitable Ideas: A Big Financial Myth, A Money-Making Machine, and More

Profitable Ideas: Raising Capable Kids, An ‘Extra Strength’ IRA, and More

by Matt Bell | Sep 22, 2023 | Miscellaneous | 0 comments

Weekly list of curated personal finance articles from around the web. Raising capable kids: why doing less for your kids means more (Becoming Minimalist). A little hard work will do them a lot of good.  Stop obsessing about having the perfect career plan (Wall Street...
Profitable Ideas: A Big Financial Myth, A Money-Making Machine, and More

Profitable Ideas: Finding Contentment in Our Consumer Culture, The Money Date, and More

by Matt Bell | Sep 15, 2023 | Miscellaneous | 0 comments

Weekly list of curated personal finance articles from around the web. Can you be content in a culture of ‘never enough’? (Relevant Magazine). Good ideas for living with joy in our consumer culture. Screen time is contributing to chronic sleep deprivation in tweens and...
A Simple Step Toward a Solid Financial Future

A Simple Step Toward a Solid Financial Future

by Matt Bell | Sep 12, 2023 | Budgeting/Planning, Miscellaneous | 0 comments

An endless number of studies have documented people’s general lack of financial preparedness for their later years. As just one example, the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) says that among workers age 55 and older, 44% have less than $250,000 saved for...
Profitable Ideas: A Big Financial Myth, A Money-Making Machine, and More

Profitable Ideas: A Lifestyle of Generosity, The Math of Car Ownership, and More

by Matt Bell | Sep 8, 2023 | Miscellaneous | 0 comments

Weekly list of curated personal finance articles from around the web. Raising generous kids through a lifestyle of generosity (National Christian Foundation). “We taught the whole give-some, save-some, spend-the-rest thing, but I think the more important lessons were...
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  1. Matt Bell on Profitable Ideas: Funding College Without a 529 Plan, From Janitor to Doctor, and MoreApril 3, 2026

    Wow, Al, 24 years and 330,000 miles? That's amazing. I guess my car, at 150,000 miles is just getting broken…

  2. Al on Profitable Ideas: Funding College Without a 529 Plan, From Janitor to Doctor, and MoreApril 3, 2026

    Congratulations on keeping a car for 15 years, Matt. That's a good start. I had a 1990 Accord that I…

  3. Matt Bell on Stronger Than FearMarch 18, 2026

    Glad it was helpful, Ritchie. Thanks for letting me know.

  4. ritchie on Stronger Than FearMarch 17, 2026

    thanks Matt for your inspiring article.. God bless

  5. Matt Bell on Profitable Ideas: College Math, How to Go Big With Giving, and MoreFebruary 20, 2026

    Sorry about that, Lucy. I found a different way for you to access that article. Try it now.

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