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Profitable Ideas: Crypto Scams, What Jesus (Never) Said About Money, and More

Weekly list of curated personal finance articles from around the web. Americans lost $5.6 billion last year in cryptocurrency fraud scams, the FBI says (Associated Press). Beware the new online “friend.” The buying power of your credit card points is tanking (Wall Street Journal). Shrinkflation comes for your credit cards. My spending rules (Humble Dollar). […]

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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 […]

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Profitable Ideas: The Boring Path to $1 Million, Money Lessons to Teach Your Teens, and More

Weekly list of curated personal finance articles from around the web. The number one way Americans are becoming millionaires (Morningstar). It isn’t very exciting, but it does have the advantage of being effective. The most reliable car brands, according to Consumer Reports (Visual Capitalist). Not a ton of surprises here, except perhaps Porsche and BMW […]

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Profitable Ideas: Choosing What to Take In, Little-Known Ways to Protect Your Phone, and More

Weekly list of curated personal finance articles from around the web. Mindful consumption (Becoming Minimalist). Living intentionally in a reactionary world. How to sell your car in 6 steps (Clark Howard). If it seems intimidating, this step-by-step guide will help. Who was “i” without my iPhone? (The Gospel Coalition). Great first-person account of a digital […]

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Profitable Ideas: Needless Stress, Becoming a “Financial Mutant,” and More

Weekly list of curated personal finance articles from around the web. The stress we needlessly bring into our lives (Becoming Minimalist). Some stress is unavoidable, but there’s a lot of consumerist stress we can do something about.  Do I need to unfreeze my credit to shop for car insurance? (Clark Howard). Freezing your credit files […]

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Profitable Ideas: Pursuing “Enoughness,”  TikTok’s 15/3 Rule, and More

Weekly list of curated personal finance articles from around the web. Why success doesn’t lead to satisfaction (Harvard Business Review). Are you operating with faulty measures of “enoughness”? The invisible costs of homeownership (The Joint Account). The cost of a home goes well beyond the purchase price. Parents, please turn off your phones (Institute for […]

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