Weekly roundup of recommended personal finance articles from around the web. 5 reasons dual-income families should live off one and bank the second (Money Ning). The best financial advice my wife and I got before getting married was to base our lifestyle on one income. 3 real estate lessons learned from our last investment property […]
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Profitable Ideas: College Loses Its Luster, Quitting the Comparison Game, and More
Weekly roundup of recommended personal finance articles from around the web. College degrees lose luster as inflation surges and student debt balloons (Bloomberg). I wonder if part of the problem is that too many entering freshmen don’t know what they want to study, which leads to delayed graduation, which leads to more cost. When […]
Profitable Ideas: You Must Be Present to Win, The Benefits of a “Buy Nothing” Group, and More
Weekly roundup of some of the best personal finance articles from around the web. The price of admission (Compound Advisors). To invest, you have to make peace with volatility. You must be present to win. Don’t overdo it (Humble Dollar). Frugality — too much of a good thing is not a good thing. Becoming a […]
Profitable Ideas: Ben Franklin on Money, Bill Gates on Money, and More
Weekly roundup of some of the best personal finance articles from around the web. 8 personal finance lessons from Benjamin Franklin (The Art of Manliness). “Don’t give too much for the whistle” and seven other money management tips from one of America’s founding fathers. What’s your theology of money (in 200 words or less) (The […]
Profitable Ideas: Hard Money Lessons, So You Want to be a Real Estate Investor, and More
Weekly roundup of some of the best personal finance articles from around the web. The economy was grim, my dad walked out and every penny mattered: here’s what my childhood taught me about money (USA Today). This one is a wow. Every parent should read it. The “indirect” costs at college can involve nasty surprises […]
Profitable Ideas: Buying a Little More Happiness, You Might Be Owed Some Money, and More
Weekly roundup of some of the best personal finance articles from around the web. Even someone whose finances are a mess can teach you something valuable about money management (CBNB). People are opening up about their financial lives, and you can learn from them, even if they don’t have it all together. Return on equity […]
Profitable Ideas: 7 Financial Concepts You Should Know, A New Way to Recycle Your Christmas Tree, and More
A weekly roundup of some of the best personal finance articles from around the web. Seven ideas (Humble Dollar). Personal finance knowledge everyone should have. Dismantling my dreams, one brick at a time (Slate). All those home renovation shows make it look so easy. But one couple found out it’s much tougher than it looks […]