Weekly roundup of some of the best personal finance articles from around the web. You spend 41% more at the supermarket if you keep checking your phone (MarketWatch). Distracted shopping costs more. 200 random things libraries will let you check out for free—from instant pots to skulls (Money). When was the last time you checked […]
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Profitable Ideas: Choosing Time Over Money, Turning $5,000 Into $33 Million, and More
Weekly roundup of some of the best personal finance articles from around the web. When it’s time to choose time over money (She Picks Up Pennies). The last section of this article says it all—doing the blocking and tackling of wise money management gives us options to build our lives around what matters most. 6 […]
Profitable Ideas: The 7 Factors That Lead to Wealth, Give Your Budget a New Name, and More
Weekly roundup of some of the best personal finance articles from around the web. The seven factors: behaviors that lead to wealth (The Simple Dollar). Some people build wealth and some people don’t. Here’s what makes the difference. Thanks to Facebook, your cellphone company is watching you more closely than ever (The Intercept). Why marketers […]
Profitable Ideas: Becoming a Financial Superhero, How Marketers Get Inside Your Head, and More
Weekly roundup of some of the best personal finance articles from around the web. Financial superpowers (A Wealth of Common Sense). If Stan Lee had come up with Money Man, here’s what he’d be able to do. It’s what we should all be able to do. This common job advice is actually setting grads up […]
Profitable Ideas: Instagram is the New Mall, Keeping Up With the Insta-Joneses, and More
Weekly roundup of some of the best personal finance articles from around the web. Instagram is the new mall (The Atlantic). Another step down the path of making it easier for us to part with our money. A vision of the dark future of advertising (OneZero). A glimpse into our “datafied” future. Should you ever […]
Profitable Ideas: The Wants/Happiness Disconnect, Marketing Endgame, and More
Weekly roundup of some of the best personal finance articles from around the web. What we want doesn’t always make us happy (Bloomberg). Are you pursuing things, and spending money on things, that won’t make you happy? Here’s how much more money you’d have for retirement if you saved $100 a month starting at age […]
Profitable Ideas: The Financial Habits You Inherited, Becoming a 401(k) Millionaire, and More
Weekly roundup of some of the best personal finance articles from around the web. Want a good lesson in financial planning? Study how well your parents did or didn’t do (Pete the Planner). Identifying how your parents continue to influence your financial beliefs and behaviors is the first step toward deciding whether you want to […]
Profitable Ideas: How Long to Keep Tax Records, What to NEVER Buy at Costco, and More
Weekly roundup of some of the best personal finance articles from around the web—a day early this week to keep your focus on more important matters on Good Friday. How long should you keep tax records? (Kiplinger). In a sense, tax season is never really over. A great gift (Humble Dollar). Are your documents in […]
Profitable Ideas: 10 Secrets of the Millionaires Next Door, A Question to Stop Asking Your Kids, and More
Weekly roundup of some of the best personal finance articles from around the web. 10 secrets of the millionaires next door (Kiplinger). The great thing is how accessible/doable each “secret” is. How much is your education worth? Depends how much you make (Bloomberg). Ten years from now, how people pay for college may look very […]
Profitable Ideas: Investing Missteps, Shore Up Your ID Theft Protection, and More
Weekly roundup of some of the best personal finance articles from around the web. Investors doubled their stock market losses in 2018 by making this costly mistake. Here’s how to avoid it (Money). The dangers of letting your emotions get the best of you. Here’s a better approach. I decided to pay off my mortgage […]