Want to get the best personal finance advice from the best sources? These top 10 personal finance sites can help you manage just about anything from budgeting, investing and managing money to coping with daily financial decisions.
Forbes
Forbes has a lot of information about making good investments. They also publish an Investment Guide. They have 15 different people contributing to this guide. Some of the authors are from the Forbes staff and others are contributors that have had personal success in investing. All 15 articles are well worth a read. Forty four people contribute to the article base.
Money CNN
CNN Money has an array of video selections for you as well as a section called “Your Money.” Articles in this section – “Will you have enough to retire? – basically scare you to death unless you have the $1.4 million dollars saved that they recommend. There is also a section about the most popular videos. Apparently the popular videos rotate every time the screen is refreshed, but that shouldn’t stop you from playing – “Inside Google’s Billion Dollar Airfield.”
US News Finance
US News has four main sections: My Money Blog, The Frugal Shopper Blog, Alpha Consumer Blog, The Smart Investor and How To Live To 100. It also gives people a way to search for trustworthy financial advisors by state. They have divided their main topics into Banking & Credit, Debt, Saving & Budgeting, Family Finance, Taxes, Spending, Earnings and Identity Theft. Great way to categorize everything having to do with personal finance! They also offer a calculator on helping you determine if you are ready for retirement. Articles in their blogs are written by editors for US News Money as well as other qualified experts.
Wall Street Journal Finance
The history and reputation of the Wall Street Journal are well known. They have access to hundreds of thousands of archived articles and experts in finance. Their main categories are family finances, wealth advisors, taxes, retirement planning, real estate, autos, fitness and health. They also cover the main topics of stocks, funds, and bonds. The one thing they don’t have in this section is videos. Overall the information is highly relevant.
Daily Finance
Daily Finance has four main sections, keeping their design simple and not overwhelming. They have chosen the following categories: Plan, Save, Spend and Invest which are basically the only four options we have to “do” with money. Their stated goal is to help people to make smarter decisions about their money. The company has 2.5 million links pointing to them. They have 36 contributors from the community and 3 daily finance directors. It appears that they are owned by AOL.
Bloomberg Personal Finance
Bloomberg’s personal finance section is geared towards investors. They have some interesting sections: Tips From the Financial Elite, Savings and Investing, Retirement Planning, Real Estate and Taxes. This section of Bloomberg is really not an easy read. It lacks appeal for family types of financial decisions that many people need.
Kiplinger
Kiplinger is completely user friendly with lots of general articles to help with retirement, taxes, spending and savings. They have plenty of tools. Their household budget calculator is pretty standard, yet helpful too. Overall, it has coverage of all types of normal expenses like buying cars, choosing schools to attend, finding the best city to live in and a lot more.
Fox Business Personal Finance
The personal finance section of Fox has a lot of videos taken from Fox news. One video shared a story about a policemen in Michigan giving out presents instead of tickets. Inspired by people phoning in to the police station basically sharing their stories of hardship during the Christmas season. This program of giving was adopted to help give the police force a better reputation.
They have a good coverage of all topics on personal finance. Life Style & Budget includes articles from Dave Ramsey, the personal finance expert many have come to trust.
All of the sites we reviewed here are good sources of personal financial literacy and can help you get a better understanding of your own financial situation. What sites do you recommend?
