The Best Articles in Personal Finance

The hardest part about managing your finances is getting started.

How do you enjoy life when everything is more expensive? You don’t want to spend too much. But living without pleasure is also no good.

«When you look at history, you’ll notice that the platitude is right: History doesn’t repeat, it rhymes.»

On average, families spend $700 per child, per sport annually.

From being patient to cheating a bit, Anna Pursglove reveals how fashion’s smartest shoppers bag a bargain.

20 ways to expand your luck surface area & create more luck

Start where you are with what you have.

From New York to Damascus, this infographic uses EIU cost of living data to rank the world's most and least expensive cities to live in

Forget the old wisdom about happiness leveling out after $75,000 in earnings.

Don't pay for extra storage. Follow these tips and tricks instead.

In May 2022, the South Asian nation of Sri Lanka defaulted on its debt for the first time. The country’s government was given a 30-day grace period to cover $78 million in unpaid interest, but…

Interviews on money & investing. Real people. Real numbers.

Jan 19, 2023 SHARE ↓ A funny thing about money is that it’s a negative art. You often have a better chance of accumulating more of it by getting rid of bad traits vs. acquiring good ones. Most…

«FOMO is also ruinous because it forces you into short-termism. If you only bought an investment because it went up, you’ll be the first to panic when it inevitably goes down.»

Studying the display of personal wealth across time can help us better understand the history of socioeconomic inequality.

These 5 research-backed tips can turn bad habits into financial gain.

NEW YORK (AP) — Across the country, there’s a silent frustration brewing about an age-old practice that many say is getting out of hand: tipping. Some fed-up consumers are posting rants on social…

Here’s why day trading is an extremely difficult pursuit, and what’s likely to happen when inexperienced traders get in over their heads.

Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch once nearly died of a heart attack. Years later he was asked what went through his mind while he was being rushed to the hospital in what could have been his…

«Psychologist Jonathan Haidt says people don’t communicate on social media; they perform for one another. Spending money is like that, too.»

Real estate should be treated as consumption, not investment.

Forget boomers v millennials: is the real divide between people who inherit from their parents – and those who don’t?

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Art of Money Getting, by P. T. Barnum This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it…

Digging into the world of "pig-butchering" scams