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.

«It can be frustrating when we make plans and they don’t pan out because of external circumstances. But the frustration only doubles when you don’t accept the situation.»

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

Having a hard time saving your hard-earned money each month? Maybe it’s time to consider the envelope budgeting method. This money management strategy forces you to accurately budget your expenses …

«We’ve included a Mason Jar Savings Tracker printable below to help you start building your savings in a fun and interactive way.»

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Girl math shoppers are showing mastery of portfolio management.

A growing number of creators are doling out tips online for how to spend, save and invest. Is it a modern approach to financial literacy – or a big red flag?

Tap-to-pay makes spending money fun, easy, and virtually invisible.

Michael Mechanic, who has studied the lives of the super-rich, talks about strange bubble inhabited by the 1%.

Following my mind-is-a-computer essay, I cover seven other popular-among-experts-but-widely-disbelieved opinions I agree with!

«Practically speaking, the best way to become smarter is to learn a lot of stuff and cultivate a lot of skills.»

I think there’s an “ideal” net worth for everyone, when money not only stops bringing pleasure but becomes a social liability. And that number is probably lower than most people think. Business…

«They figured out what so many other people – the rich, the middle class, the aspiring rich, and everyone in between – failed to recognize.»

Don't regret buying the Porsche because you'll feel like a "d-bag" at the soccer pick-up. You may be more infatuated with the idea of owning expensive things than actually owning them, as the distant idea is more appealing than the reality.

Warren Buffett’s quotes are timeless. His advice can provide help and inspiration in both your life and your finances. Here are 10 gems of advice for your investments, your career, and your life from…

«“The stock market is designed to transfer money from the active to the patient.”»

I remember learning how to play the recorder in elementary school. I remember square dancing. I remember cursive. I built a model of a Spanish mission out of sugar cubes. Some of this was fun. Some of…

«poverty wasn’t having too little, it was wanting more»

For many working-class Americans, cars are a burden and a necessity.

After a rough start, the generation is thriving. Why doesn’t it feel that way?

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.»

Happy Sunday, Soothers. I'd love to talk to you about money today. This is an inherently tricky topic because I don't think there is any other subject more triggering to folks, or one that people hold…

Money is a central character in the theater of life, but just a character nonetheless.