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.»

How can you spend less without feeling like you're depriving yourself? The key is to make it simple and sustainable. Here's how.

A long-forgotten German economist argued that society and the economy would be better off if money was a perishable good. Was he an anarchist crank or the prophet of a better world?

«Money is abstract, absurd. It’s a belief system, a language, a social contract. Money is trust. But the rules aren’t fixed in stone.”»

Not-in-my-backyard-ism functions as a tool for financial leverage and taking what one can't afford.

Michael Taggart November 15, 2023

Creators are touting passive income schemes that promise big returns for little effort. Can it work?

There are 13 divorces among the 10 richest men in the world. Seven of the top ten have been divorced at least once. Correlation isn’t causation, and that sample size is tiny. But a statistic that is…

«Most of what makes you happy in life has nothing to do with money, and realizing that once you have money can be a painful admission»

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

«Since knowledge and skills are more specific than general intelligence, that may be less than we desire, but it still matters a lot.»

Pretty much everyone wants to be rich—not purely for the sake of money, but for the fragile promise of happiness that comes with being a total baller. But, what does it mean to be rich today? How much…

«In America, Canada and most of Europe our pets sleep in better conditions than many people in other countries.»

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.

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

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

Rating: 8/10. Read this book and your life is guaranteed to be a success. Jokes aside, this collection is really one of the most dense packages of modern wisdom and easily applicable mental models out…

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.»