100 Best Financial Planning Blogs

By L. Fabry

In tough economic times, personal finance can affect everything from your present to your future. The below 100 blogs contain tips on various aspects of this topic including living well on a budget, how to manage credit and debt, as well as an array of specialty finance blogs.

General Personal Finance Blogs

Whether written by experienced professionals or the average investor, these blogs are worth a visit for tips on investing, stocks, retirement, and more.

1. The Wall Street Journal: A cornerstone for anyone interested in personal finance, “The Wall Street Journal” contains a variety of blogs on the topic. Choose from Work & Family, Common Sense, Family Money, Baron’s Investment Insight, and many more from this comprehensive site.

2. Floyd Norris: Floyd is the chief financial correspondent of “The New York Times” and “The International Herald Tribune.” In this blog, he covers the world of finance and economics with an impressive tag list to choose from.

3. Money & Company: Tom Petruno has been chronicling financial markets’ highs and lows since 1979, and has been the “L.A. Times” financial columnist since 1990. He writes on markets, corporate finance and the economy, and how it all ties in to individual investors’ portfolios.

4. Moolanomy: This highly awarded blog focuses on personal finance, investing, and wealth building. Dave Ramsey is the designer of Baby Steps, a financial plan designed to help you get your finances in order, get out of debt, achieve financial freedom, and his blog is full of advice on how to do it.

5. Russell Bailyn: Russell is a Wealth Manager with Premier Financial Advisors, Inc., located in Manhattan. His popular blog includes a great deal of posts on the bond market, 401k’s, IRA contributions, and many others.

6. The Skilled Investor: Larry is an experienced executive with expertise in management, investments, economics, statistics, and accounting. Impressed with how much useful, but obscurely written, financial information was scattered around the academic world, he started this blog to help others find their way.

7. 2 Million Personal Finance Blog: With the goal of reaching a personal wealth of $2 million, learn how to do the same from this blogger. Currently at $439,331, you can get information on investment performance, tax guides, and the dumbest move he has ever made.

8. American Consumer News: This online magazine will provide you with a steady stream of tricks, trips, and ideas to help get you closer to financial freedom. They discuss topics such as investing, real estate, frugality, saving money, and debt reduction.

9. Wise Bread: A community of bloggers, this site is full of information to help you live large on a small budget. It is full of tips for shopping smart, financial planning, money making ideas, and more.

10. My Money Blog: On this site, you can see the blogger’s actual net worth, how it is invested, and get daily updates on making more money and spending less. Often promising to make you money just by reading, this blog is definitely worth a visit.

11. The Digerati Life: This anonymous blogger is a software engineer, working and residing in Silicon Valley, the land of technologists, venture capitalists, and liberals. Often writing about money related topics, there are a variety of posts on best credit cards, offers, and deals.

12. Five Cent Nickel: Nickel has been sharing his thoughts on various topics related to money and finance since 2005. A highly popular blog, most talked about posts include bad math, homebuyer’s tax credit, the fair tax, and the stimulus.

13. Get Rich Slowly: Recently named most inspiring money blog by Money magazine, it is devoted to sensible personal finance. Not a get rich quick blog, J.D. shares stories about debt elimination, saving money, and practical investing.

14. I Will Teach You To Be Rich: Rami is a best selling author, who has been featured in “The New York Times,” “The Wall Street Journal,” and “Fortune.” A recent post included how to use sub-savings accounts for unexpected expenses.

15. Free Money Finance: This site is about growing your net worth. Tips include debt reduction, investing, and thriving financially in a bad economy.

16. Money Ning: This personal finance blog shares insights on saving money, investing, early retirement, mortgages, stocks, and the little things to do to achieve financial freedom. A recent post showed readers 50 ways to save during travel.

17. Money Monk: This blogger grows her net worth by saving an astounding thirty percent of her income. Get useful tips on how to do the same, as well as how to save, avoid debt, and maximize investments.

18. Money Blue Book: Going beyond credit cards and balance transfers, this blog focuses on personal finance. Currently posting their net worth, you can also learn how to get a free credit score, get the latest deals, as well as tons of money making advice.

19. Cash Money Life: This blog is designed to share tips and information about personal finance, career, self improvement, and more. A recent post included how much life insurance to buy.

20. My Two Dollars: After being overloaded with debt, getting married, and changing careers, David decided to start his own blog to chronicle his experiences. He helps his readers by sharing information on saving, investing, debt reduction, credit, and money management.

21. Money Smart Life: This site is built on the philosophy that we should use money to live our lives, instead of living our lives around money. It contains a ton of useful tips for college grads, career types, investors, and more.

22. Million Dollar Journey: This blogger plans to grow his net worth to at least $1 million by the time he is 35. Learn how he intends to do it, as well as other saving and investing advice.

23. Generation X Finance: This blog is dedicated to helping this unique generation achieve financial independence. With finance updates every Friday, you can also learn to deal with financial loss, eliminate fighting with your partner over money, and more.

24. All Financial Matters: Dedicated to personal finance, this blog focuses on topics such as budgeting, asset allocation, 401k, IRA, cash flow, insurance, financial planning, portfolio management, and other related areas.

25. Lazy Man and Money: The Lazy Man explores how he can save and make more money. He covers topics such as: banking, budgeting, career, credit, debt, entrepreneurship, investing, taxes, real estate, insurance, spending, retirement, and estate planning.

26. The Dough Roller: Focusing on the online world, this blog shows you how to make and manage money. Discussing everything from asset allocation to zero coupon bonds, they even show you how to raise financially responsible children.

27. Personal Finance Advice: This community of bloggers is dedicated to bridging the gap between saving money and investing. Recent posts include taxes, respecting what you have, and free coffee.

28. My 1st Million at 33: “Yes, you can do it too,” this blogger states. Through the blog, you can get tips, tools, and thoughts on the journey to wealth.

29. One Million and Beyond: Matt is 29 and hopes to have over 1 million in assets by the time he is 35. Read how he does it, where he is at, and more on this blog.

30. The Piggy Banker: This site is full of recommendations for CD’s, savings accounts, bank deals, money market rates, and credit card offers. Get the latest in banking information and tips on this useful blog.

32. Spilling Bucket: Ryan and Leslie put all of their financial goals and stacked them like buckets. They include saving six months of expenses, paying off student loans, and putting together a down payment for a house.

33. Punny Money: This blog will have you laughing as well as showing you how to cram your pockets with money. Topics include grand financial experiments, first time home buying, and how to steal guilt free from work.

34. Saving to Invest: This blogger believes the secret to financial freedom is Wealth = Savings + Investments. Learn useful tips, as well as tax breaks, on this site.

35. The Sun’s Financial Diary: This site was started as a place to track investments, express views on saving and investing, and share with others how this blogger accumulating wealth. Popular posts include unbiased reviews of traders and T-bills.

36. Free From Broke: This is a personal finance blog for regular folks. Subjects written about include personal finance, money, frugality, saving, investing, college, kids, as well as many others.

37. Cleverdude: Focusing on family, marriage, finances, and life, this blog takes a personal finance view. Popular posts include ways to save money, how to get laptops and televisions for free, as well as tips for other personal finance bloggers.

38. The Tao Of Making Money: This blog contains musings on money, personal finance, frugality, debt, and related matters. A recent post included a “bait and screw” scheme from a trading firm.

39. Blunt Money: Currently working on saving, this blogger discusses investing while building a small business. Posts include five minute finance tasks, stocks, and retirement.

40. The Money Writers: This is a network of blogs writing about personal finance and related topics. With several posts a day, get information from various personal finance sites in one place.

41. It’s Just Money: This blogger works in the financial planning/money management industry and shares his experiences. He posts on everything from the basics of mutual fund loans to Oprah’s debt diet.

42. Everybody Loves Your Money : This amateur personal finance blog is written by an amateur for the amusement of others. With tips on saving, spending, and retiring, the focus is on living for today and planning for tomorrow.

43. Money Turtle: With a passion for the stock market, this blog is the journey towards financial nirvana. This site is full of stock recommendations, as well as other related information.

44. Adventures in Money Making: Follow a real estate investor seeking freedom from the shackles of the 9-5 job as he meanders through real estate investing, stock & commodity trading, and looking for businesses. You can learn a great deal about investing, passive incomes, and home flipping from this blog.

45. PFBlog: Get personal finance observations, musings, and decisions from this blogger. Posting since 2003, he hopes to have at least $1 million in assets by age 36.

46. FIRE Finance: Learn how to feel the Financial Independence and Retire Early, from FIRE blog. You can get financial advice, information on special offers, as well as deals and giveaways on this site.

47. Neville’s Financial Blog: You can track Neville’s financial progress, as well as his plans for the future through this blog. Posts include thoughts on business ideas, ecommerce, as well as encounters with personal finance celebrities.

48. I’ve Paid for This Twice Already: From financial imprisonment to independence, follow this family one step at a time. This blog explains the philosophy of “snowflaking,” among many other useful tips.

49. Financial Nut: This blog is full of tips on budgeting and how to manage personal finances. Trevor began his fascination with finance early and his posts include 10 Steps to Budget, Gas Will Go Up!, and small business.

50. The Wisdom Journal: Ron has an MBA and is currently a partner at an unnamed company. His blog focuses on personal finance management, maintaining a relationship with family, and success as an entrepreneur or employee.

51. The Four Pillars: This comprehensive blog specializes in investing, real estate, personal finance, and even some frugal posts. Popular subjects include shady real estate agents, traveling cheap, and renting versus buying.

52. MoneyEnergy: Devoted to helping you capture the global flow of wealth in all its forms, this blog is full of financial advice. Get tips for budgeting, the future of the U.S. dollar, and the truth behind cash advances.

Living Smart

One of the first steps to financial freedom, is living and spending wisely. The below blogs are full of tips on budgeting, getting great deals, and investing for the future.

53. Squawk Fox: Learn how living frugal can be sexy, delicious, and fun through this site. Popular posts include 10 Frugal Gift Ideas and 50 Reasons to Go Green with Reusable Bags.

54. Saving Advice: This blog is a personal finance website created specifically to illustrate different ways to save money. No matter what your current financial situation, there is plenty of information on this site to help you achieve your money goals.

55. Small Change: Ylan and Nancy of “The Washington Post” give daily advice for the frugal minded. You can find stories on bargains, unemployment, and how to clean for rent.

56. Being Frugal: This blog was started as a way for the blogger to hold herself accountable for her financial decisions. It has now evolved into a place where she shares tips with her readers on how to live more by spending less.

57. Frugal Law Student: Started in his first year of law school, this blog has now become a personal finance and productivity forum. A recent post is on twelve easy and cheap meals for students.

58. Money Saving Mom: This is an upbeat blog dedicated to helping find great deals, stretch those hard-earned dollars, and how to live on less than you make. Visit this site for coupons, recipes, as well as tips and advice on how to maximize deals.

59. The Frugalista Files: Natalie is a young woman who writes for “The Miami Herald” and the frugal side of fabulous. Learn how to diet, shop, and live on a budget without making any painful sacrifices.

60. The Penny Saved: After getting laid off, this blogger quickly learned how to save money and became interested in personal finance. Even though he got a new job, he quickly fell into spending wastefully and decided to make a change. Learn the do’s and don’ts of money management from this blog.

61. Always the Planner: Living in New York on a fixed budget can be difficult, as this blogger explains. Here how she plans to live and retire by budgeting, saving, living, and having fun.

62. Saving for a Home of My Own: SavingDiva is a twenty something who is saving for a down payment to her first home. Posts include tips, personal finance updates, and where her money goes.

63. Coupon Cravings: Because we all crave deals, this site will have you saving money on name brands in no time. Get coupons for groceries, books, and even free coffee.

64. How I Save Money: This blog is full of tips and tricks to save money, manage credit, and reduce debt. Popular posts include 25 Ways to Save Money and Frugal Frauds Revealed.

65. Common Sense with Money: “Better living through wiser spending” is this blog’s tagline. Learn about freebies and hotdeals for stores like Walgreens and CVS through this blog.

66. Prime Time Money: This blog is devoted to saving money, frugal living, and paying off debt. It includes 52 ways to make extra money, the economic stimulus, and Roth IRAs.

67. ”Cents”able Momma: After getting laid off, this mother of two learned various ways to save her family money, and shares those tips here. There are posts for first time visitors, as well as coupon guides and organizers.

Credit and Debt

Ideal for those looking to start credit or manage debt, the below blogs contain stories and advice from those who have been there.

68. Ask Mr. Credit Card: Faced with the frustration due to the amount of time he took to do research and find the right credit card, Mr. Credit Card decided to start his own website and write reviews of credit cards to help consumers make a better informed choice.

69. Master Your Card: Getting into debt can cost thousands of dollars, but making your card work for you is priceless. Learn all the tricks of credit including score, interest rate, and reward points.

70. The Happy Rock: This site is a dual writer personal finance and personal development community dedicated to creating positive change. Recent posts include how to get out of $70,000 in debt in just four years.

71. Debt Kid: A day trader, Debt Kid got himself into over $300,000 worth of debt. Learn how he did it, how to avoid it, and how to dig yourself out of similar debts.

72. Destroy Debt: Learn how to get out of debt and how to avoid collectors from this community of experts. By working with your credit score, weeding out unscrupulous companies, and more, this blog gives a ton of useful tips for debt destroying.

73. No Credit Needed: NCN was started in 2005 to track the blogger’s debt reduction progress. In February of 2006, this was achieved. Now the blog focuses on plans for retirement, saving for the kid’s college educations, and living without borrowing money.

74. Blogging Away Debt: Tricia and her husband accumulated over $37,000 in credit card debt in 2006. Learn how they have managed to eliminate nearly all of it.

75. Debt Free 4ever: Kevin got himself in debt and shows how he got out in his blog. He passes along advice on saving and buying, as well as including videos on money management.

76. Aspiration’s Purse: This college graduate has over $70,000 in student loan debts. Because the American dream has a price, this blog chronicles her journey to debt freedom, including all the bumps.

77. Debt Free Hispanic: This blog is full of tips on personal finance, as well as lessons learned on loans, credit cards, and financial freedom. Topics include advice, savings, and even grants and scholarships for Hispanics.

78. Drowning in $166,356 in Debt: After an expensive undergraduate education, a more expensive law school, and a low paying job, this blogger amassed a six figure debt. Learn the sources of the debt and the plans to dig out of it on this blog.

80. From the Brink of Bankruptcy: A married couple takes an honest look at how things got this bad, and how they are trying to get away from the brink. With current updates on earnings and expenditures, this blog is worth a visit.

81. Kick Debt’s Butt: What started out as a debt reduction blog, has now transitioned to a complete financial survival saga. Its mission is to show how to cope with personal finance during economic turmoil.

82. Make Love Not Debt: With half of marriages failing, many due to financial disputes, this engaged couple shows how to conquer debt while maintaining a relationship.

83. Oh My Aching Debts: This blog will show you how to survive tough times, get out of debt, and save money. A recent article showed readers how to earn money using CashCrate.

84. Toxic Money: Devoted to motivating readers to a debt free life, you can see charts on the blogger’s current debts. Read the twelve goals for 2009 and learn how they plan to achieve it on this site.

85. Give Me Back My Five Bucks: Krystal started this blog in 2007 as an outlet in which to talk about personal finance issues, and to keep herself honest and accountable for my spending. In ten months, she eliminated over $17,000 in debt and shows you how to do the same.

Specialty Blogs

From bankruptcy to foreclosure, from the young to the old, these blog specialize in a single finance topic or for a specific group.

86. Money Under 30: This blog focuses on personal finance for the young and ambitious. David Weliver is a former financial reporter and recovering “debtaholic”. Here, he shares everything he has learned about money and other related topics.

87. Queercents: This site is a syndicate of personal finance writers serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. Financial tips and insights are aggregated daily from the distinct voices of several money writers with this community in mind.

88. His Her Money: He is a government contractor who has debt. She had a more financially stable plan until she got married. Learn how they navigate finance as husband and wife through this blog.

89. The Wandering Tax Pro: Robert is a tax professional with 35 years of experience. Get advice, information, resources, and commentary on federal and New Jersey state income taxes, and the various New Jersey property tax rebate programs, and insights and observations on professional tax practice.

90. Keeping the Kingdom First: Alyssa is a wife and mother of two who was inspired by a Bible passage to start this personal finance blog. Her goals include how to honor God with her finances, encouraging and equipping others, discovering new ways to reduce spending in order to increase giving, and how to balance the journey.

91. W Personal Finance: This is a personal finance network by women, for women. A community of bloggers focus on finance for women including why and how women should save for retirement, and what to do after a divorce.

92. Bible Money Matters: Pete and his wife are working towards building a nest egg for their future and chronicle their journey here. With over 2300 biblical verses on money, he believes the Bible should inform his money making and spending choices.

93. Military Finance Network: This website is designed to help military members, veterans, retirees, and dependants find information about military money matters including pay, benefits, legislation, and more.

94. Christian Personal Finance: In order to give money, you have to have money, which is the mission of this site. It is a resource to get practical tips, biblical revelation, and wisdom about how to handle personal finances.

95. Single Guy Money: Single Guy hopes to have his mortgage paid by 2010. See how and if he will be able to do it, as well as other useful advice by visiting this blog.

96. Nolo’s Bankruptcy & Foreclosure Blog: Confused about the changes to bankruptcy laws? Deciding whether bankruptcy is right for you? Authors Steve Elias and Albin Renauer break down bankruptcy law into plain English to answer your bankruptcy queries and concerns.

97. The Bankruptcy Lawyers Blog: Kevin is a consumer bankruptcy attorney in Chicago and blogs on surviving bankruptcy reform and law changes. Learn when to file for bankruptcy, how to do it, and other related topics.

98. Bouncing Back From Bankruptcy: This blog is about the journey through the last stages of the bankruptcy application and what has to happen afterwards. Learn how to avoid or deal with bankruptcy from this upfront senior citizen.

99. Hope for the Bankrupt: If you are considering, experiencing, or recovering from financial bankruptcy, this is the blog for you. Carrie has experienced financial ruin and shows her readers who to survive it.

100. Fighting Foreclosure: Every home owner’s nightmare, this is a tail of one woman’s goal to avoid foreclosure by earning more money. This frank blogger explains why she bought a home she couldn’t afford, as well as plans for her future.

With tips on everything from living smart, to managing credit, to avoiding financial pitfalls, these blogs are sure to have you saving more and investing wisely.

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