Ultimate Personal Finance Blogs & News List

This list runs the gamut from the big dogs of personal finance media to the blogs that really put the “personal” in personal finance. So, whether you want the latest finance news or want to connect with real people figuring out their money, this is a great place to start. These sites are not “ranked” in any particular order, though we try to keep the most actively-publishing blogs & news sites up top, so you get the freshest takes on today’s personal finance world. (If you’d like your blog/site added, email adam@proudmoney.com)

• Proud Money – Personal finance/personal development portal with “best” product lists, credit card reviews, blog. Yes, we put our own site first. Make your own list if you want to be first 🙂
• The Financial Diet – Personal finance portal geared toward those in their 20s & 30s.
• Get Rich Slowly – Long-running personal finance blog is mostly authored by its original creator, J.D. Roth.

• Kiplinger – Personal finance magazine covers everything from budgeting to investing to taxes.
• The New York Times – Your Money – The NYT always has a handful of interesting PF stories collected here.
• Reddit – Personal Finance – Discussion forum for any personal finance topic, but follow the Reddit rules!
• Rockstar Finance – Aggregator of top personal finance blog posts on a daily basis.
• Two Cents – Personal finance blog from the makers of Lifehacker.
• Wise Bread – Multiple writers contribute to this blog/portal for “living large on a small budget.”
• Alltop – Personal Finance – Aggregator of about a dozen top personal finance blogs.
• Bankrate – Personal Finance – Personal finance articles and product comparisons.
• Bloomberg – Personal Finance – Huge business/investing site has a fairly small section on personal finance.
• ChooseFI – Blog with the tag line: “Experiments in Financial Independence”
• Club Thrifty – General personal finance portal — credit, travel, etc.
• CNBC – Personal Finance – Online home of the cable news/business network has a robust personal finance section.
• CNN Money – Personal Finance – A range of articles and personal finance Q&A posts.
• DoughRoller – Formerly a personal blog that has greatly expanded into a large PF portal.
• Forbes – Personal Finance – A variety of personal finance articles from internal and external contributors.
• The Frugal Girl – Personal blog about a girl who is “cheerfully living on less.”
• GoBankingRates – Portal offers a range of articles but is heaviest on personal finance product lists.
• HuffPost Money – The everything site has a decent personal finance section.
• Magnify Money – PF portal concentrates mainly on product comparisons and reviews.
• MarketWatch – Personal Finance – Personal finance section of large money/investing news site.
• Medium Sized Family – Blog offers “practical tips for saving money and simplifying life.”
• Mint Life – Personal finance articles from the blog of the popular PF app, Mint.
• Money Magazine – Online home of the respected money periodical.
• Moneylogue – Personal finance portal with articles on credit, career, travel, etc.
• Money Peach – Personal money blog from Chris “Peach” and also a regular podcast.
• Money Under 30 – Despite the name, personal finance portal has general articles good for any age.
• NerdWallet – Focused mainly on personal finance products but plenty of advice as well.
• Next Avenue – Money & Security – Personal finance for those over 50.
• The Penny Hoarder – Formerly a one-person blog, now blown up into a huge PF portal.
• The Physician Philosopher – Anesthesiologist by day, personal finance blogger by night.
• The Prudent Homemaker – Personal Blog focuses on frugal living, frugal cooking, gardening, more.
• The Simple Dollar – Personal finance blog covers everything money.
• Single Moms Income – Personal PF blog with a bit of a concentration on work-at-home jobs.
• The Street – Personal Finance – A range of personal finance articles & news.
• Tackling Our Debt – General personal finance portal; not particularly debt-related despite the name.
• Today – Your Money – Personal finance articles from NBC TV’s Today show.
• USA Today – Personal Finance – PF articles mostly written for USA Today by outside contributors.
• U.S. News – Personal Finance – Online news magazine has a significant personal finance section.
• The White Coat Investor – A physician offers personal finance tips for other physicians.
• Yahoo Personal Finance – Includes news from Yahoo staffers and outside news sources.
• Dave Ramsey – Personal finance author known for his hatred of debt, any debt, offers some useful words of wisdom on his site, though he’ll also try to sell you product at every turn.
• Reddit – Financial Independence – Discussion forum for those interested in the FIRE (Financial Independence/ Retire Early) strategy of personal finance.
• ESI Money – Personal blog from an early retiree who talks about financial independence.
• Don’t Quit Your Day Job – Brainy personal finance portal offers neat charts and tools in particular.
• Money Talks News – Personal finance portal covers every aspect of money, jobs, shopping, etc.
• Washington Post – Get There – Major newspaper offers a decent personal finance section.
• Make Real Cents – Personal blog about a wide variety of PF topics.
• Camp FIRE Finance – This site offers a “best of” roundup of recent post by personal finance bloggers.
• 20Something Finance – Despite the name, blog covers personal finance topics for any age.