Top 10 Personal Finance Blogs to Read In 2010

by Craig

I subscribe to about 25-30 personal finance blogs.  Each day I get a ton of email.  And sometimes I find it hard to keep up with all the emails.  Today, I wanted to let you know which 10 I find myself reading most frequently.

Here is what I look for in personal finance blogs I read:

Good, consistent, quality posts that make me think.  Since I only use email to subscribe it is important that I receive full text blog posts, not summaries.

There are a bunch of other great personal finance blogs which I wish I could include , but for the sake of time and space here are the …

Top 10 Personal Finance Blogs I Read

  1. Frugal Dad – When I do my weekly roundups you’ll see a lot of frugal dad posts.  This site does a good job choosing topics that matter to younger families.
  2. Christianpf – Obviously I am attracted to blogs written from a Christian perspective.  I think Bob does an excellent job including issues of faith and finances along with practical money saving tips.
  3. Personal Finance by the Book – Joe is a guy who seems to know what he is talking about :) .  He has a good financial knowledge base and articulates his points well.  As another one who writes from a Christian perspective I enjoy reading the topics Joe covers.  Since Joe has a little more life experience than the typical finance blogger I tend to listen more closely when he speaks.
  4. Bible Money Matters – Peter does a great job keeping track of the news and includes a lot of relevant financial topics.   In addition, you get a good variety of writers – my self, Jason Price, and Peter.
  5. Sound Mind Investing – While I subscribe to the paid subscription there is also a lot of good materials on the visitor blog.  I find out what is happening in the investing world from SMI.
  6. Free Money Finance – This was the first personal finance blog I ever knew existed.  Probably about a year ago I was listening to a Crown Radio Show and they were walking about FMF.  I would get on the site and save the documents as a PDF to read later.  Now I know you can just subscribe for free daily emails.  FMF has short thought provoking posts with a lot of relevant materials.  He is one of those bloggers who lives the financial advice not just writes about it.
  7. Get Rich Slowly – On this site J.D. Roth does an excellent job reaching deeper on topics.  From his posts you can tell he is well read on financial topics and wants to get to the reason behind the reason.  His articles help develop a healthy fundamental view of finances.
  8. The Oblivious Investor – Mike always provides good solid investing advice.  He has a simple and effective approach to investing.  If you want to follow the investing news without the noise I suggest the oblivious investor.
  9. The Simple Dollar – Trent is a prolific writer.  Subscribing allows me to touch bases on a large number of topics to get a great introduction to many different financial topics.  His posts are though provoking and often open the door to some great discussions.
  10. Debt Free Adventure – I read DFA so I can live vicariously through Matt.  I am not in debt (except the house), but I feel that reading his blog keeps me fresh on the issues and experiences of a person in debt.  I want to appeal to that subgroup on my blog and Matt educates me through his blog.

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{ 16 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Wojciech Kulicki

It’s no coincidence that most of these have huge rolls of followers–they are all fantastic and thought-provoking blogs. Man vs. Debt and Wise Bread are two more of my own personal favorites.

Happy New Year!
.-= Wojciech Kulicki´s last blog ..Television Makes You Spend More? (Consciously Frugal) =-.

2 Derek

Great list and following Wojciech’s lead I’ll add one favorite of mine: Bargaineering, great mix of posts and discussions.
.-= Derek´s last blog ..5 Quick Tips to Save Money on Gas =-.

3 Peter

Thanks for including me Craig! You should add your own blog as #11! :)

One of my favorite blogs that you haven’t listed here is goodfinancialcents.com, because he really knows his stuff.
.-= Peter´s last blog ..Blueprint For How To Make Money With A Blog: Laying A Solid Foundation – Setting Up Your Site =-.

4 Craig

I was glad to include you on the list.

5 Craig

Wojciech,
Great suggestions. Might I suggest another one? Fiscalfizzle.com.

6 Craig

Derek,
Thanks for mentioning your favorite. Jim does publish some great stuff.

7 Wojciech Kulicki

@Craig Lol :) Thanks.
.-= Wojciech Kulicki´s last blog ..5 Essential Money Lessons From 2009 =-.

8 Joe Plemon

Craig,
Wow! I am honored to be included! I agree with Peter that “Money Help For Christians” needs to be number 11.

9 Craig

Thanks. Glad to include you in the roundup. Keep up the good work.

10 Matt Jabs

All excellent reads Craig, I’m subscribed to all of them – and also to MH4C.

Keep up the good work everyone – I hope to become more of an investing site sooner rather than later, then you can live vicariously through that adventure as well! :-)

Godspeed.
.-= Matt Jabs´s last blog ..Broker Debt Consolidation for Others – Dave Answered =-.

11 Financial Samurai

Hey Craig! HNY and happy belated birthday by the way.

Will try harder this year to try and make your list. I’m going create a list of my own :)
.-= Financial Samurai´s last blog ..The Samurai Fund – All Hands On Deck! =-.

12 Craig

@ Matt
After I made the list I had to add a couple to my subscription list.
I hope you do get into investing more soon too. Investing is much more enjoyable to deal with than debt :) . But, I won’t have to live vicariously as I’ve actively been saving for retirement for 10 years now. I’m on my own adventure. I look forward to reading your DEBT FREE POST.

13 Kevin Kuybus

Nice information mate. Thanks for sharing the top 10 personal finance blogs.

14 Pam

I really enjoy reading Christianpf. It is definitely one of my favorites as it has a lot of insightful articles and it covers a wide variety of topics. There are a lot of great financial blogs out there, however, and I will definitely check out the other 9 you mentioned in your post. Thanks for sharing.
.-= Pam´s last blog ..Save Money On Your Taxes– Use A Spousal RRSP =-.

15 Mike

Thanks for sharing the top 10 personal finance blogs. I enjoy reading the Christianpf. Bookmarked it.

16 Craig

@Mike
Christianpf is one of my favorites too. I am biased because I write an article there each week :) .

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