Websites

This website is an independent personal finance site providing free advice for young adults wanting to make informed decisions about where their money goes.

This money blog boasts 9,000 pieces of content and a whopping 24 million monthly readers and has a team of expert writers on its staff. All in all, whatever you want to know about finance, you can find useful info on this top money blog.

This website presents a quirky point of view grounded in smart commentary about financial topics. With more than 400 articles in the archives, you won’t run out of interesting reads to browse.

For families in the military, The Military Wallet is a unique and specially tailored personal finance site. The site’s goal is to assist the military community in becoming fiscally smart and informed about the variety of benefits and programs available to it. Financial topics such as investing, insurance, and retirement are covered in detail, as are subjects like military discounts and post-military money management. 

The only government-operated website on the list, MyMoney.gov offers its own unique spin on personal finance. It has information about earning, borrowing, saving, investing, spending, and protecting your money. Other popular pages include financial tools and money quizzes. 

If you’re new to the financial world, this personal finance website is a great place to start. The writers cover basic personal finance topics, and share their own tips and experiences. Wise Bread is geared more toward those living frugally. Expect lots of “saving hacks” and budgeting articles.

Best for: Learning to spend less and save more

This popular personal finance site has an article on almost any personal finance topic, but mostly focuses on the basics of saving and making money. If you’re on the hunt for bargains, freebies and general money-saving tips, this is the financial resource for you. Penny Hoarder covers topics like budgeting, credit repair and other frugal money moves.

Best for: Penny pinchers

Women view and use money differently than men, and they often face challenges in the workplace that can hinder them financially, according to HerMoney CEO Jean Chatzky. HerMoney offers personal finance and career advice for women. The website includes articles like how to ask for a raise or how to talk about money with your partner.

Best for: Women

The “Financial Independence, Retire Early” movement is becoming more popular. If you don’t know what FIRE is or where to start, ChooseFI is a great resource to learn more. ChooseFi is a blog, podcast and book covering how to reduce expenses, get out of debt and build passive income.

Best for: Learning about the FIRE movement

Common sense advice and money saving tips on topics from high interest savings accounts, frugality, cd rates, money market accounts, mortgage rates, how to achieve financial independence and more. 

As a leading consumer advocate and money expert, Clark Howard has been sharing practical advice to help people save more and spend less for more than 30 years. Although Clark grew up in an affluent home, he was not immune to financial hardship. During his freshman year in college at American University, Clark’s father lost his job. In that moment, Clark realized his parents never saved any money. 

The Budgets Are Sexy blog was started in Feb of 2008 by J. Money, a personal finance nerd, to track his journey of hitting $1 million in net worth. After 11 years of budgeting, saving, learning how to invest, and making a bunch of mistakes along the way, he reached the $1M goal! And millions of readers followed along. 

This website prepares you for any financial challenges you may be facing to help you succeed and achieve your goals.