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2023 Articles

  • Bankrate: 23 Passive Income Ideas to Help You Make Money in 2023

2022 Articles

  • GOBankingRates: Experts: Should You Focus On Low APR or Rewards for Your Credit Card
  • iCap Equity: 18 Top Financial and Real Estate Investment Influencers You Should Be Following in 2022

2021 Articles

  • RentCafe: Expert Advice: How to Keep Some Jingle in Your Pocket & Handle Your Christmas Spending
  • Little House On The Terrace: Expert Roundup: 32 Personal Finance Tips For Young Adults

2020 Articles

  • Las Cruces Sun News: Sandler: Make a plan to attack your mortgage in 2021
  • WealthTender: The WealthTender Guide To Investing Blogs
  • Forbes: How to Invest in Dividend Aristocrats
  • Bankrate: 6 Ways to Boost Your Emergency Fund in a Pandemic Economy
  • Retirement Wisdom: Best Books On Retirement
  • Midwest Book Review: How Much Money Do I Need To Retire
  • Money Crashers: 17 Best Personal Finance Books To Read Of All Time
  • Savvy New Canadians: 10 Best Personal Finance Books You Should Read to Master Your Money in 2020
  • Financial Toolbelt: The Best Books About Financial Independence
  • The Art of Frugal Living: I Can't Afford To Retire
  • The Smart Investor: 7 Best Retirement Books to Read in 2020
  • Monethalia: How Much Do I Need To Retire Book Review
  • Physician on FIRE: Recommended Books
  • The Finance Twins: Best Personal Finance Books
  • Passive Income Boost: 15 Best Books to Achieve Financial Independence (Part 1) 
  • My Millennial Guide: Top 31 Best Personal Finance Books That Money Can Buy
  • Dollar Sanity: 6 Best Financial Independence Books in 2020
  • Senior Finance Advisor: 5 Best New Retirement Planning Books
  • Why To Read: 9 Books To Help Your Become Fancially Independent and Retire Early
  • Funny Man Finance: Top 5 Best Books About Saving For Retirement in 2020
  • Bankrate: 11 Passive Income Ideas To Help You Make Money in 2020
  • Retirement Savvy: 14 Best Retirement Planning Books
  • Forbes: Five Book's For Today's Uncertain Market – Investing, Career and More
  • USA Today: Managing finances is complex. Why shouldn't you have a ‘money mentor' to help?
  • Benzinga: The Best Retirement Planning Books You Can Buy for 2020
  • ESI Money: 12 Books that Will Make You a Financial Expert in One Year

2019 Articles

  • Bankrate: 10 Financial New Year's Resolutions and How To Fulfill Them
  • Savology: Money Advice For Young Professionals – Expert Roundup
  • Opp Loans: 4 Great Financial Literacy Programs for Every Type Of Learner
  • The Jerusalem Post: Financial Success: Don't Make These Mistakes
  • Yahoo Lifestyle: 5 Personal Finance Books Everyone Should Own
  • The College Investor: FIRE (Financial Independence/Retire Early) For Non-Frugal People
  • Savebly: 15 Best Early Retirement Blogs
  • Yahoo Finance: Single Households Are On The Rise. Could This Be The Next Investing Trend?
  • Bankrate: How to Determine Your Net Worth
  • The College Investor: The Best Investing Blogs of 2019 
  • WalletHacks: 8 Financial Products Most People Should Avoid
  • Money Talks News: 7 Common Challenges of Working From Home – and How to Master Them
  • ESI Money: The Nine Principles of Leverage
  • Can I Retire Yet?: Using Leverage to Create Retirement Income

2018 Articles

  • Rockstar Finance: Six Types of Leverage
  • Forbes: Five Strategies To Turn A Passion From A Side Project To Your Main Career
  • GOBankingRates: 11 Best FIRE Bloggers to Inspire Your Retirement Plan
  • The College Investor: The Best Investing Blogs of 2018
  • WalletHacks: Best Early Retirement Calculators
  • Helms REI: 12 Sites Every Financial Freedom Seeker Should Know About
  • Inc: 11 Smart Personal Finance Blogs You Should Read This Year
  • USA Today: Robert Powell: How to deal with debt in retirement

2017 Articles

  • Investing to Thrive: Average, Compound, and Sequence of Returns: Why They Matter
  • Due: How Entrepreneurs Leave Money on the Table
  • Forbes: The 25 Best Retirement Websites
  • The Penny Hoarder: A Beginner's Guide to Passive Income: 16 Ideas to Get You Started
  • DoughRoller: Reaching Financial Independence and Retiring Early
  • Barbara Friedberg: Increase Profits and Reinvest in Your Small Business
  • Money Lab: The Content Audit Experiment
  • The College Investor: The 20 Best Investing Blogs of 2017
  • AdvisoryHQ: Top 6 Best Debt Calculators
  • AdvisoryHQ: Top 5 Best Continuous & Daily Compound Interest Calculators
  • Finance Blog Zone: Bloggers Best Advice For Managing Debt:
  • Feedspot: Top 100 Retirement Blogs and Websites on the Web
  • ESI Money: The Only Five Money Books You'll Ever Need
  • Finance Blog Zone: Top Finance Blogs According to Top Finance Bloggers
  • Peer Loans Online: Best Money Books to Reshape Your Financial Life in 2017
  • Credit Donkey: Best Investing Blogs for 2017: Top Market Experts

2016 Articles

  • Meb Faber: The Best Investment Writing 2016
  • The College Investor: How to Start Investing After College for 22-29 Year Olds
  • Dough Roller: Variable Annuities: What They Are and Why They're a Bad Idea for Most Investors
  • Thoughtful Growth: Tips for Motivation: Unmissable Advice from 192 Experts
  • How Do I Money?: If I Die Today on My Way Home…(A Life Insurance Love Letter to my Family)
  • Huntley Wealth: 7 Better Alternatives to a 401(k) or IRA Than Whole Life Insurance
  • How Do I Money?: Outrageously Fun Facts About Spreadsheets (Plus Over 100 Free Budgeting Spreadsheet Downloads)
  • Due.com: The Top 50 People You Need to Know at FinCon 2016
  • GOBankingRates: Why You Should Plan on Working Until You Die
  • The Dough Roller: Think Retiring Early is Just for the Wealthy? Think Again
  • Debt Free Guys: The Top Personal Finance Blog Posts of 2016…So Far
  • Making Sense of Cents: 17 Personal Finance Books That Will Change Your Life
  • Personal Income: Top 10 Investing Blogs
  • Side Hustle Nation: How I Increased Google Traffic 65% in 6 Months With No Link Building
  • Wallet Hacks: 25 Money Experts Share the Best Way to Invest $1,000
  • PeerFinance101: 36 Expert Ideas on Teaching Kids Money Saving Tips
  • Seattle Times: 3 Things You Need to do to Retire by 40
  • GOBankingRates: How to Master Your 401k in Your 20s
  • Forbes: 10 Money Management Moves to Make in Just Minutes Per Day
  • GOBankingRates: 10 Ways to Realistically Make Your First $1M
  • The College Investor: Why Term Life Insurance is Better Than Whole Life Insurance
  • FinCon Media: How to Craft Better Content – 30+ Creators Share 10 Big Ideas
  • Stefanie O'Connell: What To Do With Your Money When You Finally Have Some
  • FIDough Hub: FIDough's Favorite Podcast Episodes
  • Blonde & Balanced: 31 Experts Tell Us How to Save Money
  • MyStockMarketBasics: Top 20 Investing Books for 2016
  • The Simple Dollar: 10 Books About Money to Get the New College Grad
  • GOBankingRates: 5 Things To Do To Retire By 40
  • Redbook: 5 Money Mistakes Even Smart Women Make
  • InvestmentZen: How 27 Financial Experts Made Their First Investment
  • Financial Nirvana Mama: Investing in Real Estate – 17 Experts Reveal Their Most Powerful Advice
  • Minneapolis StarTribune: 5 Rules for Living in an Economy With Rising Interest Rates
  • GOBankingRates: 20 Tricks to Retiring Rich
  • InvestmentZen: What 23 Financial Experts Wish They Knew About Investing in Their 20s
  • GOBankingRates: 30 Greatest Threats to Your Retirement
  • The Simple Dollar: Eight Landlord Horror Stories That Will Dash Your Dream of Owning Rental Property
  • InvestmentZen: How You Can Rich Without a Fancy 6 Figure Job
  • Liberty Paperwork Solutions: 9 Money Experts Share Their Best Tips for Managing Your Finances
  • Side Hustle Academy: 10 Must Read Goal Planning Articles for 2016
  • Blogtrepreneur: Top 25 Must Follow Investing Blogs for 2016
  • Stefanie O'Connell: How to Make Your First Extra $100 a Month
  • InvestmentZen: 22 Investors Share Their Best Way to Invest $1,000
  • GOBankingRates: 10 Rules for Living in a Rising-Rate World

2015 Articles

  • US News: 9 Things to Do in the New Year to Brighten Your Financial Outlook
  • The Simple Dollar: How Women Can Close the Retirement Savings Gap
  • The Simple Dollar: Eight Gifts That Literally Keep On Giving
  • The Simple Dollar: How to Escape a Job You Hate
  • Wallet Hacks: 70 Essential Money Skills Everyone Must Know
  • Sustainable Life Blog: Who Else Wants to Retire Early and be Free?
  • Stacking Benjamins: The 23 Worst Pieces of Financial Advice We've Ever Heard
  • GOBankingRates: Why You Need a Spending Plan – Not a Budget
  • NerdWallet: 7 Steps to Deal With Our No. 1 Money Fear
  • GOBankingRates: 5 Destructive Money Behaviors to Stop Today
  • GOBankingRates: 10 Habits That Could Help You Save Thousands
  • US News: How to Calculate Your Net Worth
  • Investment News: 10 #FinCon15 Notables for Advisers to Follow on Twitter
  • Bright Cents: 39 Financial Gurus Share Their Worst Money Mistakes
  • Time Management Chef: 117 Tips On How To Set Goals From Successful Entrepreneurs
  • Forbes: 7 Simple Strategies to Retire Early
  • Wisebread: 5 Best Websites to Help You Retire Early
  • The Simple Dollar: Summer Reading List: 23 Best Books To Read About Money
  • Personal Income: Millionaire Todd Tresidder Reveals the Process of Investing
  • About.com: 12 Best Twitter Accounts to Follow for Financial Advice
  • Value of Simple: The Experience Curator: Why We Fear, How to Budget, and 2 New Ways to Get Experience Curating Edition
  • Forbes: Hybrid Annuities Revealed – Should You Believe the Hype?
  • Time Management Chef: 80 Productivity Tips from Incredibly Busy Experts
  • Forbes: 5 Reasons Why You Should Never Buy a Variable Annuity
  • InvestmentNews: 20 Financial Advisers to Follow on Twitter
  • The College Investor: The 20 Best Investing Blogs of 2015
  • XY Planning Network: Top Financial Tips from 28 Leading Experts
  • BadCredit.org: 10 Personal Finance Blogs to Watch in 2015
  • Good Financial Cents: Are Annuities a Good Investment? The Good, Bad, and Real Ugly
  • Money Principle: 10 Top Money Tips for Personal Finance Blog Posts of 2014

2014 Articles

  • New Retirement: Expert Interview with Todd Tresidder About Financial Freedom and Focusing Your Finances on Values and Security
  • Studenomics: What Wikipedia Won’t Tell You About Investing in Yourself 
  • Bigger Pockets: 10 Things Only Personal Finance Nerds Understand
  • Mint: Expert Interview with Todd Tresidder on Investing and Money Management for Mint
  • US News: 6 Ways Smart Spenders Save More Cash
  • US News: 6 Secrets of Successful Money Coaches
  • Art of Manliness: 9 Ways to Invest Without Putting Money Into the Stock Market
  • The Wall Street Journal: Will You Be Able to Retire?
  • BadCredit.org: America's 11 Best Finance Coaches
  • ABA Journal: Don't panic, plan: Regular saving and asset allocation help build a retirement
  • MoneySaverHQ: The simple secret to becoming rich
  • Bankrate: Realities behind creating passive income
  • Experian: How Much Do I Need to Retire? [Video]

2013 Articles

  • FinCon Connection Magazine: Are You Making This Critical Blogging Mistake?
  • Forbes: Ten Career And Self-Help Books For Your Holiday Gift List
  • Bankrate: Prepare for retirement as a freelancer
  • MarketWatch: The shocking truth about bond forecasting
  • Fox Business: The Reality Behind 5 Easy Income Strategies
  • Deseret News: Home no loan: Should you pay off your mortgage early?
  • MarketWatch: Your retirement vs. average assumptions
  • Investopedia: Can Regular Investors Beat the Market?

2012 Articles

  • FinCon Connection Magainze: Traditional Retirement Planning Is Dead
  • US News: How High Will the Retirement Age Go?
  • Christian Science Monitor: Retirement: 3 ways to enrich it without adding money
  • Investopedia: The Most Common Types of Consumer Fraud
  • SayEducate: Interview: Todd Tresidder on Financial Coaching
  • Marketplace: Is the 4% Rule Still Viable?
  • Brighter Life: Todd Tresidder's five rules of investment strategy

2011 Articles

  • The Wall Street Journal: Gambler or Investor? The Truth about Why We Trade
  • Marketplace: The “real” mistake with early retirement
  • Erickson Living Tribune: Boosting your retirement savings

2010 Articles

  • Caring.com: How to Protect Yourself From the Top 10 Frauds and Scams
  • Bankrate: Deflation: Is it real? What can you do?
  • Bankrate: Do you think you will be rich one day?
  • Bankrate: Americans not confident about getting rich

2009 Articles

  • Bankrate: Get rich without marrying a millionaire
  • Bankrate: How to bounce back from adversity

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