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Personal finance blogs for inspiration - any recommendations?
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catriona79
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Hello all,
I couldn't find a better place to post this, so here it is.
I am looking for recommendations of some good personal finance blogs.
I know of JD Roth and Mr Money Moustache - but anything else?
I don't mean anything very basic, (I've been reading about personal finance for a while), and possibly UK based too. Some of the U.S. Blogs are excellent but very heavily grounded in their financial reality, which isn't very useful to us. Although, naturally someone like MMM gives advice that is helpful to all people, because he writes about the principles he believes in, rather than any details.
I've had a Google and not been able to find anything inspirational.
Thanks all
I couldn't find a better place to post this, so here it is.
I am looking for recommendations of some good personal finance blogs.
I know of JD Roth and Mr Money Moustache - but anything else?
I don't mean anything very basic, (I've been reading about personal finance for a while), and possibly UK based too. Some of the U.S. Blogs are excellent but very heavily grounded in their financial reality, which isn't very useful to us. Although, naturally someone like MMM gives advice that is helpful to all people, because he writes about the principles he believes in, rather than any details.
I've had a Google and not been able to find anything inspirational.
Thanks all

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Here are a few
probably the leading blog for UK is https://www.monevator.com
also
https://www.fool.co.uk
https://www.diyinvestoruk.blogspot.co.uk
https://www.retirementinvestingtoday.com
Hopefully you will find some inspiration!0 -
I am also enjoying working through the various MMM blog posts. Although it leans heavily towards the american financial market, the principals and attitudes he tries to explain are pretty universal.
I'm not sure where I sit on the 'face punch' though... I could get into a lot of trouble adopting that particular habit :-)0 -
Quite a few UK personal finance bloggers comment (with links to their own blogs) on the Monevator.com site, and some are referenced in blog posts, so that would be a good place to start.Eco Miser
Saving money for well over half a century0 -
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I agree with previous posts monevator is an excellent blog.
Another site worth looking at is https://www.sensibleinvesting.tv which includes a mixture of written and video blogs and has lots of useful information0 -
These two are worth a read:
Get Rich Slowly (US based, some of the earlier stuff was really good): http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/
http://www.underthemoneytree.com/ is a UK blog.Goals
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http://quietlysaving.blogspot.co.uk/ - a poster on here.
http://www.thefinancezombie.com/ interesting guy.
Both great reads.0
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