Money Crashers was chosen by Directbanc.com as one of the Top Five Personal Finance Blogs We Like, notable for their sound financial advice. Gyutae Park, one of the founders, was kind enough to share the story behind their personal finance blog, and what distinguishes them from the rest. 1) Can you share with our [...]
Continue Reading →Directbanc.com discovers the man behind the mustache, the uncoventional and highly entertaining Mr. Money Mustache. Mr. Money Mustache is a new financial blogger who retired, financially independent, from an average engineering job shortly after turning 30 in order to start a family. With no punches pulled, he attacks the mindless consumerism that defines America’s middle-class [...]
Continue Reading →Directbanc visits with the versatile personal finance blogger Julie Mayfield, of The Family CEO blog. Julie founded her blog to document her efforts in paying off debt, saving money, and creating an authentic, intentional life for her family. 1) What was your inspiration for starting your blog, The Family CEO? Back in 2006, I was [...]
Continue Reading →Directbanc speaks with Wisebread, one of our Top Five Personal Finance Blogs, to get the inside scoop on one of the most popular blogs on the web. Wisebread is well known in the personal finance community, as well as the national press, as a reliable source for financial education, career advice, and lifestyle trends. The [...]
Continue Reading →Directbanc.com is pleased to include John Ulzheimer, the foremost expert on credit reporting, in our Personal Finance Blog Series. John Ulzheimer is a nationally recognized expert on credit reporting, credit scoring and identity theft. He is the President of Consumer Education at SmartCredit.com and the credit blogger for Mint.com. Formerly of FICO, Equifax and Credit.com, [...]
Continue Reading →Directbanc.com explores the topic of young adult finances in our Personal Finance Experts and their Personal Finance Blogs interview series. We would like to introduce LaTisha Styles, the head contributor at Financial Success for Young Adults. The site teaches saving, investing and budgeting basics from how to place a stock trade to how to get a [...]
Continue Reading →Meet Paula Pant from Afford Anything: A Journalist, World Traveler, Entrepreneur and Investor. In 2008 she quit her job and sold all her worldly possessions. For the next two-and-a-half years, she traveled to about 27 countries across the Middle East, Asia, and Europe, averaging roughly one month per country (plus a longer stint in Australia).Upon her [...]
Continue Reading →Directbanc.com showcases the topic of investing in our “Asking the Experts” interview series. We asked Kyle, the personal finance blogger of AmateurAssetAllocator.com, to share his insights on investing in today’s economy. Kyle’s philosphy : “My aim is to present personal finance, investing, and economic issues simply enough for beginners to easily understand but with enough substance [...]
Continue Reading →Directbanc.com shines the spotlight on women and finance in our third installment of the “Asking the Experts” series. We feature the esteemed personal finance blogger Jenny Kerr, of thejennypincher.com Jenny comes to us with a wealth of knowledge in the areas of personal finance, including the lending and insurance industries. She developed and taught a budgeting [...]
Continue Reading →Directbanc.com Goes In Depth with the Personal Finance Experts and their Personal Finance Blogs. In our second installment, Directbanc.com continues our “Asking the Experts” series of interviews with the best Personal Finance Experts from around the web. If you missed the first one with Carrie Smith, of Careful Cents Blog, be sure to read it here. [...]
Continue Reading →Directbanc.com Goes In Depth with the Personal Finance Experts and their Personal Finance Blogs. Today marks the debut of our “Asking the Experts” series of interviews with the best Personal Finance Experts from around the web. Our goal is to provide helpful information on a wide range of financial topics that affect a wide range of [...]
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