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1. 

   jackie
   

   February 4, 2009, 6:27

   
   

   I love these forums:
   http://www.savingadvice.com/forums/
2. 

   PT Money
   

   February 4, 2009, 10:47

   
   

   I like WSJ Online Personal Finance News. Unbiased.

   I also like what’s going on at FNBO Direct’s Pay Yourself First Challenge (shameless plug).
3. 

   Steve
   

   February 4, 2009, 11:39

   
   

   As one who is a follower of Jesus and of Scripture, I have been following http://www.soundmindinvesting.com. It’s the best! (in my humble opinion)
4. 

   Start-Up
   

   February 4, 2009, 12:38

   
   

   I’m partial to investopedia.com and fool.com for investing and general personal finance info.
5. 

   Sanjeev
   

   February 4, 2009, 13:16

   
   

   I am a fan of Bogleheads forum – Good source of investing advice.
   http://www.bogleheads.org/forum/index.php
6. 

   Slinky
   

   February 4, 2009, 13:29

   
   

   You don’t seem to have Morningstar on there. I find that completely horrifying! It’s so awesome for researching investments.
7. 

   Mr. GoTo
   

   February 4, 2009, 13:41

   
   

   For breaking financial, economic and market news from around the world, you can’t beat bloomberg.com.
8. 

   Pinyo
   

   February 4, 2009, 13:49

   
   

   @Slinky – Those are just examples
9. 

   Patrick
   

   February 4, 2009, 15:41

   
   

   I usually read CNN Money and Google Finance for quick updates, and for stock trading tutorials I usually go to TradeKing,which is an awesome free resource.
10. 

    Craig
    

    February 4, 2009, 15:52

    
    

    I have a a few I go through from and enjoy reading not just because of the excellent content but because I have been able to get to know the authors better. getrichslowly.org is one of many I read.
11. 

    Kenneth Lin
    

    February 4, 2009, 16:12

    
    

    Thanks for the mention in your list. I think we are in great company.

    I do want to point out that Credit Karma is not a credit score estimate. It is a factual credit score based on your credit report. In fact, it is the same score that dozens of sites charge $15 a month to access.
12. 

    Living Off Dividends & Passive Income
    

    February 4, 2009, 17:19

    
    

    I like Barrons
13. 

    Keith@DebtHacker
    

    February 4, 2009, 18:22

    
    

    You mentioned Zillow.com. You may want to add CyberHomes.com to the list. I’ve been using both for my home estimation purposes.
14. 

    Michele
    

    February 4, 2009, 19:14

    
    

    Ok here we go….

    http://www.extension.org/pages.....ial_Future

    http://www.mymoney.gov/

    http://wiseupwomen.tamu.edu/02.....atalog.php

    http://www.yodlee.com/ (much like Mint, Quicken)

    http://www.wesabe.com/

    http://budgettracker.com/

    https://www.justthrive.com/

    http://myvesta.org/

    http://www.feedthepig.org/

    http://www.smartypig.com/
15. 

    Kris
    

    February 4, 2009, 19:29

    
    

    I’d recommend Money Ning: http://moneyning.com/
16. 

    ctreit
    

    February 4, 2009, 21:40

    
    

    Touting my own horn here. We launched http://www.vilkri.com a little while ago (even though we need to make it look a little better). vilkri is a virtual financial coach that generates stories customized to a user’s financial situation. For example, it creates 6000 unique reports when analyzing a user’s debts. vilkri aims to help people who are not very comfortable with numbers and personal finance issues by presenting topics with text rather than numbers, tables, and charts.
17. 

    nickel
    

    February 4, 2009, 21:55

    
    

    I’m partial to http://www.fivecentnickel.com, but Moolanomy is a close second.
18. 

    Chuck
    

    February 5, 2009, 7:49

    
    

    My personal favorite is still Yodlee Moneycenter. Seems like Mint has overtaken it in popularity, but last time I tried that 1/2 my accounts didn’t work in there that worked in Yodlee.
19. 

    MoneyNing
    

    February 5, 2009, 12:14

    
    

    I second MoneyNing!

    Other sites that I frequent are Moolanomy (of course) and Yahoo Finance.

    Actually, I’m addicted to Yahoo Finance that I sometimes need to tell myself “no”
20. 

    The Passive Dad
    

    February 5, 2009, 12:23

    
    

    I love Mint as it’s helped our family create some great budget categories and helped my wife and I communicate better about money. I’m still jealous she has an iphone at work and can use the cool Mint application.
21. 

    Darwin's Finance
    

    February 5, 2009, 18:10

    
    

    Great idea for a post!

    Well, of course I’d like to think Darwin’s Finance is the best around, but I’d be kidding myself!
    Seriously, when I need a quick snapshot of everything from Stock Market trends to legislation impacting my taxes and income to personal finance, I jump over to: http://www.cbsmarketwatch.com. They update quite frequently, the comment chains are usually pretty amusing and it gives me plenty of new investment ideas (and blog post ideas as well!).
22. 

    Tom
    

    February 5, 2009, 20:18

    
    

    I live evreward.com for online shopping. I go there first when I buy something online so I know which site pays the most cashback.
23. 

    Steve @ brip blap
    

    February 5, 2009, 20:28

    
    

    Check out brightscope.com – it’s an interesting evaluation of (most) company’s 401(k) plans.
24. 

    Michele
    

    February 5, 2009, 23:07

    
    

    @ctreit your website looks very nice, but I tried to sign up and it wouldnt let me. I also tried the “contact us” it is not working either.
25. 

    Amy
    

    February 6, 2009, 8:36

    
    

    Yodlee.com is great – I use it daily to keep track of all my finances.
26. 

    Wendy
    

    February 6, 2009, 10:24

    
    

    I use Bankrate.com to find the best CD rates.
27. 

    Kevin
    

    February 6, 2009, 10:25

    
    

    Morningstar.com is a great place to check out mutual fund ratings!
28. 

    Lightningbugaboo
    

    February 6, 2009, 10:28

    
    

    I use the online banking feature of my credit union to track our balances, transfer money between accounts, pay bills, etc. It’s saved me many frantic trips to our local branch!
29. 

    Carolyn
    

    February 6, 2009, 10:44

    
    

    My favorites are daveramsey.com, http://moneycentral.msn.com/co.....oardID=688 (The Women in Red groups for getting out of debt) and moneysavingmom.com.
30. 

    Jim @ Change Jar Savings
    

    February 6, 2009, 11:19

    
    

    I like Wisebread.com, Consumerist, Get Rich Slowly. I also have my own PF blog called Change Jar Savings.
31. 

    Scott
    

    February 6, 2009, 11:29

    
    

    http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com
32. 

    Peter
    

    February 6, 2009, 11:59

    
    

    My favorites (ones i frequent)

    mint.com
    gatherlittlebylittle.com
    christianpf.com
    moolanomy.com (of course)
    freemoneyfinance.com
    MSNmoney.com (and msn smart spending)
33. 

    The Happy Rock
    

    February 6, 2009, 12:22

    
    

    I visit Yahoo Finance, not a fan of Google Finance.

    The like Mr. Rebates instead of Ebates

    I do like Zillow and Trulia for home value and searches
34. 

    J. Money
    

    February 6, 2009, 14:18

    
    

    aww yeah, look at all these good ones!
    Here are a cple of mine:

    msnbc.com
    mymoneyblog.com
    and now Zillow! Love that place…
35. 

    Jennie
    

    February 6, 2009, 18:10

    
    

    I just discovered beingfrugal.net and that site has been so helpful!
    Also love financefreelancelife.com
36. 

    TammerX
    

    February 7, 2009, 3:31

    
    

    I highly suggest http://moneypurposejoy.com/ for good insight, tips, perspective and encouragement.
37. 

    Pamela @ Frugal Vet Tech
    

    February 8, 2009, 0:23

    
    

    There are oh-so-many:

    Wise Bread: http://www.wisebread.com
    Budgets are Sexy: http://www.budgetsaresexy.com
    Mrs. Micah: http://www.financefreelancelife.com
    Gather Little by Little: http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com
    Get Rich Slowly: http://www.getrichslowy.org
    Christian PF: http://www.christianpf.com

    And lots of others that I’m currently forgetting.
38. 

    Al F.
    

    February 8, 2009, 13:31

    
    

    I love love love http://www.consumerist.com — not necessarily all about finances, but absolutely essential information about how to handle things that go wrong in the process of being financially responsible. (Debt collectors, companies that take your money without delivering product, etc.)

    Other favorites are the Simple Dollar ( http://www.thesimpledollar.com/ ), and Paid Twice ( http://www.paidtwice.com/ ).
39. 

    Bobbi
    

    February 10, 2009, 18:28

    
    

    http://www.paidtwice.com
    http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com &
    http://www.thesimpledollar.com
    are a few of my favorites, but there are a ton more. These are the first ones I started reading & it was uphill from there!!.
    Thanks,
40. 

    Julia
    

    February 10, 2009, 21:23

    
    

    I often use mint.com (which is already mentioned), but the other financial sites I use are blogs. My favorite is http://www.thesimpledollar.com. I also, like many here, like http://www.getrichslowly.org. One I don’t see already suggested here is http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com.

    Yes, and I linked from my blog to this post as well.
41. 

    sfordinarygirl
    

    February 12, 2009, 18:54

    
    

    i’m a huge fan of pearbudget’s blog – http://pearbudget.tumblr.com/
42. 

    Beth
    

    February 13, 2009, 12:12

    
    

    I’m a huge fan of http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog. That single blog has done more to help me with the way I view my finances than any other site. The style of J.D.’s writing has worked for me. I also enjoy this blog as well as http://www.consumerismcommentary.com, the articles on MSN Money, and http://www.barganeering.com.
43. 

    Julie
    

    February 15, 2009, 21:09

    
    

    I use mint.com and love it. It’s really helped us keep our grocery spending under control. Others I have gone to are http://www.myopenwallet.net, http://www.bostongals.com, and I like to read Money’s Millionaires in the Making. You can view all of the past ones at http://www.ptmoney.com.
44. 

    Connie P
    

    February 18, 2009, 21:01

    
    

    I’ll second the support for Yodlee. I also recommend using redfin.com for anyone looking for a home in large areas like DC. The search engine is very good. I didn’t use their Realtor service, although it seems like a good option for someone who doesn’t already have a relationship with a Realtor.
45. 

    Chris P
    

    February 20, 2009, 1:23

    
    

    Check out Rentalstock.com
46. 

    Rachel
    

    February 25, 2009, 12:31

    
    

    I’m a big fan of http://www.moneysavingmom.com/. Tons of deals that save money.
47. 

    Bill @ Money Hacks
    

    February 25, 2009, 16:27

    
    

    Andrew Tobias, author of The Only Investment Guide You Will Ever Need, is my favorite financial writer of all time. He also co-authored Managing Your Money, the precursor to Quicken and Money. He’s worth reading every day (though he is very political minded, too, being the Democratic National Committee Treasurer).

    His web site is http://www.andrewtobias.com
48. 

    Bella
    

    February 28, 2009, 1:47

    
    

    Hello
    There is one I just started reading. It is for women and is called, itshermoney- financial advice for the everyday women. http://www.itshermoney.com

    There are not a lot fo financial sites just for women in a language they understand.

    Bella