Our Favorite Financial Resources




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Summary: We hope LMM  is your go-to place for all things personal finance but there are other resources available. We share some of our favorites.<br> Podcasts<br> <a href="http://www.marketplace.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">APM Marketplace:</a>  News on business, money, and economics.<br> <a href="http://www.stackingbenjamins.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stacking Benjamins:</a>  Our buddy Joe!  If you like LMM, you’ll love this podcast.  Joe was a recent guest on <a href="https://www.listenmoneymatters.com/5-reasons-financial-plan-sucks-joe-saul-sehy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Episode 81.</a><br> Books<br> <a title="The Simple Dollar Book" href="https://www.listenmoneymatters.com/go/simple-dollar-book/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Simple Dollar:</a>  Trent Ham’s guide to wiping out debt.<br> <a title="I Will Teach You To Be Rich Book" href="https://www.listenmoneymatters.com/go/will-teach-rich-book/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">I Will Teach You to Be Rich:</a>  Ramit Sethi’s book for young people at the start of their personal finance journeys.<br> <a title="The Richest Man in Babylon Book" href="https://www.listenmoneymatters.com/go/richest-man-babylon-book/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Richest Man in Babylon:</a>  Personal finance taught through fables by George Clason.<br> <a href="https://www.listenmoneymatters.com/wildcat-currency" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wildcat Currency: </a> Recent guest Professor Edward Castronova’s new book on digital currencies.<br> <a href="https://www.listenmoneymatters.com/go/intelligent-investor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Intelligent Investor:</a>  Written by Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett’s mentor.  Can’t get much better PF bona fides than that.<br> <a href="https://www.listenmoneymatters.com/four-hour-work-week" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Four Hour Work Week:</a>  Tim Ferriss’ first book which has evolved into a wildly successful series.<br> Blogs<br> <a href="http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Get Rich Slowly:</a>  We’ve interviewed founder <a href="https://www.listenmoneymatters.com/debt-vet-j-d-roth/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JD Roth</a> and writer <a href="https://www.listenmoneymatters.com/psychology-of-money-kristin-wong/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kristen Wong.</a>  One of the first successful PF blogs and still a major player.<br> <a href="http://jlcollinsnh.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jim Collins: </a> The inspirational proponent of “eff you money.”  His blog is hidden but we found it for you!<br> <a href="https://www.listenmoneymatters.com/go/readyforzero" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ready for Zero: </a> Great friends of LMM’s.  If you’re in debt, they’ll get you out.  We spoke to Claire in <a href="https://www.listenmoneymatters.com/mastering-debt-reduction-claire-murdough/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Episode 42</a> about this invaluable service.<br> <a href="http://www.financialsamurai.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Financial Samurai:</a>  Reach financial independence sooner.<br> <a href="http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mr Money Mustache:</a>  Early retirement through extreme frugality.<br> Tools<br> <a href="https://www.listenmoneymatters.com/go/mint" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mint:</a>  Our favorite budgeting tool.  If you’re a beginner to PF, this is the place to start.<br> <a href="https://www.listenmoneymatters.com/go/betterment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Betterment:</a>  LMM’s favorite investing tool for beginners.<br> Movies<br> <a href="http://www.maxedoutmovie.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maxed Out:</a>  A documentary about predatory lending practices.<br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHe0bXAIuk0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How the Economic Machine Works:...</a>