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Free Money Finance is a personal finance blog designed to help readers grow their net worth. The site is over four years old and contains more than 7,000 posts on saving money, making money, investing, planning for retirement, and all other personal finance related topics.

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Are You Confident You Can Retire?

Here's a piece from CNN Money that says most Americans think they won't be able to afford retirement. The details: Only 13% of workers surveyed said they "feel very confident" that they will be able to retire comfortably — less than half the percentage reported in 2007. Nearly half -- 49% -- said they were "not too" or "not at all" confident. […]

FMF March Money Madness, Round 3, Posts 1-4

Here we go with the third round of Free Money Finance March Money Madness (to follow all the action click on my March Money Madness category link and scroll down to read all the posts involved in this subject.) I've listed each "game" (one post versus another) in segments along with the wording provided by the author when the post was submitted. […]

Reader Profile: JB

The following is the latest post in my "Reader Profiles" series. Each post in this series details the financial situation and challenges of an FMF reader. […]

Making Money on Hobbies

I've often suggested that a great way to earn some extra money is to turn your hobby into an income. For some of my thoughts on this subject, see these posts: Turning a Hobby Into an Income: How I Did It An Example of How to Turn a Hobby into an Income Turn Your Hobby Into a Nice Second Income Along the same lines, Dr. Thomas Stanley recently posted on a young man named T.C. […]

FMF March Money Madness, Round 2, Posts 29-32

Here we go with the second round of Free Money Finance March Money Madness (to follow all the action click on my March Money Madness category link and scroll down to read all the posts involved in this subject.) I've listed each "game" (one post versus another) in segments along with the wording provided by the author when the post was submitted. […]

Help a Reader: Blended Family Life Insurance

Here's an email I recently received from a reader: I am divorced and about 6 years ago I bought a 20 yr term life ins. […]

Reader Profile: KG

The following is the latest post in my "Reader Profiles" series. Each post in this series details the financial situation and challenges of an FMF reader. […]

FMF March Money Madness, Round 2, Posts 25-28

Here we go with the second round of Free Money Finance March Money Madness (to follow all the action click on my March Money Madness category link and scroll down to read all the posts involved in this subject.) I've listed each "game" (one post versus another) in segments along with the wording provided by the author when the post was submitted. […]

Happy Birthday to Me!

Today is the 8th anniversary of Free Money Finance! Yes, eight short years ago I began this blog with one simple post -- on how to contact me. :) I followed that one up with a short piece noting what the site would be about. […]

Over-Indulgence

For those of you new to Free Money Finance, I post on The Bible and Money every Sunday. Here's why. Today I'm posting Proverbs 21:17, a verse that talks about the impacts of over-indulging. […]