Comments on: Are Personal Finance Blogs A Suitable Replacement For Financial Books And Magazines?

By: Wilson Porter

Wilson Porter — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:43:00 +0000

I love the blogs. You can get so much so quickly.

I like reading from different sources, too.

As soon as I read stickyasset.com this October, I absolutely knew I had to educate myself on what is happening. Nowhere can help you do that more than the blogs….not as fast anyway.

Wilson

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 04:55:53 +0000

I think another reason blogs are valuable is because they expose the reader to vocabulary and ideas in many different contexts. If I’m reading a book or magazine and come across a new word or idea (even words like “stock” or ideas like “compound interest” were new to me a few months ago), I may not totally understand the meaning behind it.

Blogs offer up chances to read about these words or ideas in context and often create a link in my mind to the deeper meaning behind them.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 18:59:50 +0000

The thing I love about blogs are that they are free to go in depth with personal anecdotes since they also are free to be anonymous (or partially so). When you don’t reveal who you are, revealing other details is much easier.

I’ve been inspired by this blog, and several others simply because I’ve seen the personal stories, as they unfolded. Your line of articles about your personal history is a perfect example. A book would have created a fictional person, and it wouldn’t have been nearly as convincing or real.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 17:34:48 +0000

I think the reason I like personal finance blogs so much has a lot to do with the way I read books. Whenever I get a book that has little tips or hints in the margins or whatnot, I always go through the entire book and read all of those first! I think I’ve been trying to look for the “blurb” my whole life!