Favorite Sites Other than Saving Advice?

[scfr]

Other than SA, what are your favorite sites for finding personal-finance related information? One of mine is Bank Deals - Best Bank Rates which has the best information on bank accounts (where to get the best rates, bank closures, etc.) I got tired of BankRate.com because they were always putting banks that paid to advertise with them at the top of the list.

[disneysteve]

I use bankrate.com to look up rates and to use their financial calculators.

I use yahoo for stock quotes and business news.

I also use money.com occasionally for the same kind of thing.

[laurend1985]

longhaircareforum
long hair community
Purse forum
Dave Ramsey

[scfr]

I use bankrate.com to look up rates and to use their financial calculators.

For several years I've only used Bankrate to look up their "Safe & Sound" ratings. Their information on bank deposit products isn't very good.

[scfr]

longhaircareforum
long hair community
Purse forum

Gotta ask ... These sites are personal finance related?

[FrugalTexan75]

Frugal Living forum on about.com

No More Debt (Ramsey inspired) on Delphi forums

[humandraydel]

I like the Boglehead forum a lot (though sometimes the people there are TOO anal-retentive).

[twest]

clarkhoward.com

gailvazoxlade.com (she has a couple of shows on tv I like "Princess" and "Til Debt Do us Part")

The Dollar Stretcher: Frugal Living since 1996

[bUU]

Other than SA, what are your favorite sites for finding personal-finance related information?

I find myself evaluating mutual funds using a combination of four sites:

• U.S. News and World Report's continuing review of "Best Funds", though recently they've removed some of the granularity that I used to rely on. They actually rate each fund numerically, with a category, and knowing that #1 was a 93 and #2 was a 92 rather than #2 being a 65 was important. Now they just show the rankings. Still, it gives me some insights to see how they're thinking about things.
  
• Marketwatch is where I get access to Lipper ratings, which I find very useful.
  
• Fundmojo is where I get a more in-depth analysis of what's good and bad about specific funds.
  
• Morningstar is the most user-friendly source I have for comparing composition, returns, etc.

In terms of other forums, the ones I like best is the Financial Independence & Early Retirement forum, and the Bogleheads forum.

I've checked out a bunch of other forums and they're all severely lacking imho: Simple Living forum is rather low-volume, probably because of how right-wing the membership is; The Finance forum is practically a ghost town, as Internet forums go. The Morningstar forums are impossible to follow, because their discussion forum software sucks so badly (I don't see how to review subscriptions for new postings; I don't see how to see what new threads have been added; it's simply not as good as vBulletin).

FatWallet isn't much better than Morningstar, except that they've got RSS feeds that helps, and email notifications of updates to thread (two things I cannot find with Morningstar). There are occasionally some good threads at FatWallet, but personal finance/investing isn't the main focus there; it often seems like it's just saving money for the sake of saving money, not for fostering financial independence.

I'm a member of Motley Fool from way back, but haven't logged in for about ten years and at this point I don't even know if there is a decent way for me to get "permission" to participate there.

As I mentioned, I do frequent the Boglehead forum...

I like the Boglehead forum a lot (though sometimes the people there are TOO anal-retentive).

That's part of their charm!

Seriously, I don't view it as anal-retentive. The site embraces a very specific investing philosophy, one which is probably as bullet-proof as any that have ever been outlined, which is saying something. Since the site exists specifically to help people adhere to that philosophy, it would be silly for the site to waver from doing so. Having said that, they really aren't as extreme as your comment would make it out to be. While any discussion of deliberate market timing is disparaged (and rightfully so, as per the investing philosophy), thoughts about selling being "good" on up days, and buying being "good" on down days aren't disparaged. Incidental tripping over some fortuitous "market timing" isn't condemned - only deliberately moving money around that you wouldn't have otherwise moved around, in some vain attempt to time the market, is.

[jaystone]

Fatwallet finance forum.

[disneysteve]

I'm not sure if this is quite what you were looking for but I'd also mention sites that help save me money. Amazon would top that list. We've saved hundreds and hundreds of dollars by buying things there instead of at local stores. Groupon and Living Social also have great deals.

I've also gotten good savings tips at dis boards.com. It is a Disney trip planning site but one forum is the Budget Board and some good advice turns up there that has nothing to do with Disney.

[scfr]

Lots of good ones - keep 'em coming!
Some I have visited and like, specifically: Clark Howard, Morningstar, and Bogleheads Forum.
(I consider myself a "Boglehead" but haven't been to the Forum in a long time. The discussions tend to go pretty fast & furious and I can't keep up.)

There are others mentioned that I am definitely going to check out!

Disneysteve, I think your mentions of Amazon & Disney boards are "fair game" for this question. It prompts me to add Charity Navigator to my list. Before I donate my hard-earned money to a charity, I like to make sure that they are being responsible about their finances.

[MonkeyMama]

Mymoneyblog.com - is the only non-SA I regularly read and actually subscribe too. Has saved me tons of money over the years. (Tips on rebates, credit card rewards, deals, etc. - is just my speed).

Mr. Money Mustache blog - I have never been a fan of early retirement blogs in general, but this one is quite useful. One of the better posts:

First Retire…Then Get Rich | Mr. Money Mustache

In addition, when people would honestly ask us "how we do it" (live on one income), I would not even know where to even begin with everything we do to make it work. Today I just send a link to Mr. Money Mustache. That is how you do it. There lots of "Um, you work full-time just to pay for the cost of working" posts.

Boglehead Forums - the tax and investing advice over there is A+. I generally would not advise taking free online advice. BUT, bogleheads would be the exception.

Morningstar (portfolio x-ray) and yahoo finance (mutual fund date), of course.

[BuckyBadger]

Bogleheads for anything tax or investment related. They've already saved me thousands.

[thesimplemoneyblog]

Investopedia.com is also a great resource for finding definitions of concepts and terms.

Mint.com (while not research based) is a great personal finance site.

Yahoo! Finance is also great.