In December, I declared Money Magazine as the best of the big three personal finance magazines (Money, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, and Smart Money). I promised to start the competition at ground zero in 2006 since Money was so far ahead that the others could never catch up.
Here's an update on my competition for the best personal finance magazine. My methodology: the magazines get one vote for each article that I found useful -- either for me, someone I knew or for this blog.
As a reminder, here's how each one scored for January:
- Money - 14
- Kiplinger's - 6
- Smart Money - 6
Here are the results for February:
- Money - 7
- Kiplinger's - 6
- Smart Money - 3
So, our total for the year stands at:
- Money - 21
- Kiplinger's - 12
- Smart Money - 9
My thoughts:
1. My winner for 2005, Money magazine, stumbled a bit this month. Though it was still the winner, the margin of victory was the closest ever. I'm chalking it up to a bad month for them. I think they'll bounce back.
2. Kiplinger's held in there with another solid performance. With a bit more improvement, they could give Money a run for their money. ;-)
3. Smart Money is back to its losing ways. Too many "hot stock of the month" articles to be useful.
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