A few months back I subscribed to Money magazine. It had been years since I had a subscription to it but since I needed regular reading material for the sauna, I decided to take the plunge.
A month or so later I did the same with Kiplinger Personal Finance magazine.
It's been a decade since I used to rate the magazines against each other but there's such a stark contract to them now that I wanted to resurrect the old practice.
Money magazine is still as awesome as it's ever been. Full of good, useful content. In fact, I get several blog post ideas from every issue, making the magazine well worth the cost. They have tons of money-related stats which I especially like.
Kiplinger's was always #2 to Money back in the day, but boy has it taken a turn for the worse.
The articles were puff pieces with very little useful information. And the magazine was very thin -- not much content (or at least it seemed that way). It certainly made me think back to why I canceled my subscription in the first place.
Yes, I know I can get articles from both of these online (and I read there too -- in fact, Kiplinger seems better online than in print), but I need a physical copy for the sauna (some guys bring their phones in but I'm afraid the heat will hurt my phone).
How about you? Do you subscribe to any personal finance magazines? If so, what do you think of them?
Agree on Money being better than Kiplinger's. I used to subscribe to both but nowadays my only subscriptions are The Economist and WSJ. I love the Economist, but find I can only really get through ~10-20% per week. WSJ I read something electronically most days.
Posted by: DIY$ | August 08, 2016 at 03:14 PM
please send me the URL to your new site
Posted by: Mark | August 08, 2016 at 03:57 PM
I agree. I subscribe to both--have for years. I got my renewal for Kiplingers and the price was ridiculous for the quality. So I do not plan to renew. Money has stayed pretty much the same but has also fallen a bit. I am finding too much of the magazines lately are ALL ADS and very little content. Not just these but many others as well. I did not subscribe to be bombarded by ads.
Posted by: Donna S | August 09, 2016 at 03:24 PM
I use to read Kiplinger's years ago and liked it very much.
I am glad that you are posting to this site more since when you do, I get an e-mail notification and keep up better that way. With your new site, when you post, I do not get an e-mail notification and wished the new site worked that way as well.
Posted by: Charles Dale | August 09, 2016 at 03:59 PM
Charles --
It does work that way. I'll send you an email with details.
Posted by: FMF | August 09, 2016 at 04:56 PM