Blog Profiles: Financial Planning Blogs

Welcome to Blog Profiles! Each week, we select a topic and handful of blogs that do a great job contributing to the conversation. This week, we’re looking at financial planning blogs. Do you have a blog that deserves recognition? Tweet our writers at @BeyondBylines.

It’s a new year, and a perfect time to think about planning for the future.

Thinking about retiring one day, and how best to do so, is a tough topic.

Read on for ideas on how to map out your financial future.

1. Gen Y Planning

Sophia Bera, author of the ebook “What You Should Have Learned About Money, But Never Did: A Gen Y Guide to Empowered Personal Finance”, works virtually with clients to help them achieve their financial goals.

Ways People Put Off Actually Dealing With Their Money, Ask Gen Y Planning: Should I Be a Socially Responsible Investor?, and Ask Gen Y Planning: Is Student Loan Debt Worth It? are great posts.

Follow @sophiabera on Twitter.

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2. Mom and Dad Money

Matt started the Mom and Dad Money website as a place for new parents to visit for honest, down-to-earth financial advice.

Check out: The Only 7 Investment Decisions That Matter, How to Choose the Best College Savings Account (and When You Shouldn’t Use One), and The Basics of Estate Planning for New Parents.

Follow @MomAndDadMoney on Twitter.

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3. FPA – Journal Of Financial Planning 

The FPA blog is geared towards helping financial planning professionals, with blog posts from leading experts in the field.

The CEO: A Key to Success for Growing Firms, Best of 2018: Advisers: Recognize Your Walk-Away Moment, and Best of 2018: Things You Shouldn’t Say to Grieving Clients are all fantastic reads.

Follow @FPApubs on Twitter.

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4. Cash Cow Couple

The Cash Cow Couple went from $25,000 in debt to financial freedom in 5 years.

I enjoyed Minimalist Living: How to Thrive on $1,000/Month, Are You Saving Enough to Achieve Financial Freedom? and How To Build and Maintain Perfect (800+) Credit For Life.

Follow @CashCowCouple on Twitter.

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Stephanie Donovan is a Senior Customer Content Specialist at PR Newswire, who edits client news for distribution. She is an avid runner, enjoys yoga, and likes to find ways to live green. In her free time, she likes discovering new music, keeping up to date on the best new TV shows, and traveling. If you’d like to connect, you can find her on LinkedIn.