Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine

Pros: Practical personal financial advice for savings, spending and managing money, plus tax-planning strategies

Cons: Advice not as timely as financial newsletters/newspapers nor sophisticated enough for savvy investors

The Bottom Line: For sound financial advice in uncertain time, read Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine. It gives practical advice and information on a variety of topics. I highly recommend it.

Review: In my opinion Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine is one of the best magazine for consumer financial information. Issues are filled with solid advice and strategies for successfully managing personal and family finances. Kiplinger's is for consumers...

Pros: Complete coverage of all aspects of personal finance.

Cons: Sacrifices some depth for breadth.

The Bottom Line: Kiplinger's addresses the individual as a whole, financial entity.

Review: “Kiplinger’s Personal Finance” is yet another publication devoted to the area of (surprise!) personal finance. I have only been recently exposed to this magazine’s offerings. Originally, I had been subscribing to the magazine “Individual Investor”. This...

Pros: smart layout, sound advice

Cons: too many ads

Review: Do you have money to burn? Does your money burn a hole in your pocket? Are you too impatient to "get rich slowly"? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you really should look elsewhere for a financial publication. But if you're...

Pros: helpful,useful,good articles, gives you a personal aspect of buisness, you can beat other people to the punch on stocks, learn to save money

Cons: none

Review: well, see, I read Kiplinger's magazine with my uncle when I visit him in Hyattsville, md, and I always look at the new issue of K's magazine everytime I visit. This mag has taught me a thing or two about saving money. They have plenty of articles on:...

Pros: broad audience appeal, informative, educational

Cons: repetitive

Review: Kiplinger's magazine is a good read for the new to experienced financial person. I have been investing and subscribing to different investment magazines for some time now and have come to appreciate the subtle differences in the resources available to...

Pros: Good mix covering many areas of Personal Finance

Cons: The investment news is sometimes less than timely

Review: A few years ago I became interested in taking control of my financial future and subscribed to a dozen different financial magazines including Forbes, Inc., Money, SmartMoney, Your Money, etc. I now only subscribe to Kiplinger's Personal Finance (and...

Pros: Useful advice

Cons: Appears to neglect below $10 stocks

Review: Kiplinger's Personal Finance is truly a personal finance magazine for the average person. Each issue of this monthly magazine is divided into three sections: Investing, Managing, and Spending.

The Investing Section covers specific stocks as...

Pros: Good, sound articles, advice and information, excellent value on subscription price

Cons: none that I can think of

Review: Over the years I have subscribed to a variety of publications but always come back to and can rely upon the information in Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine. The articles are well-written and sound in basic investment principal. The subscription...

Pros: Neat, good content and attractive layout

Cons: None

Review: I tend to read quite a lot of magazines and very few impress me in terms of their content, layout and overall appeal. I would definitely rate Kiplinger's very high in my magazine subscription category.

First, the glossy print is a delight and...

Pros: Simply written, easy to understand

Cons: Shorter articles do not go into great detail

Review: I have subscribed to several personal finance magazines in the past few years, in an effort to educate myself and become a more proficient investor. Kiplinger's Personal Finance is, by far, my favorite. Month after month Kiplinger's offers sound...