Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine

Pros: Good personal finance tips; Competitively priced
Cons: Would like to see more diversity of investing coverage

Financial magazines are among my favorite and most often read publications. I read them for investment advice, charts and rankings of mutual funds, personal success stories, and corporate information. One of my favorite personal finance magazines is...

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

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: Wide range of topics, Helpful & educational, Well-written, Inexpensive subscription price
Cons: Need to rely on website for most up-to-date information

Kiplinger’s Personal Finance is a great magazine for those of us who don’t quite have the time we need to devote to investing, but who still want to stay educated and up-to-date with what is happening the markets. The magazine aims for those of ...

Pros: Gives a lot in helpful information in easy to read style.
Cons: More depth in some of the articles would be appreciated.

My husband is my primary investment advisor. He is very astute when it comes to both understanding kinds of investments and finding those that fit both our incomes and our retirement needs. He’s been doing this job well for over 30 years now. Since ...

Pros: Many topics covered. Tries to answer today's big questions.
Cons: Will be too basic for seasoned investors. Doesn't go into great detail about topics.

I have been subscribing to this magazine for several years. I may not actually “learn” a lot from reading one magazine but it adds up when reading it on a monthly basis. The magazine does keep me aware of new scams, trends and focused. I like ...

Pros: Complete coverage of all aspects of personal finance.
Cons: Sacrifices some depth for breadth.

“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: Good Articles
Cons: None

In the most recent issue, Mutual Funds were reviewed. The review provided a significant amount of useful data about the top funds. The top funds were evaluated by type of fund and the focus of the fund. I found that by breaking it down to this level of...

Pros: informative, diverse, has a little for everyone
Cons: too many advertisements!!!

I subscribe to 2 financial magazines... Money and Kiplinger's Personal Finance. KPF is a little less personable than Money magazine, but it does give good need to know facts, like the top performing stock mutual funds for one, three, and five years....

Pros: articles
Cons: none

The magazine I am reviewing today is called “Kiplinger's.” This is a very well written magazine. I say this because the articles in it always stimulate me to buy another one. This magazine is so great that I often find myself literally waiting for the...

Pros: smart layout, sound advice
Cons: too many ads

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: Stable, Dependable information
Cons: None

Kiplinger continues to do it. They continue to show me innovative ways to invest my money, save my money and make my money earn more for me. In looking back at the last 4 - 5 years as a subscriber, I can see the many ways and changes I have made based...

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

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: uncommonly well-thought-out design
Cons: none

Kiplinger's Personal Finance, the monthly magazine published by the venerable Kiplinger group in Washington, D.C., has undertaken an uncommonly ambitious redesign (effective with its January 2000 issue). The redesign gives the magazine a slick, updated...

Pros: Very practical on a very basic level...which is a good thing.
Cons: New design a bit confusing for long-time readers....but I'm getting used to it...

I've been an off and on subscriber (more on than off...but it did lapse a couple of times...my fault, not the magazine's) of KPF magazine for over 10 years...when it was still called "Changing Times". What I liked about then, and what I like...

Pros: New Design Is Practical and Organized
Cons: Dated Information

Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine, for many of us, it's been in our household for generations. Full of personal finance information and advice....It's been a nice run, and as a loyal Kiplinger's subscriber for many years, I've decided to call it...