I love reading and learning about personal finance as well as sharing my failures and successes on this blog. Most of the big blogs are from the USA, but recently there have been a number of good ones in Europe sprouting up too. This coincided with the rise of P2P lending and crowdfunding platforms in Europe, and a general modernization of finance in this continent.
So let’s have a look at my favorite blogs on personal finance:
- FinanciallyFree.eu – The blog of Jørgen, 38 years old from Denmark. He speaks about real estate as well as many P2P lending platforms.
- Marco Schwartz – Marco is a good friend who blogs about p2p real estate platforms, p2p lending and affiliate sites and publishes his monthly results.
- The Wealthy Finn
- P2P Millionaire
- Mustachian Post – 30 something couple living in Switzerland.
- Escaping to Freedom – Blog of Ricard from Barcelona.
- Hops and Numbers – Spanish couple blogs about their journey to FI.
- The Poor Swiss – 30-year-old computer scientist living in Switzerland.
- Mucho Invertir – Ignacio focuses on stocks in his Spanish-only blog.
- Cheesy Finance – Dutch couple (with kid) on a mission to become Financially Independent & Retire Early.
I’ve actually built a site that aggregates news from all these blogs and other sources such as podcasts. You can find the best European finance blog news over at Euro Finance Blogs, a site I built with the excellent WP RSS Aggregator plugin for WordPress.
Other related sites that are not strictly personal blogs but focus more on alternative investments:
- P2P-Banking – Run by Claus Lehmann from Germany who reviews worldwide P2P lending platforms.
- MoneyBrewer – Focused on reviewing European P2P lending sites.
- Alternativeinvesetments.money
- Welltrado
- P2PHero
- P2PIndependentForum
- P2PBlog
- FinancialThing – Run by Laurence who was on my podcast Mastermind.fm
Do you follow any other personal finance blogs in Europe that are worth adding to the list?
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Jørgen’s posts used to be more informative, but nowadays I don’t really see much more than monthly updates. It’s a shame, but I’ve really stopped reading that.
Two sites I think you should consider are:
https://p2p-millionaire.com/ Sterling has a staggering portfolio. It’s very p2p-heavy but there’s great insights for finance in general.
https://www.thewealthyfinn.com/ Also quite p2p-heavy, but also other interesting content, especially on sustainable investing and other topics earlier in the year.
Hi Auri, that’s true, Jorgen probably used to write more about his investments. However, I don’t see it as a bad thing. As I mentioned recently, I don’t really care much about very detailed monthly income reports. What I really want to know is what are the top 3 platforms that I should focus on, and then I make my own calculations on what’s the right sum for me to invest in each and what auto-invest strategy to use. I feel that the monthly income reports are a distraction and a shiny object for new investors to waste time on, rather than learning the basics and trying things out for themselves.
I also prefer reading blogs of people who don’t hide behind the veil of anonymity. Jorgen is a great guy who is very transparent and is genuinely interested in sharing his knowledge, in fact I had a very interesting chat with him on my podcast earlier this year.
I’ll also add the two blogs you mentioned as they are blogs I hold in high regard as well.
A note on Sterling and his blog: although I just mentioned that I don’t like anonymous blogs that much, I had a face to face conversation with Sterling earlier this year and recorded a podcast episode with him. So to me, he is no longer an anonymous person, and I can vouch for him really knowing his stuff.
Keep in mind that although he does invest a lot in P2P by most people’s standards, he also has a pretty high net worth which affords him a comfortable cushion even if the worst comes to worst and his P2P investments become severely impaired. That’s also why you need to be careful with monthly reports, it’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking an investor is taking a risky position by investing a big sum, when in reality it’s not that much of a risky position given the total net worth, his other income streams, etc. As I always say, it’s better to look less at what others are doing and focus more on learning and building your own strategy.
Hi Jean,
I’d love if you could add my P2P website to the list – http://www.p2previews.co.uk
I have reviewed the main UK based P2P websites and am currently working on an all encompassing guide to all platforms in the UK (part 1 complete, parts 2 and 3 are work in progress).
Thanks,
Matt
Thanks for the list. Great to see what else is out there in Europe (I have a blog on investing for women (www.ayshavdp.com) and I am based in Switzerland).
Good, I have also finance blog name is: https://www.blogonfinance.com
Please check this one and add on your list if it’s possible.
Thanks
I think FinancialChipmunk.com should be on the list as well 🙂 It’s all about investing, saving, real estate and reaching financial freedom.
It gives an perspective from a couple with 2 kids in The Netherlands!
Thanks for your consideration.
Best of luck,
Financial Chipmunk
A great list for sure but i think p2pincome.eu should be included on the list. (because its mine 😂)
Hello, I think Money Bear Club (moneybearclub.com) should also be added to this list. It focuses on investing and savings advice for Europeans.
Thank you for mentioning the p2phero 😉 I will now read through your promising site, thanks again
You’re welcome!