Personal Finance Podcasts
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The Diffusion Group recently predicted U.S. podcast audience growth from less than one million to 56 million by 2010. Given the potential size of the podcasting market and the ease at which podcasting delivers personal finance information to the mass market, Moneysmartz scoured the personal finance web to identify the best money-related podcasts.
Before reviewing these findings, we need to explain podcasting technology. Podcasting allows you to receive audio programs on a "device" such as an iPod, MP3 player, or computer. You choose what goes on your device by "subscribing" to free feeds from just about anyone and on any subject. Your device and podcasting software then do the work and automatically download feeds for your listening pleasure.
Ease of creation has resulted in podcasts on any subject imaginable. You don't have to be a CPA to talk about accounting or a musician to create a music podcast. This freedom leads to incredible diversity, but spotty quality and a high abandonment rate, where podcast publishers create a broadcast and then abruptly stop publishing.
These issues were apparent in our review of personal finance podcasting. Many sites recently launched and about 25% of the sites we surveyed had ceased or had not created a podcast in several months.
As with any new medium, "buyer beware" is the watchword. Over time, the cream should rise, but for now, it's too early and there's too much noise to identify clear leaders in personal finance podcasting.
As one might expect, we found many individuals and companies creating podcasts that only sell products, including get rich programs and proprietary trading programs. As much as possible, we excluded these sites from our review.
Our personal finance podcasting list, categorized by personal finance topic, summarizes the best podcasts of the personal finance web. We selected podcasts that offer content helpful to individual financial decision-making and that have staying power, evidenced by a history of podcasting or a long-established blog or website in the personal finance arena. We did include a few sites with limited podcasting experience based on a review of site content and in some cases a hunch that these sites would be around for the long haul. We'll certainly be interested to see where they are in a year.
Moneysmartz Personal Finance Podcast Best of the Personal Finance Web
College Financial Aid
Financial Aid Podcast: An Internet radio on demand program from the Student Loan Network.
Investing
Beancaster.com: Provides daily financial podcasts from popular investing newsletter.
Foreign Exchange on CNBC: CNBC's first and only global program devoted to the world's $1.5 trillion a day currency markets.
Gannon On Investing: Value investing podcast influenced by Benjamin Graham, Joel Greenblatt, and Warren Buffett's value investing model.
Mad Money Machine: Podcast that reviews the Mad Money recommendations of Jim Cramer.
Rob Black and Your Money: Columnist Rob Black talks about money.
The American Advisor: Nationally broadcast show featuring financial advice, discussions of current events and exclusive interviews.
TheStreet.com Podcast: Podcast of Jim Cramer's nationally-syndicated radio show.
Money Management
Debt Podcast: Helping you take control of your wallet.
Making Money with Jerry Wade: Podcast of the Jerry Wade show, making money guidance.
The Dave Ramsey Show: The podcast of money and wealth talk show host Dave Ramsey.
The Prosperity Show: Tips and techniques to help you improve your relationship with money and yourself.
Personal Finance
ABC News Money Minute Podcast: Daily personal finance report on the economy.
All Things Financial Podcast: A personal finance blog dedicated to discussing such topics as budgeting, asset allocation, 401K, IRA, cash flow, insurance, financial planning, portfolio management, and other areas in personal finance.
Consumerism Commentary Podcast: Personal finance podcasts by Consummerism Commentary and other personal finance blogs.
Eileen Ambrose on Personal Finance: Baltimore Sun personal finance columnist Eileen Ambrose podcast.
Marketplace Money Podcast: Best of American Public Media's Marketplace, Marketplace Morning Report and Marketplace Money.
Marketwatch TV and Radio: Audio and video clips from Marketwatch.
Simply Money: Personal Finance with Nathan Bachrach and Ed Finke of the Financial Network Group.
The Motley Fool: Personal finance and investing from the Motley Fool.
Real Estate
Ask Real Estate: Advice and up-to-the-minute information about today's real estate and mortgage loan markets from host Craig Goebbel.
Real Estate Insiders: Answering your questions on home buying and selling, mortgages and refinancing, new construction and more.
The Money Pit: Podcast of home improvement radio show of nationally syndicated, call-in radio show that helps listeners with their home repair and improvement problems.
Real Life Real Estate Investing: Nationally-known Vena Jones-Cox features weekly discussions on real estate investing with listeners across America.