''Kiplinger's Personal Finance'' ( ) is an American personal finance magazine published by

Kiplinger Kiplinger ( ) is an American publisher of business forecasts and personal finance advice which is a subsidiary of Future plc. Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc., was a closely held company managed for more than nine decades by three generations ...

since 1947. It claims to be the first American personal finance magazine and to deliver "sound, unbiased advice in clear, concise language". It offers advice on managing money and achieving financial security, saving, investing, planning for retirement, paying for college, and major purchases like automobiles and homes.

History

W.M. Kiplinger Willard Monroe Kiplinger (January 8, 1891 – August 6, 1967) was best known as the founder of Kiplinger, a publishing company located in Washington, D.C. Kiplinger was born in the Bellefontaine, Ohio, to parents Clarence E. and Cora Miller Kipli ...

, founder of the

family of publications, said he founded the magazine because "The times will always be changing. Much of life and work consists of looking for the changes in advance and figuring out what to do about them." Upon initial production, the magazine was known simply as ''Kiplinger Magazine'', changing its name to ''Changing Times: The Kiplinger Magazine'' in 1949 and acquiring its present name in 1991. Much like ''

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'' magazine, ownership of the Kiplinger's franchise was kept in the family until the sale of Kiplinger to Dennis Publishing in February 2019. Knight Kiplinger had succeeded his father,

Austin H. Kiplinger Austin H. Kiplinger (19 September 1918 – 20 November 2015) was an American journalist and businessman. He was the son of W. M. Kiplinger and Irene Austin. His father was the founder of Kiplinger Washington Editors, publishers of ''The Kiplinge ...

, as the magazine's editor-in-chief until the 2019 sale to Dennis, and he currently serves as editor emeritus for Kiplinger publications. In 2001, ''Kiplinger's Personal Finance'' announced it would acquire ''Individual Investor'' magazine. When competitor ''

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'' magazine ceased print publication in 2019, ''Kiplinger's'' acquired roughly 400,000 of its monthly subscribers. In 2021,

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acquired Dennis Publishing and with it including ''Kiplinger's''.

Kiplinger's CA-Simply Money

Kiplinger's CA-Simply Money was introduced by

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and ''Kiplinger's'' via 1-800-FREE-MONey in 1993.$6.95 Shipping/Handling Its competitors were

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and ''Andrew Tobiass ''Managing your money''. Unlike its competitors, the initial version of CA-Simply Money bypassed

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, and supported Microsoft Windows. The software's

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is that it offers "pop-up advice from Kiplinger's."

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External links

Official ''Kiplinger's Personal Finance'' Magazine Website

Google Books: ''Kiplinger's Personal Finance''
- readable back issues from 1947 to 2009 {{Authority control Business magazines published in the United States Monthly magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1947 Magazines published in Washington, D.C. Personal finance education

History

Kiplinger's CA-Simply Money

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