I just finished ordering a 3-yr subscription for Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. A lot of people say this is a great magazine for “beginners” in the personal finance arena. Plus, this deal is so unbelievable I just had to pass it on. Thanks to RJB1180 over at the SavingAdvice forums for the tip [...]

While I haven’t yet addressed the currency issue in some slick way where international users could easily switch the currency format, I have fixed the bug that is was present in 3.0. Basically, the Register data was not being gathered on the Budget sheet. This was because of the date criteria used on [...]

Mary Hunt has popularized a method of budgeting that I absolutely love: Freedom Accounts. Over here in the world of YNAB, we call those things “Rainy Day Funds” – either way you name it, Mary’s advice to set up freedom accounts is spot on.
A freedom account is basically a fund that you build [...]

I just finished counting and there are 60 category slots available in YNAB. The other day I received a request to “beef up” YNAB a bit and give a guy another 25 categories. I set him up and he’s on his way. No offense whatsoever intended, but I’d classify him as a [...]