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Robert Paulsen

Personal Finance Writer

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Robert Paulsen has spent more than a decade writing about the financial choices people make in everyday life. His work covers income, spending, saving, debt and long-term goals, with close attention to the circumstances that can make the same advice sensible for one household and unsuitable for another.

Personal finance is often reduced to slogans: spend less, save more, avoid debt, follow a fixed rule. Robert looks beyond those formulas. He examines the trade-offs behind a decision, the priorities it serves and the costs or constraints that may not be obvious at first glance.

At MarketReview, his articles are intended to help readers organise choices around their own needs rather than an idealised financial plan. He does not treat good personal finance writing as a list of instructions; he treats it as a way to make the reasoning behind competing options clearer.

Areas of coverage

  • Personal finance
  • Income and spending
  • Saving
  • Debt
  • Retirement planning
  • Insurance
  • Mortgages

Published work

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Best Lease Buyout Loans

A lease buyout can be attractive when the car is worth more to you than the lease-end alternatives, but the residual value is only the starting point. Our…

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Best Private-Party Auto Loans

Buying directly from a private seller can remove dealership markups and add-ons, but it also shifts more of the financing, title and payoff work onto the buyer. Our…

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Best Auto Refinance Loans

Refinancing can lower an auto loan's APR, monthly payment or both, but a smaller payment is not automatically a saving. Our picks favor competitive current pricing, useful soft-pull…

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Best New Car Loans

New-car financing can look simple until promotional rates, dealer offers, outside preapprovals and long repayment terms are all on the table at once. Our picks favor competitive current…

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Best Used Car Loans

Used-car financing depends on more than your credit. Model year, mileage, title history, vehicle value and where you buy the car can determine whether a lender will finance…

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Best Auto Loans

The best auto loan is not simply the lender advertising the lowest starting rate. Our picks emphasize competitive borrowing costs, useful loan and vehicle flexibility, clear access rules…

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Auto Loans

Auto loans can finance a new or used vehicle, a private-party purchase, a lease buyout, or an existing car loan you want to refinance. Learn how rates, terms,…

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