General Financial Planning |
| American Express - finance.americanexpress.com |
| The "Financial Library" is a well organized edcational resource on a variety of topics (getting out of debt, college planning, retirement). Financial section includes advice, educational tools and articles. Banking section, and links to online trading. |
| American Savings Education Council (ASEC) - www.asec.org |
| Nonprofit education site for educating r.e. need to save; assists savings goals, provides
basic steps to follow to achieve savings goals; FAQs; links.Financial tools
for youth through seniors. |
| Andrew Tobias - www.andrewtobias.com |
| Columnist (Time, The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Money and Worth, etc.)
and author.Interactive market cap scale, books, articles, links. |
| Bloomberg Publications - www.bloomberg.com |
| News archives: stocks, commodities, FedWatch, currencies, rates and bonds,
stocks, taxes, mortgage calculatory, insurance, international stock quotes,
much more. |
| Bottom Line Secrets.com - www.bottomlinesecrets.com |
| Saving money can be a challenging game -- one that you can win! The odds are in your favor and are much better than buying lottery tickets. Find tips for saving, investing, quiz your knowledge online, use a tax hotline and learn from others' experiences. |
| CBS Marketwatch - cbs.marketwatch.com/avatar.asp |
| This site tracks, analyzes, researches and reports on the financial markets, and does it well. News, information and interactive tools. Personal finance section covers taxes to retirement planning; My Portfolios let you track your stocks. |
| Charles Schwab (Home Page) - www.schwab.com |
| Trading, taxes, investing, mutual funds, quotes and research. Analyszers: IRA, Stocks, Profiles. Goal & Retirement planners, Estate tax and probate estimator, Estate planning (steps, comparing alternatives, glossary, executor services). |
| Excite Money - www.excite.com/money |
| Exicite is easily customized to track real and paper portfolios. A tie-in with Quicken.com, news, and liks to chat areas about particulars stocks are also offered. Head-to-head with Yahoo in personal finance on the web. |
| Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago: Project Money$mart - www.chicagofed.org/consumerinformation/projectmoneysmart/index.cfm |
| A wealth of educational information to health customers make good financial choices: budgeting; safekeeping Web profiles and passwords; identity theft; fraud; understanding morgages; using credit; saving and spending wisely; credit cards; leasing and more. |
| FinanCenter - www.financenter.com |
| Calculate the returns needed on current assets, while using another rate
for inflation, to match your income today in xx years. 15+ retirement calculators
crunch the numbers, then link with sites where you can plan how to spend the kids' inheritance. |
| Financial Planning Assocation (FPA): PlannerSearch for Consumers - www.fpanet.org/plannersearch/about_ps.cfm?do=consumer |
| PlannerSearch is a consumer service created by FPA to assit members of the public in finding a Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP™) professional who meets their needs and goals. This site also provides online brochures on a variety of financial topics. |
| Intuit/Quicken - quickenloans.quicken.com |
| See "Mortgage tools" button on home page. One of the most popular broker
sites, it refers borrowers to the lender with the best rate. A comprehensive
home-buying site. |
| Kiplinger.com - www.kiplinger.com |
| Categories of personal finance advice, investing tools, money management worksheets and calculators. Other interactive features, and online personal finance magazine. |
| Money Central (Microsoft Network) - www.moneycentral.com |
| Microsoft site (no monthly fee) features tons financial info. in a very usable format. Also
the online conduit to Microsoft's Money 2001 personal-finance software.
Research a potential investment, then click a link to your online broker
to make a trade. |
| Money Central (MSN): Savings Calculator - moneycentral.msn.com/investor/calcs/n_savapp/main.asp |
| Use the calculator at the Web site to calculate your total savings. |
| Money Magazine - www.money.com/money |
| Comprehensive site from Money Magazine.links, publications, investment
games, news, articles, portfolio tracking, etc. |
| MoneyNet - www.money.net |
| Provides the information you need to make smarter decisions about investments and personal finances. Real time, streaming portfolio tracking, planning center, Money University, more. |
| MSMoney - www.msmoney.com |
| Straightforward financial advice for women. Columns, success stories and resources. Articles written by and for women focus on family issues, financial planning and careers. Calculators, planning and assessment tools. |
| Montana State University - www.montana.edu/wwwpb/pubs/mt8703.pdf |
| Identify how much money you have to spend, how you want to spend it, and divide it into categories. Keep track through the checkbook method developed by Marsha Goetting. |
| Motley Fool - www.fool.com
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| Always user-friendly, this ever-more-useful site has excellentinvestment
primers and thought-provoking analyses of earnings and other news during
the day. Puts the Wall Street Journal's site to shame on this score. |
| National Endowment for Financial Education® (NEFE®) - www.nefe.org
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| This non-profit foundation helps the public acquire information and gain skills to take control of their personal finances. Service areas: Education and Collaborative Programs, Multimedia Access and Research and Strategy, Grants, Fellowships and more. |
| Organizetips.com - www.organizetips.com
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| This site helps users organize, and save money in the process. Search "money" and find ways to plan for retirement, weddings, save money on household expenses and food, plan for college tuition and much more. |
| Quicken - www.quicken.com |
| Find just about every personal-finance topic here, or locate it via links
to other sites. Use the site to walk through financial-planning strategies,
download stock quotes or credit-card info to Intuits Quicken 2001 planning
software running on your PC. |
| SmartMoney Magazine (A Dow Jones publication) - www.smartmoney.com |
| The Map of the Market provides state-of-the-art interactive analysis of
short-term market moves. Investing resources,
along with retirement and estate-planning sections. Educate yourself financially at the "Smart Money University" section. |
| The Dollar Stretcher - www.stretcher.com |
| A free weekly newsletter that covers strategies for saving money, getting
good deals, managing debt, along with family-oriented budgeting advice. |
| The Frugal Shopper - www.thefrugalshopper.com |
| Offers practical advice on how to live within a budget. News, daily tips,
Consumer recalls, shopping tips, etc. |
| University of Illinois Extension - www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/risk |
| Assistance related to developing a personal financial risk management plan. |
| Worth Magazine - www.worth.com |
| Showcases current and back issues online. Enlightening articles. |
| Yahoo Finance - finance.yahoo.com |
| Customized with news and portfolio-tracking info, this site makes a great
home page for your browser. Thousands of links to personal-finance sites.
Info on mortgage, insurance, college planning, etc |
| Young Money Magazine (Online) - www.youngmoney.com |
| Focus is on financial concerns and interests of young adults. "The Archive" covers subjects such as scholarships, the stock market and long-term investing. Content and tools. |
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Updated Monday, September 24, 2007.
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