Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Top Personal Finance Sites Listing

  • AARP - Money and Work - Discussion of money matters in considerable depth, especially those related to people who have retired or are planning to in the near future.
  • About.com: Financial Planning - Information on personal financial planning, including budgeting, savings, investing, retirement, insurance, and taxes.
  • The Actuarial Foundation - Seven Life-Defining Financial Decisions - 64-page PDF-format booklet. Covers "big decisions" that are made, consciously or unconsciously, that can affect one's income and life's goals.
  • American Savings Education Council - A coalition of government and industry institutions to educate people on all aspects of personal finance and wealth development, including credit management, college savings, home purchase, and retirement planning.
  • AOL Money & Finance - Personal Finance - Offers personal finance advice, credit report information and debt management tips.
  • Bankrate.com - An online publication that provides consumers with financial data, research and editorial information on non-investment financial products.
  • BusinessWeek Online: Personal Investing - Stories, statistics and tutorials about topics of financial interest.
  • CBS.MarketWatch: Personal Finance - Tips and stories for managing your personal finances.
  • CCH Financial Planning Toolkit - Information to manage one's personal finances, including investments, insurance, risk and asset management strategies, and tax, retirement and estate planning.
  • CNBC - Headline news, articles, reports, stocks and quotes, message boards, and a stock ticker.
  • CNN/Money - Combines practical personal finance advice, calculators and investing tips with business news, stock quotes, and financial market coverage from the editors of CNN and Money Magazine.
  • CNN/Money: Personal Finance - News and advice on money issues.
    ConsumerReports.org: Money - Information about adjustable rate mortgage, investment tools, and personal finance tips.
  • Epinions: Finance - Consumer-generated reviews, buying tips and advice, ratings, price information, and searchable in a variety of ways from price to product type.
  • Federal Reserve Board: Consumer Information - Centralized home for articles giving advice and warnings about financial topics, products, and scams.
  • The Financial Pipeline - Information for the individual investor, including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, retirement planning, real estate, investment strategy, and general financial knowledge.
  • FinPlan - Tool Menu - Links to various kinds of useful financial calculators.
  • Forbes.com - Personal Finance - Financial information previously published in the print version of Forbes.
  • Fundamentals of Financial Planning - Provided by FSU to educate consumers in the fundamentals of financial planning.
  • H&R Block - Planning and Learning - Sections include Tax 101, life events and stages, budgets and saving, college, retirement, and calculators and tools.
  • Inflation Calculator - Adjusts a given amount of money for inflation, according to the Consumer Price Index.
  • Institute of Consumer Financial Education - Offers financial education for all age groups with a special section devoted to teaching children about money.
  • International Foundation for Retirement Education (InFRE) - A not-for-profit educational foundation dedicated to empowering working Americans with the motivation and capability to save and plan for a successful retirement.
  • Is Your Financial Security at Risk? - Provides information and a guide to developing a plan for managing financial risks.
  • The JumpStart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy - Purpose is to evaluate the financial literacy of young adults; develop, disseminate, and encourage the use of guidelines for grades K-12; and promote the teaching of personal finance.
  • Kiplinger Online - Investing, personal finance, calculators and financial advice.
  • MarketWatch.com: Personal Finance - Tips and stories for managing your personal finances.
  • Money Instructor - Tools and information to help teach money and money management, business, the economy, and investing.
  • The Motley Fool - Investing information and an enjoyably useful site. Updated hourly.
  • MsFinancialSavvy.com - Offers personal financial topics geared towards women.
  • MsMoney.com - Resource for women to learn about financial planning, personal finance and investing.
  • Mymoney.gov - Financial Literacy Education Commission - Starting point for information intended by the US government to help improve the financial literacy and education of persons in the United States.
  • MyPrimeTime Money - Offers stock market tips, investment guidance, retirement planning resources, tools and calculators.
  • National Partners for Financial Empowerment - Coalition of groups dedicated to helping improve personal finance skills, including money management, saving, investing and credit in United States today.
  • The New York Times - Your Money - Articles and features on investing, pensions and retirement plans, mortgage rates, mutual funds, the stock market, bonds and notes. Also has company research, earnings reports and market insight.
  • The Salary Calculator - Compare the cost of living in hundreds of U.S. and international cities.
  • Smartmoney.com: Personal Finance - Links to articles covering a range of topics where monetary planning is or should be involved.
  • Wachovia Planning Guides - Educational material on retirement planning, financial issues for women, college planning, home buying and relocation planning, investing basics, money management basics, and tax planning.
  • Women, Men and Money - Ruth Hayden teaches money management principles to women and couples.
  • Yahoo! Finance - Personal finance, investing tips and news.
  • Your Money Page - Online calculators for financial planning and personal finance.
  • Your Money Your Life - A comprehensive public education initiative designed to help families and individuals learn the basics about personal finances and peace of mind. It is the result of a partnership between private sector groups and the Florida Department of Financial Services.