TOP PERSONAL FINANCE SITES

• 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.

• Marketplace Money - - American Public Radio program featuring personal finance stories relevant to everyday life. Feed includes links to audio and short descriptions from the most recent weekly program.

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