Useful Resources

Special Links 

• Free Annual Credit Report
• PowerPay
• Financial Vital Signs
• Excel Spreadsheets from the Family Life Center

Saving & Investing 

• American Saving Education Council
• Smart Money, Investing 101
• Saving Fitness…
• Investing for Your Future
• Certificates of Deposit
• Money Market Mutual Funds
• Money Market Mutual Funds vs. MM Accounts
• Money Market Mutual Fund Comparison
• Mutual Funds
• Mutual Funds/Wall St. Journal
• Socially Conscious MFs

Financial Planning 

• Direct Advice
• Fundamentals of Financial Planning
• Money 101
• “Get the Facts; Make Smart Money Choices; Create Your Own Happy Ending”
• Wise Up
• Women's Institution for Financial Education

 Retirement 

• End of Life Care Decisions
• Financial Security in Later Life
• Financial Planning for Retirement Workbook
• Last Acts
• Planning for a Secure Retirement
• Social Security Publications Online
• WISER: Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement

Taxes

• Tax Breaks for College
• Taxes

Solicitations

• Reduce Phone and Mail Solicitations
• Reduce Junk Mail and Credit Card Solicitations

For Parents

• Kids & Money
• Parent Smarts

 Miscellaneous 

• iFigure
• Sound Money
• Federal Reserve Board
• Nolo Press
• Nolo Briefs
• University of Illinois Consumer and Family Economics
• Risk Management
• Vehicle Leasing
• Credit Reports