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Getting Out of Debt - A great resource for getting out of debt with lots of quick read articles on how credit cards work, what to look out for, how much you are really forking out when carrying a balance on your credit card and more. Also find a search engine for the best rates on anything from credit cards to investments. They have tips from users on how to curb your spending as well as message boards where you can read others posts or contribute yourself.

Quicken's Savings - Great tools like "Financial Checkup", Savings Calculator, debt reduction planner, master your credit cards. Answers to questions like: how to get out of debt?, how much can you save by reducing your spending and more.

FREE Debt Reduction Analysis - This is a non-profit debt management program. They say they will help you cut your credit card interest rate, cut minimum monthly payments, stop your creditors from harrassing you. It is not a loan program and there is no need for you to have any equity whatsoever and the services are free. 

Social Security Guide - Get your earnings history and an estimate of future benefits.  Get basic facts about social security - what different of benefits, who receives them, and how they're financed. Understand the benefits - explains retirement, disability, survivor's benefits, Medicare coverage, Supplemental Security Income and more. Get information on how a woman's benefits may be affected by disability, divorce, widowhood, retirement, or other special situations.

Learn How To Invest - For those of you who haven't started investing yet, but have thought about it and would like to learn a little bit more about it, I've added a great resource to get you started. The American Stock Exchange has EXCELLENT educational tools such as their investment lessons which will give you the basics of investing and saving, their investments tips, their realistic stock market simulations and links to other great online resources. If you want to learn more about investing, this would be the site to do it at. For those of you already familiar with investing, this is a great way to get your up-to-date information, obtain quotes on companies by symbol or name and keep informed about the markets.

Smart Housing Moves - Looking at buying a house this spring/summer? Or in the future sometime? We found a resource that is sure to come in handy. Want to know how much of a mortgage you can afford? Want to figure out a way to fix your debt problems? Want to check online home listings? Should you chose fewer points or a lower interest rate when it comes time to close your loan? Figure out what exactly is included in "closing costs" and 100 questions every first-time home buyer should ask.

Tax Guide - We have a great tax resource page for you. Here you can find links to the IRS site, print taxforms on your computer, get helpful tips and hints, use tax estimators, learn how to maximize your deductions, stay up on new tax law changes, directories of tax and accounting sites, are you an audit bait worksheet, calculate what if scenarios and even have a program calculate your taxes real-time. Lots of information here.

Financial Center - This site is packed with useful information and resources. They have over 100 calculators to help you figure out such things as: how much life insurance you need, how much will my mortgage payment be, how much should I put down on a car etc. You'll find calculators for home, auto, retirement, Roth IRA, credit cards, savings, stocks, bonds etc. They will help you try different scenarios and see which will work best for you. But that is not all, they also have fact section where you can find information on home purchasing and financing, home equity loans and credit lines, auto purchasing and financing and credit cards. A very useful site.

MoneyMinded Calculators - Here is another site packed with calculators to help you figure out what will work the best for you. Main categories for the calculators include: cars, college, family, home, investments, retirement, savings, taxes. Each category has one or more calculators for different scenarios to try out.

Insurance - We all need or want insurance of some kind and there sure is a lot to chose from and the choice can be a complicated one. On our insurance page you can find resources to websites where you can find insurance quotes from many different companies for different criteria and dollar value. Read articles to get educated, use coverage analyzers to find out how much insurance you need and so on. So regardless of if you are looking for auto, life, medical, disability, home, renters or other insurance you might want to do your research on this page before you go out and make a purchase that could affect the rest of your life.

You and Your Credit - Another great resource from the Quicken site. Here you can find the information on how to get a copy of your credit report, get informed about your credit rights, the best way to dispute mistakes on your credit report, recover from credit fraud, and choose the right credit card, how to fix your bad credit history, learn how to read your credit report and more. If you have a specific question about your credit, you can submit it to their "Ask the Expert" area. Every week three questions likely to help fellow users are picked and the answers are posted anonymously.

Mutual Fund Finder - Use the Mutual Fund Finder from Quicken to search for the funds that best meet your investing goals. If you want to learn more about Mutual Funds use the EasyStep Search. To use preset criteria that match popular investing strategies use the Popular Searches feature. You can also view the top 25 funds in 44 different categories and more.

Budgeting for Baby - This is a great article for parents-to-be, if you are thinking about having children or even if you are an old timer when it comes to having kids. The article talks about the price of having children, and what you should consider such as health insurance, disability insurance, wills, trusts, tax deductions and credits. They have links to insurance quotes, the IRS's page on 1998 changes (which includes information on the $400 tax credit, educational IRA's and deductible school loan interest, etc.). They also have a link to an article calculating estimated costs of clothes, food, college, toys etc. for a child from infancy until they leave the nest. This is a great eye opener for any parent-to-be and features
great resources for anyone who has kids. The link to the IRS page alone, makes this a great resource.

Are two breadwinners really better than one? - According to the National Study of the Changing Workforce conducted by the Families and Work Institute, 78 percent of married employees have working spouses. This article doesn't look at the social issues of mothers working, instead, it examines the money to find out whether the second income is worth it or not. A good article that might surprise you. So if you are stuck in a job you hate, or you really just want to stay home with the kids, you might want to give this article a try.

Financial Health Checkup - Answer a series of questions covering key areas like investments, debt management, retirement planning, and more.When you've completed them, Quicken will give you a straightforward summary based on your objectives along with a detailed set of tips you can act on now.

Are You Financially Fit? - Are you financially fit? Quicken has a helpful 10 question survey that will help you figure out how you are doing with your finances. You will be scored according to your answers and they will give you a list of tips and links to resources that might be of help to you.

The World's Richest People - This is the title of Forbes Magazine's latest list of the world's billionaires. Did you know that Bill Gates was a College dropout from Harvard? Or how about the founder of Gateway computers, Theodore Waitt, also a College dropout and worth merely $4,300 million. And Dell Computer founder, Michael Dell, also a College dropout is worth $10,000, at age 33 and with 4 kids. It must just be a matter of time before I make my first million, since I didn't finish College either<g>.

E-Loan - A site intended to help you with your mortgage loan questions and needs. Search for mortgage and refinancing rates, understand disclosures, what to expect during the loan process, the appraisal process, check your credit,
monitor a loan, set up a rate watch, finance calculators, learn about home financing, mortgage terms and much more. A useful site that makes it easy to compare mortgage rates (interest rates, points, fee's) and possibly to save a lot of money.

What you need to know about your savings - Financial independence is something we all want, but the first step is simple: savings. We have some tips for you to figure out what kind of savings accounts are available, how to get started and how to maximize your savings.

E*TRADE - Here you can trade stocks, index options, and equity options by PC amongst other things. They charge no per-order, handling, or account- maintenance charges. You will only be charged a commission fee for each trade, and any special services you may request, such as sending a stock certificate or transferring an account.. You can open an account with E-trade and get current market information, news, and analysis free of charge and they claim their commission rates and margin rates are   among the lowest in the industry. If you open an account before March 31, 1998, you'll receive a guide to online investing.

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