Basics
66 Ways to
Save Money
Practical suggestions for smart spending and saving that can help consumers
stretch their financial resources. Also available
in Spanish.
Building Wealth: a Beginner's
Guide to Securing Your Financial Future
Introductory guidance to individuals and families seeking help to develop a
plan for building personal wealth. Includes information on net worth, goal
setting, budgeting, investing, and debt management.
Choose to Save
Links to over 100 calculators to help with a wide array of financial planning
issues including credit, home mortgage, and budgeting.
Get the Facts:
The SEC's Roadmap to Saving and Investing!
From the Security and Exchange Commission Office on Investor Education and
Assistance.
Living on
Less
Fact sheets and links to CES resources in other states that are designed to
help families "Living On Less." From Purdue Extension.
Money
Mechanics: Saving and Investing
Saving vs investing options, objectives, and tips for achieving. From Iowa
Cooperative Extension Service.
Money 2000 and Beyond:
Where Am I Going to Find $2000 to Save?
Twelve ideas for reducing household expenses. From Nebraska Cooperative Extension
Service.
Money 2000 and Beyond:
So Where Do I Put that $2000?
13 ways of saving and investing ideas to consider. From Nebraska Cooperatvie
Extension Service.
Reach Your Goals by Saving Calculator
Answer 4 easy questions and it will figure out the total amount you need to
save each month to reach your goal.
Savings
Fitness: a Guide to Your Money and Your Financial Future
Personal finance strategies to help you reach your retirement goals.
Tax-Sheltered
Publication 590, Individual
Retirement Arrangements (IRAs)
IRS Publication on traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, Education IRAs, Simplified
Employee Pension (SEP) and Savings Incentive Match Plans for Employees (SIMPLE).
Tax-Deferred Investments
Unit 7 of Investing For Your Future.
Tax-Free
vs. Taxable Yield Comparison Calculator
"Determine the amount of income you require from a taxable investment to
equal the yield on a tax-exempt bond."
Abusive
Tax Shelters
IRS site on warning signs and information on abusive tax shelters.
Investing
Investment Basics
Introduction to common savings and investment alternatives to help beginning
investor to design and implement an investment plan. B3683 from University
of WI Extension Cooperative Extension.
Investing for Your Future:
A Cooperative Extension System Basic Investing Home Study Course
From Rutgers Cooperative Extension.
Investor Education and Assistance
(SEC)
Check out brokers and advisers, interactive tools to compare mutual fund costs
and plan for retirement, and Internet and online trading are on this US Securities
and Exchange Commission site.
Certificates
of Deposit: Tips for Investors
"Learn how CDs work, how to purchase them, and questions to ask before purchase." From
the SEC.
Invest Wisely:
Introduction to Mutual Funds
"What they are, how to compare them, what to consider before investing,
and how to avoid common pitfalls." From the SEC.
Investing in U.S. Savings Bonds
and Treasury Securities
Includes savings bond calculator.
Motley Fool
Informational investment site. Must register (free) to see much of the site.