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Money 101
Features
- Glossaries by topic
- Quizzes by topic
- "The Prioritizer" ranking tool
Money 101, a site from CNNMoney.com, is described as "a step by step guide to gaining control of your financial life," and indeed it offers an extremely comprehensive collection of articles and information about most aspects of personal finance.
Divided into twenty three lessons covering everything from "basics of banking and saving" to estate planning, Money 101 is a model in simple layout design. It's home page is nothing but a table of contents with short summaries of each of the main lesson areas.
Most of the lessons are accompanied by handy related information. For example, the overview section of Lesson 8 - Buying a Home, the main article is amplified by a contextual sidebar that includes a "how much house can you afford" calculator, a glossary, and a home buying test.
Financial Literacy Now
Features
- Financial terms dictionary
- Games and quizzes
- Event calendar
It should come as no surprise that one of the foremost publishers of textbooks would make a strong financial education site and Financial Literacy Now is just that. Created by McGraw-Hill in collaboration with its partners, Financial Literacy Now is a strong all-around financial education resource that includes very useful glossary of financial terms -- did you know that "xenocurrency" means "currency that trades outside its own borders"? -- and fun games and tools like the Retirement crossword puzzle.
Personal Finance Curriculum
This Web site has financial literacy resources and tools from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, which developed a curriculum for middle school students because Georgia and some other Southern states have high rates of personal bankruptcy filings.
Practical Money Skills
This Visa Web site features personal finance education, articles, lesson plans and interactive games, like Smart Money Quiz Show and Financial Football. Subjects run the gamut from credit cards to elder care.
Smart About Money
This National Endowment for Financial Education Web site focuses on helping Americans cope with major life events and their effect on finances: weddings, job loss, divorce, having children, buying a home, retirement as well as emergencies and other topics.
Young Money
Written by student journalists and geared toward college students, Young Money covers personal finance, money management, entrepreneurship, careers and investing. The Web site also has plenty of financial calculators.
360 Degrees of Financial Literacy
This American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Web site is chock full of information about tax and investment planning, parenthood, home ownership and retirement, and gives users the opportunity to ask questions of financial experts.
MSN Money Personal Finance
One of the stronger all-inclusive personal finance offerings on the web is MSN Money's Personal Finance section. It contains handy 5-minute retirement guides that are tailored to particular ages, an "investor center" which takes users from the nuts and bolts of getting started to regular features and updates about how to invest in the market. The site also has an interesting collection of "decision centers" to help visitors cope with life events. Topics include "aging parents," "financial privacy" and "travelling for less."
CBS Money Watch
The stated goal of CBS MoneyWatch.com is "to help you understand the economic world around you and to make better decisions about your money." In addition to site's experienced editors and correspondents, it offers access to millions of SEC filings, a topic center and investor tools.
Bankrate
Features
- Easy-to-use financial calculators
- National and local interest rate comparisons
- Personal finance news updates and advice
- Financial glossary
Go to Bankrate.com to compare interest rates for savings accounts, mortgages, CDs, mortgages, home equity and auto loans, among others. You’ll also find excellent and easy-to-use financial calculators that can help you with everything from what it will take to save for a college education to determine your monthly mortgage payment.
Building Wealth: A Beginner's Guide to Securing Your Financial Future
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas presents an overview – in print, interactive and video formats – of personal wealth-building strategies: setting financial goals, budgeting, saving and investing, managing debt, and understanding credit reports and credit scores.
Consumer Information Catalog on Money
This Federal Citizen Information Center Web site offers topic-specific guides on everything from disability income insurance to consumer protection for credit cards and mortgages.
Dollars From Sense
This Web site from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is an interactive manual for young adults on the basics of personal finance and investing, like inflation, diversification and retirement planning.
FDIC Money Smart
In 2001, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. launched this national education campaign to help Americans with limited financial knowledge develop financial skills.
LearnVest
This fun and interactive personal finance site has financial basics, step-by-step checklists and tools as well as a daily newsletter.
About NYSE Money Sense
A credible resource for basic financial education to help people better understand and manage their personal finances.