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Today's Financial Issues
Budgeting and Personal Finance
Careers
Children and Money
Credit
Debt
Economics
Estate Planning
Family Finances
Investment
Retirement
Saving and Investing
Teens and Money
Budgeting and Personal Finance
• Banking on our
Future
This site is for those who want to learn about banking basics, savings, checking
accounts, budgets, credit and investing. Sections for kids, teens and high
school and adults.
• Bankrate.com
This Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants offers the lawinnebago
information on CPA careers and conferences, legislation and technology. The
student /teacher section has articles on money management.
• Consumer Protection
- Consumer Information
This site within the Federal Trade Commission website includes files on a variety
of consumer information topics - lending, advertising, credit, children's issues,
e-commerce, investments, Senior's issues, etc. It also includes links to file
complaints.
• EDWISE Financial Planning Guide
EDWISE is EDFUND'S online financial planning guide developed with UCLA to provide
a useful loan management tool for students. While they open doors to exciting
careers, they also challenge financial management skills.
• Equality
in Marriage Institute
This website has some useful checklists and focuses on educating people about
the importance of equality in marriage and divorce.
• Family
Economic Security
An annotated webography with a broad variety of topics including family finances,
cash flow management, housing and much more.
• Family
Files: Information for Life - Resource Center
This commercial website offers useful resources for general estate planning,
end of life planning, health care and advanced directives, retirement and even
a 10 step firedrill for organizing and updating records.
• Financial Management
Service of the Department of the Treasury
The Financial Management Service/Department of the Treasury addresses issues
of checks and payments, loans and grants, child support and unclaimed assets.
They also offer services such as collections, consulting and payment. Publications
are available from this site.
• InCharge Institute
The InCharge Institute of America offers debt counseling and educational programs.
Website features financial library, debt quiz and more.
• Iowa
State University Extension Money Management
"Money Mechanics: Communication" includes guidelines for communication
about finances. "Money Mechanics: Talk about Money Worksheet" guides
discussions.
• Making
Marriage Last
"Making Marriage Last" includes a list of communication do's and don'ts
and tips on managing marital money.
• Practical Money
Skills for Life
This site has sections for teachers, parents, students, and consumers. It offers
lesson plans, calculators, games and a banking tutorial. Also available in
Spanish.
• Federal
Reserve Bank of Chicago
This website of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago includes information on
each of the following areas:
· Budget and Saving
· Credit
· Currency and Coins
· Frauds and Scams
· Mortgages
· Payment Methods
Financial tools are available on line for:
· Setting financial goals
· Creating a budget
· Saving effectively
· Spending wisely and
· Calculating interest
• The Mint - It Makes Cents
This website is for middle and high school students, their teachers and parents.
It offers general information on economics and personal finance as well as
government issues, quizzes and games.
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Careers
• EDWISE Financial Planning
Guide
EDWISE is EDFUND'S online financial planning guide developed with UCLA to provide
a useful loan management tool for students. While they open doors to exciting
careers, they also challenge financial management skills.
• Wisconsin Institute of Certified
Public Accountants
This site offers the lawinnebago information on CPA careers and conferences,
legislation and technology. The student /teacher section has articles on money
management.
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Children and Money
• Banking on our
Future
This site is for those who want to learn about banking basics, savings, checking
accounts, budgets, credit and investing. Sections for kids, teens and high
school and adults.
• Consumer Protection
- Consumer Information
This site within the Federal Trade Commission website includes files on a variety
of consumer information topics - lending, advertising, credit, children's issues,
e-commerce, investments, Senior's issues, etc. It also includes links to file
complaints.
• Parenting the Preschooler
This is the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension site for parenting
the preschooler. Besides financial, topic areas at this site include development,
discipline, parent support, and more. With fact sheets about saving for college
and your preschooler and money, this site is worth investigating.
• The Land of Toog
This site for young children and their parents offers cool games and stories.
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Credit
• Consumer Protection
- Consumer Information
This site within the Federal Trade Commission website includes files on a variety
of consumer information topics - lending, advertising, credit, children's issues,
e-commerce, investments, senior's issues, etc. It also includes links to file
complaints.
• Credit Card Nation
Site offers opportunities for financial education regarding how most effectively
to use credit cards and to understand the role that credit cards play in
people's everyday lives.
• EDWISE Financial Planning Guide
EDWISE is EDFUND'S online financial planning guide developed with UCLA to provide
a useful loan management tool for students. While they open doors to exciting
careers, they also challenge financial management skills.
• Family
Economics 101: Credit & Debt Management
Briefly annotated links to resources on subjects like payday loans and choosing
a credit counselor.
• FinanCenter
Analyzers (calculators) for auto, credit, home, life insurance, retirement,
paycheck planning, mutual funds and more.
• Project
Money Smart
Project Money Smart is a website of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. The
site includes fact sheets in each of the following areas:
· spending money
· credit cards
· frauds and scams
· using credit wisely
· budgeting and saving
· mortgages
· financial institutions
• The Truth about Credit
Includes information on credit card traps, reducing interest rates, and a calculator
to determine how long it will take to pay off credit card debt.
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Debt
• Consumer Counseling
Centers of America (CCCA)
Consumer Counseling Centers offers the general public free credit counseling
services in the areas of:
· Interpreting the Fair Credit Reporting Act
· Disputing credit report errors
· Fair debt collection practices
· Legal aid and mortgage referral
CCCA helps individuals and families save and manage money through a
bill consolidation and debt management program which offers:
· Lowering existing monthly debt payments
· Combining (consolidating) all debt payments into one monthly bank deposit
amount
· Reducing or eliminating the interest creditors charge
· Bringing delinquent accounts current
· Eliminating late fees and over-the-limit fees
· Stopping harassing phone calls
· Improving personal credit ratings
• Consumer Credit Counseling
Service
Consumer Credit Counseling Service - National Website with links to teacher
approved curriculum, CCCS for kids, calculator, education, brochures…provides
budget counseling, educational programs, debt management assistance and housing
counseling. Counseling is available online, by telephone, and in person - in
Spanish and in English.
• Consumer Protection
- Consumer Information
This site within the Federal Trade Commission website includes files on a variety
of consumer information topics - lending, advertising, credit, children's issues,
e-commerce, investments, senior's issues, etc. It also includes links to file
complaints.
• Family
Economics 101: Credit & Debt Management
Briefly annotated links to resources on subjects like payday loans and choosing
a credit counselor.
• InCharge Institute
The InCharge Institute of America offers debt counseling and educational programs.
Website features financial library, debt quiz and more.
• National Foundation for Credit
Counseling
National Foundation for Credit Counseling - member services, education, training,
press releases, information.
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Economics
• Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System
Website provides information about the Federal Reserve System, monetary policy,
banking system, and economic research. It also offers educational resources.
• Consumer Protection
- Consumer Information
This site within the Federal Trade Commission website includes files on a variety
of consumer information topics - lending, advertising, credit, children's issues,
e-commerce, investments, senior's issues, etc. It also includes links to file
complaints.
• Economic Policy Institute
Economic Policy Institute site features education on issues like wages, government
and the economy, trade and globalization and sustainable economics.
• Internal Revenue Service - The Digital
Daily
US Internal Revenue Service Tax forms and pubs, frequently asked questions,
and user-friendly information for consumers on every federal income tax topic
imaginable.
• Securities Industry Association
The Securities Industry Association web site helps the public keep current
with legislation regarding investments issues. Site includes weekly updates,
news releases and reference materials.
• The Economy in Action
The Federal Reserve of Dallas offers their perspective on the economy in action
with news and quick picks.
• The Mint - It Makes Cents
This website is for middle and high school students, their teachers and parents.
It offers general information on economics and personal finance as well as
government issues, quizzes and games.
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Estate Planning
• Family Files,
Information for Life - Resource Center
This commercial website offers useful resources for general estate planning,
end of life planning, health care and advanced directives, retirement and even
a 10 step firedrill for organizing and updating records.
• Iowa
State University Extension Money Management
"Money Mechanics: Communication" includes guidelines for communication
about finances. "Money Mechanics: Talk about Money Worksheet" guides
discussions.
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Family Finances
• Family
Economic Security
An annotated webography with a broad variety of topics including family finances,
cash flow management, housing and much more.
• Family
Economics 101: Cash Flow Management
Briefly annotated links to resources on to cash flow management.
• Family
Economics 101: Credit & Debt Management
Briefly annotated links to resources on payday loans and choosing a credit
counselor.
• Financial
Security in Later Life
This Cooperative Extension initiative seeks to help people improve personal
finance behaviors leading to financial security in later life, enhance the
capacity of local educators and their partners to deliver effective programs,
and increase economic vitality and quality of life for families and communities.
• Money 2000 and Beyond
A University of Wisconsin Extension site that features an on-line investment
course plus helpful fact sheets on saving and investing.
• Publications - UW-Cooperative
Extension Service
This is the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension Service publications
page. Choose Home and Family from the main menu, then Family Finance and Consumer
Issues will bring you to the catalog where information pieces can be viewed
on-line with print options for some. Publications can also be ordered directly
from this site.
• Social Security Online
The Social Security Administration site has information and answers to a variety
of questions.
• Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions
The Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions Office of Financial Education
brings you "Your Money Matters."
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Investment
• Banking on our
Future
This site is for those who want to learn about banking basics, savings, checking
accounts, budgets, credit and investing. Sections include areas for kids, teens,
high school and adults.
• Better Investing
The National Association of Investors Corporation (NAIC) teaches individuals
how to become successful strategic long-term investors. Investors employ
fundamental analysis to study common stocks and mutual funds. The website
provides information about NAIC membership, resources and chapters
• Consumer Protection
- Consumer Information
This site within the Federal Trade Commission website includes files on a variety
of consumer information topics - lending, advertising, credit, children's issues,
e-commerce, investments, senior's issues, etc. It also includes links to file
complaints.
• FinanCenter
Analyzers (calculators) for auto, credit, home, life insurance, retirement,
paycheck planning, mutual funds and more.
• Securities Industry Association
The Securities Industry Association web site helps the public keep current
with legislation regarding investment issues. Site includes weekly updates,
news releases and reference materials.
• SIA Investor
The Securities Industry Association's online educational resource - where you
can explore on your own or learn the essentials with one of our industry
experts.
• US Securities and Exchange Commission
US Securities and Exchange commission website offers investor information,
news and regulatory issues.
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Retirement
• AARP Investment
Program
This legacy planner offers help in organizing your finances.
• Consumer Protection
- Consumer Information
This site within the Federal Trade Commission website includes files on a variety
of consumer information topics - lending, advertising, credit, children's issues,
e-commerce, investments, senior's issues, etc. It also includes links to file
complaints.
• Family
Files, Information for Life - Resource Center
This commercial website offers useful resources for general estate planning,
end of life planning, health care and advanced directives, retirement and even
a 10 step firedrill for organizing and updating records
• Financial
Security in Later Life
This site includes resources for consumers and educators about retirement and
long term care issues.
• Women's Institute for
Secure Retirement (WISER)
WISER offers nearly 50 fact sheets on financial topics including pensions,
Social Security and widowhood.
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Saving and Investing
• Family
Economics 101: Saving and Investing
Briefly annotated links to resources including links to calculators.
• Investing for Your
Future
This is the site for "Investing for Your Future," an on-line basic
investing home study course from the Cooperative Extension System.
• Mutual Fund Investors Center
Includes good general information and many, many calculators.
• Social Investment Forum
Includes a different perspective on investing from a socially responsible viewpoint.
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Teens and Money
• Banking on Our
Future
This site is for those who want to learn about banking basics, savings, checking
accounts, budgets, credit and investing. Sections for kids, teens and high
school and adults.
• Jump$tart Coalition
for Personal Financial Literacy
First convened in December 1995, the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial
Literacy determined that the average student who graduates from high school
lacks basic skills in the management of personal financial affairs. Many are
unable to balance a checkbook and most simply have no insight into the basic
survival principles involved with earning, spending, savings and investing.
The Coalition's direct objective is to encourage curriculum enrichment to ensure
that basic personal financial management skills are attained during the K-12
educational experience. The interactive website includes Jump$tart's Reality
Check, resources and links to financial education programs and projects.
• Practical Money
Skills for Life
This site has sections for teachers, parents, students, and consumers. It offers
lesson plans, calculators, games and a banking tutorial. Also available in
Spanish.
• The Mint - It Makes Cents
This website is for middle and high school students, their teachers and parents.
It offers general information on economics and personal finance as well as
government issues, quizzes and games.
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