News & Links

College Funding and Information

• US Dept. of Education
• Sallie Mae is the nation's leading source of college financing. Site offers full range of related information.
• College Board
• Apply! offers a downloadable version of the award-winning software with applications to over 500 popular colleges, including both Ivy League and smaller private schools.
• American Online Keyword: Kaplan free admissions guides for major colleges and grad schools.
• The College Board's Financial Aid Info AOL Keyword: College; select financial aid information from list box. Here you can learn the differences among loans, grants and work-study money, courtesy of the people who brought you the SAT.
• RSP Funding Focus AOL Keyword: RSP. Includes a searchable database of scholarships, grants and other sources of money. Suitable for both college students and professionals.

Economics

• National Budget Simulation lets you try your hand at using real numbers to balance the budget.
• The Concord Coalition presents sobering facts about our nation's finances.
• Dr. Ed Yardeni's Economics Network
• Easy to use international economic data
• Currencies of the World lists the names of currencies for nearly every country.
• Dead Economists Society offers a great historical perspective on economics.
• Bloomberg Market data -- yield curves in the U.S. and elsewhere, stock market data, mutual funds, etc.
• Statistical Abstract of the U.S.offers information from the Bureau of the Census
• World Bank offers information on current events, news releases, publications, research studies, etc.
• Institute for International Economics studies international economic policy.
• Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy contains numerous research papers, articles and works in progress.

Estate Planning

• American Bar Association Real Property, Probate and Trusts Section
• Introduction to Estate Planning, a link to a college course materials on estate planning and related issues.
• The Foundation Center offers links to all sorts of sites on grant seeking and philanthropy.
• Broderbund has some good will-maker software
• MSN MoneyCentral has good financial planning information, including estate planning
• The Estate Preservation Alliance offers a Collection of Resources for Effective Estate Planning Education

Government Resources

• Bureau of Economic Analysis
• Internal Revenue Service
• Securities and Exchange Commission
• US Treasury Department

Markets

• AMEX
• NASDAQ
• NYSE

Mortgage and Credit Information:

• AAA National Mortgage Directory
• HSH Associates data base for mortgage rates
• Other mortgage sites
• HomePath is from FannieMae and offers a list of lenders and links. Calculators and all sorts of mortgage information.
• Mortgage Information
• MortgageMart has mortgage information and calculators
• Financenter has 35 on-line calculators to help you figure out mortgage options (e.g. should I refinance or not?), car (e.g. should I buy or lease?) and credit cards. You can even apply on-line
• Ramsearch evaluates credit cards rates, fees, etc.

Mutual Fund Information

• Brill's Mutual Funds Home Page focuses on mutual funds with profiles of several money managers and special feature articles written by Marla Brill on what's happening in the mutual fund industry. Also provides links.
• Mutual Funds magazine offers lots of insights and updated information on funds
• Money Market Fund Rates updated by IBC/Donoghue and good list of links to other sites.
• Mutual Funds Magazine Online. A variety of helpful information and historical records.
• Morningstar gives you much of their research information online.
• Vanguard's information on all kinds of topics related to mutual funds
• Social Investment Forum offers updated information on Socially Responsible mutual funds.

Newspapers and Journals

• AJR NewsLink is sponsored by the American Journalism Review and links to U.S. and world newspapers as well as alternative and campus ones
• Barrons articles, etc.
• CNN financial network's site
• CNN Interactive for breaking world and national news
• The Electronic Newsstand links to 2,000 magazines
• Financial Times -- A great source of international news, the Financial Times' Internet site offers a more global perspective on the economy, business and personal finance.
• Forbes
• Fortune
• Investor's Edge a free service coupling performance data with related news and information
• Kiplinger.com has all the resources of a vast media company, and it shows in this site
• Money Magazine, of course, has a complete site on personal finance
• Quotes and information from Money Magazine
• Mutual Funds Online an online version of the magazine
• PC Magazine -- all sorts of useful internet and computer info
• Pointcast is an online way to get updated on news
• Press releases for company searches
• Standard and Poor's Quote.com , including Marketscope, Reuters news service, Trendvest stock rating service, ZacksResearch, S&P Stock Guide, etc. some come with a charge.
• TheStreet.com
• Wall Street Journal
• Wall Street Directory with resources grouped in categories Educational Tools, Quotes, Market Reports, Personal Finance, etc.
• WSJ's money and investing update

Retirement Issues

• Social Security Administration site with benefits calculator link and answers to lots of questions
• Vanguard's Retirement Analysis and Resources
• Roth IRA Website

Taxes

• The IRS
• Tax Forms drawn directly from the IRS's "The Digital Daily" and also makes available IRS publications
• 1040.com gives tax information, federal and state tax forms and online filing.
• Taxwright Tools, Utilities and Links from the U.S. Estate and Tax Planning Council, Inc.
• Yahoo has tax forms and tax information