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Additional recommended websites

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

  • Data and research – consumer credit trends, financial well-being survey data, consumer complaints database and more.
  • Money as You Grow - help for parents and caregivers. Money Monsters stories introduce kids to ideas, habits, and activities needed as they grow up and start to manage money.

DoD Office of Financial Readiness

Dedicated to the military community; covers money management, saving and investing.

  • Find a Personal Financial Counselor - All active-duty, National Guard and reserve service members, their family members and survivors are eligible to receive no-cost financial counseling services.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

  • Consumer Resource Center - Information and resources to educate and protect consumers, promote economic inclusion, and connect people with financial resources in their communities.
  • How money smart are you? - a suite of 14 games and related resources about everyday financial topics.

Federal Trade Commission

FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority)

  • For Investors – covers investing basics.
  • Market data – company information including company profile, news headlines and recent SEC Filings, equity quote information, options information, and bonds issued by the company. The Bonds section includes general bond market information such as news, benchmark yields, and corporate bond market activity and performance information. Mutual funds - view detailed information on individual funds.
  • Personal finance - Learn how to set your financial goals, get a handle on your cash flow, control spending, manage debt and get on the path to saving and investing.
  • Tools and Calculators – includes Fund Analyzer to help compare fees and analyze information on over 30,000 funds, retirement, savings, and loan calculators, Smart Investing courses.

MyMoney.gov

  • Tools – calculators, budgeting worksheets, checklists

Securities and Exchange Commission Office of Investor Education and Advocacy

  • Investor.gov – financial tools and calculators, investor alerts and bulletins plus additional financial planning tools.
  • Saving and Investing - A Roadmap To Your Financial Security Through Saving and Investing

360 degrees of Financial Literacy

  • Calculators
  • Money Minutes - an interactive video series on topics like budgeting, saving and managing debt, and a short quiz at the end to test your knowledge.

America Saves

American Association of Individual Investors

BrightAct LLC

Bankrate

  • This site offers free tools and resources to help individuals reach their financial goals. Compare bank loan and mortgage rates, compare credit cards; read bank, broker, financial advisor services and other lender reviews and much more.

Council for Economic Education

Financial Planning Association

Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center

MoneySmartWeek

BetterInvesting (National Association of Investors)

  • Investor education articles – cover topics related to investing, personal finance, retirement planning, paying for college, and more.
  • Stock investment clubs - overview of what a stock investment club is, how to set up a club, and how to make money investing in good quality companies.

HowTheMarketWorks

National Endowment for Financial Education

  • Research projects – on topics related to financial literacy.
  • Polls – the aim is to better understand the financial realities of consumers.

Practical Money Skills (by VISA)

  • Apps - educational apps to promote financial literacy on the go.
  • Comic books - Visa and Marvel Entertainment teamed up to release two exciting educational comic books, which teach young people about personal finance.
  • Financial calculators - tools for forecasting and assessing financial choices.