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Personal Finance and Investing

Getting started

Financial literacy

This guide is a collection of resources related to financial literacy and basic aspects of investing. It is meant to be a helpful resource for anyone who would like to know more about money management. It can be used by the public looking to identify useful information on how to

  • make and save money
  • work with a budget
  • get started with or manage investments
  • pay for college
  • educate their kids about money
  • plan their retirement 
  • get out of debt.
  • etc

For those looking for practical tips on making money from a side gig, a small business guide is also available.

Investing

On the investment side, if you are looking for resources you can use to do company research, please see our Company Information guide. You can use some of the sources listed there to get access to stock information, as well as analyst reports.

For industry financial information, such as ratios or valuation numbers, please consult our Industry Information guide. Some industry reports do include that type of information. 

Introduction to personal finance and investing

Please note some of these books might be reference books; reference books are only available for use in the library. You can identify those by looking at the Copies tab in the record of each book – the Location section should say Sherman Library Reference and the Status section should say LIB USE ONLY.

Please note some of these books might be reference books; reference books are only available for use in the library. You can identify those by looking at the Copies tab in the record of each book – the Location section should say Sherman Library Reference and the Status section should say LIB USE ONLY.

Please note some of these books might be reference books; reference books are only available for use in the library. You can identify those by looking at the Copies tab in the record of each book – the Location section should say Sherman Library Reference and the Status section should say LIB USE ONLY.