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eGuides
Manage and sharpen your personal finances skills by exploring library materials and online resources included in this eGuide designed to help you with your personal wealth management. Also available En Español.
This eGuide will show you the online and library resources to use to find your target market, plan your business for success, navigate legal and financial hurdles, market your business effectively, and more. Also available En Español.
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Library Materials
Learn how to create financial security by building your wealth. These titles can teach you how to save money, invest your money, and get the most out of your money.
Teach your children how to handle money matters with these books from our collection.
Use these books to find answers to your questions about creating a trust, will, or your estate.
Create your American dream or just stabalize your financial picture with our recent Personal Finance books. These items have information for every adult age group.
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Mobile
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Mint.com Personal Finance
Get a handle on your finances using this free application from Mint.com. Mint will automatically sync with your accounts to keep you in touch with your money.
Google Play | iTunes | Website
Zillow Mortgage Calculator & Mortgage Rates
Zillow's free mortgage calculator provides real-time rates, affordability, payment and refinance calculators, as well as the ability to create a custom loan quote for competitive loan shopping.
iTunes | Website
Real Time Stocks
Real time stock quotes for those invested in the market. This free application will allow you to check current stock quotes for free before you call your financial advisor.
iTunes | Website
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Social
Follow Bargaineering on Twitter for ideas, tips, and personal finance questions. Read the blog for entries on a variety of topics such as collections, bonds, and teaching kids about money.
Adults and kids will love this virtual board game which educates players on financial planning. Learn how to achieve your dream goals with this interactive game sponsored by Disney.
Get personal finance podcasts, read Kimberly Lankford's column about managing money, or take one of the many investment and finance quizzes at Kiplinger's website.
This blog discusses the current financial situation around the globe. Planet Money also has a podcast you can subscribe to.
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Library Online Resources
Databases
This database will help you find company profiles, news articles, and product information for over 300,000 different companies.
Read articles, abstracts, and reference material from 800 business related publications like The Wall Street Journal and New York Times.
Look up your favorite stocks, research the latest stock ratings, and find out what companies your mutual fund invests in with this easy to use database.
Check out our NetLinks for a number of recommended business and investing-related websites to further your research.
ValueLine offers access to their stock, option, mutual fund and convertible surveys. Use ValueLine's rankings, quotes and commentary to help you decide what companies you should invest in. ValueLine creates their ratings for investments using only the operating numbers of the underlying company or companies.
Know Your Business
From the library classes that will help you improve your skills to the materials and resources that will help you start a new business, our Know Your Business section is packed with useful info for job seekers and business owners.
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Websites
General Money Management
Obtain information from the Federal Trade Commission about your credit report. Learn about the Fair Credit Reporting Act and Identity Theft.
Use this government website from the Financial Literacy and Education Commission. Learn about financial planning, paying for education and saving and investing. Also available En Español.
Investing
Get facts about investing online including eight things every investor should know. Read myths and facts about online investing and how to choose an online brokerage firm.
Learn how to invest, read investing advice from many different experts, follow the 13 steps to investing or investing for retirement and keep a watchlist of stocks and mutual funds at the Motley Fool website.
View the listings or look up symbols for products traded on the New York Stock Exchange. See a ticker of the most active stocks and find blogs discussing the exchange.
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