Web Resources

Personal Finance

• CNBC.com
  Financial Portal

• CNN-Money.com
  Financial Portal

• Index Funds
  Indexing primer, News & Tools

• The Investor’s Clearinghouse
  Investment education site sponsored by the Alliance for Investor Education

• Yahoo! Finance
  Financial Portal

• Funeral Help Program
  A consumer's guide to funerals.

• DocuBank
  Provides emergency access to your living will, health care directive, and advance directive. Will fax to hospital in time of need.

• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
  Find an ACTEC Fellow – estate planning attorney

• Central Texas Estate Planning Council
  Find an estate planning professional in Central Texas

Consumer Issues

• Consumer Reports Online

• National Foundation for Credit Counseling
   
• Consumer Federation of America
  Consumer advocacy and education organization.
• Experian
  Obtain your credit report
• TransUnion
  Obtain your credit report
• Equifax
  Obtain your credit report  
• Scambusters
  Want to determine if the latest computer virus email you received is valid? Also info about various financial scams.

• Education Unlimited
  Test prep course

• Kaplan
  Test prep course

• Princeton Review
  Test prep course

• FinAid
  Comprehensive financial aid information

• FastWeb
  Free scholarship search database.

• Upromise
  Free money for college... Really!

• Savingforcollege.com
  Everything you’d want to know about 529 savings plans.

• The College Board
  From the SAT sponsors. A must first-stop when planning for college.

• Accountable Aging
  A terrific service to aid those responsible for providing care for aging family members.

• Aging With Dignity
  Includes information about "The Five Wishes" program.

• The Center for Long Term Care Financing
   
• Medicare
   
• Administration on Aging
   
• FirstGov for Seniors
   
• American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
  Useful information. Can join AARP as early as age 50.

• National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers
  Find someone locally who can assist older people and their families in meeting long-term care needs.

• National Council on Aging - Benefits Checkup
  Site helps seniors and their families connect to the federal and state programs available to them.

• American Institute of Public Accounting

• CFP Board of Standards

• The Veteran's Administration
   
• Securities & Exchange Commission
   
• BEST - Benefit Eligibility Screening Tool
  An online scrreening tool to help you determine your eligibility for Medicare and all Social Security Benefits.

• FirstGov
  Billed as a ’’one-stop shop’’ for government info.

• Internal Revenue Service
  News, info, forms, pubs

• The Social Security Administration
  Get estimates, news, or apply online for benefits

• Nat'l Assoc. of Insurance Commissioners' Consumer Information Source
  Info about insurance companies, their financial strength, and consumer complaints.

• Moody's
  One of the insurance rating services.

• A.M. Best
  One of the insurance rating services.

• Standard & Poor's
  One of the insurance rating services.

• Insure.com
  Good starting point for insurance-related issues

• Microsoft Design Gallery
  Clip art, animation, etc.

• Microsoft Template Gallery
  Lots of templates to save you formatting time when working on documents, spreadsheets, presentations, etc. Even includes homework & project templates for the kids.

• Quotes to Inspire You (by author)
   
• How Stuff Works
   

• Bankrate.com
  Great site for news about fixed income rates as well as other financial info

Reference

• Big Charts & Historical Quotes
  Useful industry, company and market information

• Morningstar.com
  Info on investments, tools to use

• Guidestar.com
  Learn about the charitable organization you intend to donate to.