LINKS TO FINANCIAL EDUCATION SITES

I hope this page is a valuable resource page for you, whether you want to learn more on money management in general, or whether you are looking for guidelines for doing money management by yourself, or whether you want to read the most recent updates impacting personal money management.

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This list contains links to sites to independent resources for self-education and updates on topics relevant to personal finances:

• Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission both have a lot of information and guidelines on personal finance topics, and up-to-date information about recent scams

• https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/features/feature-0030-pass-it and https://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/ have their focus solely on scams and frauds

• Money Smart | FDIC.gov is an excellent site for learning about personal finances in general. Learning with the interactive games  and resources of the "How Money Smart Are You?" program is especially fun!

• https://www.mymoney.gov/mymoneyfive has hands-on instruction, tools, and examples for managing your finances

• The Women's Institute For a Secure Retirement: wiserwomen.org has a treasure of information for women in very different situations, including Divorce, widowhood, retirement, Saving and investing, etc.

• The Utah State University provides a tool to create a personalized debt elimination plan: PowerPay This is an extremely valuable resource if you have multiple debts and want to explore the best repayment strategy - and it is free to use!

• https://www.investor.gov/ gives information around investments, and you find information (professional background and registrations etc.) about investment advisors

• https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/category/money/?trk=nw_gn_4.0 has many articles about money management and provides comparisons on different products. Note: This site does get commissions from partners, but still has valuable guidelines and advice.

• https://pigly.com/: This site offer financial calculators and for savings, debt, credit card, retirement and more situations. All the calculators are free to use and without ads. With the help of this site, you can get a quick estimate. You can also play around with the figures, and read some background information on the subject.

• https://www.annualcreditreport.com/: This is the correct page for requesting your free credit report, do not use any other site!