Here are just a few of the resources available on this topic. Please note that this list is not all inclusive, and it does not suggest an endorsement by the Community Action Partnership or NEFE. Your local librarian is another good source of information.
Booklets
Knowing and Understanding Your Credit, Fannie Mae Foundation, 1-800-688-HOME (for a booklet in Spanish, call 1-800-782-2729)
Books
Ernst & Young’s Personal Financial Planning Guide (3rd ed., NY: John Wiley and Sons, 2000).
Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties by Beth Kobliner (NY: Simon & Schuster, 2000).
Investing on a Shoestring by Barbara O’Neill (Chicago: Dearborn Financial Publishing, 1999).
Learn to Earn: A Beginner’s Guide to the Basics of Investing and Business by Peter Lynch and John Rothchild (NY: Fireside, 1996).
Live Long and Profit: Wealth Building Strategies for Every Stage of Your Life by Kay R. Shirley (Chicago: Dearborn Financial Publishing, 1997).
Making the Most of Your Money by Jane Bryant Quinn (NY: Simon & Schuster, 1997).
The Savage Truth On Money by Terry Savage (NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1999).
The Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Personal Finance by Kenneth M. Morris and Alan M. Siegel (Revised and updated ed., NY: Lightbulb Press, 1999).
Wealth Happens One Day at a Time: 365 Days to a Brighter Financial Future by Brooke M. Stephens (NY: HarperBusiness, 2000).
The Wealthy Barber: Everyone’s Commonsense Guide to Becoming Financially Independent by David Chilton (3rd ed., Rocklin, CA: Prima Publishing, 1998).
Credit-related Sites
www.bankrate.com (loan information, interest rates)
www.cardweb.com (credit cards)
www.equifax.com (credit reports)
www.experian.com (credit reports)
www.transunion.com (credit reports)
General Personal Finance Sites
www.financenter.com
Government Agencies
Consumer Information Center: www.pueblo.gsa.gov/money.htm
Earned Income Tax Credit: www.irs.ustreas.gov/ind_info/eitc4.html
Federal Reserve System: www.federalreserve.gov
Internal Revenue Service: www.ustreas.gov/bureaus
Social Security Administration: www.ssa.gov
USDA Child Nutrition: www.fns.usda.gov/cnd
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program: www.fns.usda.gov/wic
Magazines/Newspapers
Bloomberg Personal Finance
Consumer Reports
Investor’s Business Daily
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine
Money
Morningstar Mutual Funds (ask for this at the library)
Mutual Funds
Smart Money
Value Line Investment Survey and Value Line Mutual Fund Survey (ask for these at the
library)
The Wall Street Journal
Nonprofit Organizations
Alliance for Investor Education: www.investoreducation.org
AARP (formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons): www.aarp.org
American Savings Education Council: www.asec.org
Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc.: 1-888-237-6275; www.cfp-board.org
Financial Planning Association: 1-800-322-4237; www.fpanet.org
Financial Resources for Women and Children, Inc.: www.frwc.org
National Association of Personal Financial Advisors: 1-888-333-6659; www.napfa.org
National Endowment for Financial Education: www.nefe.org
National Foundation for Credit Counseling: 1-800-388-2227; www.nfcc.org
North American Securities Administrators Association: www.nasaa.org
Society of Financial Service Professionals: 1-610-526-2500; www.financialpro.org
Industry Trade Associations
Investment Company Institute (mutual funds): www.ici.org
Securities Industry Association: www.sia.com
Investing Sites
http://finance.yahoo.com
Investor Organizations
American Association of Individual Investors: www.aaii.com
National Association of Investors Corporation: www.better-investing.org
Managing Your Money: Resources
