LibGuides: Personal Finance and Financial Literacy: Internet Resources

Evaluating Web Sites

How can you tell if a web site is trustworthy or not? It's not always easy, but there are things that you can look for that will help you decide.

How current is it? Is it recent enough to provide information relevant to your needs?
Who is the author? Are they qualified to talk about this subject?
How accurate is the information? You may need to compare what you find with another source to answer this question.
Who is the audience? This can influence how much detail is included.
What point of view is being represented? All sites have a bias, but is it obvious or are they trying to hide something?
How up to date is the site? Older information may no longer be accurate.

0. Money Essentials

Mint
Attractive and easy-to-use tools for creating budgets and keeping track of your financial accounts.
You Need a Budget
NerdWallet
MVELOPES
Budget by envelope.
Spendee
Personal Capital
FDIC.gov

1. General Sites

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
MyMoney.gov
"MyMoney.gov is the U.S. government's website dedicated to teaching all Americans the basics about financial education. "
U.S. Treasury: Office of Financial Education and Financial Access
The people at the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Financial Education and Financial Access know a bit about interest rates, mortgages, and other related matter, so it’s good to learn that they have developed a good set of educational resources designed for teachers. The site
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includes materials developed by organizations within the U.S. Treasury, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, and others. The materials here include “Money Smart”, which is a curriculum designed to help adults understand basic financial services and “Building Wealth”, which presents an overview of such important strategies as creating a household budget and managing debt. These various tools could potentially be used in applied economics and mathematics courses, and teachers will appreciate the flexibility of these different resources. (Review by The Scout Report)
Boards of Governors: Federal Reserve Banks
This site provides general information on the U.S. banking system.

5c. S, I, & I: Currency Exchange Rates

Currencies and Currency-Exchange
Good starting point for currency research. This reference source has three categories: Currencies; Exchange Rates; and Currency-Converters.
Daily Currency Table
Choose a currency and then select the currency to compare it with.
CNNfn Currencies Market
Part of the CNN Financial Network, Information is arranged in tables and by geographic areas.

4. International Banking

Yahoo International Finance Center
Get country economic profiles, news, exchange rates & much more from all over the world

5f. S, I, & I: Stocks And Investments

Financial Markets and Investments
Selected web sites from ALA's Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS)
Google Finance
Investor Information
MSN Money - Stock Screener
New York Times Market Financial Tools
StockMaster
Yahoo Finance
Hoover's Online
Hoover's provides company profiles, including financials, for over 10,000 companies. You can search companies by name, keyword, or industry. This is the free version.
CNBC Investing
Bloomberg Markets
CNN Money

Mergent Intellect This link opens in a new window
Information on over 240 million private companies and 5,000 large public companies, plus five years worth of exportable financial statements. Census data, demographic profiles, and corporate families trees are also included.

5h. S, I, & I: Other Resources

Google Finance

Note:

For more indepth information about financial management resources on the Internet consult this tab on the Financial Management guide.

Financial Management: Internet Resources

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