Budgeting and Managing Debt

Budget Calculator
Kiplinger has created this worksheet to help you project your monthly expenditures and compare this projection against what you actually earn and spend.

Money 101
23 lessons from CNNMoney.com to help you "gain control of your financial life."

Secrets to creating a budget
Bankrate.com has created a 7 step guide to creating a household budget.

Choosing a Financial Professional
The University of Illinois Extention provides an explanation to how financial professionals can help you, their different roles, and what questions you should ask when searching for a financial professional.

How much house can you afford?
Smartmoney.com created a worksheet to aid you in selecting a house and mortgage for your budget.

How credit scores work, how a score is caculated
Bankrate.com provides an easy to understand explanation of how credit scores are calculated and why they are important to your financial future.

Annual Credit Report
Receive a free copy of your credit report online, by phone, or through the mail.

Investing

Broker Check
BrokerCheck is a free resource created by Finra to help you check the background of current and past FINRA-registered securities firms and brokers.

Choosing a Financial Professional
The University of Illinois Extention provides an explanation to how financial professionals can help you, their different roles, and what questions you should ask when searching for a financial professional.

Investor Alerts
Finra provides alerts to educate investors on ways to avoid scams and protect their money.

Retirement

Retire Well
Learn ways to retire early and with more money from the University of Illinois Extension.

Retirement Calculator
CNNMoney.com's retirement calculator helps you estimate your financial needs for retirement and how long it will take to get there.

Nest Egg 2009: 5 Ways to Stretch Your Savings
With millions ready to retire with less money that they planned on SmartMoney will show you 5 ways to stretch those dollars.

Retirement Saving Made Easy
Tips to increase your nest eggs and retirement funds from Kiplinger

Saving for retirement at any age
Forbes shows us that its never to early for starting a retirement fund.

Saving for College

College Decision Time: Sizing Up Financial Aid
This article from SmartMoney talks about picking an institution of higher learning, not by location or prestige, but by the quality of financial aid.

Saving for College
BankRate.com helps answer your questions about saving and paying for college.

Money 101: Saving for College
The top things to know about saving for college by CNNMoney.com.