Financial
Center
Experian
(TRW).- credit check bureau.
Trans Union
- credit check bureau.
Equifax -
credit check bureau and credit card processing.
USsearch.com
- public information
search engine.
Credit
Reporting Agencies - collection of links to US, foreign
and specialty credit reporting agencies. Most major firms are listed here.
Victims
of Credit Reporting - advocacy group for people whose lives
have been disrupted by consumer credit reporting practices. With legal
and practical advice.
CBSi Credit
and Collection Services - apply for residential mortgage
credit reports and accounts receivable collection services.
ConsumerInfo.Com,
Inc. - register and access a free copy of your Experian credit
reports, as well as CreditCheck monitoring service. Includes an online
delivery service.
Credit Data
Exchange - leading supplier of a range of services including
compiling business information, bank account data, asset searches and
credit reports.
Credit
Report Privacy - fact sheet from Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
on access to credit information and what to do about errors in your credit
report.
Right To
Know - order your credit reports from all three of the major
credit reporting agencies in a single, easy to read package. No additional
fees.
Estate Planning - back to top
Estate
Planning Attorneys - National Network of Estate Planning
Attorneys provides directories of attorneys, bookstore and Q&A on personal
finance topics.
Nolo's
Estate Planning- articles and advice on wills and living
trusts, probate avoidance, and funerals and ceremonies. From Nolo Press
Self-Help Law Center.
Advance
Medical Directives - points out 10 legal myths about living
wills. From the American Bar Association's Commission on Legal Problems
of the Elderly.
Advanced
Estate Planning - index of articles on issues such as reducing
the taxable estate, understanding charitable trusts, and business planning.
California
Estate Planning - addresses a number of estate planning issues
and provides useful advice and information on 1997 tax changes, wills,
and news articles.
Crash Course
in Wills & Trusts - concise and practical guide to the law
of will and trusts by Michael Palermo, attorney and certified financial
planner.
Estate
Planning Articles - recent articles on estate planning and
trusts from attorneys throughout the country.
Estate Preservation
Alliance - collection of resources addressing business owners,
and covering estates, and planning advisors. Find a summary of the 1997
Taxpayers Relief Act changes.
Mortgage & Home Equity - back to top
Mortgage
Quotes - constantly updated database of competitive mortgage
rates for every state. Covers 64 loan programs and hundreds of lenders.
Mortgage
Mart- excellent guide to the mortgage market covers everything
from finding a mortgage professional to applying for money.
Mortgage Market
Services - excellent resource helps find local lenders, check
rates or arrange a mortgage for people with bad credit-ratings.
How
Much House Can You Afford - realistic look at how much you
could spend on a home by entering your income, monthly debt and other
details.
Karl's
Mortgage Calculator - plug in the principal, interest, insurance
tax, and other figures to calculate your mortgage costs.
Mortgage
Calculator - tabulate your mortgage by providing information
such as annual interest rate and length of the authorization.
1st National Mortgage Directory - use this extensive directory
to find a mortgage company in your state. Includes a brief description
of each company, and a link to their site.
Bank Rate Monitor
- features and information updated daily. Topics include mortgages, savings,
credit cards, home equity and fees.
Best
Mortgage - prepare yourself for the mortgage market with
this collection of articles by columnist Steve Tyler.
Mutual Fund Information - back to top
2004
Guide to Mutual Funds - analyses the top 50 funds and bonds
for 1997 over one to ten year periods. With stock and bond fund finder,
fund IQ test, and commentary.
Mutual Fund Investor's
Center - features educational materials for investors, links
to fund families, profiles of no-load funds, and daily fund prices.
Mutual Funds Interactive
- resource includes money manager profiles, chat room, and Funds 101 for
beginners, plus advice and analysis in the Expert's Corner.
1-800-MUTUALS
- take the guesswork out of fund investing with reports on 7,000 funds.
Also features the $1,000,000 fantasy funds challenge.
Mutual
Funds Interactive - wide-ranging resource with news, expert
commentary, readers' polls and chat, mutual fund basics, games, and links
to funds.
Assoc. of Mutual
Fund Investors - dedicated to helping its members beat
the stock market by investing solely in mutual funds. Explains methodology
and systems.
Closed-End Fund
Investor - seeks to educate investors about CEFs - peculiarities,
investment strategies, risks and rewards, and potential pitfalls.
Directory of all
US Mutual Funds - free current quotes, charts, performance
reports, and investment kits for more than 10,000 mutual funds.
Fidelity
Monitor - independent advice on Fidelity mutual funds,
including model portfolios for income, growth and income, growth, and
select mutual funds.
ABOUT Mutual Funds - directory of mutual fund sites.
Includes a fast quote service, discussion forum, and a collection of the
25 best books on investing.
Fund Alarm
- service aimed at helping you decide when to sell your funds
by keeping an eye on performance, turnover and assets. Updated monthly.
GLOBEfund
- Canada's national mutual fund site gives info about the Canadian
mutual fund scene.
Introduction
to Mutual Funds - Advice and explanations from the
Securities & Exchange Commission covering how funds work and how to compare
them.
MaxFunds.com -
this resource covers all the general information on investing in mutual
funds and diversification.
Investment Company
Institute - National Trade Association representing
mutual funds, unit investment trusts and closed-end funds. Information
on member services.
Mutual Fund Investor
Center - basic explanation of mutual fund investing,
plus online ordering of free investment kits from several major fund families.
The
Mutual Fund Page - provides introductory material
on mutual funds, with feature articles, info on types of funds, and a
collection of links with descriptions.
Vanguard Group
- addresses top stories and features a retirement resource and
tax center, college planning, brokerage services, with daily prices and
yields.
List of Mutual Funds - back to top
American
Century - compare fund performances or review daily fund
prices. New investors can download prospectuses and application forms.
With educational material about investing.
AIC Group of
Funds - get info on AIC's mutual funds, including current
Fund prices, performance, price histories, and an aid to help you decide
which fund is for you.
Aerodynamic
Investments - offers services including both US and German
daily market outlook, with midday updates, and reports. Find out about
managed funds and seminars.
Alger Online
- The Alger Fund is comprised of six portfolios ranging from aggressive
growth to stable current income.
Altamira Investment
Services - get info about Altamira's mutual funds, including
performance analyses, distribution history, prospectuses, and up-to-date
stock quotes.
Brandywine Funds
- offering complete information on the Brandywine Funds family of mutual
funds.
Charles Schwab and Company - offers advice and Q&A with experts,
online trading with Schwab, free stock quotes and charts, and tour of
Schwab services.
Columbia
Funds - provides info on investing including investor education,
retirement planning, a review of the last quarter, and current outlook.
Fidelity Investments
- provides info and performance records for more than 150 Fidelity mutual
funds with facts and figures on the company's FundsNetwork.
Franklin
Templeton - offers information on this US mutual fund company,
including its investment products and prices, plus news and investor education
resources.
GAM Funds
- Global Asset Management offers eight funds invested domestically and
overseas. Includes sections with info for investors and advisers.
HighMark
Funds - info on the HighMark group of mutual funds, including
the performance of their retail and fiduciary shares, a prospectus, and
investor kit.
Janus
Funds - includes an overview of the funds, their performance
and prices, and brochures and applications. Option to request specific
materials.
Kopp Funds
- The Kopp Emerging Growth Fund is an open end equity fund investing in
domestic emerging growth stocks.
Magnum Funds
- Hedge Funds - specializes in identifying leading hedge
funds and combining them into funds for banks, institutions, and high-net-worth
individuals.
Merrill Lynch
- details of the company's products and services, including mutual funds
and advising. Visit the learning center for the basics.
Montgomery
Securities - use the online investor kit to learn about the
types of funds offered, meet the portfolio managers or request specific
information.
Neuberger Funds
- info. on the Neuebrger and Berman family of mutual funds.
Oxford Strategic
Funds - specializes in multi-manager offshore investment
products on a proprietary and private-label basis. Recently launched fixed-income
fund.
Prudential Securities
- details of its stock and bond mutual funds, plus many other financial
services. Also lets you review your accounts online.
Putnam Investments
- gives information on the performance and pricing of more than 70 of
the funds in its family. Allows you to search for specific data.
Scudder Funds
- info. on investment objectives, fund holdings and services. Access a
fund profile, and get daily updates on share prices.
Smith Barney
- daily updates on the stock market, a review of Smith Barney products,
and an office locator. No online trading.
Spelman
Mutual Fund Library - easy ordering of prospectuses for several
hundred mutual funds from 73 fund families offered by the Spelman/Sentra
securities firms.
Strong
Funds - describes its family of funds, offers tips on managing
your portfolio and posts daily prices and returns.
T. Rowe Price
- overview of its funds, plus the option to create a personalized Mutual
Fund Watch List with your email address and password.
Templeton Management
-offers fund overview, daily pricing, and performance and portfolio summaries
with latest news of products and services.
Vanguard
Investor Education Center- advice and explanations of mutual
fund investing and retirement planning from the Vanguard family of mutual
funds.
Banking - back to top
Citicorp
JP Morgan
Chase
BankAmerica
Directory
Wachovia
Wells Fargo
Bank
BankOne
MetLife
Washington
Mutual
Fleet Boston
Financial Corp.
US Bank Corp.
Wells
Fargo: Find Us