Web Resources

Following are links to some of the many helpful free or low-cost information sources available to consumers online.

Campbell Financial Partners, its staff, and our advisors are not endorsing any of the views, organizations, companies, or products. We just want to provide you with resources to help make your financial and life planning choices easier.


PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENTS:

Kiplinger.com
Personal finance advice and business forecasts; includes news, rates, calculators, quotes, and useful articles.

Mutual Fund Investor’s Center
Educational center with planning tools and mutual fund tracking features.

Yahoo Finance
Numerous links to articles, tools, calculators, and product comparisons for all areas of personal finance.

Morningstar.com
Objective source of mutual fund information.

BigCharts.com
Comprehensive and user-friendly investment research Web site.

FINANCIAL NEWS:

Wall Street Journal
Up to the minute business news; excellent articles.

SmartMoney.com
Covers all of the personal finance basics. Good selection of in-depth articles.

Bloomberg.com
Includes market data, news, analysis, and commentary plus live streamed radio and television links.

TAXES:

IRS Website
Official IRS Web site; clearly written, organized, and easy to navigate.

Turbo Tax
Plain-language answers to your tax questions, summaries of tax-law changes, tax tips and insights, calculators, and forms.

RETIREMENT:

Quicken.com
Type "retirement" in the Search tool for all kinds of valuable information on everything from planning for retirement to tax issues and more.

CNN Money
Source of retirement planning commentary and planning tools.

NOLO
Source of excellent do-it-yourself and informational softback books on retirement issues. Type "retirement" in the Search tool.

ESTATE PLANNING:

NOLO Law Center
Wills and Estate Planning link provides access to plain-English articles on topics like estate-planning basics, living wills, funeral planning, and various other legal documents.

Aging with Dignity
Learn how to ensure that your wishes will be followed in the event of a serious illness with the help of a Living Will and other documents; how to discuss your wishes with loved ones and your physician, and where to obtain resources for family caregivers; includes link to related sites. Check out its "Five Wishes" brochure.

COLLEGE AND FINANCIAL AID:

SavingforCollege.com
Independent and objective information on different ways to save and pay for college; plenty of interactive tools.

XAP.com
"Get Money" feature offers plenty of help in calculating and finding financial aid.

College Board Online
Student and parent information; college planning news, tools and resources.

DEBT MANAGEMENT:

Quicken.com
"Debt Reduction Planner" helps with ideas to reduce your debt.

Nolo.com and Myvesta.org
Both offer general information on topics like debt and bankruptcy, overspending, credit repair, strategies for repaying debts, and debt collections.