Your Essential Financial Toolkit
Pressed for time? We show you how to make short work of dozens of money tasks.
From Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, May 2008
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Laurin Mack is a PHD candidate in clinical psychology, which leaves her little time to bone up on her finances. But Mack, 29, wants to learn how to diversify a portfolio, monitor her investments online and roll over a retirement account into an IRA. Mack and other time-starved readers can use our absolutely essential financial toolkit to accomplish each of those tasks, and 33 others, in five easy steps or less.
These tasks are organized into four key areas: Personal Finances, Investing, Credit and Retirement. Take a look and see what you can accomplish today.
Personal Finance Toolkit
Boost Your Paycheck
Track Your Spending
Complain and Get Results
Stop Junk Mail Forever
Land a College Scholarship
Replace a Social Security Card
Hire a Reliable Contractor
Protect Your Home and Valuables
Write a Will Without the Hassle
Start a 529 Plan
Lock in a Cheap Mortgage
Prepare for a Natural Disaster
Your Credit Toolkit
Get Your Credit Report in a Flash
Fix an Error on Your Credit Report
Get Your Three Credit Scores
Lower Your Credit Card Rate
Decipher Your Credit Card Statement
Pay Your Bills Online
Retirement Toolkit
Transfer an IRA
Set Up a Roth IRA
Buy a Medigap Policy to Supplement Medicare
Roll Over Your 401(k)
Investing Toolkit
When to Dump Stock
Find the Value of an Old Stock Certificate
Build a Bond Ladder
How Much Stock to Buy
Diversify Your Investments
Buy Treausries Online
Invest in a DRIP
Replace a Lost Savings Bond
Understand a Mutual Fund Prospectus
Track Your Investments Online
Get the Inside Skinny on a Stock
How to Open a Brokerage Account
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