Financial Health - Faculty/Staff

Budget Reduction Resources

H20.2010

Budget / Spending Plans

• Monthly Cash Flow Worksheet (PDF)
• Financial Literacy Month - Tools for Success

Budgeting

• Budgeting 101
• The Secret to Budgeting Successfully
• 12 Reasons Budgeting Can Improve Your Life
• handsonbanking.org (Wells Fargo)

Articles

• Everything You Know About Kids and Money is Wrong - CNN Money
• Renter's Insurance

Credit Cards

• Two-Cycle Average Daily Balance vs. Average Daily Balance
• Choosing A Credit Card: The Deal is in the Disclosures Federal Trade Commission
• Credit Cards & Consumer Loans Federal Trade Commission
• Fixed Rate vs. Variable Rate Cards
• Interest Rates 101- Motley Fool
• Get Out of Debt - Motley Fool

Calculators

• Foolish Calculators
• Yahoo Calculators
• Kiplingers Tools and Calculators

Magazines

• Kiplingers
• Money
• SmartMoney

Investment Podcasts (it will open Apple iTunes)

iPhone/iPod - Finance Apps (it will open Apple iTunes)

Budget Software

• Macintosh - Business and Finance

  • Money (commercial/retail)
  • iBudget (free)
  • Debtinator (commercial/retail)
  • Cha-Ching (commercial/retail)
  • Easy Money (commercial/retail)
  • Buddi (free)
  • MoneyDance (commercial/retail)
  • Buxfer (great for rommates; free)
  • Horizon calendar (shareware)
  • iBank (commercial/retail)
  • SpendThrift (free)
  • Fortora (commercial/retail)

  Windows

  • Buddi (shareware)
  • MoneyDance (commercial/retail)
  • Fortora (commercial/retail)