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Financial Planning

Consumer Credit Counseling Services – Do you need financial help?  Whether you are facing an immediate crisis or just wish to improve your financial health, CCCS, a nonprofit agency, can help and are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.  This site provides educators and counselors that give non-judgemental advice, practical action plans and hope for a better future to people in all 50 states.

Feed the Pig - The AICPA is extending the reach of the 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy effort by launching a national Public Service Announcement campaign with the Ad Council. Called Feed the Pig, the campaign uses the traditional image of savings, the piggy bank, to encourage 25-34 year olds, also known as Career Builders, to find the benefits of saving for every stage of life.

The New York Stock Exchange – NYSE’s official website provides up-to-the-minute data, webcasts on market activity on current bonds, listings, equities, technologies, futures/options, Market Professionals, investor relations and regulations for individual investors, the media and each listed company.

The Securities and Exchange Commission – This government agency site has laws, regulations, upcoming events, rules of practice and strategic financial plans of the SEC.

MSN Money – This site provides information on banking and planning, personal finance and investing. This website also features market updates, articles, tips and advice for everything financial. personal finance and investing, banking and planning website that also includes financial articles, market updates, tips and advice for money matters.

Smart Money – Smart Money is an online investing site, highlighting personal finance, mutual funds for you portfolio and personal investing.

Marketplace Money – Presented by the American Public Media’s Marketplace, this website provides news on economics, business, and money. Daily broadcasts can also be heard on public radio stations nationwide. presents news on business, economics, and money for the rest of us.

Jump Start Coalition – Aimed at improving the personal financial literacy of young adults, the Jumpstart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy seeks to accomplish curriculum enrichment to ensure that all K-12 students attain basic personal financial management skills during their educational experiences.

Financial Fitness for Life – This organization provides a comprehensive, multifaceted, economic and financial literacy program for grades K-12.

Financial Literacy 2010 – Financial Literacy 2010 is a national campaign to fight financial illiteracy among young Americans by providing high school teachers guides and other tools, which aid in personal finance and investment skills to make for literate American adults.

Tax Interactive – This website teaches teens about the U.S. tax system, the new electronic way to file tax returns, and the effect of taxes on their day-to-day lives.