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The following sites provide financial information and advice.
Bankrate.com
Provides free interest rate information to consumers on more than 300 financial products, including mortgages, credit cards, automobile loans, certificates of deposit, checking and ATM fees and online banking fees. It also provides articles on keeping your finances in order.
The Center for Consumer Freedom
The Center for Consumer Freedom is a nonprofit organization devoted to promoting personal responsibility and protecting consumer choices.
The Consumer Rights League
The Consumers Rights League is a non-profit, non-partisan, educational organization dedicated to preserving consumer choice in the marketplace. The organization was formed with the belief that numerous, self-appointed “consumer advocacy” groups are aggressively lobbying to restrict choices. These groups often believe that consumers are unable to make informed, responsible choices.
Econ4U.org
Econ4U is the website of The Center for Economic and Entrepreneurial Literacy (CEEL), a non-profit organization promoting financial education. Econ4U teaches important economic concepts that are easy to understand and retain in a quiz-style format.
The Dough Roller
The Dough Roller is a blog about money. How to make it, give it, save it, and spend it in a way that moves us closer to financial independence.
Federal Reserve Consumer Help
If you have a problem with a bank or other financial institution, contact the Federal Reserve for help.
The National Foundation for Credit Counseling
The NFCC is the nation’s largest and longest serving national nonprofit credit counseling network, with more than 100 Member agencies and nearly 850 offices in communities throughout the country. Each year, NFCC Members assist more than 3.2 million consumers, helping many to drive down their debt and take control of their finances.
HUD Tips on Avoiding Foreclosure
Are you having trouble keeping up with your mortgage payments? Have you received a notice from your lender asking you to contact them? Read these tips for avoiding foreclosure from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy
The 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy Web site offers information to help consumers make sound financial decisions at every stage of their lives, from childhood to retirement.
Smart Cookies
Founded by five women in their twenties and thirties with a lot of consumer debt, the site shares the strategies they developed to turn their finances around.
Women’s Institute for Financial F Education
The Women’s Institute for Financial Education (WIFE.org) is the oldest non-profit organization dedicated to providing financial education to women in their quest for financial independence
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