Financial
Privacy & Identity Theft
- National Do Not Call Registry – Stop telemarketers from calling your home
- Reduce pre-approved credit offers by contacting 888-5OPTOUT or visiting OptOutPrescreen.com
For more information on preventing or recovering from identity theft go to:
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
- Identity Theft Resource Center
- FBI Internet Fraud Complaint Center
- U.S. Dept. Of Justice
To obtain a Free Credit Report, go to a web-site set up by the Federal Trade Commission at www.annualcreditreport.com. You can also order your credit reports through a toll-free number, 877-322-8228.
Links to the three Credit Reporting Agencies are:
Market Investments
- MarketWatch – Market data and news stories about the stock market
- Dimensional Fund Advisors – Provides daily closing prices of DFA funds and firm information
- TD Ameritrade
- U.S. Savings Bonds
- U.S. Treasury Department – Information on government T-Bills, Notes & Bonds
- Wall Street Journal
- The Vanguard Group – Investment management information
Tax/Government
- Fund Democracy – The mutual fund shareholders advocate
- Internal Revenue Service – Tax forms and information
- Securities and Exchange Commission – To see if planners or their firms clash with regulators or other investors
Retirement
- IRA Questions
- MoneyCentral – A site about planning for retirement
- Social Security or Medicare Questions
- Social Security Retirement Planner
Other
- HSA Insights – Health Savings Account information and resources
- The National Unclaimed Property Database
- Upromise – Money back for college savings