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Financial Advice Online
First Published: Sep 2004
Last Update: Sep 2004
Author: Stacy HinojosaAlmost everyone encounters financial
difficulties at some point in their life. Many times it’s not easy to get the
help you need to find solutions to your problems. Fortunately the Internet has
become a mecca for financial advice. There countless sites dedicated to lending
a helping hand when it comes to financial woes. And the best part is that most
of them are free.
Facts and Info:
Most financially minded websites such as
grabpersonalfinances.com, offer a large
library of useful information on topics such as loan services, insurance rates,
interest rates, IRAs or your 401(k). They even outline very basic concepts like
understanding the value of money, how to save wisely and beginning investment
strategies. Many sites also include a long collection of recommended readings
such as books or pamphlets that you may want to consider purchasing. Also, many
websites offer stock ideas, quotes and data.
Tips and Tricks:
There are websites that take it a bit further by publishing tips for the online
searcher. These suggestions are on a large variety of topics ranging from how to
evaluate your monthly spending habits to what you should do if your wallet is
lost or stolen. Some sites even offer free tips about financial advisors
available for hire and provide the names and numbers of people in your area as
well as when is a good time to hire a personal financial advisor and how to go
about finding one. They even have lists of warning signs to look for in a bad
advisor, and how to find the perfect one for you.
Resources:
Last but not least, there are websites such as
americanfinancialservice.net
that supply even more help and assistance through the use of online tools. Sites
often have a variety of specialty calculators to help you figure out things like
how long it will take you to pay off your credit card debt or loan. There are
budget forms and worksheets that you can print off to help keep your monthly
spending habits in check. One financial webpage even has a discussion board
where people can post messages or questions regarding their personal finances.
This is a new and fresh way of transmitting information and advice through peers
since a perfect stranger who has a question of their own may already know the
answer to yours. Discussion boards are just one of the many unique resources
made possible by the Internet. There are other sites where you can submit a
personal finance question and have an educated and detailed response emailed to
you within two days!
If after all this you still can’t find the answers your looking for, many
financial websites offer free thirty-day trials of extended online financial
advice, which puts many more resources at your fingertips. After the free trial,
you can either cancel the services or extend them and pay a monthly or yearly
fee. And if you still haven’t found what you’re looking for, there are numerous
financial advisors waiting to help on the Web.
About the Author
Stacy Hinojosa
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