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164 Currency Converter by Oanda ~ excellent global currency online service

African Stock Exchange Guide, The ~ Johannesburg Stock Exchange trade companies info provided by Africa dot com

American Association of Individual Investors ~ providing individual investors with knowledge that will help them to manage their own assets

American Express home page ~ credit card co

American Stock Exchange - The Smarter Place to Be ~ visibility for over 700 companies

Asian Securities Online

Associated Foreign Exchange, Inc. ~ the dollar's value in other countries

Australian Stock Exchange ~ official site

Bank of America ~ from home banking services to money management tips

Bank Rate Monitor Home Page ~ get the rates, news and other basics

Banks with home pages, List of

Business Systems International ~ systems integration specialists for banking

C B S MarketWatch ~ get the latest financial headline news, market data, portfolio reports and more

C N N FN ~ Cable News Network Financial Network online

C N N fn - US Stock Markets ~ see how the numbers fall with this updated every 3 minute report

C N N fn - World Stock Markets ~ foreign market rated info

Chase, Welcome to the new... ~ credit card svcs

CheckFree Investment Services - Ticker Symbol Lookup ~ security APL ticket lookup

CheckFree Investment Services Quote Server ~ check your stock from this 15 minute delayed ticker

Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Choosing and Using Credit Cards -- February 1993 ~ Federal Trade Commission article

Citicorp/Citibank home page ~ credit card svcs

Closing Bell ~ Mercury Mail's free service provides daily e-mail messages containing closing prices and news of market indices, mutual funds and securities from 3 major US exchanges

Colombo Stock Exchange ~ official site of Sri Lanka

Connecticut Student Loan Foundation Home Page, The

Consumer Credit Counseling Center of Connecticut* CCCS ~ *actual site title: Credit Counseling; - helping those with personal financial debt problems

Credit For Security - Unsecured Credit Guaranteed ~ a modest fee will identify sources of credit card issuers

CyberCash home page

D B C Online ~ America's leading provider of real-time market data to the individual investor from the Data Broadcasting Corporation

Debt Counselors of America - the non-profit group that helps consumers get out of debt

DigiCash ecash - ecash home page ~ software form of electronic money

Discover Card ~ their official site even lets you check the balance of your statement

Dow Jones Interactive Publishing ~ online informational services

Dreyfus, Welcome to ~ well-known mutual funds organization now online

Dun & Bradstreet Information Services

eBroker, Welcome to ~~ All American Brokers serves you online

fastWeb (Financial Aid Search Through the Web) ~ use their database to match your skills and needs

Fidelity Investments ~ investment and retirement fund information

FinanceCenter Personal Finance Resource

Financial Times, The

FINWeb Home Page ~ financial topic resources online

First Card ~ credit card svcs

First Virtual Homepage - Internet Commerce ~ FV (A Secure Way to Handle Internet Credit Card Transactions)

Form for Mortgage payment query ~ provided by Hugh Chou

Free Online Secrets of Credit Repair ~ valuable information compiled by Lexington Law Firm

History of Money from Ancient Times to the Present Day ~ excellent documentation

Holt Report Index Page ~ professional site reports the timely financial market developments

Homebuyers Fair Mortgage Loan Qualification Calculator ~ American Finance lets you see for yourself online how much you can afford

Hugh's Mortgage and Financial Calculators ~ Hugh Chou hmpg

I P O Data Systems, Inc, Welcome to ~ Initial Public Offerings (IPO) Data on the Web

Investor's Supersite on the Web, The

InvestorsEdge Web Site, Welcome to the ~ see the latest Dow Jones, NASDAQ, S and P, 30 year Treasury indexes and more

InvestorWeb Home Page ~ long standing site provides interesting points of views on market developments

iWORLD: Internet Daily Stock Report ~ a forum for activity and morning / close info

Lombard Public Access Quotes ~ registered users access free info from this California based brokerage firm

London Stock Exchange ~ official site

Looking for Student Aid ~ a brief intro on where to get more information on financial aid

MarketTrak

MasterCard International Pointers ~ credit card co

Merrill Lynch ~ financial investments

Merrill Lynch Online ~ investment info at your fingertips

Money Quick Quotes ~ Pathfinder's service enables you to get a quote or search a symbol plus review Money Online

Morningstar.Net ~ an online investment magazine that is also a live source of info on stocks and mutual funds

Mortgage Calculator Input ~ see how the monthly payments break down

Mutual Fund Investor's Center, The ~ get an education on how it all works

Mutual Funds Interactive(sm) ~ an independent resource of info on the Web

NationsBank Home Page, Welcome to ~ official site

NETworth ~ follow mutual funds or equities from one source

New Stock Issues ~ NewsPage Stock Industry News articles updated daily

New York Stock Exchange ~ this non-official site from Ohio State University is a great way to start learning about the Exchange

New York Stock Exchange Home Page ~ this official site acts as an educational tool for investors, students and teachers

Newsday.com / AP Update - Wall Street ~ seee the latest stock news as reported by the Associated Press every half hour during trading

Novus (sm) Network Services home page ~ incl 'Discover' & 'Bravo' credit cards

Olsen and Associates: Currency Convertor

Oslo Stock Exchange ~ another point in the world for the timely numbers

P C Quote Makes the Internet MarketSmart

People's Bank of Connecticut ~ a nationally popular organization now online

Philadelphia Stock Exchange ~ their official site

Play the stock market online

Prudential Securities' Virtual Branch Office ~ financial advising online

Quicken Financial Network ~ get stock and mutual fund quotes and other news online

Quote.com - Quotes, News, Investment Research and More ~ quick quotes online

R A M Research Group, The Planet of Low Rate, No Annual Fee, Secured, rebate Credit Cards ~ Best Credit Card Deals

Schwab, Charles and Co., Inc. -- SchwabNOW ~ mutual fund one source online

Silicon Investor ~ excellently high rated site with timely feature article info and more

Southington Savings Bank ~ Connecticut banking online

Standard and Poor's ComStock on the Net ~ real time market data with unlimited flexibility

StarNet Online Up-to-Date Stock Quotes

Stock Market Data

Stock Market Update - stock market quotes, news, charts and analysis ~ nicely done page for info access

Stock Smart* ~ *actual site title: Stocks, Mutual Funds, News, Portfolios, Financials, Investments - free service lets you follow the latest developments

Stock-Line ~ professionally done site enables you to really learn what's going on in the market including Real Audio interviews with some of the shakers and makers

StockMaster ~ you enter the desired trade item and then see their quote and graph - free 15 minute delay ticker info and more regarding stocks and funds

Stockroom

Student Guide, The ~ financial aid from the U. S. Dept of Education

T R W, Inc. ~ more than your credit report source

TeleStock - Overview [deutsch] ~ closing stock quotes and other info for the financially minded

Thompson Associates, Carl -- (303) 494-5472 prof invstmnt svs

Trader's Financial Resource Guide, A: Stocks and Options ~ a professionally filtered guide

Tripod: Book Survey / Credit Debt

Trojan ~ an investment program designed to pick winners out of a given Australian throughbred race

U S Securities and Exchange Commission ~ official governmental site

U. S. National Debt Clock ~ shows current calculated figure

Visa ATM Locator Welcome ~ pick a state and find the 3 machines closest to you

Visa Expo ~ credit card co

Wall Street City

Web Investors ~ excellent site for basic info (like a full dictionary of terms) to factors for seasoned users

WebCalc ~ try this unique online Web site that acts as a virtual calculator

WebIPO, Welcome to ~ internet public offerings: raise money for businesses via th net

WWW Internet Fund home page ~ world's first internet mutual fund!

Zacks Investment Research, Inc. ~ a highly rated site for info on picking stocks

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          24 yrs            12 yrs             6 yrs             4 yrs
         -------           -------           -------           -------
     3% | 72           6% | 72          12% | 72          18% | 72
                                                                            .
    21....$2,000      21....$2,000      21....$2,000      21....$2,000
    45.... 4,000      33.... 4,000      27.... 4,000      25.... 4,000
    69.... 8,000      45.... 8,000      33.... 8,000      29.... 8,000
                      57....16,000      39....16,000      33....16,000
                      69....32,000      45....32,000      37....32,000
                                        51....64,000      41....64,000
                                        57...128,000      45...128,000
                                        63...256,000      49...256,000
                                        69...512,000      53...512,000
                                                          57.1,024,000
                                                          61.2,048,000
                                                          65.4,096,000
                                                          69.8,192,000

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