I want to FIND PUBLICATIONS ABOUT MONEY

There is a wealth of written information concerning money and financial matters in hardcopy book form or distributed right here on the internet as downloadable electronic files. These file are usually distributed as PDF's [Portable Document Files] which is an internet standard developed by Adobe Corporation. You will need the Adobe Reader installed on your computer to read these files. If you do not have the Reader you can download it here. Also, many webpages are ready to print right from your web browser. Click on the links below to visit sites that offer hardcopy and electronic publications.

Remember.......You Control Your Money!

>FEDERAL CITIZENS INFORMATION CENTER
This site has numerous electronic publications FREE for the downloading on a number of financial issues including; buying a car, employment, financing an education, small business basics, banking, credit, living trusts, investing & saving, retirement planning, housing and much more.

>U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
This government website has a number of excellent PDF files of booklets that you can download covering topics like retirement plans, health insurance including COBRA, filing a claim for your health or disability benefits and more.

>FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
FDIC Consumer News provides practical guidance on how to become a smarter, safer user of financial services. Each issue offers helpful hints, quick tips, and common-sense strategies to protect and stretch your hard-earned dollars. These articles are available as PDF files FREE for the downloading.

FDIC / Free Online Subscription Service
The FDIC provides a free, online service for you to:
    * Track the latest developments. Announcements about dozens of useful and informative publications produced by FDIC experts, will arrive in your e-mail—within minutes of publication, all absolutely free.
    * Design your own information service. Choose the publications that interest you the most. If your information needs change, you can add or delete the publications you receive at any time.

>SOCIAL SECURITY ONLINE / Social Security Publications
A directory of the information pamphlets and fact sheets that SSA publishes on its benefit programs, including: Retirement, Disability, Medicare, Supplemental Security Income, Survivors benefits, and information about your Social Security number.

>FEDERAL STUDENT AID
This website has an impressive section with downloadable PDF files on every aspect of the education process including; choosing a school, choosing a career and student aid both state and federal. In English and Spanish.

>FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
This website offers downloadable files as PDF’s both in English and Spanish covering a wide range of financial subjects including; bank accounts and services, consumer credit, identity theft, leasing, mortgages and personal finance.

>FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM PUBLICATIONS CATALOGUE
This website offers electronic [PDF] versions of their publications which you can download onto your computer as well as hardcopy versions that you can order online for FREE. The publications cover such financial topics as Banking Basics, Banking on the Internet, Credit and Charge Cards, Frauds and Scams, Mortgages and much more.

>THE PATH TO INVESTING
This is a very good website offering basic and clearly stated information about saving and investing your money. It offers online basics as well as PDF downloads of saving and investing principles. Topics include; stocks, bonds, funds, health saving accounts, planning for retirement, college, home ownership and much more.


HUD / Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD is a federal government site that has an amazing amount of valuable financial information available for viewing online that you can print out and keep as reference material FOR FREE. The information can be accessed as a printed page from the computer screen or you can download a Microsoft Word or PDF file of the whole article to print at a later time. We have picked out a number of topics with links that we thought would be of interest to you the consumer.

>HUD / BASIC CONSUMER INFORMATION
This web page contains information for the consumer in general including topics on predatory lending, loan fraud, fair housing, home improvement contractors, lead hazard control, buying a home, rights of tenants living in Federal housing, home inspections and much more.

>HUD / BUYING A HOME
The homebuying process can seem complicated, but if you take things step-by-step, you will soon be holding the keys to your own home! Included is the “Nine steps to buying a home”.

>HUD USER
HUD User makes available printed copies of recently published HUD material. Primarily sponsored by the HUD Office of Policy Development and Research, these reports, executive summaries, case studies, and guidebooks span the fields of housing and urban development. HUD USER is making attempts to provide electronic copies of this material available for easy downloading, while also providing access to the HUD USER Web Store, for online ordering.

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