Helpful Resources
- www.bankrate.com — CD rates with personal finance advice
- www.bauerfinancial.com — a free rating report on the financial strength of banks and credit unions
- www.fdic.gov — review the FDIC’s frequently asked questions, which should help clarify what is and is not covered by FDIC
- www.ambest.com — to check on the financial strength of the insurance company offering your annuity
- www.treasurydirect.gov — for buying your U.S. Savings bonds and I Bonds
- www.nolhga.com — for comparing life and health insurance agencies
- www.mint.com — free Internet tool that can do the categorizing of your expenses for you
- www.livingto100.com — online tools for determining life expectancy
- www.personalfund.com — a quick way to help uncover all of the fees you are paying on mutual funds
- www.medicare.gov — use its long-term care calculator to find out what percentage of people with similar histories needed long-term care and what percentage did not and the average time and average amount of money spent on long-term care
- Fillable Budget Data Gathering Form — Click this link to download the budget data gathering sheet that can be used in conjunction with the Retirement Budget Calculator. This is a fillable PDF that calculates the average monthly expenses.
- Budget Data Gathering Form — Click this link to download the budget data gathering sheet that can be used in conjunction with the Retirement Budget Calculator. This is a non fillable PDF that you can print to handwrite in your monthly expenses.
- Social Security Retirement Income — Maximize Your Social Security Retirement Income. Try our free Social Security Calculator.
- www.peoplesmemorial.org — Final Expense for people in the State of Washington.
- http://fersguide.com/ — The unofficial FERS retirement and benefits guide.
- John Hancock Life Expectancy Calc. – Life Expectancy Calculator
- Retirement Budget Calculator– Create a better monthly budget plan as you prepare to retire.
- Pension Lump Sum Calculator – A calculator to help you decide if you should take a lump sum or a pension.
- Retirement Podcast Network Sound Retirement Radio is proud to be featured on the retirement podcast network.
- Vanguard Health Care Cost Estimator A calculator to help you estimate annual medical costs and long term care costs.
