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Finances Explanation

Finances:  The Financial Wizard will help you optimize your personal finances.  The following options are available:

• Headline:  The headline at the top shows you some recent interesting consumer news, click on it and you'll see the full story and all the other recent consumer headlines.
  
• Term Lookup:  The "Term Lookup:" box allows you to find the definition of any financial term.  Type in "mortgage" for example, and you'll get about 14 definitions of different mortgage terms.
• Links:  There are nine links to some of the best financial sites on the Internet.  The number next to the Loan link shows the latest loan rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (as reported the previous day at BankRate), which you should watch if you're thinking about buying or refinancing a home.
  
  • Bank: Wells Fargo Bank, rated as one of the best banks by the Gomez Advisors.
  • Card finder: A credit-card finding tool that will find you a card at a rate you'll like.
  • Credit report: Click this to get a free instant report on your credit rating status with a major credit bureau.
  • Job finder: Monster.com is the largest job-hunting resource on the Web.
  • Insurance: InsureMarket will compare insurance companies and their rates.
  • Loan: At BankRate.com you can get comparisons of loan rates of various kinds, from many lenders.
  • Real Estate: The MicroSoft HomeAdvisor site is one of the largest and best real estate sites on the Web.
  • Quicken taxes: The Quicken site is a great all-around site for personal finance help, with a good section on saving money on your taxes.
  • Yahoo finance: Another very good all-around finance site.

  See also: Business Wizard, Investment Wizard, Mall Wizard.