Financial Tips & Tools

Excerpted from SEFCU's Financial Education Center (sefcu.com)

Excerpted from SEFCU

Check out your banks website and read all about money-saving ideas at their financial education center or tips and tools section.  Today, banks want to give you an overall appearance of concern and care so they have become more informative.  Not only do they offer free courses from month to month, they offer video clips on their website and information about auto insurance, health insurance, long-term care insurance, home ownership education, goal-related calculators and lots more.  So, check out your banks website or walk into your branch and find out how you can become a richer, better and well-informed customer.

Also, check out one of my favorite online banks (www.ingdirect.com)

Financial Blessings!

Posted under Banking by Esswi on Friday 14 November 2008 at 9:06 pm

Free Courses

Do you know that iLearn at www.ilearn.ivillage.com (Host: www.ivillage.com) offers free courses.  According to the site, they are taught by experts and are available 24/7; around the clock.  I have recently benefited from this offer by taking one of their Finance courses just to keep my skills “fresh” ;).  You know what I mean?  Not only do they offer free courses to help you master your money, they also offer computer led courses, health-related and digital electronics courses.  Even if you had no plans or interest in these subject matter, why not try it?  It’s ABSOLUTELY FREE!  Can’t beat that.

An image from ivillage website.

An image from ivillage website.

Posted under Free by Esswi on Thursday 13 November 2008 at 6:40 am

Free Books

Save money by going to a local Library and using one of their PCs for free; printed pages cost about 10 cents per page — not bad considering at home you have to buy paper and ink cartridges.  You can even order books from the library at the comfort of your own home and set a time to pick it up.
Libraries are a great way to save money on books and movies. By loaning these from your library you are able to save costs involved with either buying these books or movies, or renting them. If you are looking for a classic book that may be in the public domain then you could also consider looking online and downloading them for free at http://www.gutenberg.org.  This website has over 25,000 books, including audio books absolutely free.  There are also free books available at http://books.google.com. Google scans the full text for you to read.
In addition, the library offers free courses, i.e. computer courses, lectures, social events and discussion groups.  Also, do you know some libraries and museums give out free passes to museum? If you are thinking of traveling, visit your destinations’ Chambers of Commerce for information and they sometimes even offer coupons and discounts to local events.

Posted under Books, Free by Esswi on Saturday 1 November 2008 at 3:57 am