Financial Education and Personal Finance Links

Americans need better financial education resources to help them make wise financial decisions. Making smart financial decisions affects your lifestyle—where you go to school, whether you can buy a house, and when you can retire.

Helping consumers make these decisions has been a priority for credit unions from day one. Today, credit union educators are present inside school classrooms, have developed high school credit union branches, are involved in state and national efforts to increase the financial education of American consumers and have raised millions of dollars to underwrite a PBS television show (Biz Kid$) that teaches financial literacy.

Credit unions are a partner that help you take control of your financial future.

• Your Budget Blueprint
• Your College Savings Answers
• Your Path to Homeownership
• Your Insurance Options
• Your Investment Choices
• Your Retirement Guidelines & Goals
• BizKid$
• Jump$tart
• Thrive by Five
• NEFE’s Smart About Money
• NEFE’s Money Management for College Students
• 360 degrees of financial literacy

The Calculator Center

If you can think of it, there's a calculator for it. The following is a collection of web-calculators for everything from potential lifetime earnings to the cost of a home mortgage. While the true accuracy of the calculators is unknown and can vary depending on many factors, these are provided here to allow you to decide for yourself how to approach you finances and improve your economic life.

• This net worth calculator will not only help you determine your current net value but it can help you determine how it can change over time.
• Use this calculator if you’re considering a career move that might also result in a move across the country.
• This budget analysis tool will shed light on the reality of your spending habits.
• This calculator uses a variety of criteria to assist you in determining the amount of life insurance that you should be carrying as part of your portfolio.
• This simple calculator will help you keep track of your overall retirement plan.
• Here’s a calculator to see how your Roth IRA investment grows with time.