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America’s Money Crisis from Enoch Pratt Library
http://www.prattlibrary.org/locations/businesscenter/index.aspx?id=24628
Wall Street is facing an unprecedented financial crisis. No one knows what will happen or how it will affect our pocketbooks, our economy, or our retirement. This site provides links to financial information and multiple business news providers
Bank Rate Monitor
www.bankrate.com
Provides timely rates for mortgages, home equity loans, savings, credit cards, and checking accounts and tracks ATM fees and online banking fees. The database is updated daily and includes over 4,000 institutions. Other features include a loan calculator, news about the banking and real estate industries, and an extensive and useful how-to section.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
http://www.fdic.gov/
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) preserves and promotes public confidence in the U.S. financial system by insuring deposits in banks and thrift institutions for at least $100,000; by identifying, monitoring and addressing risks to the deposit insurance funds; and by limiting the effect on the economy and the financial system when a bank or thrift institution fails.
FDIC Insurance Estimator
http://www.fdic.gov/edie/
EDIE the Estimator can calculate your FDIC insurance coverage for each FDIC-insured bank where you have deposit accounts. EDIE lets you know in a printable report for each bank whether your deposits are within or exceed coverage limits.
Federal Reserve Board Consumer Information
http://www.federalreserve.gov/consumerinfo/default.htm
Consumer guides to mortgage refinancing, foreclosures and general help with banking institutions.
FDIC Bank Rating Service
http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/bank/index.html
The FDIC never releases its ratings on the safety and soundness of banks and thrift institutions to the public. However, there are private companies that provide their own ratings of these institutions. This page will provide links to a number of those private companies and their ratings.
How to Cope With the Financial Crisis
http://www.kiplinger.com/features/archives/2008/09/how_to_cope_with_financial_crisis.html
Protect your portfolio and safeguard your accounts with these tips. A series of articles from the editors of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance.
Proposal to Allow Treasury to Buy Mortgage-Related Assets to Address Financial Instability
http://www.law.umaryland.edu/marshall/crsreports/crsdocuments/RS22957_09222008.pdf
A report to Congress from the Congressional Research Service.
U.S Securities and Exchange Commission
http://www.sec.gov/investor/brokers.htm
Protect Your Money: Research brokers and investment advisors, find your state securities regulator.
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