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Free Advance Health Care Directive Forms
Living Wills, Health Care Proxies, etc.
Free advance health care directive forms (e.g. living will) for each state from the "Caring Connections" program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. You may also reach them via their HelpLine at 800/658-8898 or email at caringinfo@nhpco.org
"The Living Will: A Guide To Health Care Decision Making" article
"(Terri) Schiavo Case Sparks Interest in Living Wills" brief NPR story
"Why You Need a Living Will" by Mark Gavagan
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services comprehensive organ donation website: OrganDonor.gov
Religious Views on Organ Donation and Transplantation (links to a page on the OrganDonor.gov website above)
Official Website of the Soicial Security Administration: www.ssa.gov
Quickly Calculate Your Social Security Retirement Benefit - this link is to a page on the Social Security Administration's website. For security, you don't enter your name or social security number, which is why this is only an estimate and not an exact figure
Non-profit Funeral Consumers Alliance: www.funerals.org
"Funerals: A Consumer Guide" by the Federal Trade Commission
The Mortgage Professor's Website - free and comprehensive information about mortgages and buying a house from Jack M. Guttentag, Professor of Finance Emeritus at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Earlier he was Chief of the Domestic Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, on the senior staff of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and managing editor of both the Journal of Finance (1974-77) and the Housing Finance Review (1983-89).
All About Buying A Home - from the (nonprofit) Foundation for Investor Education's "Path To Investing" Website
All About Mortgages - from the (nonprofit) Foundation for Investor Education's "Path To Investing" Website
All About Mortgage Refinancing - from the (nonprofit) Foundation for Investor Education's "Path To Investing" Website
All About Home Equity - from the (nonprofit) Foundation for Investor Education's "Path To Investing" Website
All About Your Credit Report - from the (nonprofit) Foundation for Investor Education's "Path To Investing" Website
Official Website Authorized by the U.S. federal government to Order Your Free Annual Credit Report - Note: the website www.annualcreditreport.com is the ONLY authorized online source for you to get a free credit report under federal law. You can get a free report from each of the three national credit reporting companies every 12 months. Some other sites claim to offer "free" credit reports, but may not be secure or may charge you for another product if you accept a "free" report from them. Click here to go to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) page about obtaining your free credit report.
Questions You Should Ask About Your Investments - from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Investopedia.com - this website's education section has lots of good information
Check-Out Your Broker - Links to a free SEC (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) resource where you can check out brokers and investment advisors
The Difference Between a Broker and an Advisor - from the (nonprofit) Foundation for Investor Education's "Path To Investing" Website
All About Stocks - from the (nonprofit) Foundation for Investor Education's "Path To Investing" Website
All About Bonds - from the (nonprofit) Foundation for Investor Education's "Path To Investing" Website
All About Mutual Funds+ - from the (nonprofit) Foundation for Investor Education's "Path To Investing" Website
Calculate Mutual Fund Fees and Expenses - from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
All About Annuities - from the (nonprofit) Foundation for Investor Education's "Path To Investing" Website
All About Exchange Traded Funds (ETF's)+ - from the (nonprofit) Foundation for Investor Education's "Path To Investing" Website
All About Cash Investments - from the (nonprofit) Foundation for Investor Education's "Path To Investing" Website