Financial Tools
Personal Banking
- What will it take to save for a college education?
- How will taxes and inflation affect my savings?
- How much of a difference will the rate make?
- What will it take to save for a vehicle, home, etc?
- How much will my CD be worth at maturity?
Business
- Should I get a loan or a line of credit?
- What term of loan should I choose?
- How long will it take to repay my loan?
- Should I lease or own my business location?
Lending
- How much can I borrow?
- What home can I afford?
- Should I pay points to lower the rate?
- How much should I put down for a new home?
- Am I better off refinancing?
- What will my refinancing costs be?
- Is my private mortgage insurance deductible?
Amortization Calculators
Investments
Bonds
- What is my yield to maturity?
- What is my current yield on coupon income received?
- What is the bond return if I sell now?
- How will rate changes affect my bond's current value?
- What price should I pay?
- What bond price achieves my target rate of return?
- What might be my yield-to-call?
- Should I wait a year to sell my bond?
- Should I buy a tax-exempt or taxable bond?
- Which is better: discount or high coupon rate?
- Should I buy a zero coupon bond?
- Which bond is better?
- What is my taxable yield equivalent?
Mutual Funds
- What is the return of my fund if I sell now?
- Should I sell my funds now and invest the money elsewhere?
- What fund share price achieves my target rate of return?
- How much do fees affect my fund's rate of return?
- Should I wait a year to sell my fund shares?
- Which fund is better?
- Which is better: front or back load?
- How do exchange rates affect my foreign fund?
- Which is better: load or no load?
- How do growth and income funds compare?
- When will I recover my fund costs?
Stocks
- What is the return on my stock if I sell now?
- Should I wait a year to sell my stock?
- Should I sell my stock now and invest the money elsewhere?
- What stock price achieves my target rate of return?
- What is my current yield from dividends?
- How much do fees affect my stock's rate of return?
- Which is better: income or growth stock?
- How do exchange rates affect my foreign stock?
- When will I recover my stock costs?
Retirement
- Which will provide the most retirement income?
- How will changes in my tax rate affect the decision?
- What option is best for estate planning?
- How do return rates affect my retirement income?
- When should I begin saving?
- How will a large withdrawal affect the decision?
- Should I convert my IRA into a Roth IRA?
- How much may I contribute to an IRA?