Retirement Planning Resources

By: Source: AARP Bulletin Today Date Posted: 2003-06-30 11:49:26

• The American Savings Education Council website features "Savings Tools" with a variety of worksheets to help with retirement planning and saving at www.asec.org. Or you can write for brochures and worksheets, enclosing a self-addressed business-sized envelope with $1.03 in stamps, at ASEC Savings Education Brochures, American Savings Education Council, Suite 600, 2121 K St. NW, Washington DC 20037-1896.

• "Savings Fitness: A Guide to Your Money and Your Financial Future" by the U.S. Department of Labor and the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards is available at no cost by calling (800) 998-7542.

• Call toll free (888) 237-6275 for a Financial Planning Resource Kit from the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards.

• Learn from the Cooperative Extension System, an affiliate of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to monitor spending and increase savings, or use their guidelines and interactive calculator to create a budget at www.money2000.org.

• AARP offers information on a variety of financial issues at www.aarp.org; click on "Money & Work."

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