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www.bonds-online.com provides information, education, and direction in making bond investment decisions from tracking bond prices and bond market news to self-directed education, active personal advice, and bond trading.

Vanguard and Janus are two mutual fund investment companies whose Web sites, www.vanguard.com and www.janus.com, provide information about investing in mutual funds.

The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco offers details for buying U.S. savings bonds and Treasury notes and bonds at www.frbsf.org.

www.jumpstartcoalition.org The Jumpstart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy seeks to improve the personal financial literacy of young adults. Its purpose is to evaluate the financial literacy of young adults; develop, disseminate, and encourage the use of guidelines for grades K-12; and promote the teaching of personal finance. Its Web site provides a searchable database of educational materials for the K-12 age group. (888) 45-EDUCATE.

www.ncfe.org is the Web site for the National Center for Financial Education. It is a consumer-oriented, nonprofit, public education organization that offers articles and worksheets on topics, such as spending perception and creating a spending plan.

The Web site of the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) www.sec.gov provides a great deal of information on the securities market, including how the SEC protects investors and the laws that govern the industry. Investor education and publications are available at www.sec.gov/oiea1.htm.

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