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When investing in a tax-free mutual fund, be sure to take a look at the taxes and how they’re handled as not all mutual funds are free from taxes at federal, state and local levels. Find out which mutual funds are truly tax-free, like a bond mutual fund, with tips from a financial planner in free personal-finance video.

Expert: Julie Asti, CFP
Bio: Julie Asti works as a financial planner for Asti Financial.
Filmmaker: Bing Hu

Duration : 0:2:24

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Asset tracking software is a booming industry today in the computer age because it makes short work out of managing and organizing investments and assets. Manage assets wisely and beneficially with specialized software and tips from an experienced businessman in this free video.

Expert: Patrick Munro
Contact: www.northstarnavigator.com

Bio: Patrick Munro is a registered financial consultant (RFC) with outstanding sales volume of progressive financial products and solutions to the senior and boomer marketplace.
Filmmaker: Reel Media LLC

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College tuition can be deducted from taxes with the hop credit or with the lifetime learning credit, but both are subject to adjusted gross income limitations. Understand how these tuition credits are used for tax credit purposes with advice from a financial planner in free personal-finance video.

Expert: Julie Asti, CFP
Bio: Julie Asti works as a financial planner for Asti Financial.
Filmmaker: Bing Hu

Duration : 0:2:36

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Among the most common New Years resolutions is to sticking to a budget. If that sounds familiar, you’ll appreciate the next story: money reporter Stacy Johnson provides some expert guidance when it comes to tracking the family finances.

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Suze Orman on index funds, ETFs and investing overseas.

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Financial Markets (ECON 252)

The stock market is the information center for the corporate sector. It represents individuals’ ownership in publicly-held corporations. Although corporations have a variety of stakeholders, the shareholders of a for-profit corporation are central since the company is ultimately responsible to them. Companies offer dividends, stock repurchases and stock dividends to give profits back to shareholders or to signal information. Companies can also take on debt to raise capital, creating leverage. The Modigliani-Miller theory of a company’s leverage in its simplest form implies the leverage ratio doesn’t matter, but including bankruptcy costs and tax effects give us a positive theory of the ratio.

Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses

This course was recorded in Spring 2008.

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Estimating how much is needed to retire is a complex problem that usually requires an online tool or hired services. Learn some simple steps for calculating a retirement fund with tips from a financial planner in free personal-finance video.

Expert: Julie Asti, CFP
Bio: Julie Asti works as a financial planner for Asti Financial.
Filmmaker: Bing Hu

Duration : 0:2:56

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Georges Budget for Excel v2.0 – Overview.

Excel based personal budgeting spreadsheet software.

This software will help you manage your financial accounts by providing registers where you can track your account transactions and balances as in a checkbook, a worksheet where you can create a budget and add your own categories, and reports and charts to summarize your information.

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Duration : 0:9:59

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Avoiding an IRS tax audit is done by reporting all income accurately and avoiding red flags like not reporting tips. Prevent the IRS from starting an audit by using a trusted CPA or reporting taxes accurately with tips from a financial planner in free personal-finance video.

Expert: Julie Asti, CFP
Bio: Julie Asti works as a financial planner for Asti Financial.
Filmmaker: Bing Hu

Duration : 0:2:56

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When creating an investment portfolio, consider what the risk tolerance is and the time horizon. Conjure an investment portfolio for a retirement or shorter financial goals with ideas from a financial planner in free personal-finance video.

Expert: Julie Asti, CFP
Bio: Julie Asti works as a financial planner for Asti Financial.
Filmmaker: Bing Hu

Duration : 0:2:47

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