It's one of the wonders of the Internet: the ability to manage your finances—from one simple checking account to hundreds of complex investments—right from your own computer. It's safe, easy, and growing in popularity. Plus, the Internet is home to a rich array of financial information and guidance. Take a look.

• MSN MoneyCentral
• MSN Investor
• Microsoft Money 2000

MSN MoneyCentral

The MSN™ MoneyCentral personal finance online service is designed to give you the hard facts, seasoned advise, and practical tools you need to manage your finances online—even if you're new to financial management or the Internet. The World Wide Web site focuses on common money-management issues, from planning for college or retirement to handling debt. You can use MSN MoneyCentral for free*.

What you can do

From the MSN MoneyCentral home page, you can access varied financial information. For instance, you can:

• Learn how to get started if you're new to investing, using Investor Workshop.
• Read today's financial news from MSNBC.
• Search for a real-time quote on a stock that interests you.
• Survey the performance of key indices such as the Dow Jones industrial average.
• Research potential investments as the experts do with stock and fund research wizards.
• Dig into expert guidance about these topics: retirement and wills, real estate, smart buying, money and banking, taxes, family finance, and insurance.
• Check out Investing Highlights including Your Portfolio, Top Funds, Get Started, and more.
• Use Investment Finder to help you find stocks that may suit your needs.
• View a calendar of upcoming earnings announcements, stock splits, and other investment events.
• Tap into Quick Reference, which contains answers to more than 2,800 questions about personal finance.

Online banking information

From the MSN MoneyCentral home page, be sure to click Money & Banking, which leads to articles and tools about saving, managing debt, protecting your credit, banking online, and more. The Bank Online section includes practical step-by-step guidance for finding out if your bank is online, comparing fees and services, and selecting personal finance software.

MSN Investor

From MSN MoneyCentral, you can visit MSN Investor, a special section of MoneyCentral devoted to researching, making, and tracking investments online. (This is an updated version of the Microsoft Investor Web site. Most features of MSN Investor are free*; some require subscription.)

Sites to visit

• MSN MoneyCentral
• Get started using MoneyCentral
• MSN Investor
• MoneyCentral Bank Online Step by Step
• Real Life Investing Guide—Investing can be cool! That's the message behind this site geared toward first-time or young investors. The Real Life Investing Guide offers helpful advice and tips.

Microsoft Money 2000

Money 2000 Standard helps you quickly and easily manage your personal finances. Balance your checkbook, pay bills, bank online, create a budget, reduce debt, and more!

• New Setup Assistant asks a series of simple questions to walk you through the process of setting up new accounts and recurring bills.
• New task-based design helps you find the features and tools you need to complete tasks efficiently.
• Streamline data entry. New One Call for downloading multiple bank, brokerage, and credit card statements plus improved online banking make it even easier to manage day-to-day finances.
• Bill Calculator lets you easily identify which bills you can afford to pay. By selecting one or more scheduled transactions from a single account, Money 2000 calculates what the balance will be after those transactions are entered. Additionally, you can assign bills to specific paychecks in Money 2000.
• New Streamlined Statement Reconciliation combines all downloaded statements for easier reconciliation with your accounts. Duplicate transactions are automatically discarded, QIF files don't have to saved prior to import, and incorrect security symbols are fixed during investment statement reconciliation.

Microsoft Money 2000 Deluxe

Money 2000 Deluxe is your complete personal finance solution. It includes everything in Money 2000 Standard to help you manage day-to-day finances, PLUS all the comprehensive investing, financial planning, and tax saving tools you need to plan for long-term goals.

• Includes Money 2000 Standard. Balance your checkbook, pay bills, bank online, create a budget, reduce debt, and more!
• New Web features let you view your finances and enter transactions on the Web. Access your finances anywhere, anytime.
• New customizable portfolio manager and easy access to investment research make Money 2000 an unparalleled investing solution.
• Plan for your future. Create a financial plan, make right decisions to achieve your goals, find better ways to save and spend your money.
• New tax planning tools simplify tax planning, help you save on taxes and get ready for tax time.
• Smart new time saving features add a few minutes to every day.

Microsoft Money 2000 Business & Personal

Money 2000 Business & Personal combines Money 2000 Deluxe personal finance features and business management tools. This edition is designed for sole proprietors to help them easily manage both business and personal finances.

• Includes Money 2000 Deluxe.Manage your personal finances, plus new investing, financial planning, and tax saving features.
• Manage Business Finances. Easily handle all of your key business tasks, from tracking income and expenses to creating business reports.
• Manage Customers. Improved invoicing and contact management tools help you stay in touch with customers.
• Simplify Tax Filing. Streamline tax preparation with Schedule C planning features and tools.
• Project Tracking. You can now group invoices together into projects, so it's easy to track related income and expenses.
• Centralize Your Business. New in Money 2000 Business & Personal is a task-based business center that acts as your jumping point for all business activities.