Many of us read the daily news and some of us browse the “Personal Finance” sections that are filled with valuable advice and multiple how-to sections. However, most of those sections either assume that the reader has a certain level of knowledge on the topic or are tailored towards the very basics; thus, often providing common sense advice rather than the specific details on how to succeed in the given topic.

Beside the “Personal Finance” sections of the newspapers, there is an overwhelming amount of information regarding Personal Finance on the Internet. Plus, everyone is more than happy to provide financial advice - starting from family to coworkers to the gardener.

When consumers turn away from the online sources of information, the information overload continues with radio and TV advertisements, TV programming, magazines and books. There are volumes upon volumes of books written by financial analysts, self-help gurus, and money managers tailored towards the regular consumer. The books are intended to help educate the regular consumer on the topic of personal finance and all of the subtopics that fit in that category like the basics, retirement, college tuition, investing, mortgages, and credit cards just to name a few.

With such a breath of information available, many consumers are overwhelmed, not sure where to start, intimidated by the costs or just generally confused. However, Mint.com has put together a fairly comprehensive list of 30 e-Books/booklets that are available for free to the consumers. They have also broken them out into categories like basics, consumer awareness, credit & credit cards, saving & investing, mortgages, retirement planning, estate planning & insurance, and privacy & security.

These books are not a solution to all problems, but they do serve as a good start on getting a better understanding on the topic (and subtopics) of Personal Finance. Plus, they are a fairly easy to read and they are free. Enjoy!

Tags: consumer information, mortgages, personal finance, retirement

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