friday night at the fights

I'm trying to do some forecasting (related to job search activity) and came across an AWESOME financial site -- MoneyChimp.

Here are some quick and easy calculators I recommend from the site:

• Roth IRA contribution limits
• Roth IRA retirement calculator
• Compound interest calculator
• Federal tax brackets

I definitely recommend clicking around the site to learn more. Pretty cool. (Caveat -- I just hope their calculations are correct!)

useful how-tos

JLP at AllFinancialMatters recently posted three great articles about calculating returns. He explains things much better than I would, so here are the links:

• How Total Returns Are Calculated
• How To Calculate the Expected Return on a Portfolio
• Calculating Personal Rate of Return

Definite must-reads!