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{"id":1588,"date":"2023-10-18T20:05:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hypotyposis.net\/blog\/?p=1588"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:17:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:17:19","slug":"mic-05-3-tools-for-finances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hypotyposis.net\/blog\/2023\/10\/18\/mic-05-3-tools-for-finances\/","title":{"rendered":"MIC-05-3 tools for finances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In preparing to meet with a financial advisor today, I was scrambling around to create a comprehensive inventory of our financial assets. It shouldn't have been that hard but I did have to do some amount of digging around. Now that I have the skeleton of an inventory, what tools should I use to fill out the outline and keep it up to date? Are there tools that will keep a financial inventory up-to-date automatically?  I will work through the list at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bogleheads.org\/wiki\/Tools_and_calculators\">Tools and calculators - Bogleheads<\/a> in search of such tools.<\/p>\n<p>Let me tell you what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.perplexity.ai\/search\/In-preparing-to-DB6SGVPzRiK0WPCdZmWqHg?s=c\">perplexity.ai<\/a> writes in response to the paragraph above:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Keeping a comprehensive inventory of your financial assets up-to-date<br \/>\ncan indeed be a challenging task. However, there are several tools<br \/>\navailable that can help you manage your financial inventory and keep it<br \/>\nupdated automatically.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Portfolio Management Apps<\/strong>: Apps like Empower (formerly Personal<br \/>\nCapital), SigFig Wealth Management, Sharesight, and Yahoo Finance<br \/>\ncan help you manage your financial portfolio. These apps can sync<br \/>\nwith your existing accounts, providing real-time information on all<br \/>\nyour investments in one place. They offer features like tracking<br \/>\nyour net worth, creating a savings plan, tracking performance, asset<br \/>\nallocation, and fees with easy-to-read graphs and charts. Some of<br \/>\nthese apps also offer automated investing for a fee, optimizing your<br \/>\nportfolio and providing daily monitoring to keep it on track with<br \/>\nrebalancing, dividend reinvestment, and tax-efficient<br \/>\nstrategies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/articles\/investing\/031115\/5-top-portfolio-management-apps.asp\">ref<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Budget Apps<\/strong>: Apps like Mint, YNAB (You Need A Budget),<br \/>\nGoodbudget, EveryDollar, and PocketGuard can help you manage your<br \/>\nbudget and track your spending. These apps can sync with your<br \/>\nfinancial accounts, track spending, and categorize expenses so you<br \/>\ncan see where your money is going. Some of these apps also offer<br \/>\nfeatures like setting up alerts when you have exceeded your budget<br \/>\nin various categories, establishing goals, scheduling payments, and<br \/>\nreviewing your<br \/>\ninvestments <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nerdwallet.com\/article\/finance\/best-budget-apps\">ref<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Bogleheads Tools and Calculators<\/strong>: The Bogleheads website offers<br \/>\na variety of tools and calculators that can help you manage your<br \/>\nfinancial inventory. These include tools for backtesting, Monte<br \/>\nCarlo simulation, tactical asset allocation and optimization, and<br \/>\ninvestment analysis. There are also tools for maintaining your<br \/>\nportfolio, computing and comparing tax costs, and modeling virtually<br \/>\nevery aspect of a retiree\\'s financial life. Some of these tools are<br \/>\nspreadsheets that you can download and use to manage your financial<br \/>\ninventory <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bogleheads.org\/wiki\/Tools_and_calculators\">ref<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bogleheads.org\/blog\/portfolios\/portfolio-tools\/\">ref<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Credit Card Tracker Apps<\/strong>: If you have multiple credit cards,<br \/>\napps like TPG To Go, Spending Tracker, Mint, Bill Tracker, and<br \/>\nCredit Card Manager can help you manage your credit cards. These<br \/>\napps can track your spending, set reminders for bill payments, and<br \/>\neven recommend which card to use for a particular purchase to<br \/>\nmaximize<br \/>\nrewards <a href=\"https:\/\/lendedu.com\/blog\/credit-card-tracker-apps\/\">ref<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Debt Reduction Software<\/strong>: If you have debts, software like<br \/>\nQuicken can help you manage and reduce your debts. This software can<br \/>\nprovide a comprehensive view of your financial situation, including<br \/>\nyour debts, and help you create a plan to reduce your<br \/>\ndebts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/best-debt-reduction-software-4844305\">ref<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In preparing to meet with a financial advisor today, I was scrambling around to create a comprehensive inventory of our financial assets. It shouldn&#8217;t have been that hard but I did have to do some amount of digging around. 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