Overview

Sams Teach Yourself Mint.com in 10 Minutes gives you straightforward, practical answers when you need fast results. By working through its 10-minute lessons, you’ll learn how to use Mint.com’s free tools to simplify your finances, take control of your money, get better deals, and build lifelong financial security!   Tips point out shortcuts and solutions Cautions help you avoid common pitfalls Notes provide additional information   10 minutes is all you need to learn how to... Create your Mint.com account, and get started fast Consolidate all your checking, credit card, loan, and investment accounts on one easy web page Discover your total net worth right now Avoid financial “information overload”—but get all the details you want, when you need them Find better deals on loans, credit cards, checking accounts, and other financial services Easily create a personal budget and monitor your progress in following it Track your outstanding student loans, car loans, and mortgages Monitor all your investments, from stocks to retirement and college savings accounts—even art and antiques Get instant alerts about events affecting your finances Keep your financial information safe and secure Access your Mint.com pages from your smartphone or tablet

Full Product Details

Author:   James Floyd Kelly
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Sams Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 20.80cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 13.70cm
Weight:   0.236kg
ISBN:  

9780672335662

ISBN 10:   0672335662
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   18 August 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Who Is This Book For? 2 Conventions Used in This Book 3 1 Mint.com Overview 5 What Is Mint.com? 5 Financial Overview 7 Stick to a Budget 7 Save Money 7 Spot Trends 10 Details, Details 10 One-Click Tool Tabs 11 The Mint.com Community 13 Security 14 Sign Up 15 Log Out 20 Summary 21 2 Checking and Savings Accounts 23 Your Checking Account 23 Linking Checking to Mint.com 25 Your Savings Account 29 Deleting an Account 33 Summary 35 3 Credit Cards 37 Your Credit Card(s) 37 Linking a Credit Card to Mint.com 38 View Credit Card Details 43 View Similar Charges 46 Use Tags 47 Export Your Data 49 View Other Accounts 50 Using Tags 51 Summary 53 4 Loans 55 Your Loans 55 Linking a Loan to Mint.com 56 Add a Mortgage 61 Adding Loan Details 65 Mint.com Progress Bar 68 Summary 72 5 Investments and Account Updates 73 Your Investments 73 Linking an Investment to Mint.com 74 Update an Account 78 Other Types of Investments 82 Summary 86 6 Email and SMS Alerts 89 Stay Alert 89 Basic Alerts 90 Configuring Alerts 93 Summary 101 7 Categories 103 Creating a Budget or Setting Goals 103 Transaction Categories 104 Assigning a Category to Multiple Transactions 106 Creating Custom Categories 110 Credit Cards and Categories 112 Summary 114 8 Budgets 115 Budgeting Made Simple 115 Creating a New Budget 116 Editing an Existing Budget 122 Deleting a Budget 124 View Other Budgets 126 Using the Budgets Tool 126 Summary 131 9 Goals 133 Setting Financial Goals 133 Adding a Goal 134 Use a Mint.com Goal 135 Editing a Goal 144 Creating a Custom Goal 146 Summary 151 10 Trends & Ways to Save 153 Trends 154 Ways to Save 159 Summary 163 11 Mobile Mint 165 Take Mint.com with You 165 Mint.com and Android 165 Mint.com and iOS 172 Mint.com and Tablets 174 Summary 176 12 Educate Yourself (Blog/Forum Usage) 177 The Mint.com Community 177 Frequently Asked Questions 178 The Mint.com Community Forums 181 Mint.com Blog 186 Summary 189 Index 191

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James Floyd Kelly received an English degree from the University of West Florida and an Industrial Engineering degree from Florida State University; he has enjoyed using the skills and knowledge from both in various jobs over the years. He is the author of numerous books, including books on the Galaxy Tab and Motorola Xoom tablets, building a CNC machine, building and programming LEGO robotics, and using open source software. He currently lives with his wife and two sons in Atlanta, Georgia.

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