Database Feature: Weiss Financial Ratings Online

Fort Bend County Libraries offers a variety of resources that are available online and can be accessed 24/7 from home. In this tutorial, learn how to access the online resource, "Weiss Financial Ratings," with a Fort Bend County library card, through Fort Bend County Libraries’ website (www.fortbend.lib.tx.us).
Weiss Financial Ratings provides powerful tools for individuals who want to protect their finances, invest wisely, grow their wealth, and learn more about financial management.
Weiss Financial Ratings is designed to direct users toward safe banking and insurance options and strong investments, while helping avoid unnecessary risk that could lead to financial losses.
Weiss Financial Ratings provides accurate, independent ratings and financial-planning tools needed to make informed decisions about insurance, banking, and investment options.
Learn…
How to find the safest bank or credit union in the area;
How to avoid the weakest insurance companies… and how to find the best ones;
What Medicare does and does not cover;
How to pick the best Medigap plan and get the lowest premiums;
How to find the best mutual funds… and make sure one’s retirement funds are safe;
How to pick the best-performing stocks;
And much more!
Creating a Personal Profile is optional, but doing so enables one to create a watchlist, get email notifications when companies on the watchlist are upgraded or downgraded, and save one’s customized search criteria.
Consumer Guides
Weiss Ratings Consumer Guides offer easy-to-use tools to help individuals navigate through nine important areas: homeowners’ insurance, automobile insurance, variable annuities, term life insurance, health savings accounts, long-term care insurance, Medicare supplement insurance, Medicare prescription drug coverage, and elder-care choices. Each easy-to-read, step-by-step guide is packed with accurate, unbiased information and recommendations from Weiss Ratings. Each 50-70- page guide offers a narrative about the subject, what one should look for when choosing a plan or policy, recommended companies to work with, and so much more. Plus, each guide includes several helpful Worksheets & Planners to further aid the decision-making process. Weiss Ratings Consumer Guides offer easy explanations to hard-to-navigate financial decisions, removing the guesswork and confusion with straight talk and sound guidance.
Financial Literacy Basics
This series provides readers with easy-to-understand guidance on how to manage their finances. Designed for those who are just starting out and for those who may need help handling their finances, this series outlines -- step-by-step -- how to make the most of one’s money, which pitfalls to avoid, and what to watch out for. The guides provide the necessary tools to make sure one is fully equipped to manage one’s finances.
Filled with valuable information, alongside helpful worksheets and planners, these volumes are designed to point individuals in the right direction toward a solid financial future and give them helpful guidance along the way.
Topics include: How to Manage Debt, How to Make and Stick to a Budget, Buying a Car and Understanding Automobile Insurance, Renting an Apartment and Understanding Renters’ Insurance, Calculating the Cost of College and Understanding Student Loans, How to Start a 401(K), Understanding Health Insurance Plans, and What to Know About Checking Accounts.
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