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Sams Teach Yourself Mint.com in 10 Minutes
- By James Floyd Kelly, James Floyd Kelly
- Published Aug 3, 2011 by Sams. Part of the Sams Teach Yourself -- Minutes series.
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- ISBN-10: 0-672-33566-2
- ISBN-13: 978-0-672-33566-2
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
Online Sample Chapter
Sams Teach Yourself Mint.com in 10 Minutes: Budgets
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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