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Free Financial Strength & Investment Ratings and Financial Planning Tools @ Your Local Library
How do you know if your bank or credit union is financially stable? Did you pick the best life insurance or property insurance company? Are you getting the best deal on your Medigap insurance? Which mutual gund will give you the best return? Which stocks are the best to choose?
These questions and more can be answered by visiting Terrebonne Parish Library’s new Financial Ratings Series Database. All you need is a library card to access this new resource from home.
How to access Financial Rating Series from our website
- Visit mytpl.org
- Select “Research” tab on the top right of the home page
- Select “Database by Name”
- Select “F” and click on “Financial Ratings Series”
Or follow this link.
Consumer Guides
Weiss Ratings Consumer Guides offers accessible tools to help you navigate through nine important areas. Each step-by-step guide is packed with accurate, unbiased information and trustworthy recommendations from Weiss Ratings. Each 50-70 page guide offers a narrative about the subject, what you should look for when choosing a plan or policy, recommended companies to work with, and more. Plus, each guide includes several helpful worksheets & planners to further aid your decision-making process. Weiss Ratings Consumer Guides offers easy explanations to difficult financial decisions.
Financial Literacy Basics
This new series provides guidance on how to manage finances. Designed for those who are just starting out and may need help handling finances, this series outlines how to make the most of money, which pitfalls to avoid, and what to watch out for.
Filled with valuable information alongside helpful worksheets and planners, these volumes are designed to point you in the right direction toward a solid financial future, and give you helpful guidance along the way.
-Rachel LeCompte, Reference Services Supervisor
April 12, 2021
Updated: October 11, 2021