FinanceGuide
U.S. Personal Finance

Your money.
Your direction.
Your plan.

Practical tools for budgeting, credit and retirement planning, designed to help you understand where your money stands and where it could go next.

Client planning tools Practical calculations U.S.-focused

Plan

With clarity

Budget

Monthly

Credit

Strategy

Retirement

Long term

Financial reference points

Illustrative benchmarks

4.6%

Personal savings rate

A broad measure of household saving

Reference

717

Average FICO score

A commonly cited national reference point

Reference

6.4%

30-year mortgage rate

Illustrative fixed-rate market reference

Reference

$127.1K

401(k) balance

Example retirement-account reference

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Tool 01 · Budgeting

A practical 50/30/20 budget planner

Start with your monthly income, account for essential expenses, and see how the rest of your money can be divided between flexible spending, savings and debt payments.

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Tool 02 · Credit

Understand your credit picture

Review revolving utilization, explore debt payoff approaches, and see how different payment assumptions can affect the time and interest needed to clear balances.

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Tool 03 · Retirement

Plan across your retirement accounts

Compare potential long-term growth across a 401(k), Roth IRA and HSA using your contribution amount, employer match, expected return and time horizon.

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Quick planning tools

Budget Calculator

Map monthly income across key spending categories

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Utilization Calculator

Check revolving credit usage against available limits

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Debt Payoff Estimator

Compare payoff time and estimated interest costs

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401(k) Growth Model

Estimate how contributions may grow over time

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From the planning desk

Budgeting

A budget that reflects real spending

A practical look at separating essential costs from flexible spending while leaving room for savings and unexpected expenses.

Credit

What actually influences your FICO score

Understand payment history, credit utilization, account age, credit mix and recent applications without the jargon.

Retirement

Choosing between a 401(k), Roth IRA and HSA

A simple framework for thinking about contribution priorities, employer matching and long-term tax treatment.

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