Mint

The book I read to research this post was Teach Yourself Mint.com In 10 Minutes which is an excellent book which I read on

http://safaribooksonline.com

Each chapter is meant to take 10 minutes to read hence the name and there are plenty of screenshots of webpages. I think this book is the only one that covers this topic and although it's fairly short it covers all the essentials. I think if you went to the Mint website you could work out how to use the site but reading this book saves time. Mint.com is a finance site owned by Intuit the accounting software company that is free to use and lets you see at a glance all your financial information on one site. It does this by you connect things like the companies you bank with, get loans from, your credit card, your mortgage and any investments. It even lets you include anything expensive you own like a car or an antique. A lot of people are reluctant to include things like loans but it enables you to take advantage of the budget feature if you do. There is also a goals feature which can be something like saving for a holiday or retirement or even a custom goal. When you enter things like a loan or mortgage they will tell you if it's cheaper elsewhere and this is optional though, also they don't share your financial information with any 3rd parties. I am really tempted to join this site and I did really enjoy the book.