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Bank of Canada: www.bank-banque-canada.ca/en/about/edu_resources.html; The Bank offers various educational services that explore the history of money, examine security features in Canada's bank notes, and explain the roles and functions of the Bank.
CDIC: www.cdic.ca/e/index.html; The Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation website provides information about how they insure Canadians' savings.
CNN/Money: money.cnn.com; This internationally known website provides up-to-date financial news and market information.
Dig It! Game: www.currencymuseum.ca/eng/learning/digit.php; Dig It! is a fun and dynamic program allowing explorers to uncover artifacts that have served as money at some time in history. Study the objects with the help of notes in an explorer’s fieldwork notebook and the Museum’s displays, while visiting the Bank of Canada's Currency Museum of the Bank of Canada website.
ING DIRECT – Tools: www.ingdirect.ca/en/tools/index.html; Our sponsoring company provides the latest financial tools and calculators.
ING DIRECT Canada on Facebook: www.facebook.com/SuperStarSaver; Visit our Facebook community, where we give great tips, share articles, and update you with the news about savings.
ING DIRECT Canada on Twitter: www.twitter.com/SuperStarSaver; Tweets to keep you up to date with ING DIRECT Canada, and give you good ideas on money saving.
ING DIRECT Canada on YouTube: www.youtube.com/SuperStarSaver; Watch the latest from ING DIRECT Canada in the community and thoughts on savings.
Investor Guide: www.InvestorGuide.com; InvestorGuide.com is WebFinance Inc.’s flagship business. Some of the sections cover online brokers and stock information, and the site gives a comprehensive list of publicly traded companies (including home pages, research, and discussion). Free daily and weekly newsletters, which include business and investing news, market summaries, and much more, are available.
Morningstar: www.morningstar.ca; This commercial website provides up-to-date financial news and market information.
MSN Money: moneycentral.msn.com; This content-oriented website shares information about banking, loans, investing, and planning; they also give their stock picks, present special financial reports, and rank readers’ favourite articles.
Social Insurance Number: www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/sc/sin/index.shtml; This Service Canada website provides resources about the Social Insurance Number.
The Economist's Big Mac Index: www.economist.com/markets/Bigmac/Index.cfm; The Economist's Big Mac index seeks to make exchange-rate theory more digestible. This fun financial indicator is based on the Big Mac. In addition, the site provides a selection of articles, a Coca-Cola map of the world, and a Starbucks tall latte index.
The Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy: www.jumpstart.org; This website, sponsored by the nonprofit organization Jump$tart, is dedicated to improving kids' financial literacy. It provides links to various websites and resources that help educate students in money matters.
The Stock Market Game: www.stockmarketgame.org; The fun and interactive Stock Market Game Program lets students invest $100,000 in a real portfolio, tracks the results and teaches important life and investment lessons. It also reinforces important skills and concepts like mathematics, social studies, and economics, to name a few. Teachers must register before bringing the SMG Program to the classroom.
Yahoo! Finance: finance.yahoo.ca; This internationally known website provides well-organized and up-to-date financial news and market information.