Software for Adults
Foolish Gift Guide Pt. 2
December 17, 1997

Learn about investing, saving, balancing your checkbook and other fun finance related things... all from the comfort of your Lazy Boy. Here are our Foolish faves to start you off in the New Year with the best software.

Quicken Deluxe '98 from Intuit. Keep track of your savings and investments. Each year it just keeps getting better and better. $59.99 ($39.99 if you're upgrading)

Microsoft Money '98 Deluxe The major rival to Quicken. Also works very well keeping track of all your money. The interactivity isn't quite as good as Quicken's, though. Still a good deal if you've been hooked before. $49.99

Dilbert's "Not Just a Calendar" The ultimate nerd helps keep track of your addresses and to-do lists. Includes a screen saver and a puzzle. $21.99

VersaCheck from Mips. Design, print and keep track of your own checks. $19.99

Port Tracker from FoolMart. This Foolish tool developed by TMF Sargon keeps track of all of your portfolio transactions for you. A bargain at only $25

ValuTool from FoolMart. The Foolish Valuation Tool is a simple, powerful way of working with the vast amount of data necessary to determine the value of a stock. Give ValuTool the raw numbers and it'll compute many of the ratios and valuations that you will read about as you wander through Fooldom and beyond -- The Foolish 8, the PEG Strategies and lots more! $50

Stock Shop with Peter Lynch. Learn about the market from the master. Meant for the introductory investor. More advanced students might be a little bored. $69.95

Turbo Tax Deluxe from Intuit. Who needs Jackson Hewitt when you can just do it yourself? Keep track of all of your tax related items and then -- poof! -- just print it out and send it off. $49.99

ExpenseAble from Intuit. Create and track all of your expense accounts with the click of a mouse. $49.99

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