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The Personal Finance Navigator links students to the most current financial information around and now includes the NEW 2003 Tax Changes. The student logs on to the Web site using the access code included with every copy of Personal Finance, Updated Third Edition, which includes the following features: Practice Quizzes offer students another opportunity to sharpen their problem-solving skills and to assess their understanding of the text material. Completely revised and updated, this online study guide contains true/false, multiple choice, and short answer quizzes for each chapter, all with a built-in grading feature and coaching comments for incorrect answers. Internet Exercises. From the Bureau of Economic Statistics to the Wills on the Web page, these comprehensive exercises and activities expose students to the most current and relevant information on the Internet while challenging them to engage in intelligent personal financial planning. Case Problems. These calculator-based problems are tied directly to the two Discussion Cases at the end of each chapter and are in addition to the Case Problems supplied in the text. Many of the Case Problems allow the student to utilize the web-based Personal Finance Calculators available on the Navigator site. Interactive Financial Calculators. Twenty-five Web-based financial calculators aimed at bringing the material alive in a way that today's students can easily relate to are now included here. Many of these calculators include interactive slider controls, which allow the student to instantly see the impact of a change in one of the variables. These calculators are incorporated into the Internet Exercises as well as the Case Problems. Worksheets. These financial planning worksheets provide students the opportunity to develop and implement a personal financial plan. Each worksheet can be downloaded or saved and personalized by the student. The worksheets feed into our new Personal Financial Planner