Take advantage of free financial tools from across the Internet for planning and evaluation:

What are the best FDIC insured CD rates (from Bankrate.com) here

When should you take social security benefits, at what age and what
would be the effect of earnings or pensions? A set of handy calculators
from the social security administration here

A nice tool from Schwab to help you decide between a traditional 401k
and a Roth 401k using certain assumptions that you input using slide controls  here

Calculate your retirement savings needs with this Retirement Savings Calculator
from Kiplinger.com    here

A nifty stock screener from MarketWatch   here

The SEC provides a way to check out Brokers and Investment Advisors here
and the FINRA BrokerCheck page here

How do you vet a financial pro?  A useful article from Forbes that includes the FINRA information, but also a couple of other resources here

From an options screener to the 25 largest mutual funds, these research tools from MarketWatch include many useful choices here

Tax filing deadlines here