Money Magazine Financial Assistant

-- A financial calculation application for personal and business use.  With 47 specialized forms, Financial Assistant makes financial calculations and the tracking of financial information easy to do and understandable for non-experts.


Description:

Financial Assistant forms have an easy-to-use format that is consistent with other Newton applications.  For general help using Financial Assistant, tap the "i" button on the opening list of forms.  For information on a particular form (including examples and terminology), tap the "i" button on that form.

The complete version of Financial Assistant contains the following 47 forms (arranged by category; * denotes a form in the demonstration version):

- Loans and Mortgages -
*Get a Loan
Compare Loans
What's Your Loan Balance?
How Much Can You Borrow?
Make an Extra Payment
Cash Needed to Buy a Home
Standard vs Balloon Mortgage
What's Your Balloon Payment?
Refinancing Your Mortgage

- The Value of Money -
Compound Amount and Interest
Depreciation
Currency Conversion
The Present Value of Money
The Future Value of Money

- Make Investments - 
Bond Interest
Bond Price and Yield
Note Price and Yield
The Future Value of a Lump Sum
The Term of a Lump Sum
What Interest Rate Do You Need?
Sales Volume, Price, and Profit

- Analyze Your Investments - 
Analyze Your Cash Flow
Maintain Your Purchasing Power
Estimate Risk and Return
Capitalization Rate for Property
Key Business Ratios	

- Personal Finance -
Personal Inventory
Your Monthly Budget
Your Net Worth
Net Proceeds From a Sale

- Everyday Math - 
A List That Adds Up
Shopping List
Averages and Other Statistics
Dates and Times
Prices of Different-Sized Packages
Save by Buying in Bulk
Percentage Calculations
Price for Profit!

- Buy, Lease, or Rent? -
*Compare Leases
Lease or Buy?
Rent or Buy?

- Savings and Retirement - 
Your Long Range Budget
How Much Life Insurance?
Reach Your Savings Goal
*Retire Rich!
Plan Your Child's Tuition
Withdraw From Savings


System requirements:

Newton MessagePad or other Newton-compatible hardware with PCMCIA card slot (PCMCIA storage card recommended) and the following system:
- Macintosh SE/30 or later computer with at least 4 MB of RAM, Macintosh system version 7.0 or later, Apple SuperDrive floppy disk drive, and Newton Connection Kit for Macintosh.
- 80386 or later compatible PC with at least 4 MB of RAM, Microsoft Windows 3.1 or later, a high-density 3.5" floppy drive, and Newton Connection Kit for Windows.

The complete version of Financial Assistant requires 900K of storage space (a PCMCIA storage card is recommended). This demonstration version requires 240K.


Limitations of the demo version:

This demonstration version of Financial Assistant contains a sample of four forms, which are organized into a single category named Demonstration Forms. These four forms have been selected as representative of the scope and capabilities of the entire collection of 47 forms in the complete package.  All features of these four forms can be used normally except Action button commands (such as Print and Beam).  Also, when you close the demostration version of Financial Assistant, the data you created is not saved.


Information and Purchasing:

Money Magazine Financial Assistant is distributed by StarCore; call 1-800-708-STAR. 


Credits:

Financial Assistant was developed by PenMagic Software Inc.  

Money and Money Magazine are registerd trademarks of Time Inc., used with permission.  PenMagic is a registered trademark of PenMagic Software Inc.  Apple, StarCore, and Newton are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the USA and other countries.




