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Mint Goals Attaches Real-Life Plans to Your Accounts

Mint.com has always offered a great view of your money, but you made the call on where it all went. The free webapp's new Goals section bridges the gap, offering smart tools for setting up plans and attaching accounts to them.

The goal offerings are suitably diverse and individualized, from the big-picture stuff like "Get out of debt" or "Plan for retirement" to the shorter-distance "Take a trip" and "Improve my home." If none of them quite fit, create a custom goal. After picking your goal, you're asked a series of questions about the cost, the date, and, most importantly, how you're going to finance this goal.

Mint.com can recommend new savings or deposit accounts for goals that involve saving, or start tracking one of your existing accounts to make sure you actually put in the, say, $100 per month that you said you would put aside. On the Goals page, you'll see exactly how you're doing, and Mint can gently nudge you by email or SMS when things aren't going so hot. It's like having that wise, steadfast uncle who's really good with money and willpower—except you don't risk family embarrassment with Mint, just personal let-down.

Mint.com's Goals are a part of the free service. If you've given them a test run and created some neat goals of your own, tell us about them in the comments.

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