“Thrive” Might Help You Do Just That

A growing number of Web sites allow you to enter all sorts of financial information and get back all sorts of advice about how to save and spend your money.

Could “Thrive” be the best of the bunch?

It requires you to do surprisingly little work because the program automatically downloads most of the relevant data from your bank, credit card, mortgage and investment accounts.

The site uses that to figure out where your money goes now, and where it ought to go in the future, providing suggestions on how to trim expenses, pay off your credit cards and get your investments rolling.

The guidance seems pretty smart. And it’s free. MORE