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Precision Information Announces Major Upgrades to Encyclopedia of Personal Finance™ 2004

Standard and Deluxe Versions feature expanded content and planning tools
that make financial learning easier and more powerful

October 21st, 2003 - Madison, Wisconsin – In the past few years, investors have learned the difficult lesson that what they don’t know can hurt them. As part of an ongoing response to this issue, Precision Information (PI), a leading provider of interactive financial education content and software, is launching two new 2004 versions of its CD-ROM, The Encyclopedia of Personal Finance™. These products will feature dramatically expanded content and new interactive financial planning tools that will make it even easier for individuals to manage money effectively and prevent making mistakes that have cost investors in both good times and bad.

Along with the Standard Version of The Encyclopedia of Personal Finance™ 2004, PI also announced the premier of a Deluxe Version with financial calculators that help users apply the concepts they learn to their own financial planning.

“These new versions of The Encyclopedia of Personal Finance™ represent the most significant upgrade of the product since its introduction,” said Joe Saari, PI’s CEO. “With its new and updated information and exciting new features, the 2004 Encyclopedia and the Deluxe Version will make financial learning even easier and more powerful for millions of individuals,” he said.

Both the 2004 standard and Deluxe versions include these feature enhancements:

· Updated tax information to help investors understand and comply with the new tax law.
· New expanded content on such topics as the importance of credit, debt management and budgeting, saving for education, real estate, insurance, annuities and more.
· Getting Started Guides that lead users through the basics of such personal finance topics as Retirement Planning, Mutual Funds, Banking, and Securities Investing.
· Instant online updates that enable users to keep their Encyclopedia up-to-date by downloading free upgrades from the Precision Information web site.

The Encyclopedia of Personal Finance 2004 Deluxe Version also includes these powerful new features:

· Calculators that will help users go from learning to action by quickly doing the math they need to make common financial decisions, such as planning for retirement needs or predicting the effect of inflation on investments.
· Favorites Folders that let users build their own personalized reference library by saving, managing and organizing their favorite articles, tutorials and calculators.
· The Learning Track feature that lets users trace their financial learning curve, helping them get the most out of their study time.

Both versions will continue to feature more than 2500 pages of reliable, easy-to-use information that is NASD-compliant, so users can be confident that they’re getting the best financial learning tool available. And both versions will continue to be backed by PI’s unconditional money-back guarantee.

“The Encyclopedia has always been the most comprehensive resource ever available to help individuals make sound money management decisions,” Saari said. “The new features and functions will make it even easier for anyone to chart a course to a secure financial future.”

Available on CD for Windows-compatible personal computers, The Encyclopedia of Personal Finance™ 2004 Standard Version has a suggested retail price of $49.95. With its expanded features, the Deluxe Version will retail for $69.95. The products can be purchased directly from the PI web site (www.precision-info.com), or through such partners as Intuit, Morningstar, Rukeyser.com, BobBrinker.com, Bondsonline.com, and Managingmoney.com.

About Precision Information
Precision Information is a leading provider of interactive financial education products to financial service firms and millions of individual investors. PI’s customers benefit from the company’s proprietary database of more than 2500 pages of articles, tutorials, definitions, and quiz questions. Such industry leaders as Ameritrade, Morningstar, BISYS, and New York Life rely on Precision Information to provide accurate, reliable, unbiased, engaging and easy-to-use NASD-compliant material through web, print, and software applications. Along with The Encyclopedia of Personal Finance™, PI’s consumer products include The Educated Investor’s Guides, software applications that help individuals learn about specific financial topics.
For more information call Precision Information at 888-345-1285, or log on to the company’s web site at www.precision-info.com.