He is the one who closely monitors his fortune, using off-the-shelf personal finance software, and who does most of the investing.

In other words, the offer is attracting people who have not used personal finance software before, and thus it is nurturing the entire category.

Computer Associates, which created a marketing stir in June with its offer of free personal finance software, is back for an encore.

Then he has clients put the data into their Quicken or other personal finance software so they can see where their money goes.

Intuit's Quicken program is by far the most popular personal finance software on the market for tasks like family budgeting and balancing checkbooks.

Most individuals who balance their cheque-book each month are using such a system, and most personal finance software follows this approach.

So instead of a Microsoft-Intuit entry with more than 90 percent of the market, personal finance software now has three powerful competitors.

Intuit Inc., the leading producer of personal finance software, today reported a loss for its third fiscal quarter, which it attributed to acquisition expenses.

Personal Property inventory (for insurance and other purposes)ode scanned into personal finance software when entering.

Moreover, many specialized companies have grown up to supply computational finance software and services.