Losing count of what you have and what you spend can be a dangerous thing. I’ve come across people who have made the fatal mistake of overspending or, worse, spending money that they don’t have and won’t probably earn in a long time.

But here’s one advice to help you not to get into that route – manage your money. Theoretically, it’s easy to manage your money but keeping track of it can be a bit challenging. You have to keep track of all your stocks, bank account balances and other details, and your recurring expenses.And here’s one good way how – Money Manager Ex.

Money Manager Ex is a clean and quick money management software that lets you keep track of your financial worth. It’s even got a wizard to get you started. Here are some of its key features:

• Maintain checking, credit card, savings, stock investment accounts
• Budgeting
• Keep track of fixed assets and corresponding depreciation
• Reminds you for expenses like bills and deposits
• Dashboard that lets you see everything in a snap
• Forecast you cashflow
• Can run from a USB Flash drive so you can bring it anywhere with you (even without a laptop or mobile device)
• Import data from any CSV and QIF formats (the one used by Microsoft Money)

Neat huh? I’m actually testing some other money management software for future reviews but this one works well. And it’s free! See some screenshots here.

It runs on versions of Windows 95 to XP and with Ubuntu/Kubuntu Linux. Get the download details here.