Chapter 21 Stocks, Bonds and Mutual Funds
These calculators can help you find your commission on a transaction, or the value of an investment.
Federal Reserve
Bank of New York http://app.ny.frb.org/sbr/
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has a calculator that gives the value of series EE Savings
Bonds.
Commission
Calculator
Kiplinger Online http://www.csfbdirect.com/cgi/inet/calccomm.trn
This calculator compares the commissions you might pay an online broker versus what you might pay a full service broker. http://www.calcbuilder.com/cgi-bin/calcs/STO1.cgi/Kiplinger
Kiplinger’s Magazine online has several calculators for computing the value of stock, bond and mutual fund investments.
The largest stock exchanges have many features on their sites including stock price quotes, historical quotes and graphs of a stock’s past performances.
The American Stock
Exchange http://www.amex.com
You can obtain stock quotes, set up an investment portfolio to track your investments over time, and check on major market activity and news.
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The Australian Stock
Exchange http://www.asx.com.au/asx/homepage/index.jsp
One link takes you to a page where you can set up simulated investments in stocks traded on the Australian
Stock Exchange.
The London Stock Exchange http://www.londonstockexchange.com/default.asp
If you follow the “Share Aware” link you will find useful
The Montreal Exchange information about buying and selling shares on the
London Exchange and a link to a free, easy to use, online course about how to trade stocks and shares. http://www.me.org
This site includes links to general information, quotes,
NASDAQ and statistics. http://www.nasdaq.com
The NASDAQ web site offers links to stock quotes, news, market activity, and investor tools. http://www.nyse.com
The New York Stock
Exchange
The NYSE site includes a link to explain what happens on the trading floor of this exchange.
The Tokyo Exchange http://www.tse.or.jp/english/index.shtml
The Tokyo exchange pages have an explanation of what a stock index is. They also have links to many other international stock markets.
Stock
Exchange
Links http://www.tdd.lt/slnews/Stock_Exchanges/Stock.Exchanges.html
This site is a list of links to the world's major stock exchanges organized by continent and other exchange resources.
The following link will take you to an article at Kiplinger.com which rates online brokers based on price and services. You will also find links to the brokers' web sites. http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/2001/October/investing/ebrokers.html
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CyberInvest.com http://www.cyberinvest.com/guides/mutfunds.html
"This guide offers links to some of the largest mutual fund families on the Web. It compares, among other things, the number and types of funds offered; the minimum investment required for a non-IRA account; and the existence of an automatic investment plan, online account access, and exchange privileges among the family of funds."
You can track government bonds easily online.
Federal Reserve
Bank of St.
Louis http://www.stls.frb.org/index.html
Savings Bonds
Bond Market
Center
This page will help you learn more about Treasury securities, the
Federal Reserve Bank, the economy, and interest rates. http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/sav/sbtimes.htm
This page answers questions about savings bonds. http://money.cnn.com/markets/bondcenter/
This page reports current bond rates, news that affects bond prices and yields, and offers a range of useful tools to learn more about all types of bonds.
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These sites can help you learn more about investing, set up portfolios to track your real or simulated investments, and stay current on personal financial management issues.
Bloomberg
Financial Markets
Financial Markets
Quicken
Motley Fool http://www.bloomberg.com/
This site offers live audio and video updates in a number of formats in addition to major market indices on the welcome page. http://money.cnn.com/
This site, owned by AOL Time Warner, offers continuous market news. http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/home.asp
This site, a joint venture of NBC and Microsoft, offers continuous market news. http://www.quicken.com
This site offers a variety of tools for personal financial management. For some of the advanced features you have to register by sending some personal information. http://www.motleyfool.com/
This site has portfolio tracking and sometimes has witty articles. Its "My Portfolio" tool is one of the easiest and least intrusive to use. All you need is a working e-mail address to get going.
Reuter’s Moneynet
Morningstar http://www.reuters.com/home.jhtml?source=moneynet
This is the financial and general news page of large news agency. Portfolio tracking is available. http://www.morningstar.com/?topnav=home
This site offers free and premium memberships to learn more about investing in stocks, bonds, and mutual funds.
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