A WEB SITE GUIDE BOOK FOR A VARIETY OF ISSUES:
PREPARED BY Dr. P R CHANDY,
Sep 2001
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I am not putting in the word www in front. It is there for all the addresses given below.
Though to the best of my knowledge, these are functioning sites, due to a variety of factors beyond
my control, it is possible some sites may be non operational. I do not think it is the case for the sites
below. I am NOT sponsoring any of these sites below nor do I recommend any
service. Do your own digging, analyzing, and investigating BEFORE you decide to use any
of them. No site is Perfect all the time. I obtained the web sites data either through personal
digging or by reading popular over the counter magazines in the market. This list is NOT
a 100% comprehensive list, as it is practically impossible to develop such a list. This is a starting
point and that is all . I take full responsibility for all the errors . Good luck.
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NOTE: BE CAREFUL ABOUT GIVING PERSONAL INFORMATION ON
ANY WEB SITE. ONCE YOU CLICK ON WEB SITES , YOU MAY BE
AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED IN THAT PARTICULAR WEB SITES=
ADDRESS BOOK AND START RECEIVING ALL SORTS OF UNSOLICITED
JUNK MAIL. !
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A:General sites:
Search:
yahoo.com; about.com; google.com; alltheweb.com; iwon.com; northernlight.com
altavista.com; google.com . Oingo.com ; Google is one of my favorites.
Infoplease.com; pasoo.com; dmoz.org
Humor:
adcritic.com; gigawit.com; wildbrain.com; dotcomics.com; joecartoon.com;
justmorons.com; mattneuman.com; mcsweenys.net;
Advice:
ehow.com; keen.com; Gomez.com ( rates a lot of shopping services, brokers,
financial institutions etc)
Other Rating services: forrester.com; keynote.com; ragingbull.com;
investorguide.com; xolia.com; internetinvesting.com; sonic.net/donaldj
Reference:
rfdesk.com; bartleby.com; virtualfreesites.com; howstuffworks.com;
extremescience.com; madsci.org; whyfiles.com; kidscience.com; about.com
yucky.com; straightdope.com
Shopping:
amazon.com; us.buy.com; ecampus.com; mysimon.com; pricescan.com; bottomdollar.com;
productopia.com. ; deja,com; shopping.yahoo.com; mercato.com; mobshop.com
biddersedge.com; ebay.com; dealtime.com; saleshound.com; igadget.com; 800.com
bestbookbuys.com;recordedbooks.com;Reel.com; improvementscatalog.com; myseasons.com;
etoys.com; homegrocer.com; smarterkids.com; netflix.com (DVD rental service);etown.com;
bestbookbuys.com; textbooks.com; cdnow.com.; doublediscount.com; half.com ;
grababargain.com
Medical:
Bestdoctors.com; thehealthresource.com; medlineplus.gov; nih.gov;
mayohealth.org;medicinenet.com; wellweb.com; healthfinder.gov; onhealth.com;
navigator.tufts.edu; docguide.com; pillbid.com
CARS:
Cars.com; autobytel.com;autoweb.com; carsdirect.com; driveoff.com;invoicedealers.com
Edmunds.com; carpoint.msn.com; kbb.com; autoconnect.com; autovantage.com, nada.org;
carclub.com; autoadvisor.com; autonation.com; autovantage.com; carbuyingtips.com; carfax.com
carpoint.msn.com; cars.com; costcoauto.com; dealernet.com carsmart.com
Car Loans:
carloan.com; www.1-800drivetoday.com; autocreditfinders.com; auto-loan.com; carlender.com;
giggocar.com; nfsn.com/vehicle.htm; peoplefirst.com
TIMEVALUE.COM/TOOLS.HTM : GOOD SITE
Travel :
priceline.com; framed.usps.com ;mapquest.com; consumerreports.com;
consumersdigest.com; hoteldiscounts.com; Innsite.com
mapsonus.com; placestostay.com; travelweb.com; weather.com milepoint.com
lowestfare.com; cheaptickets.com; travelocity.com; expedia.com; bestfares.com; site59.com
smarterliving.com; accuweather.com; qixo.com; farechase.com; lastminutetravel.com; hotwire.com;
expedia.com; 11thhourvacations.com; vacationcoach.com ; digitalcity.com
ricksteves.com
College Savings/Aid :
collegesavings.com;savingforcollege.com; finaid.org; fastweb.com; adventuresineducation.org
Texastomorrowfund.com; collegeboard.org ;collegeNET.com; collegeguide.org
wiredscholar.com; mach25.com; srnexpress.com; fastAID.com; collegenet.com
salliemae.com/loans; ed.gov/offices/OPE/DirectLoan/consolid.html
Jobs:
Monster.com ( jobs); salary.com; acinet.org; careerjournal.com; jobsonline.com
bestjobsusa.com; careercity.com; careermart.com; careermosaic.com; careerpath.com;
careers.org; careerfile.com; careerexchange.com; resumesdirect.com; resumenet.com;
virtualresume.com; jobcenter.com; jobexchange.com; job-hunt.com; jobquest.com; jobsource.com
nationjob.com; monster.com; careerexpo.com; occ.com;jobsonline.com; hotjobs.com;
headhunter.net; careerbuilder.com; jobs.com; careermosaic.com; fligdog.com; dice.com; careers-inbusiness.com
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B:Money related issues
1)Inside trading/ IPO :
unlockdates.com; ipolockup.com; insidertrader.com; alertipo.com; insiderscores.com;
ipocentral.com; directipo.com; dsm.com; eoffering.com; ewebwatch.com; ipodata.com;
ipoguys.com; ipomaven.com; ipomonitor.com; ipo.com; ipohome.com; ipopros.com;
unlockdates.com
2)Investing related:
Treasurydirect.gov : to buy treasury securities directly from US government
No Load stocks - buy stocks directly from corporations and avoid paying commission:
Try these firms:BP Amoco; Kodak; ExxonMobil; Johnson Controls; Pfizer.
If you are on tight budget and want to invest online - try : buyandhold.com; sharebuilder.com
Others in the same area: netstockdirect.com; dripcentral.com; dripinvestor.com; foliofn.com
freetrade.com
3)Tax related:
hdvest.com; taxact.com; turbotax.com; hrblock.com; taxes4less.com; 1040.com; esmarttax.com;
irs.gov; kprcpa.com/forms.html; kiplinger.com; irs.gov.; taxplanet; fairmark.com; 123taxprep.com
amerifile.com; 1800tax1040.com ; completetax.com; e1040.com; etaxforms.com; hrblock.com;
intelligenttaxes.com; jacksonhewitt.com; taxprofessionals.com; quick-tax.com; tax.org;
taxcut.com; taxlogic.com; taxplanet.com; taxprophet.com/tp.htm; taxes4less.com
wwwebtax.com;
tax forms on line: http://dir.yahoo.com/government/U_S_Government/taxes/Online_Tax_forms
Gainskeeper.com : To keep up with all the capital gains and losses on various investment
transactions for tax purposes.
4) Retirement plans related
401Kafe.com; Quicken.com/retirement/401K; Smartmoney.com/ac/401k; Morningstar.com;
directadvice.com; financialengine.com; timyounkin.com; 403bwise.com; search401k.com
401kexchange.com; mystockoptions.com;mpower.com; fidelity.com
mystockoptions.com; myoptionvalue.com; optionwealth.com
Portfolio Planning Information: Troweprice.com: Has Portfolio spotlight and Stock overlap.
Morning star: has X Ray : service.
Overlap.com: Has a service to help you identify overlapping securities in mutual funds
5) Mutual funds
For mutual funds with low costs to enter and low expenses levied : try:
www.tiaa-cref.org ; Other mutual fund information: morningstar.com; mutuals.com
vanguard.com; janus.com; fidelity.com; quicken.com; aarp.org; ssa.gov; troweprice.com
mfmag.com; findafund.com; mfea.com ; finance.yahoo.com; maxfunds.com; fundalarm.com
ipsfunds.com/strategies.html (details of investment strategy by fund manager); fundspot.com
sageonline.com; maxfunds.com; cefa.com ( for closed end funds only); brill.com; idayo.com;
indexfundsonline.com; micropal.com; mfcafe.com; personalfund.com;
sandp.com/ratings/funds/funds.htm; ici.org; etfcentral.com;
funds.marketwatch.com
6) Banking issues/ Real estate related : : Here are the sites on banking and real estate.
E-loan.com; bankrate.com; lendingtree.com; hsh.com; realtor.com; mortgagemart.com
interest.com; HomeAdvisor.com; LoansDirect.com; Countrywide.com; loanworks.com;
mortgage.com; smartcalc.com; mbaa.com; loanguide.com; fannimae.com; homeadvisor.msn.com
bankcd.com; wellsfargo.com; securityfirst.com; compubank.com; virtualbank.com; firstib.com;
financenter.com; quickenloans.com; domania.com; finance.americanexpress.com
erealty.com; homestore.com; owners.com; RealEstate.com; iown.com; realtor.com;
polarismortgage.com; mortgagequotes.com; mortgage-net.com
Homefair.com; ImproveNet.com; kaktus.com; pestweb.com; Loansurfersolutions.com;
housevalues.com; banx.com; maxrate.com; money-rates.com; homegain.com; privatemi.com
rate.net; shoprate.com; mortgage101.com; mortgagequotes.com;homeadvisor.com
You can also go to Priceline.com and bid or get quotes on mortgages and they will provide
you with what they can offer as the best deal for you
indymacmortgage.com; . Reliancemortgage.com; Remember that if your equity on the house
is atleast 20% of appraised value of the house, you ought to be able to get out of Private mortgage
insurance ( or PMI).
pcbanker.com; amsouth.com; bankofamerica.com; bankdirect.com; chase.com;
lite.citifi.com; compubank.com; directbanking.com; netbank.com; wellsfargo.com
bankrate.com; banx.com; stretcher.com; maxrate.com; moneyadvisor.com; onmoney.com;
rothira.com; personalwealth.com
7 )Credit Reports:
Experian.com; transunion.com; equifax.com; visa.com; mastercard.com; cccssf.org; myvesta.org
fairisaac.com; qspace.com
credit.com; creditland.com; getsmart.com; asque.com/credcard.htm; cardratings.org; cardweb.com;
creditcardfreedom.com ; creditinfocenter.com/cards; creditcardmenu.com;
studentcredit.com; consumercredit.com; debt-help.com;debtwizards.com; debtorsanonymous.org
myvesta.org; nfcc.org;
Credit card secrets: state.ma.us/consumer/Pubs/credsecr.htm
8) Stock and bond investing
Bond Related :
ebondtrade.com; mldirect.com; msdwonline.com; styo.com; directnotes.com
investinginbonds.com;bondmarkets.com.;Bondresources.com;
Bondsonline.com; biz.yahoo.com/edu/ed_bond.html ; bondagent.com; ebondtrade.com;
tradebonds.com; munidirect.com; dpcdata.com; dcrco.com; briefing.com; emuni.com;
e-analytics.com/bonds/bonddir.htm; bog.frb.fed.us; moody.com; munistatements.com
standardandpoors.com/ratings/corporate; bondbuyer.com;bondpage.com; bondagent.com;
tradebonds.com; csfbdirect.com; munidirect.com; tdwaterhouse.com; bondtrac.com; bradynet.com;
convertbond.com; ebondtrade.com; emuni.com; fixed-income-market.com; moneybulletin.com;
moodys.com; tradebonds.com
Other sites:
investorama.com; wallstreetcity.com; wsrn.com.bloomberg.com; financialfinesse.com
Moneycentral.com; stocksheet.com; marketguide.com; personalwealth.com; personalfund.com
fool.com; moneysearch.com; financialcafe.com; adr.com; freeedgar.com; edgar-online.com;
treasurydirect.gov/bpd/bpdhome.htm; riskgrades.com; portfolioscience.com; fool.com; stocks.com;
tradingday.com; findportfolio.com; riskgrades.com; sellsignal.com;
coolcapitalist.com; teachmefinance.com; winninginvesting.com; invest-faq.com; aaii.com
Government documents: 10kwizard.com; edgar.disclosure.com/ea; edgar-online.com; fedfil.com;
fedstats.gov; freeedgar.com; secinfo.com
OPTIONS and FUTURES: aantix.com; cbot.com; cboe.com; rb-trading.com/begin.html;
coveredcalls.com; eztrade.com; ino.com; options-nasdaq-amex.com; nfa.futures.org;
netpicks.com; numa.com; optionetics.com; optionfind.com; optionscentral.com;
phlx.com; intrepid.com/~robertl; tradesignals.com; eduvest.com
Learning the basics of stock and bond market investing: go to various tutorials on mutual fund
web sites like: invesco.com; americancentury.com; winninginvesting.com/columns.htm;
younginvestor.com; smartmoney.com; zacks.com; nasdaq.com; sec.gov ( the securities and exchange
commission site by government)
armchairmillionaire.com; moneycentral.com; quicken.com; kiplinger.com; fidelity.com
marketguide.com; thomsoninvest.net; hoovers.com; gefn.com; quickquote.com; greenmagazine.com;
schwabwomen.com; msmoney.com; whatifi.com : all investing information in one place
multexinvestor.com ( get copies of research reports for a price); superstarinvestor.com;
ceoexpress.com; thestreet.com; cnnfn.com; marketguide.com; 10kwizard.com; bestcalls.com;
company.sleuth.com; earningswhispers.com; wallstreetcity.com; investor.cnet.com;
netwavestocks.com; mldirect.com; ameritrade.com; fidelity.com; netstockdirect.com
worldlyinvestor.com; ftmarketwarch.com; wallstreetcity.com; sec.gov
iionline.com; moolera.com; yardeni.com; bloomberg.com; dailystocks.com; financialweb.com
investors.com; investorama.com; fiendbear.com; justquotes.com; marketplayer.com; quicken.com;
americanexpress.com; freetrade.com; financialcafe.com; freetradez.com
adviceamerica.com; directadvice.com; esplanner.com; mpower.com; teamvest.com/quicken;
majestic.vanguard.com/GUIDE/DA; b4utrade.com; buyandhold.com; marketocracy.com;
mpower.com; onmoney.com; stockDr.com; streetwhiz.com; teenanalyst.com; buyandhold.com;
stockjungle.com; internetstockreport.com; internetstocks.com; iword.com; nextwavestocks.com
Valuation:
valueengine.com; valuepro.net; quicken.com/investments
General information:
Bloomberg.com; barra.com; globalfinddata.com; mscidata.com; wilshire.com; tamasset.com;
finweb.com; investorhome.com; freeedgar.com
Charting of prices etc:
quote.com; bigcharts.com; stockpoint.com
THIS IS A UNIQUE SITE FOR STOCKQUOTES; WWW.3DSTOCKCHARTS.COM
Audiovisual: abslive.com; on24.com; streetfusion.com; vcall.com; bestcalls.com; webfn.com;
streetevents.com; wallstreetreporter.com; wallstreetuncut.com
Research: 411stocks.com; americanstocks.com; reportgallery.com; bestsignals.com;
bulldogrsearch.com; companiesonline.com; companysleuth.com; contraryinvestor.com; exdividend.com; g6perspective.com; grantsinvestor.com; informedinvetors.com; ozsoft.com
kickassets.com; cda.com/investnet; lionshares.com; marketbug.com; rightline.com; sectorbase.com;
splittrader.com; stocksense.com; storkscreener.com; validea.com;
firstcall.com;hoovers.com; ianalyst.com; investorplace.com; msdw.com/institutional/index.html
stockhouse.com; valueline.com; twst.com; wisi.com; zacks.com; the-gears.com
reuters.com; datalink.net; infobeat.com; isld.com; tradearca.com; marketxt.com; strategy.com;
streamer.com
9) On line brokers
ameritrade.com; datek.com; schwab.com; dljdirect.com; etrade.com; fidelity.com; ndb.com;
tdwaterhouse.com; gomez.com; investor.nasd.com; xolia.com; mydiscountbroker.com.
Go to some place like Gomez.com which rates brokers and see what they say.
10) account consolidation sites
trackyourworth.com; yodlee.com; verticalone.com; ebalance.com; 1viewnetwork.com; ezlogin.com;
corillian.com
11) Insurance quote
instantquote.com; insweb.com;quotetoday.com; term-life-quotes.com; progressive.com;
usaa.com; ; reliaquote.com; quotesmith.com; insurance.com; accuquote.com; quickquote.com;
termfinder.com
insuremarket.com; ecoverage.com; esurance.com; ameritasdirect.com
Insurance for all appliances, plumbing , electrical problem etc in a home:
www.americanhomeshield.com.
Though such a service has some advantages - what you may end up with is that due to low
pay (to the contracted companies in each area that does the service), you will likely end up
with poor quality service.
Rating on insurance companies: www.ambest.com; dcrco.com; 800-289-9222 ( Weiss research
company to get ratings of insurance companies)
insurancefraud.org; insure.com; moodys.com; ratings.standardpoor.com/insurance
800-252-3439 (texas department of insurance consumer help line): tdi.state.tx.us - department of
insurance.
Insurance Product called Annuities : sites: annuity.com; annuityscout.com; annuityshopper.com;
bhln.com
Companies like TIAA-CREF and USAA , Fidelity and Vanguard , T Rowe Price are well known
companies offering annuities - a product normally looked at people in and around retirement age.
12) The 12 Federal Reserve Banks on this hyperlink:
www.ny.frb.org/links.html
This will give you access to all the 12 Fed Banks and you can get a lot of financial data for
the entire country using the Feds web sites
For information on buying and selling a variety of U S Treasury securities directly from the
government, visit the web site below:
www.treasurydirect.gov/sec/secform1.htm;
Yield curve: stocktrader.com/yc2.html
Exchange rate information: ( do not put www here); http://pacific.commerce.ubc.ca/xr
13)Pay bills on line:
paytrust.com; accountonline.com;
Checkfree corporation also runs a service on its web site
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C: MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES
Telephone Service: It is a Mess and it is only going to get worse and I am not hopeful it is going
to get much better. Try using www.abelltolls.com to get some advice on choice of phone service
www.priceline.com to get pre paid telephone long distance facility ( rates are about 3.9cents to 4.9
cents a minute any time any where in USA) . No monthly fee or long term commitment.
The only disadvantage is that some times these lines are busy.
Try Smartprice.com for a free analysis of your long distance needs and a list of best companies to
consider .
Zoneld.com is another place you may want to try for long distance rates.
Possibly use the UNT Premium internet service at $10 per month for internet service.( This is not
like high speed DSL or CableModem speed ). But the price is low - don=t complain.
Phonefree.com; net2phone.com; MSN messenger service (microsoft); AOL=s ICQphone and instant
messenger; Yahoo=s Messenger service.
It is best to get a headphone to listen and a good mike to speak into in order to make use of
these services better.
Cell Phone: point.com; swbellwireless.com; sprintpcs.com; letstalk.com; primeco.com;
cellmania.com
Call your LOCAL phone company and ask about a form called APick Freeze@. If you get this
form and sign it and mail it back , it would prevent various Ahigh priced rip off long distance
carriers A from automatically switching you to their service . Only after you sign such a document,
it would be difficult for any long distance carrier to automatically select you and charge you
the usual exorbitant rates.
Mapquest.com : get directions and maps from place to place
framed.usps.com : Zip code finder
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Hope this is helpful. If you find some thing not working, please let me know.
Good luck !
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