THE BEST INTERNET INVESTMENT SITES
Editor: DGimpel@Adelphia.net May 13, 2008
To go to an investment site, click on it’s address.
RATING TOPICS
AAAII
ADDRESS
http://www.aaii.com
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Beige Book
www.minneapolis.org/bb
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Bonds
www.moodys.com
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Bonds
Bonds
Bonds
http://Bonds.yahoo.com
http://Bondsonline.com
www.bondmarkets.com
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Brokers, find
www.xolia.com
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Business, small
www.jaxworks.com
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Calculators
http://Cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/
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Calculators,
retirement
http://gummy-stuff.org/retirement-calculators.htm
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Charts
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Fee
SPONSOR/DESCRIPTION
AAII headquarters internet site.
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis offers
their Beige Book on US economic conditions.
Moody’s Investor Service is the ultimate voice
on bond issues with top notch forecasts and a
must for fundamental investors.
Yahoo Finance bond center provides news.
BondsOnLine sells bonds and other securities
SIFMA, voice of the Bond Market provides info
on bonds.
Xolia helps you find OnLine brokers.
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JaxWorks offers Excel based business
spreadsheets and graphing tools.
CNN Money provides lots of useful financial
calculators.
Gummy-stuff provides some useful retirement
calculators
http://stockcharts.com
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Charts
www.prophet.net
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Charts
http://InvestNBest.com
StockCharts offers effective charts with three
subscription levels starting at $9.95/month,
16.95 and 19.95.
Prophet.net offers technical analysis tools for a
fee.
Charts and more charts
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Charts,
snapshot
Charts,
snapshot,
international
Chat room
www.adrich.com
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http://gummy-stuff.org/markets.htm
www.siliconinvestor.com
Adrich provides an 18 chart market real time
snapshot.
International exchanges from Gummy-Stuff
Silicon Investor provides serious market talk
and other investment services.
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Chat room
www.fool.com
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Chat room
www.ragingbull.com
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Chat room
http://www.techstocks.com
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Clubs
www.investorama.com
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Clubs,
investment
www.bivio.com
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Commentary
www.thestreet.com
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Commentary
www.peternavarro.com
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www.prudentbear.com
www.investtalk.com
www.attheselevels.com
Ivan Martchev provides market commentary .
www.fundstrader.com
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Commentary
Commentary,
market
Commentary,
market
Commentary,
mutual funds
Data
Silicon Investor fee based active investment
bulletin board emphasizing technology.
IClubCentral is all about investment clubs;
accounting, setup and operation.
BiVio is devoted to investment clubs and helps
track investments and provides an accounting
service.
The Street offers market commentary several
times daily
Navarro, Prof. Peter provides investment
commentary.
Prudent Bear offers good commentary.
KPP Financial provides market commentary.
www.briefing.com
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Data
www.freelunch.com
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John Bollinger provides mutual funds services
and commentary.
Briefing.com offers fee based commentary and
data.
Moody’s provides economic data.
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Data, real time
www.freerealtime.com
Free Real Time offers real time quotations.
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Demographics
http://zipskinny.com
ZipSkinny offers ZIP code demographic data
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Dictionary,
market
buzzwords
Economic
conditions,
current
Economics,
blog
Economy
www.investopedia.com/categories/buzzwords.asp
Investopedia offers a dictionary of market
buzzwords. A real education in itself.
http://FederalReserve.gov/FOMC/BeigeBook/2007/20070725/default.htm
Federal Reserve System Beige Book on US
economic conditions.
http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/
Professor De Longs blog site for economic
commentary. Outstanding.
Moody’s Economy.com provides economic
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www.economy.com
Motley Fool provides not-so-foolish talk about
the markets.
Raging Bull offers outstanding chat room.
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news
Hodges, M. W. Grandfather Economic Report
discusses US economic problems
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis provides
National Economic Trends information
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis offers its
Beige Book.
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis provides
economic data at FRED
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Economy
http://mwhodges.home.att.net/
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Economy
http://research.stlouisfed.org/
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Economy
www.minneapolisfed.org/bb/
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Economy,
FRED2
http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/
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Edgar
http://freeedgar.com
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Education
www.armchairmillionaire.com
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Education
Education
www.investopedia.com
www.motleyfool.com
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Education
www.gummy-stuff.org
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Education
www.fool.com
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Education
http://www.investools.com
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Education
Estate planning
http://www.AAIILosAngeles.org/
www.nolo.com
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ETF’s
www.xtf.com
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ETFs
www.masterdata.com
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ETF’s
ETF’s
www.morningstar.com
www.sectorspdr.com
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ETF’s
ETF’s
www.NASD.com
www.indexuniverse.com
EDGAR Online Services provides financial and
company info. It has three subscription plans.
Armchair Millionaire provides a broad
investment education with style emphasis.
Forbes offers educational articles.
Motley Fool offers a little of everything about
investing.
Gummy-stuff is possibly the best investor
education site on the internet and offers
hundreds of useful Excel spreadsheets.
Motley Fool focuses on investor education with
lots of calculators, products and services all
with a stron focus on personal finance.
Investools offers investor education lessons.
AAII Los Angeles Chapter news and events.
NOLO Press Slf-help Law Center offers free
links, probate info and more.
XTF Global Asset Management offers
portfolios of ETFs including (1) Tactical, (2)
Target Date and (3) Country or Sector Rotation
plus ETF articles.
Masterdata provides index and ETF composite
breadth reports, charts and data.
Morningstar provides ETF valuations
Select SectorsPDRs provides free ETF sector
information on 9 different sectors.
NASD provides ETF expense analyzer tool.
IndexUniverse.com allows investors to sort
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ETFs by the index they trade.
ETFScreen provides ETF performance data
organized by markets.
ETF’s
www.ETFscreen.com
ETFs
www.quantumonline.com
QuantumOnLine offers information on
Preferred stocks and ETFs
ETFs, Jeremy
Siegal
Exchange Rates
www.wisdomtree.com
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Forecasts,
economic
www.philadelphiafed.org/econ/forecast/
WisdomTree is home to Prof. Jeremy Siegal a
man worth listening to.
University of British Columbia provides an
exchange rate table.
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia offers
economic forecasts.
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Forecasts,
economic
Forums
http://www.phil.frb.org/econ/spf/index.html
Futures,
quotations
Glossary,
investment
Glossary,
investment
Guru, grading
http://tfc-charts.w2d.com/menu.html
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Ideas,
Investment
http://www.Fidelity.com
1. Click on Research & Monitor in left hand column
2. Click on Research Overview then in center column click on
3. Screen for Ideas then select
4. Independent Expert Strategies
5. Choose one that makes you comfortable
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Income
Investments
http://Quantumonline.com
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Indexes
Indexes
http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/markets/indexes.asp
www.indexuniverse.com/index.php?section=6&id=1167
Stocks and Commodities Magazine provides a
market glossary.
InvestorWords offers a glossary of investment
terms.
CXOAdvisory grades the gurus and keeps them
honest.
Fidelity site offers about 50 independent expert
strategies with at least one that ought to match
your objectives and makes you feel
comfortable. These are stock selection
strategies designed to identify specific
opportunities. Simply the most comprehensive
site on the internet.
QuantumOnLine provides information on all
kinds of income producing investments such as
REITs, preferred, debt securities, etc
Big Charts provides index charts.
IndexUniverse is all about indexing.
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Indexes,
www.wisdomtree.com/home.asp
Wisdom Tree is the home of Professor Siegal.
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http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/today.html
www.ft-talk.com/forums
http://traders.com/documentation/Resource_docs/glossary/glossary.html
http://www.investorwords.com
www.cxoadvisory.com/gurus/#snapshop
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Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia provides
their survey of macroeconomic forecasters.
FastTrack Forums is for serious investors who
use Investor’s FastTrack software.
Futures quotations comprehensive site.
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Earningsweighted
Index, grades
No need to say anything more.
www.marketgrader.com/marketgradernew/index.jsp
MarketGrader offers a unique proprietary index.
www.adrich.com
Adrich offers hourly index charts.
www.AdvFn.com
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Indexes, Real
time
Indexes, Real
time
Indicators,
economic
International
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IPO’s
www.123jump.com/ipo
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IPO’s
http://IPOportal.edgar-online.com
ADVFN offers access to real time domestic and
international market indexes.
Federal Reserve Bank of New York provides
information on the indicators that they track.
Emerging Markets Companion has excellent
global markets data.
123jump provides IPO calendar, filings, prices,
withdrawals, reports.
Edgar provides list of prospective filings
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IPO’s
www.ipohome.com
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Legal
http://www.nolo.com
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Links
http://investorhome.com
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Magazine
www.economist.com
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Magazine
http://www.forbes.com
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Markets,
emerging
http://emgmkts.com
Markets,
forecasting
http://www.cxoadvisory.com
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Markets,
worldwide
http://gummy-stuff.org/markets.htm
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Megasite
http://stockmaven.com\
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Megasite
http://www.Investor.msn.com
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www.newyorkfed.org/education/bythe.html
www.emgmkts.com
IPOHome by Renaissance Capital provides IPO
news and information.
NOLO Press self-help Law Center offers free
links, probate information, legal documents
including living trust documents and more
Investor Home provides lots of good links and
other information.
Economist offers articles and economic
commentary
Forbes is a business news magazine with lots of
lists.
Emerging Markets Companion is a
comprehensive site focused on emerging
markets.
Fascinating site with loads of good material.
Gummy-stuff provides charts of 18 worldwide
market indexes. Very handy if you want a
quick worldwide review.
StockMaven offers a little bit of this and a little
bit of that. Stocks, futures and options, links
and a lot more.
MSN.Money provides comprehensive
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information.
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Megasite
www.fool.com
Motley Fools has answers for everything
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Megasite
http://multexinvestor.com
Reuters offers a bit of everything.
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Megasite
Megasite
www.Finance.yahoo.com
www.moneycentral.msn.com/home.asp
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Megasite
www.morningstar.com
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Megasite
www.clearstation.com
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Megasite
http://Finance.yahoo.com
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Megasite
http://Quote.yahoo.com or
http://finance.yahoo.com
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Megasite
www.briefing.com
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Megasite
www.quote.com
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Megasite
www.marketwatch.com
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Megasite
www.smartmoney.com
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Megasite
www.zacks.com
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Megasite
www.zdii.com
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Megasite
www.quote.com
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Megasite
www.investor.com
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Megasite
http://stockmaven.com
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Yahoo has one of the best overall investor sites.
Microsoft MoneyCentral fee based offers free
quotes, portfolio tracking, charting tools and
more.
Morningstar’s comprehensive site is the
authority on mutual funds.
ClearStation offers recommendations and
analysis tools.
Yahoo is a comprehensive investment
management site.
Yahoo! Finance offers news, quotations.
Research. Commentary, everything.
Briefing.com offers fee based market
commentary, quotes, charts, portfolios, sector
ratings, calendars and more
Quote.com offers, quotations, charts,
commentary and more.
Dow Jones market megasite offers a bit of
everything.
Smart Money has a rich assortment of
investment tools.
Zacks Investment research is focused on stocks.
Site provides data and more data. Some
services free.
C|NEWS is a highly rated site for investment
news.
Quotes.com provides news, intraday quotes,
links to other investment sites and a lot more.
MSN Money offers a little bit of everything.
Stock Maven is a megasite with everything you
can think of.
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Modern
Portfolio
Theory
Money, lost
www.efficientfrontier.com/ef/index.shtml
OnLine Journal of Practical Asset Allocation
home page.
http://www.sco.ca.gov/
State of California Unclaimed Property Office
www.managerreview.com
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Money
Managers
Money
Managers
MPT
http://fundalarm.com
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Mutual Fund,
ratings
Mutual Funds
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Mutual Funds
www.morningstar.com
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Mutual Funds
www.smartmoney.com
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Mutual Funds
www.brill.com
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Mutual Funds
www.fundalarm.com
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Mutual Funds
www.micropal.com
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Mutual Funds,
timing
www.fundbuster.com
Fundbuster offers mutual fund and ETF timing
advice.
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www.fundalarm.com
Fund Alarm tells you when to sell mutual funds.
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Mutual Funds,
when to sell
News
News
News
www.marketwatch.com
www.reuters.com
www.wsj.com
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News
http://investor.news.com
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News
www.bloomberg.com
Dow Jones provides market news
Reuters supplies fast and free financial news.
The Wall Street Journal offers the best coverage
of financial and market news.
CNET News.com offers market news wih a
technology bias.
Bloomberg provides market news, data and
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www.nelsons.com/wbmm/login.asp?desturl=wbmm/default.asp
www.efficientfrontier.com
www.wisdomtree.com/home.asp
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Money Manager Review provides investment
manager rankings
Americap Advisors offers links to touted Money
Managers
Efficient Frontier Journal of Practical Asset
Allocation
FundAlarm rates funds.
Wisdom Tree, Professor Jeremy Siegel provides
funds based upon fundamental principals such
as dividend or earnings weightings.
Morningstar is a fee based source of info on
over 15,000 stocks and funds
SmartMoney offers mutual fund expertise via
tools and data.
Brill’s Mutual Fund interactive provides news,
columns and analysis about mutual funds. For
beginners. It has a good message board.
FundAlarm focuses on when you ought to sell
funds.
Morningstar provides mutual fund data.
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News
www.cbsmarketwatch.com/?avatar=seer
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News
www.cnnfn.com
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News
www.cbsmarketwatch.com
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News
www.drudgereport.com
tools.
CBS is financial news. Includes stock quotes
and a portfolio tracker.
CNNMoney.com provides international and
domestic news and info on interest rates, real
estate and more.
MarketWatch from Dow Jones provides news
and quotations and more
Drudge Report fills you in on all the dirt.
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News, analysis
www.stocksandnews.com
Stocks and News is updated once-a-week.
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News,
economic
http://biz.yahoo.com/c/e.html
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News,
International
News,
international
www.WSJ.com
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News, market
www.marketwatch.com
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News, market
http://stockmaven.com
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News, science
News, talk
radio
News,
technology
Opinion
www.sciencedaily.com
http://www.businesstalkradio.net/
http://TheGlobalGuru.blogspot.com
Yahoo Finance provides release dates for
government economic information with
forecasts and expectations.
WSJ Wall Street Journal spans the globe with
its coverage.
Financial Times (FT) is from the UK and
provides comprehensive worldwide financial
news reporting.
Wall Street Journal Digital Network offers
market news.
StockMaven Research Center offers a little bit
of this and a little bit of that
Science news that keeps you up to date.
Business Talk Radio Network provides live
radio commentary.
CNET News.com provides timely technology
news
GlobalGuru offers worldwide market opinion.
Opinion
www.financialsense.com
Financial Sense offers market opinions.
Opinion
http://investmentpostcards.wordpress.com
Opinions from Cape Town
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Options
http://www.cboe.com
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Options
http://www.ino.com
CBOE is an options megasite offering
education, quotations and trading.
INO Global Markets calls itself the WEB center
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www.financialtimes.com
www.news.com
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for futures and options. It tracks exotic
securities. A sophisticated site.
MarketForum provides futures & options
quotations, message board, ETFs and more.
CBOE provides index option data.
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Options/Futures
http://www.marketforum.com
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Options/Futures
http://www.cboe.com/index/
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Overview
http://mwhodges.home.att.net/
Podcast, market
www.wealthtrack.com/watch_and_listen.php
M. W. Hodges Grandfather’s Economic Report
talks about the major problems and their
resolution. A truly outstanding site.
Conselo Mack provides market podcasts.
Podcasts/market
www.marketwatch.com/podcasts/
Market Watch provides market podcasts
Portfolio,
Tracking
Portfolio,
Tracking
Portfolios,
suggested
Prices
Preferred stocks
www.morningstar.com
Public Records,
investigate
http://Virtualgumshoe.com
Morningstar offers excellent portfolio tracking
and analysis
CNBC on MSN Money offers free customizable
portfolio tracking tools.
Merriman Capital Management suggests some
portfolios.
Intraday index and commodity prices
QuantumOnLine offers information on
Preferred stocks and ETFs.
VirtualGumshoe provides links to public
records and sells investigation services
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Quotes
http://quote.yahoo.com
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Quotes, real
time
Real Estate
www.freerealtime.com
Reference,
encyclopedia
Reference,
encyclopedia
Reference,
Google
Reference,
Google, books
http://encarta.msn.com
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www.moneycentral.msn.com
www.fundadvice.com
www.adrich.com
www.quantumonline.com
www.zillow.com
http://Britannica.com
Yahoo! Finance is a good site for stock and
fund quotations
FreeRealTime provides real time quotes plus
analysis and commentary.
Zillow.com provides comprehensive housing
valuations.
Provides access to the encyclopedia, dictionary,
atlas, etc.
The Encyclopedia Britannica is a
comprehensive resource.
http://scholargoogle.co.uk
http://www.google.com/books
Access to a wide range of books.
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Reference,
Library
Reference,
Library
Reference,
Library
Research
http://www.bl.uk
The British Library is a major search resource.
http://www.loc.gov/index.html
Access to The Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html
The Library of Congress Virtual Reference
Shelf.
Reuters news and research on stocks and funds.
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Research,
economy
www.newyorkfed.org/research/index.html
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Research, stock
www.hoovers.com
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Retirement
planning
http://personal.fidelity.com/misc/redirect/custom404_frame.shtml
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Retirement
planning
Rotation, sector
www.financialengines.com
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Screening,
stock
www.moneycentral.msn.com/investor
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www.smartmoney.com
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Screening,
stock
SEC
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Sector, charts
http://stockcharts.com/charts/performance/SPSectors.html
Professor Sharpe’s site for retirement and
financial planning. As good as it can get.
Invest-N-Best offers advice on market sector
rotation.
Microsoft’s MoneyCentral offers free screening
of 8000+ stocks with 200 data fields. They
provide a very broad range of services.
Smart Money provides an in-depth screening
tool for stocks and funds.
U, S. Securities and Exchange Commission
offers news and regulations.
StockCharts offers sector SPDR charts.
Snapshot, ETFx
http://gummy-stuff.org/units.htm
Gummy-stuff provides 16 ETF charts
Snapshot,
indexes
http://gummy-stuff.org/indices.htm
Gummy-stuff provides 18 sector and market
indices
Snapshot,
International
markets
Software
http://Gummy-stuff.org/markets.htm
Gummy-stuff provides a snapshot of 18
international indexes.
http://www.quicken.com
Quicken provides access to their home and
business software and services.
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http://www.multexinvestor.com
www.investnbest.com/
www.sec.gov
Federal Reserve Bank of New York provides
access to their research library. It is very high
level economic research.
Hoovers on line fee based efficient site also
provides access to their profile database on
3,000 companies
Fidelity Investments terrific retirement
calculators.
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Software, free
www.downloads.com
Software, free
http://Majorgeeks.com
SoftwareFree offers free utility software that is
usually not high-end stuff.
Major Geeks offers free software.
SPDRs
www.sectorspdr.com
Select Sector provides information on SPDRs.
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Stock, analysis
www.briefing.com
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Stock,
Strategies
Stocks
http://investnbest.com/
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http://CBS.marketwatch.com
Briefing.com offers analysis on 3 levels. Free
simple analysis, gold and platinum fee based
analysis.
Invesr-N-Best provides comments on ETF’s,
stock and mutual fund strategies
CBS provides comprehensive stock reporting
www.peternavarro.com
Peter Navarro’s website offers opinions.
http://validea.com/home/home.asp
Vailea pro strategies
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Strategies,
investment
Strategies,
investment
Taxes
www.tax.com
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Taxes
www.gainskeeper.com
www.davelandry.com
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Technical
Analysis
Timing, market
Timing, market
http://investnbest.com
Timing, Mutual
Funds
Trading, day
www.fundbuster.com
Unclaimed
funds
Valuation,
stocks
ZIP Codes
www.sco.ca.gov/col/ucp
http://clearstation.com
Tax Analysts provides more than you want to
know about local, state and federal taxes.
GainsKeeper (Wolters Kluwer Financial
Services) provides automated tax-based
financial tools and services with a strong tax
orientation.
Dave Landry offers a 1-minute chart
commentary.
DecisionMoose is an interesting market timing
service.
Invest-n-Best provides opinion and tools. It is
an interesting site loaded with opinion and
advice.
Fundbuster offers mutual fund and ETF market
timing.
TradeHard free internet site helps identify
trends with first-rate commentary.
State of California site for reclaiming unclaimed
funds.
ClearStation touts stocks, markets and industries
http://ZIPSkinny.com
ZIPSkinny provides detailed statistical
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http://decisionmoose.com
www.tradehard.com
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information for each ZIP code. This is a
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treasure for marketers.
Descriptions, ratings and classifications represent the opinions of the editor. The AAII or its Los Angeles Chapter is not responsible for the content of this
document.
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