2/7/2011
Education Resources
Site
Strengths
UMDSMC 2011 Spring Contest Orientation
Webinar
- This is the kickoff Webinar for the Challenge that
all registrants should attend and/or view.
Investor's Business Daily (requires
subscription)
http://www.investors.com/
- IBD's stock checkup, screen of the day,
Investors Corner, New America, IBD50, Market
Pulse
The Kirk Report
http://www.kirkreport.com/
- Links to business stories
Dr. Wish's Blog
http://wishingwealthblog.com/
- GMI/market strategy , resource to stock course
StockTrak
http://www.stocktrak.com/
- Help with the trading simulation platform
http://www.stocktrak.com/public/research/res - Educational links at Stocktrak
earch.aspx
CBS Market Watch
http://www.marketwatch.com
- Latest market stories, personal finance advice
Yahoo Finance
http://finance.yahoo.com/
- Up to date stock prices and current market
conditions, stock profile and key statistics
Big Charts
http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/
- Interactive charting.
FreeStockCharts.com
http://www.freestockcharts.com/
- Interactive charting, intraday charts
Stock Charts
http://stockcharts.com/index.html
- Daily performance charts
. . Chart school
- Instructional pages on reading charts and
http://stockcharts.com/school/doku.php?id=ch technical analysis
art_school
Quote. com
http://www.quote.com
- Market news “Bringing The World’s Financial
Markets To You”
CNN Premarket Quotes
http://money.cnn.com/data/afterhours/
- AM market call―premarket stock futures
Worden
http://worden.com/
- TC2007 (a charting program) info, used by stock
course (paid subscription)
Earnings.com
http://www.earnings.com
- Earnings dates
Investopediia
http://www.investopedia.com/
- Tutorials. Dictionary
Chicago Board Options Exchange
http://www.cboe.com
- Options information and educational resources.
Finviz
http://finviz.com/
- Stock screener for investors and traders, financial
visualizations.
Kahn Academy
http://www.khanacademy.org/#Finance
- Many videos on many different aspect of finance
and macroeconomics
American Association of Individual Investors
http://www.aaii.com/
- A member site with a fair amount of free content
for non-members
Motley Fool
http://www.fool.com/
- Provides financial information for investors of
every kind. Their purpose is to educate, amuse,
and enrich.
- The book list for Dr. Wish’s courses
HONR 269Q and BSOS289i Booklist:
Required Texts
John Boik. Lessons from the Greatest Stock Traders of All Time, 2004
Nicolas Darvas How I Made 2 Million Dollars in the Stock Market, 1986
Edward Lefevre. Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, 1923, 1994
Peter Lynch. One up on Wall Street, 2000
William O'Neil. How to Make Money in Stocks, 2002
William O'Neil How to Make Money Selling Stocks Short, 2004
Michael Sincere Understanding Options, 2007
Stan Weinstein. Secrets of Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets, 1988
Investor's Business Daily Newspaper (Call800-831-2525 for Student/Semester Discount.
< www.investors.com >)
Recommended Texts
William O'Neil The Successful Investor, 2003
John Boik How Legendary Traders Made Millions, 2006
Michael W. Covel. The Complete Turtletrader, 2007
Curtis M. Faith. Way of the Turtle, 2007