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Barron's Best Websites for Investors

 

MSN Money

A new, enhanced version of Microsoft Investor also includes the best of Money Insider. Create and monitor portfolios for free, access SEC filings, free real-time quotes, technical charting tools, information and expert advice. Other advanced features are available by subscription.

CBS MarketWatch

A joint venture between CBS and DBC. Offers portfolio tracking, a charting utility with tools for technical analysis, links to data from Hoover's and Zack's. Also includes news, analysis and an investment primer.

Yahoo! Finance

Includes such tools as a stock screener, message boards, a pager that can be triggered by your own specific stock price limits, and a portfolio. Includes financial news for U.S. and international markets.

CNN/Money

Morningstar.com

Mutual Funds

CNET News Investor

 

 

Other Investment Sites

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Options | Small Cap Stocks | Stock Exchanges |

Bonds

Yahoo Bond Center

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General Investing

Bloomberg.com

CCN Financial Planning Toolkit

CNBC Investing

How 401(k) Plans Work

Quote.com

Wall Street Journal

 

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Global Markets

Financial Times

Global Investor

American Depository Receipts (ADRs)

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Historical Quotes

Big Charts Historical Quotes

This handy tool is especially useful for income tax and estate planning preparation. Just type in a stock or mutual fund symbol and the desired date (back to January 2, 1985), and BigCharts provides the closing price. Also, this free service provides easy-to-use online charting.

Yahoo Finance - Historical Prices

Provides a range of daily, weekly or monthly historical quotes and dividends.

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IPOs

MSN Money - IPO Central

SEC filing information on companies that have filed to go public with a stock offering. The site includes New filings, Upcoming, View IPOs, Performance, and Highlights.

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Options

888Options.com

Features free resources, including delayed information on equity options and stock prices, a directory of exchange-listed options and educational material.

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Small Cap Stocks

Small Cap Review

Small Cap Stocks are shares of stock traded on the so-called "pink sheets," and generally do not meet the minimum criteria for capitalization and number of shareholders that are required for listing on most exchanges. These stocks are normally sold at a low price, but are thinly traded, with limited market makers.

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Stock Exchanges

American Stock Exchange

The American Stock Exchange provides extraordinary visibility for over 700 companies. Serving financial markets worldwide, the AMEX is the world's second largest auction-marketplace.

NASDAQ Stock Market

Includes investor information, including intraday charts on key indices, intraday charting for all Nasdaq securities, and NYSE and AMEX quotes.

New York Stock Exchange

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Web site is designed as an educational tool for investors, students and teachers. It provides links to a rich diversity of information.

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Company Directories

CorporateInformation

The place to start for locating information on public or private companies around the world. Arranged by country, this is a resource list of sites. Includes links to market research reports, laws, court decisions, the CIA World FactBook, currency rates, and population. An excellent source of hard to find corporate resources on countries.

EDGAR: (SEC Filings & Forms)

This is an index to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval) documents.

EDGAR Online

EDGAR Online provides information about SEC filings and related business intelligence on the Internet. Services include real-time access and advanced searching of SEC filings. Not affiliated with the SEC.

Hoover's Online

This site provides brief profiles for over 10,000 companies. Search by company name, ticker symbol, location, industry, or annual sales. Entries are linked to corporate web sites, press releases, stock quotes, SEC filings, the latest quarterly financial data, and related articles.

McGraw-Hill Construction Sweets Catalog

Sweets catalog offers a wealth of construction product and building material information.

ThomasNet - Thomas Register of American Manufactures

Thomas Register is the most comprehensive online resource for finding companies and products manufactured in North America.

Web100: Big Business on the Web

This site tracks "an index to the Web sites of only the world's largest businesses." Sections include the U.S. Web100, the U.S. Web100 by standard industry category (over 50 industry categories that include more than 400 of the Fortune 500 U.S. corporations), and the Global Web100. Information can cover links to a 5-year income profile, stock quotes, a Hoover company capsule, a review from the Dow Jones Business Directory, NewsWire reports, subsidiaries/related sites, or just a link to a company's Web page.

 

 

Small Business Information

Business.gov

Designed to provide business with one stop access to federal government information, services and transactions. Maintained by the National Performance Review.


CalGOLD (California Government: Online to Desktops)

Provides businesses with information on permits and other requirements of California agencies at all levels of government, including addresses, telephone numbers, and links to agency Internet web pages.

California Department of Consumer Affairs: Boards, Bureaus and Committees

Certification board, bureau and committee contacts for licensees.

National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE)

Includes current news, ideas and legislative issues concerning the self-employed.

Online Women's Business Center (OWBC)

This site provides subject-specific access to some 300 concise articles, written by affiliate agencies and organizations, that offer specific advise on marketing, finance, management, technology and procurement. Maintained by the SBA's Office of Women's Business Ownership.

Quicken.com Small Business Center

Includes sections such as Starting a Business, Managing Your Business, Marketing, Legal Issues, Office Technology, Benefits & Retirement, Employees & Payroll and Taxes & Accounting.

Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)

SCORE is a volunteer service of retire business executives offering their experience and service to any business. Business questions can be submitted and answered via email.

Small Business Administration

Information about starting financing and expanding a business plus local SBA resources. Allows you to list your "business" card online and search for other businesses nationwide.


Small Business Network Resource Library - Infopeople

A place to find information and resources for your small business.

 

 

Bank Rates and Calculators

BankRate.com

Information from Bank Rate Monitor provides rates for mortgage rates, CD rates, auto loans, credit cards, mortgages, and more (including banking tips and a monthly loan payment calculator).

 


 

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