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Financial Portals

Moneycentral (moneycentral.msn.com)
Good collection of tools with easy navigation. Use the stock research wizard to analyze fundaments, price history, and price targets. The stock rating system assigns a numeric value to stocks based on fundamentals, ownership, valuation, and technical indicators.

SmartMoney (www.smartmoney.com)
Use the "Maps" section for a unique, aerial view of hot stocks and sectors, along with their market capitalization.

Bonds

Bonds Online (www.bondsonline.com)
Search for any kind of bond you want based on parameters such as maturity, coupon rate, credit quality, and issuer.

InvestingInBonds.com (www.investinginbonds.com)
Good site for the beginning fixed-income investor.

Charts

Bigcharts (bigcharts.marketwatch.com)
Perhaps the best free interactive charting website. Also offers historical quotes back to 1970.

Clearstation (clearstation.etrade.com)
Subsidiary of E*Trade that combines technical and fundamental analysis and community discussion that caters to short-term investors.

Mutual Funds

Morningstar (www.morningstar.com)
Online presence for the popular periodical. Basic stock and mutual fund information for free. Detailed ratings and commentary available with paid subscriptions. More info.

ETF Connect (www.etfconnect.com)
Good site for locating exchange-traded funds.

Fund Alarm (www.fundalarm.com)
Website dedicated to helping investors decide when to sell a fund.

Company Research

Hoovers (www.hoovers.com)
Offers short profiles of over 50,000 businesses, including company capsules, financial information, and links to company websites.

SEC Info (www.secinfo.com)
Not flashy, but a very comprehensive EDGAR database with plenty of search options.

Dividend Reinvestment Plans

DRIP Central (www.dripcentral.com)
The most comprehensive DRIP site.

Annual Reports

Annual Report Service (www.annualreportservice.com)
Offers a database of over 4,500 annual reports.

AnnualReports.com (www.annualreports.com)
Doesn't offer as many as Annual Report Service, but does have some from foreign companies and offers more search options.

Investing Blogs

Seeking Alpha (seekingalpha.com)
A blog network consisting of 22 financial websites defined by sector and country. Editors select content from more than 60 active contributors.

Bill Cara (www.billcara.com)
Detailed, informative, sometimes exhaustive, and often entertaning.

Investing Communities

Silicon Investor (siliconinvestor.advfn.com)
Home to many interesting message boards.

Marketocracy (www.marketocracy.com)
Clearinghouse for amateur stock pickers.

CANSLIM E-Mail Discussion Group (www.xmission.com/~mcjathan/canslim/)
Dedicated to Investors Business Daily founder William J. O'Neil's CANSLIM stock-picking method. (CANSLIM is an acronym for 7 fundamental and technical rules for finding top stocks.)

 

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