Links to Finance Sites
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Educational Finance Sites
Interested in getting your CFA? Want to see Warren Buffet's latest letter to his shareholders? Or maybe you just want to learn more about investing? The sites below offer an impressive variety, but all are educational in nature.
| American Association of Individual Investors | A highly regarded association devoted to investor education. |
| Berkshire Hathaway | Warren Buffet's legendary company. His letters to the shareholders alone are worth a visit to the site. Also check out his owner's manual for a guide as to how a company should be run. |
| Briefing.com | Provides commentary on the market throughout the day. |
| CFA Institute | The CFA Institute features information on the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) professional designation and contains a wide array of investment information |
| Financials.com | A compilation of articles from a variety of sites. |
| Investment FAQs | Frequently-asked-questions-about-investments and their answers. Good links to other investment sites as well. |
| Investopedia | A series of short tutorials on various investment topics. |
| Ohio State University's Virtual Finance Library | A "must-see" site for all business majors. |
| The Motley Fool | Discussions of stocks and investment strategies. Sometimes irreverent and off the wall but always interesting. |
| Series 7 and 63 | Sample questions for the securities licensing exams. |
| Value Line | Publisher of Value Line Investment Survey, the best-selling investment advisory service in the world. However, the site does not provide free information on individual companies. |
Economic Information
| National Economic Trends | 
Published by the St. Louis FRB, this is an excellent presentation of
economic information in graph form. Click on the link for the
"Published Issue" for the most recent month shown. (Pdf
format) |
| Reuters Economy |
A very good overview of current economic events. |
| Federal Reserve of St. Louis (FRED 2) | Check out FRED 2, one of the best economic databases on the internet |
| The Dismal Scientist | Recently changed to a pay site, but still one of the best economic sites on the web. Some free links on the front page. |
| FedStats | Loads of statistics on the U.S. (some economic, some not) |
| FreeLunch.com | Free data, data, and more data. |
Industry Information
| Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys | Available only at a high cost over the internet, so it is not linked
here. On-campus MSU students can find Industry Surveys through the MSU Waterfield Library web site. |
| LexisNexis and Mergents |
Available through the Murray State University library for students
and faculty. Excellent search engines for both. The link is for
the MSU library's Blackboard site. |
| Yahoo Finance | An excellent source of recent news for the industry of your choice. |
Common Stocks (Research-Oriented Sites)
Stock Screening Programs
The sites below allow you to screen (or filter) through thousands of companies to find those few that have the characteristics that you are looking for. (E.g., some investors prefer a high dividend yield, conservatively financed companies, and low risk, combined with rapid earnings growth.) Each of the sites below perform the same function; they just do it differently.
| Yahoo Finance |
One of the two best free stock screeners on the internet. |
| MS Investor | A different format from Yahoo's, but quite user-friendly. |
| CNBC |
The Custom Screener is quite flexible. |
Fundamental Analysis / Company Information
To find information on individual companies or stocks, try these links. Most require that you simply type in the name or ticker symbol of the company.
| MS Investor |
Operated by Microsoft, this is one of the premier investment sites on the internet. The Research Wizard (on the left-hand side
of the company's page) is especially handy for a quick look in layman's
language. |
| Reuters | One of my favorites! Complete ratio analyses
with industry averages, sector averages, and the S&P 500 averages.
Tons of free information. |
| Yahoo! Finance | Draws on some of the best in the business for its content.
Click on "Stock Research". For an industry profile, click
on "Industries". |
| Edgar-Online (SEC search) |
Want to find an annual report (Form 10-K) or any document that a company has filed with
the SEC? Look under "Forms and Filing" and click on "Search for Company Filings." |
| CBS Market Watch | Search for the latest news on a company or on a particular
topic. |
| Silicon Investor |
A site that improves every year. |
| CNBC | A well-rounded site. |
| StockSelector | A good
all-around site. |
| SmartMoney | Excellent
articles. Owned by Dow-Jones, publisher of the Wall Street Journal. |
| Bloomberg |
News and all-around information. |
| Kiplinger |
A somewhat unique site. |
Market Commentary
| TheStreet.com | Informed, expert analysis before, during, and after the trading day. |
| Briefing.com | Updated during the day. |
| CBS Market Watch | Daily specialty columns. |
| ZD Interactive Investor | Excellent editorial comment and data. |
Annual/Company Reports
| Multex Investor | Reports on a large number of companies - some free, some for pay. |
| Zacks | Reports and earnings forecasts. |
Technical Analysis
| Stock Charts | Stock charts of all types for a wide variety of companies, with great
control for the user. |
| ClearStation | A very educational site ... and all free. |
| Dorsey Wright | An excellent site for point-and-figure charts. |
Charts
| Stock Charts | Simply put, an outstanding charting service. |
| Big Charts | Charts of the current day's biggest movers (up, down, momentum, etc.). |
Bond Information
| Yahoo Bond Center | A bond screener, current rates, and informative articles - this site has it all. |
| Investing In Bonds | One of the best bond sites on the web. |
| TreasuryDirect | Buy U.S. Treasury securities directly from the Treasury. |
| Fidelity | Screen for bonds and buy them directly from Fidelity |
| Bonds Online | Treasuries, municipals, savings bonds, and more ... they are all here. |
| Moody's | Check out the Watchlist for ratings changes. |
Investment Banking
| ActuaryJobs.com | Links to almost all the major investment banking firms homepages. |
Capital Structure
| Duke University article | A pdf file with an excellent survey of practitioners regarding capital structure and capital budgeting decision. A little dated but still excellent information. |
Factoring of Accounts Receivable
| CCassociates | A very educational site regarding factoring. |
| 1st Commercial Credit | A good overview of the factoring process. |
| Bayview Funding | A major purchaser of accounts receivable. |
| The Receivables Exchange | An eBay-like exchange for buying and selling accounts receivable. |
Government Financing
| Small Business Administration | The SBA was created to help individuals form successful, rapidly growing enterprises. The SBA site provides information on financing but also on other topics of sound business management. |
Venture Capital (for startup companies)
| Idea Cafe | Questions and answers on the basics of venture capital plus a variety of other topics. |
Mortgages
| Mortgage Calculator | A handy calculator for determining monthly payments, comparing payment terms, etc. (Thanks to Rebecca at Coastal Academy in California for the link!) |
Daily Financial News
| Wall Street Journal | The world's premier business newspaper. Some parts are free; others are only for subscribers. |
| Financial Times | A great newspaper for news about Europe (with a British flavor). |
| CNN Money | CNN and Money magazine combine their talents in an excellent site. |
| Investors.com | Conducted by Investor's Business Daily newspaper. |
Mutual Funds
| Morningstar | The leading firm for ratings on mutual funds. |
| Vanguard | An educational site on mutual funds, constructed by one of the largest mutual fund managers in the world. |
Equity Markets
| New York Stock Exchange | NYSE Euronext - one of the world's premier stock exchanges. Recently purchased by Deutsche Boerse. |
| NASDAQ | The Over The Counter market |
| Global Investor | Links to the world's major markets for equities, bonds, and currencies. |
Options/Futures Exchanges
| Chicago Board of Options Exchange | The world's largest options exchange. |
| Chicago Mercantile Exchange | The largest futures exchanges in the world. |
| Futures Industry Association | The only association that represents all of the organizations in the futures market. |
| Investment Research Institute | Option basics and strategies plus a nice glossary of options terminology. |
Brokerage Firms/Associations
| Financial Industry Regulatory Authority | The leading self-regulatory body for the brokerage industry. |
Business/Investment Periodicals
| Barron's | A weekly newspaper on investing by Dow-Jones, Inc. (publishers of the Wall Street Journal) |
| Business Week | Just what it sounds like. |
| Economist | Free articles if you watch the advertisements. |
| Investment News | A weekly newspaper for financial advisors. |
| Forbes | A magazine with an investment focus. |
| Fortune | One of the best. |
| CNNMoney | A popular newssite for personal finance. |
Academic Journals
| Journal of Business | High quality articles but, as one can tell by the title, devoted to general business topics rather than specifically investments. |
| Journal of Finance | The top journal in the finance field. General finance rather than specifically investments-related. |
| Review of Financial Studies | The on-line site provides abstracts from recent issues. |
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