Finance & Investment Websites


Bonds

Bonds Online
www.bonds-online.com

Bonds Online provides instant access to and extensive coverage of over 3.5 million stocks, bonds, indexes and other securities covering major and emerging markets and exchanges across the globe.

Financial Pipeline
www.finpipe.com/fixed.htm

This site includes discussion of types of bonds, how bonds trade, valuing bonds, bond management strategies, information on interest rates as well as credit ratings and analysis.

Fitch IBCA
www.fitchibca.com

Fitch Ratings is a leading global rating agency committed to providing the world's credit markets with independent, timely and prospective credit opinions.

Investing in Bonds
www.investinginbonds.com

Geared toward many types of investors, Investinginbonds.com is a unique source of bond price information and includes a wide variety of market data, news, commentary and information about bonds.

Treasury Direct
www.savingsbonds.gov

This site offers product information and research across the entire line of Treasury Securities, from Series EE Savings Bonds to Treasury Notes. The new TreasuryDirect accounts offer Treasury Bills, Notes, Bonds, Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS), and Series I and EE Savings Bonds in electronic form in one convenient account.

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Commodities

Commodity Library
commodities.thefinancials.com

This site provides links to commodity newsletters, market analysis information, futures quotes, news and charts.

Options Clearing Corporation
onn.theocc.com

The Options Clearing Corporation is a customer-driven clearing organization that delivers world-class risk management, clearance and settlement services at a reasonable cost; and provides value-added services that advocate and grow the markets they serve.

Platts
www.platts.com

Platts, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, is a leading global provider of energy and metals information. Platts serves the oil, natural gas, electricity, nuclear power, coal, petrochemical and metals markets.

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General Information

CNNMoney
money.cnn.com

This site links to business and financial news that is delivered throughout the day along with investing, financial, CEO, technology and company information and trends.

FinanceWise
www.financewise.com/public/unreg.htm
Finance Wise is a search engine designed to focus only on web pages with financial content. The topics covered range from risk management to syndicated finance.

Financial Data Finder
www.cob.ohio-state.edu/fin/osudata.htm

Financial Data Finder is database of web sites targeted for finance researchers and scholars.

Financial Terminology Database
tradition.axone.ch
The Financial Terminology Database provides a glossary for over 500 financial terms. You may type your search in English, German, French or Italian, or you may go to an alphabetic listing of terms.

FINWeb
www.finweb.com

FINWeb is managed by James Garven, PhD, at Baylor University. His site indexes internet resources focusing on economics and finance-related topics. The types of resources indexed are journals, working papers, databases, and other miscellaneous resources.

Investment FAQ
www.invest-faq.com

This site answers many frequently asked questions about investments and personal finance.

InvestorGuide.com
www.investorguide.com

InvestorGuide.com is a free, comprehensive, up-to-date tool to help manage investments and personal finances.

InvestorLinks.com
www.investorlinks.com

InvestorLinks.com offers a comprehensive financial directory on the internet, with links and descriptions to over 12,000 financial websites, free portfolio tracker, emailed news alerts, message boards, stock quotes and indices.

MarketWatch
cbs.marketwatch.com

Market Watch is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dow Jones & Company, Inc. and is a leading provider of business news, financial information and analytical tools.

Motley Fool
www.fool.com

This site strives to educate, amuse and enrich individual investors through its multimedia financial education company.

RBC Centura: Financial Calulators and Tools
www.rbccentura.com/tools

This links to a site of helpful calculators and tools covering mortgages, college expenses, auto expenses, retirement plans, budget planning, business concerns, life insurance and savings.

Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
www.sifma.org

This site is a voice for industry and market regulatory and legislative priorities, delivering education and information to individual investors.

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Initial Public Offerings

Initial Public Offering Resources
www.iporesources.org

This is a resource for ipo-related information that marries non-profit academic and commercial content.

ipo.com
www.ipo.com

This site provides users with the latest news on IPO filings, pricing, withdrawals, underwriters, venture capital information, aftermarket performance and other useful information for new issues.

IPO Home
www.ipohome.com

This free site enables investors to find out about upcoming IPOs, analyze the IPO, and track the returns of each IPO and of the overall IPO market.

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Mutual Funds

CNNmoney Mutual Funds
money.cnn.com/funds

CNN Money's expert reporters and analysts bring you useful information about mutual funds, including financial advice and investment strategy for new investors

Fund Alarm
www.fundalarm.com

Fund Alarm is a free, non-commercial Website with a view of the mutual fund industry that is slightly off-center. They help you decide when it's time to sell a fund, instead of when it's time to buy.

Morning Star
www.morningstar.com

Morningstar is a trusted source for insightful information on stocks, mutual funds, variable annuities, closed-end funds, exchange-traded funds, separate accounts, hedge funds, and 529 college savings plans. With operations in 16 countries, they currently provide data on more than 230,000 investment offerings worldwide.

Mutual Fund Investor's Center
www.mfea.com

This site serves as a clearinghouse for fund information, providing direct links to educational topics, worksheets, calculators and commentary on a variety of subjects provided by leading fund companies. It is one of the largest mutual fund sites, with hundreds of links to topics and data.

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Stocks

Big Charts
www.bigcharts.com

Big Charts is a comprehensive and easy-to-use investment research Web site, providing access to professional-level research tools such as interactive charts, quotes, industry analysis and intraday stock screeners, as well as market news and commentary.

DRIP Central (Dividend Reinvestment Plans)
www.dripcentral.com

DRIP Central is comprehensive resource about dividend reinvestment plans including a directory, tutorials, links and message boards.

Depository Receipts (Bank of New York)
www.adrbny.com

The Bank of New York is depository for more than 1,250 American and global depository receipt programs acting in partnership with leading companies from 61 countries. The Bank delivers a comprehensive suite of integrated depositary receipt corporate trust and stock transfer service

Globeinvestor.com
www.globeinvestor.com

This site offers free and unlimited stock performance analysis for both Canadian and US markets including stock screening and analysis tools, stock quotes, company snapshots,
portfolio tracking and more.

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