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E*TRADE Canada Smart Links: Top Web Sites for the Independent Investor
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Canadian Sites
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Canadian Stock Market Reporter Inc. (www.canstock.com) Provides real-time and delayed stock quotes, charts, breaking news, archived news releases, company profiles, and market statistics. Portfolio Tracker allows you to easily track companies you are interested in. Monthly subscriptions from $14.95 per month.
Canadian Online Explorer (www.canoe.com) A "supersite" with a compilation of sites providing information on news, sports, entertainment and business. Access to leading newspapers and magazines. Charts and 15-minute delayed quotes.
The Fund Library (www.fundlib.com) A variety of information about Canadian mutual funds, including books, newsletters and press releases. Daily mutual fund prices (NAVPS) and links to fund companies.
Gordon Pape's Building Wealth on the Net (www.gordonpape.com) Information about the financial marketplace in Canada. Newsletters and books. Links to Mutual Fund companies
Globe and Mail Report on Business (web.theglobeandmail.com) Front page of the ROB, plus many of the main stories and columns.
Alberta Stock Exchange (www.alberta.net) Link to web sites of member firms and listed companies of the Alberta Stock Exchange.
Montreal Exchange (www.me.org) General information about the exchange, including its history, member firms, listed companies, press releases. Quotes on equities and indicies.
Vancouver Stock Exchange (www.vse.com) Current information on each of the Exchange's 1,500 listed companies, including contact details and trading background. Weekly market activity including trading totals, most active stocks, and largest gainers and losers.
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Asia, Inc. Online (www.asia-inc.com) Asia, Inc. Online provides a complete round-up of Asian markets including market commentary (daily), IPO updates (weekly), an Indonesian fund breakfast report (daily), market closings (daily), Hong Kong and China equity buy/sell recommendations (3 per week) and FX market advice (daily). All on Asian time.
Closing Bell (www.merc.com/cb/cgi/cb_merc.cgi) Closing Bell, a free service from Mercury Mail. Receive a daily e-mail message containing closing prices and news for a personalized portfolio of market indices, mutual funds and securities from the three major U.S. exchanges.
CNNfn Financial Network (www.cnnfn.com) Extensive timely financial news from CNN including hot stories, market, research, CNN news and much more.
DBC Online (www.dbc.com) Provides market data to individual investors including quotes, charts, personal portfolio, market commentary, stock chat, fixed income information, federal news services and much more. Also includes leisure activities such as wine, food, travel, and score, stats and headlines of sports.
Financial Data Finder-Ohio State University Finance Department (www.cob.ohio-state.edu/dept/fin/osudata.htm) The Financial Data Finder page points to financial and economic data available on the Web and elsewhere. Download data, find out about Canada's daily exchange rates and interest rate reports, go to business libraries, monitor bank rates, find lists of price change, volume and annual extremes of stocks on the AMEX, or get the complete 10Ks, 14Ds, S3s, 8Ks etc. of most public companies in the US over the last few years.
Internal Revenue Service (www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/) Download and print publications or tax forms and instructions online! Get tax information, Internal Revenue Bulletin, or make a comment about proposed tax regulation.
InterNet Bankrupt Library (bankrupt.com) Distressed securities data including bankruptcy stocks and bonds, list of public companies in Chapter 11, and post reorganization securities.
INVESTools (www.investools.com) Ranked #1 online newsletter site by Barrons. Get quotes and news, reports and data on IPOs, mutual funds, international stocks, close-end funds, earnings estimates and fundamentals.
Investorama (www.investorama.com) Well-organized directory of financial resources on the Web for individual investors with over 4,088 links.
Investor's Edge (www.investorsedge.com) Provides investors with IPO online calendar, stock quotes, mutual fund quotes, a personal portfolio that tracks and monitors 15 stocks and 15 mutual funds, most actives, indices, news, and search companies by industry.
IPO Central (www.ipocentral.com) Find the most recent IPO filings, news and analysis of featured IPO or search for an IPO company alphabetically or chronologically by filing date. Now featuring expanded, comprehensive information on all US IPOs filed since May 6, 1996.
Microsoft Investor (www.investor.msn.com) The one-stop investment tool that lets you monitor all your stocks and mutual funds at a glance. It gives you immediate access to the latest news from trusted sources, and contains a wealth of historical price information that lets you clearly see your favorite stocks climb to new highs.
Motley Fool (www.fool.com) The Online Financial Forum For The Individual Investor. Have some fun and check out Motley Fool which provides some very basic strategies on investing. Learn their 13 Steps to Investing Foolishly and check out their portfolios.
MSNBC (www.msnbc.com) The only news organization to embrace three media technologies broadcast, cable and the Internet MSNBC brings you up-to-the-minute news from around the globe. Create your own customizable front page that will bring together all the topics and only those topics that interest you personally.
NETWorth (www.networth.galt.com) NETworth provides you with the knowledge to make your own investment decisions. Follow mutual funds or equities and access background information all in one convenient location.
Neural© (www.neural.com) Design and track your investment portfolio the intelligent way with the Data Mining powers of NetProphet! Download the free stock tracking and prediction software today.
Pointcast Network (www.pointcast.com) PointCast Network is a free service with personalized national and international news, stock information, industry updates, weather from around the globe, sports scores and more. PCN content is custom tailored to your needs and automatically delivered to your desktop.
PR Newswire (www.prnewswire.com) The leading source of immediate news from corporations worldwide for media, business, the financial community, and the individual investors. Also includes, Company News On-Call which provides breaking stories as well as a one year archive of press releases issued by each participating company.
SmallCap Investor (www.financialweb.com) Provides directory of Nasdaq SmallCap stocks on the web. Also includes upcoming SmallCap IPOs, research reports, news, the MicorCap50 index, and much more.
StockMaster (www.stockmaster.com) Charts on stocks, mutual funds and indices. Provides charts on volume, price, and comparison with the S&P 500.
Stock Research Group (www.stockgroup.com) Provides Hot Companies list (companies poised to take off in the near future), Daily market report, What's Hot this Week (latest developments in the market), Today's News Chat rooms and The Analyst Corner with Tom Kinakin reporting to his subscribers on undervalued high growth stocks since 1987.
Stockroom (www.stockroom.org) Features graphs and quotes of US and Foreign Stock Market Indices, Bond Yields, Metals, Currencies, Advance/Decline and Breadth Indicators, Interest Rates, Producer Price Indicies, Fidelity Sector Fund Relative Strength, and custom graphing options.
Stock Smart (www.stocksmart.com) Provides information on stocks sorted by industries, ranks the current performance of 5,549 Mutual Funds comparing the relative performance of each Fund to both the S&P 500 and to Funds of the same type, contains over 9,000 World Wide Stocks in 40 Countries profiled, get market news, and set up your own personal portfolio manger.
US Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov) Learn about the SEC, email for investor assistance and complaints, get current SEC rulemaking, Enforcement Action, SEC Digest and Statements, or Small Business information. Brought to you by the SEC's Office of Investor Education and Assistance, providing investors with the information they need to invest wisely and avoid securities fraud and abuse.
Wall Street Net (www.netresource.com/wsn/) Brings you the very latest on what's happening in the world of corporate debt and equity financing, as well as archival data, including SEC filings and prospectuses on transactions over the past twelve months.
Your Personal Network (www.ypn.com/mm-bin/genobject/news_money) Provides information on investing such as investment basics, economy watch, industries and companies, the markets, news & advice, and portfolio management. Also provides information on personal finance such as financial software, insurance, real estate, retirement, and your will.
Magazines/Newspapers
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BARRON'S Online (www.barrons.com) For a limited time, register online and get FREE access to all parts of the BARRON'S Online site.
Business Week (www.businessweek.com) Find out what's happening in the business world, read the current issue of Business Week online including stories that appear only in Business Week's International editions.
Forbes Magazine (www.forbes.com) Read the latest issue of Forbes online plus find old issues in their archives. Also, get the list of The 500 Largest Private Companies and The 200 Best Small Companies in America.
Fortune Magazine (www.fortune.com) Get the latest issue of Fortune Magazine on-line plus find old issues in their archives. Also, special issues on the Fortune 500 list, Global 500 list, Pacific Rim Special, and Investor's Guide 1997.
Kiplinger Online (www.kiplinger.com) Kiplinger is a provider of personal finance and business forecasting. They provide information in many formats: business letters, magazines, books, software, videotapes, audio tapes, television shows, syndicated newspaper columns...and now the Internet. Check out their news of the day, business forecast, personal finance, stock quotes, top funds, retirement advice and a calculators that allow you to compute key financial decisions with ease.
Money Online (pathfinder.com/money/) Provides information on the markets, news, investing, savings and borrowing, retirement, home, colleges and a whole lot more.
Money Talks (www.talks.com) The investment magazine for the individual investor interested in mutual funds, personal finance, the equities marketplace, the utilities and power industries, and the retail industry. Written by some of America's most respected financial writers, Money Talks is updated daily.
Red Herring (www.redherring.com) A magazine that provides business information for the technology and entertainment industries. Read the current issue of Red Herring online, get news and analysis, company profiles, and featuring the new Red Herring Direct which delivers technology business news straight to your desktop via e-mail FREE!
Investor's Business Daily (www.investors.com) Investor's Business Daily is designed to provide both concise and comprehensive coverage of business, financial, economic, and national news.
New York Times (www.nytimes.com) As a subscription based service, the New York Times brings you the latest news online. Offering various news categories, the New York Times gives you the information you are looking for all online.
USA Today (www.usatoday.com) USA TODAY Online is free on the Internet. It features more than 70,000 pages of up-to-the-minute news, sports, business and technology news, five-day weather forecasts and travel information available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Provides Wall Street market summaries, global markets, mutual funds, economic reports, bank rates, latest IPOs, and much more.
Washington Post (www.washingtonpost.com) Read the current edition of the national, international, and business news online!
Exchanges
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American Stock Exchange (AMEX) (www.amex.com) Links to companies listed on the exchange. Offers market summaries and news on AMEX companies and on the exchange. Gives introduction to derivatives. Gives option symbols for all AMEX companies. Information Exchange: offers insights from influential business leaders on major issues tied to the capital markets. Take a tour of the exchange!
Chicago Board of Options Exchange (CBOE) (www.cboe.com) Provides information on Chicago Board of Options Exchange. Get educated and learn more about options online or attend educational events and seminars! Find information on LEAPS. Gives current and historical statistics on options. Get news announcements of the exchange and new options listings.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (www.cme.com) Daily settlement of all CME futures and options, estimated volume and open interest. Product information and directory of clearing members. Learn about the exchange and latest news at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Look for educational resources such as CME Classroom, publications, rulebook, and the CME library (Daily Futures News Index).
Nasdaq (www.nasdaq.com) Provides graph of Nasdaq Composite and Nasdaq 100 Index with index activities, most active, news and quotes.
The New York Stock Exchange (www.nyse.com) Searchable company listings, daily market summary, catalog of NYSE publications, and more. Take a look at NYSE's Visitor Center and learn about the exchange.
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (www.phlx.com) Get information about different products from Philadelphia Stock Exchange such as Currency Options, Equities, Equity Options, LEAPS©, and Sectors Index Options . Also get newsletters, options specifications, calendar of events, and PSE press releases.
Fee-Based Sites
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Bloomberg Personal (www.bloomberg.com) Bloomberg PERSONAL Online provides information on subjects covered by Bloomberg PERSONAL on TV, a PERSONAL Finance Television Show, and viewers who watch the show. Provides information about world markets, news, financial analysis, sports, weather, lottery scoreboard and much more.
Dow Jones & Company (www.dowjones.com) Dow Jones is one of the world's premier publishers of business news and information. Dow Jones serves the financial community through business newswires, Business Information Services, Barron's online, Smart Money, WSJ Interactive and much more.
Dun and Bradstreet (www.dbisna.com) Provides information on 11 million companies. Order business background reports for $20/each. Reports include: information on company history, management, special events, recent newsworthy items, and a business operations overview.
EDGAR Online (www.edgar-online.com) Subscription-based service offers up-to-date SEC electronic corporate filings for corporate financial data and other resources. The source for today's up-to-the-minute SEC electronic corporate filings. Also available are SEC EDGAR documents going back to 1994. Subscriptions to the EDGAR ONLINE service are available at $9.95 per month to all of Hoover's company profiles.
Hoover's Online (www.hoovers.com) Provides companies news and earnings, industry insights, quotes and charts in their Cyberstocks, the site for wired investor. Also, check out Hoover's job search, IPO Central, corporate web sites or subscribe to Hoover's company profiles for $9.95 a month.
Internet Closed End Fund Investor (www.icefi.com) Provides a wide variety of information on closed-end mutual funds. Basics of investing in closed end funds, daily overview reports, performance results, market sentiment indicators, profiles of domestic and international funds, and several indices.
The Pristine Day Trader (www.pristine.com) Gives daily stock recommendation for active traders. Includes The Pristine SmallCap Review, Day Trader, Daily Hotline, and Education.
Quote.Com (www.quote.com) Provides current quotes on stocks, options, commodity futures, mutual funds and bonds. Also offers business news, market analysis and commentary, balance sheet data, and company profiles.
Reuters Money Network (www.moneynet.com) Free market updates, news headlines, price history, customizable market snapshot, and newsletters. Purchase "Premium Reports" packed with useful company information, for $4.95. View a sample report before ordering.
Smart Money (www.dowjones.com/smart) The Wall Street Journal Magazine of Personal Business. Get online to read a brief summary of the current issue of Smart Money and find out 15 reasons why you should subscribe to Smart Money Magazine.
Telescan's Wall Street City (www.wallstreetcity.com) Offers a collection of investment information and tools available both free and fee-based. Track your personal finances or custom design your own stock and mutual fund searches, access real-time and delayed quotes on over 300,000 domestic and international securities, run full technical analysis on stock graphs from 1 day to 23 years, check out the daily market commentary, research company data , download investment newsletters, talk with other investors, learn about investing.
Thompson MarketEdge (www.marketedge.com) Complete stock, bond and mutual fund investing information, designed for the personal investor.
Wall Street Journal Interactive (www.wsj.com) Read the Wall Street Journal online and try the first two weeks free. WSJ Interactive provides a Personal Journal for you to customize your own section of the Interactive Edition to meet your interests. Spend just a few minutes setting up a news profile--you can search for words, phrases and companies you want to follow. Each time you visit Personal Journal, all your news is gathered and presented to you.
Zacks Investment Research (www.zacks.com) Zacks is a full-service quantitative research firm, offering a suite of products designed to provide institutional money managers with the tools they need to optimize their equity decision making process. Also includes tools for individual investors and retail brokers. Try their free 1 month trial to Analyst Watch on the Internet!
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