Internet Financial Information:
In the November 21, 2000 issue of PC Magazine they reported on the results of a survey where readers graded some financial sites. Here are the results (without links):
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Banking Sites:
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Bank of America - C
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Bank One - F
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Chase - C
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Citibank.com - A
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Wells Fargo - B
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Investment Sites:
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Ameritrade - C
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Charles Schwab - A
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Datek Online - B
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E*Trade - F
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Fidelity.com - B
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TD Waterhouse - C
In the November 5, 2000 issue of
access magazine they listed four online brokerages that offer no-fee trading. BUT
you need to watch out for the hidden costs! Here are the sites:
www.financialcafe.com
www.americanexpress.com
www.freetrade.com
www.freetradez.com
The December 2000 issue of Computer
User magazine listed their best financial sites on the web. They included.
www.fool.com The Motley Fool
www.bigcharts.com Big Charts
www.thestreet.com The Street
http://interactive.wsj.com/4thcoljump.html
The Wall Street Jorrnal (This cost $59 per year.)
http://finance.yahoo.com Yahoo!
Finance
www.informedinvestor.com
The Informed Investor
www.forbes.com Forbes
Here are Dale's favorite (22!) financial web sites. He also gets daily email from Forbes and Smart Money for news and ideas.
1. www.my.yahoo.com UNCLUTTERED AND
FAST WITH NIFTY INFO EASILY VIEWED NEWS; S&P, NASDAQ ETC LIST OF MY EQUITIES PLUS
OTHERS RECENT NEWS OF MY STOCKS CHARTS; BIG DAY; AVERAGES UPGRADES; DOWNGRADES; SPLITS (10 EST DIP; ORDER BELOW LAST PRICE; DAY ONLY)
2. www.bloomberg.com BRINGS TO NET MANY
FEATURES OF POWERFUL BLOOMBERG INFORMATION
SERVICES USED BY MORE THAN 280,000 INVESTMENT PRO-FESSIONALS,
BREAKING NEWS FROM RADIO AND TV.
STOCK STREAMING,
HUGE LINKS RESOURCE ETC ETC
3. www.dailystocks.com MUCH
LIKE BLOOMBERG WITH GIGABLAST NUMBER OF LINKS
4. www.smartmoney.com ANOTHER
COMPLETE SITE. HAS NIFTY PIE CHART FEATURE SO
YOU CAN COMPARE YOUR FUND STOCKS SECTOR BY
SECTOR AND BY OVERLAPPING ANOTHER FUND TO CHECK FOR DIVERSIFICATION.
(NICE EMAIL ALSO)
5. www.forbes.com FINE
EMAILS. TAP INTO THE MAGAZINE TO READ
ARTICLES BY LEADING GURUS. ALL
FORMS OF ANALYSIS AND LINKS
6. www.stockhouse.com INTERESTING
MOMENTUM RATINGS WITH SHORT TERM MOMENTUM LIST WITH WEIGHTINGS.
7. cnbc.tradeworx.com CLEVER
LIMIT ORDER ANALYZER. INPUT YOUR BUY/SELL
LIMIT PRICE INDICATES ODDS OF GETTING YOUR
PRICE AT THAT TIME.
8. www.financialweb.com GREAT STOCK ANALYSIS AT
VECTOR WEST
9. www.stockselector.com GREAT
ANALYS PLUS GOOD EQUITY ALERTS
10. www.companysleuth.com BIG TIME SAVER. SET UP A PORTFOLIO OF TEN STOCKS AND SLEUTH WILL
SEARCH MOST LEADING STORIES AND STOCK
MESSAGE SERVICES AND WILL EMAIL RESULTS OF
WHAT IT FINDS DAILY.
11. www.znet.com USES FORMIDABLE
RESOURCES OF ZIFF-DAVIS FAMILY OF TECHNOLOGY PUBLICATIONS WEB SITES TO SCAN NEWS FOR SIX
CATAGORYS OF INFORMATION: 1. BUSINESS, 2. COMPUTING, 3. INTERNET, 4. LAW/POLITICS, 5. RUMORS, 6. INTERACTIVE INVESTOR
12. www.island.com REAL
TIME MARKET ACTIVITY. OBSERVE ORDERS BOOKED
FOR INTERESTING LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO YOUR STOCK.
13. www.bigcharts.com NICE
CHARTING PLUS AFTER HOURS MARKET ACTIVITY.
14. www.quicken.com A
FORMIDABLE FULL USE FINANCIAL SITE. GOOD
DAILY EMAIL; GREAT PORTFOLIO TRACKER WITH ALERTS
15. www.netcognizance.com CLEAR, CONCISE
INFORMATION.
16. www.biocognizance.com DITTO
PLUS BIO SECTOR INFORMATION
17. www.cnetinvestor.com GOOD
SELECTION OF BROKER REPORTS AND OPINIONS.
18. www.gainskeeper.com A
VERY VERY IMPORTANT SITE AS THIS ONE ENSURES
THAT COST BASIS AND GAINS AND LOSSES ARE ACCURATELY AND AUTOMATICALLY CALCULATED FOR MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS, SPIN OFFS AND SPLITS. DESIGNED TO EASE THE DREADED YEAR END PREPARATION
OF IRS SCHEDULE D.
19. www.clearstation.com INDEPTH ADVISORY OF YOUR HOLDINGS
20. www.morningstar.com A
COMPHREHENSIVE INVESTMENT SITE. A STANDARD FOR MUTUAL FUND INFO.
21. www.sandp.com RUN BY STANDARD AND
POORS. FUNDS FOR RISK ADJUSTED ANNUAL
PERFORMANCE FOR 3 YEARS. TIPS MODIFICATIONS
IN FUNDS.
22. www.fundalarm.com A BLUNT OPINION
ABOUT YOUR FUND COMPARED TO A BENCHMARK
INDEX. IF YOUR FUND UNDERPERFORMS IN ONE,
THREE OR FIVE YEARS, ALARMS GO OFF INDICATING CONSIDERATION OF SELLING. WATCHES MANAGER RELOCATIONS.