Research Guides: Financial Markets and Investments: Portals & Educational Sites

Portals

CNBC.com
Includes news, analysis, feature articles, and data on stocks, funds, bonds, and financial markets.
CNNMoney.com
Provides links to Fortune, Money and Fortune Small Business magazines, as well as for CNN’s business coverage of financial, business, and industry-specific news for US and world markets.

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Includes information on stocks, commodities, interest rates, and currencies as well as personal finance calculators, mutual fund reports, and investment and financial advice.
SmartMoney.com
Financial gateway for the individual investor with information on stocks, bonds, mutual funds, money markets, etc.
Yahoo! Finance
Find the latest company news and company profiles, excellent charts, key statistics, financial statements, current and historical stock quotes going back to 1986, top ten competitors and SEC filings.

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Also, provides 51 broad industry research reports comparing the top 10 companies in each.
Zacks Investment Research
While not all information is for free, you can search by ticker to find company reports including charts, earning estimates, fundamental ratios, industry ratios and growth rates.

Seeking Alpha

Investment Advice, Tips, and Education

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
FINRA provides comprehensive market data on equities, options and a wide range of bonds. It also helps investors build their financial knowledge and provides them with essential tools to better understand the markets and basic principles of saving and investing.
Investopedia.com
Investopedia provides a wealth of information on investing and allows users to look at it based on where they are in their investing life: as a beginner, experienced investor, active trader or preparing for retirement. There are tutorials, an investment game, a dictionary, research material and more.
Investor's Clearinghouse
The Alliance for Investor Education’s Investor’s Clearinghouse provides information on investing and financial markets, including educational material and links to other investment websites. Alliance members include the American Association of Individual Investors, the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute, the New York Stock Exchange and the Federal Reserve, among others.
Investor Information
Created by the Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Investor Education and Assistance, this page has links to SEC tips and publications that will help users to "invest wisely and avoid costly mistakes and fraud." It also has suggestions on doing research, interactive tools to look at mutual funds and publicly traded companies, information on filing complaints, and links to other investor education sites.
MoneyChimp
MoneyChimp provides clear explanations on topics such as how to read an annual report, valuation methods, portfolios and index analysis, among others. Find calculators here as well as a section on "How Finance Works." Use their Chimp-a-Go-Go feature to learn something random.
Morningstar Investment Classroom
Detailed tutorials on stocks, funds, bonds and portfolio management. Requires free registration.
Wachowicz's Web World
Web sites for finance students.

LibGuide Content Credit

The Walker Management Library thanks the RUSA BRASS Education Committee and the originating author/maintainers (Celia Ross, Columbia College, Chicago; Dennis Smith, University of Pittsburgh. and original compiler Jennifer Boettcher, Georgetown University) for allowing us to share portions of their original LibGuide which is located at: http://brass.libguides.com/index.php