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BigCharts
For devotees of technical analysis this site focuses on charts: quick charts, interactive charts and java charts help with investment decisions.
Bondsonline
Instant information on US Treasury, municipal, corporate and zero coupon bonds and CD's. Bondsonline also includes tutorials on all types of fixed income products, current and historical prices and yields, in-depth coverage of convertible and preferred issues.
Investopedia
A soup-to-nuts educational web site for the novice investor or the sophisicated trader. Investment tutorials, financial dictionaries, introductory "classes" in technical and fundamental analysis--complete with exams--are offered. After you've made your killing in the market you can read the site's "Retirement Corner".
Morningstar
One of the most well-respected names in the mutual fund industry offers information on mutual funds as well as individual equites. The site's Investment Center gives valuable insights into such areas as 401k's, retirement planning, tax strategies and wealth management.
MSN Money
A comprehensive site for investing and personal finance. Market reports, IPO's, equity analysts upgrade and downgrades, stock screeners and charts are all available to help with your investing needs.
SEC Filings (EDGAR)
This site holds filings for all SEC registered US and foreign publicaly held companies. The most authorataive source available for annual financial statement, 10k's, 10Q's and more. The site will walk you through content and usage. There are links to historical EDGAR archives and special purpose searches. The site is a must-see for serious investors.
Yahoo Finance
One of the most comprehensive sites for stock quotes, historical stock prices, charts, news, insider holdings and a host of other investment and personal finance information. Tutorials and investment strategies are an added plus.

Articles & Databases
A fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information. (To search this database, click on the link above then scroll to the title in the list that appears and click on the title again.)
Provides full-text articles from over 2,500 scholarly business journals. Updated daily, Business Source Premier covers all aspects of business.
A combination of three full-text and abstracted databases: ABI/INFORM Dateline, ABI/INFORM Research and The New York Times. Provides access to select business newspapers and periodicals, including the Wall Street Journal.

Print Resources
A Modern Approach to Graham & Dodd Investing
Thomas P. Au
Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffet's investment guru, and his co-investor David Dodd are updated here for a fresh look at value investing for the 21st century.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street
Burton G. Malkiel
An updated and revised edition of Malkiel's seminal book that teaches how to buy and hold a broad index of stocks to make money grow for the long haul.
Finding the Next Starbucks
Michael Moe
The book's subtitle tells it all "How to Identify and Invest in the Hot Stocks of Tomorrow". Moe is a research anaylst who forecasts winners in their start-up phase.
The Chicago Board of Trade Handbook of Futures & Options
For the novice or the experienced trader the CBOT gives specifics on how futures and options work and how you can benefit by including them in your investment strategy.
Timing the Market
Deborah Weir
Weir explores the technical analysis side of investment theory. She also discusses the significance of the yield curve and cultural indicators in order to help investors avoid pitfalls. Her key to success is learning to interpret the US Treasury yield curve.

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Brinker opens with a lengthy and detailed discussion of current events and trends in the economy and the financial markets. He recommends both mutual funds and individual equities and has created three model portfolios that reflect his theories.
Incisive market commentary from Wall Street's most famous and erudite contrarian. Read it weekly, if for no other reason than to experience Grant's excellent writing and dry, intelligent wit.
Thomas Herzfeld, closed-end fund guru par excellence and the publisher of this newest addition to our growing financial newsletter collection, writes a detailed introduction to each month's edition of Investor's Guide to Closed-End Funds. This general overview highlights significant trends in the industry, information and analysis of specific closed-ends funds and insights into subjects like tax selling, expense ratios and related statistics. The balance of this lengthy newsletter is devoted to closed-end fund performance rankings and surveys, dividend declarations and model portfolios.
Sheldon Jacobs spearheads this very popular market report on no-load (no commission) mutual funds. Gives an overview on no-load fund events, comparative list of fund performance and creates no-load portfolios for all occasions
This weekly roundup of institutions offering the best rates on money market accounts, short-term and long-term CDs and mini-jumbo and jumbo CDs is a perennial favorite at the Business Library. It includes information on minimum deposit requirements, rates, annual percentage yields and time frames. Also evaluates, by use of a star rating, the financial condition of the federally insured institutions.
Published bimonthly, "more or less", OID contains excerpts of exclusive in-depth interviews with high caliber money managers like Warren Buffett and his partner Charlie Munger. Enhancing these discussions are comments by these investment luminaries made during their annual meetings, special events and in their most recent letters to shareholders and private clients. It is as 'inside' as inside can get without tripping over the law.
Weekly market overview and opinion from a stock market mainstay. S&P's respected analysts evaluate stocks using a star rating system, create model portfolios and maintain level heads in times of market downturns. Mutual fund recommendations are also in the offing
Describes itself in its motto as "combining prudence and selection for profits and tranquility". This monthly newsletter, published by 'Forbes', aims to take some of the risk out of investing by adhering to a cautious and thoughtful approach to evaluating equities. In each issue TPS highlights a stock of the month, reviews the equity holdings of their current portfolios and recommends stocks for purchase and sale. You can follow their track record by reading their "Performance Scoreboard" which they bravely publish on the last page of every edition.
Published by Argus Research Company, Vickers Weekly Insider documents stock trades by corporate insiders (officers, directors and direct or beneficial owners of 10% or more stock) of public companies listed on the NYSE, NASDAQ and the ASE. All of the information included in Vickers is prepared from Form4s released by the SEC and includes the names of the insiders, how many shares of stock bought or sold, the price of the transaction and the number of shares that person holds currently. The newsletter also includes commentary by Argus reviewing insider trading activity for the week and the economic climate, in general