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General Investing
 
Yahoo Finance 
 
MSN Money 
 
Smart Money 
 
MarketWatch from Dow Jones


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Government Savings Bonds and Municipal Bonds

U.S. Savings Bonds Online 
 
Savings Bond Calculator 
 
Treasury Bills, Notes and Bonds 
 
Municipal Bond Transactions


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Investor Education


Path to Investing
Investor education site from the Foundation for Investor Education.

Investor Information from the SEC
Information and advice on avoiding fraud from the SEC's Office of Investor Education and Assistance. Also check out the SEC Online Publications for Investors.

Investor's Clearinghouse from the Alliance for Investor Education

 
Investor Education from FINRA
www.finra.org/EducationPrograms/index.htm

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Market Indices


Dow Jones Indexes
Statistics on the Dow Jones indexes. To find Dow Jones Averages, click on Averages and click on Index Data.

Standard & Poor's Indices
Click on Indices

NASDAQ Market Indices
Click on Market Activity
 
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Mutual Funds


Morningstar Library Edition
Morningstar Library Edition Remote Use
Research stock and mutual funds, create stock and fund screens and analyze portfolios with information from Morningstar.
 
ICI Mutual Fund Connection
 
EDGAR Prospectus Reports

Mutual Fund Investor's Center


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Retirement Information
 
Social Security Administration Retirement Calculator
Use to estimate your retirement benefits.
 
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Stocks

Yahoo Ticker Symbol lookup
Search for ticker symbols by name

Yahoo Quotes
 
Big Charts
 
Google
Brings up stock quotes from Yahoo Finance, Quicken, Fool.com, MSN Money Central, and Clear Station. To access Stock Quotes: Type ticker symbol into search box and click Google Search.

Big Charts (Jan 1985 on)
 
Yahoo Historical (1970 on)
Enter symbol into search box; choose Historical Prices from left column.
 
New York Stock Exchange

American Stock Exchange
 
OTC Bulletin Board
 
Pink Sheets
 
Philadelphia Stock Exchange


Stock and Commodity Exchanges from Rutgers University Libraries
A nice compilation of stock and commodity exchanges for the U.S. and other world markets.

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Stock Research


EDGAR (SEC Filings and Forms)
Public companies are required to file information with the SEC. Use EDGAR to access these forms. This is a great resource for investment information on public companies.

Types of forms:
8-K: “current report” listing important events to investors
10-K: annual report filed with the SEC
10-Q: quarterly report “providing a continuing view of the company's financial position”

Morningstar Library Edition
Morningstar Library Edition Remote Use
Research stock and mutual funds, create stock and fund screens and analyze portfolios with information from Morningstar.

Business and Company Resource Center (BCRC)
business.ccls.org - Business Databases -  Industry Research - BCRC
BCRC contains investment reports from a variety of analysts. To access: Enter the company name in the Search Term box. In the next box, choose Company Search . Click Search . A search results page will be displayed. Click on the name of the appropriate company. Look at the tabs near the top of the page. If the Investment Reports tab is active (tabs that are active will turn yellow when the mouse is moved over them), there is an investment report for that company.

InvestorGuide.com
Click on Research to use the Stock Research tool. Search for one ticker symbol and find information from a variety of sources with only one search.

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Last Modified: 4/16/09