Miscellaneous Media

Information truely is power and in this day and age the media is fantastic and disseminating information. Not all media are reliable though I place a fair amount of trust in those listed here. There's lots of news and informational content to be had on the Web, and I'm sure there are more sources that I've listed.

Business Wire and MoneyNet are great for personal finance-themed news and information. The Armchair Millionaire is a great place to learn investing basics. CBS MarketWatch and FT have lots of content and I love having InfoBeat market updates appear in my e-mail box throughout the day.

Bloomberg.com

Extensive, searchable selection of news and information. Best navigation is from the site map.

BuckInvestor.com

Education and information for investing and personal finance. Aimed at the under 35 crowd.

Business Wire

Continuously updated business news, industry and company specific news, and more. No fee, no registration.

Dow Jones Interactive

Fee-based, registration required. Business newsstand, publications library, custom clips, company and industry center, and historical market data.

IRED Financial Services Marketplace

Personal and commercial finance sections. News, interest rates, and links sorted by state. Extensive choices. Includes company directories. Resource library with educational information, links, and calculators.

MarketCenter

News and resources for futures and options. No fee, no registration.

MarketVoice

Streaming audio clips on futures and options trends. No fee, no registration.

MoneyNet

Quotes, news, charts, and research from Reuters. No fee, no registration. Search for news on individual companies as well as by category (industry). ***Economic calendar of indicators with data.***

The Money Page

News articles on a variety of investment, finance and banking topics. No fee, no registration.

Moneysearch.Com

Lotsa links, categorized and reviewed. Extensive collection of industry charts, calculators, RealAudio commentary.

MSN MoneyCentral

News, commentary, market reports, up/downgrades, top 10 lists, analyist ratings, mutual fund research, market analysis.

PR Newswire

General, investor, and market (by sector) news. No fee, no registration.

TheStreet.com

Fairly technical market news and information. Fee-based with some free sections.

Wall Street City

Market news, graphs, education and commentary. No fee, no registration. Excellent educational content if you're willing to wait for it--nearly every page seems to be Java enhanced.

 

Educational Resources

Alliance for Investor Education

Alliance for Investor Education. No fee, no registration. Searchable. Great educational resource with links to web resources for a wide variety of personal finance topics.

American Association of Individual Investors

Fee-based educational resource targeted to the individual investor. However, more information is available for free than they'd like you to believe, including articles from the investing basics, financial planning, mutual fund, stock, broker issues, other investments, and portfolio management sections.

Armchair Millionaire

Investor education and advice. No fee, no registration. Targeted to individuals that haven't done much investing but are interested in having their money grow. A good place to learn some money management basics

The Mint

Cool! Educational site geared towards students. Saving and investing, the government, spending, budgeting, quizzes and games, the economy, dictionary and more.

Consumer Information Center, Pueblo, CO

Remember the commercials? Same place! Articles on a wide variety of consumer-related topics. No fee, no registration. Good place for some basic information.

Related to TV or Radio Networks

CBS MarketWatch

Financial and market news, data, and commentary. No fee, no registration. Intraday stock charting. Articles searchable by ticker symbol or keyword. Extensive topic list. Personal finance section with news, columns, highest mortgage, credit, CD, and equity rates, and educational information. Written for the average person. Does take a good amount of time to load each page.

CNBC.com

(beta test) I'm not quite sure what all is here because it was taking far too long to load. No fee, no registration. I'm a fan of Squawk Box and Power Lunch so there might well be some stuff worth waiting for.

CNNfn

Financial news and commentary. No fee, no registration. Loads in a reasonable amount of time.

Minnesota Public Radio's Sound Money

Current and past features from the Minnesota Public Radio show. No fee, no registration.

Snap:Business & Money:Snap Finance Door

A division of NBC Internet. No fee, no registration. Continuously updated finance articles from a variety of resources.

 

 

On-line Publications

Cents Financial Journal

On-line only daily financial journal. No fee, no registration. Extensive article selection (some news, some commentary).

The Daily Rocket

Investment news and commentary. No fee, no registration. IPO reports, investment glossary, company profiles (limited choice).

FT.com

Financial times, a daily financial newspaper. No fee, no registration. Includes company and country briefs, international equities, and exchange rates. Advanced level.

 

News by e-mail

InfoBeat, Inc.

Free customized news sent by e-mail. Registration required. Includes finance, sports, entertainment, news and weather. A personal favorite of mine since I don't have to go on the Web to be up-to-date.

Stock Advisory Newsletter

A free e-mail newsletter. No registration.

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Updated 9/19/99