Personal Finance & Investing

Personal Finance

  • American Recovery & Reinvestment Act ("Stimulus Bill")
    Information from the U.S. Government about the "American Recovery & Reinvestment Act" passed in February 2009.
  • AARP Financial Planning and Retirement
    Information on budgeting, financial planning and retirement, with special interest for senior citizens.
  • Bankrate.com
    Compare bank rates for mortgages, home equity loans, CDs, auto loans, credit cards, etc. from Bankrate, Inc.
  • CNN/Money
    Includes up-to-date financial news from CNN, including stock quotes.
  • Currency Exchange Rates
    This provides a multilingual currency converter for over 164 currencies and 3 metals. It uses daily OANDA Rates, the touchstone foreign exchange rates used by corporations, tax authorities, auditing firms, and financial institutions. It includes current and historic rates. From OANDA Corp.
  • Marketplace
    Web home of the public radio show (American Public Media) that discusses financial matters of interest to consumers.
  • MSN Money
    Includes financial news, financial advice, investing, stock quotes, etc.
  • Yahoo! Finance
    This site has current news stories; financial advice; stock quotes; current market surveys and much more.

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Investing

  • Value Line Investment Survey
    Includesfull-page reports and analyst commentaries as well as Timeliness and Safety rankings on the approximately1,700 stocks covered by the print edition of Value Line.
  • Historical Stock Quotes
    Allows you to search for the closing price of stocks from January 2, 1985 to the present. Provided by MarketWatch, Inc.
  • Investopedia.com
    From Forbes Media, this site provides information about investing for beginners to more experienced investors and includes free registration to set up your own portfolio online.
  • Investors Business Daily
    Daily newspaper focused on investment and business topics. Also includes stock quotes and charts.
  • MagPortal.com – Magazine articles on Finance & Investment
    Magazines include Business Week, Smart Money, Investment Advisor, Motley Fool and more.
  • Motley Fool
    One of the best known sites for investment advice and financial information.
  • Quote.com
    Contains stock quotes, news, U.S. Markets, Global Markets, personal financial information, calculators (e.g., retirement, debt management, real estate, etc.)
  • Treasury Direct
    Information from the U.S. Treasury about their products and services (e.g., bonds, notes, bills). You can set up an account and purchase securities directly.

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Company Information

  • Business & Company Resource Center
    Includes company profiles, periodical articles, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and industry overviews.
  • U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
    The SEC’s Edgar database provides free public access to corporate information, allowing you to quickly research a company’s financial information and operations by reviewing registration statements, prospectuses and periodic reports filed on Forms 10-K and 10-Q.

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Stock Exchanges

  • American Stock Exchange
    Official site of the American Stock Exchange. Features searchable index by company type and country of origin.
  • NASDAQ Stock Exchange
    Official site of the NASDAQ Stock Market features stock exchange quotes, news, market activity, personal finance information, etc.
  • New York Stock Exchange
    Official site of the New York Stock Exchange features information about listed securities, market data. You can register to set up your own online portfolio of up to 20 stocks that you can check at any time.

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