Links to Cool Finance & Economics Web Sites
(Some of these sites require paid membership in order to access all services)
 
WEB SITE
COMMENTS
LINK
Big Charts Access to historical stock prices.  
Chicago Board of Trade One of Chicago's major futures and options exchanges, features trading of agricultural products, U.S. Treasury bonds, and the stocks of the DJIA.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Futures and options contracts traded on two state-of-the-art trading floors include currencies, interest rates, stock indexes and agricultural commodities.
CNN Money Business news, stock quotes, you name it - it's here.
Federal Reserve Everything you want to know about the Federal Reserve and more. Statistical data, informational documents, etc.
Hoover's Great page for investors. Includes links to the home pages of over 3,000 American Corporations.
The Investment FAQ The Investment FAQ offers the individual investor clear and concise information about investments and personal finance.
MSN Money Track your investments, follow the market, and do the research necessary to make informed investment decisions. 
Morningstar A comprehensive information site with links to several on-line brokers.
The Motley Fool Irreverent investing advice along with market news.
NASDAQ An impressive site. Track the market, search for stock quotes, research company information.
New York Stock Exchange Links to every listed company that has a web site.
Option Pricing Model You enter the data and let the computer calculate the value of an option using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model
Quote.com Access to on-line trading and stock price quotes.
SEC Check out the "Edgar" site. It is an on-line database of financial reports that companies are required to submit to the government.
StockMaster Quick quotes and charts for nearly every publicly traded firm. 
Stock-Trak A realistic investment simulation that gives hands-on stock market experience.
The Street Aggressive financial journalism. An emphasis on daily performance and holding individual managers responsible.
Wall Street Journal
The on-line version of the business bible.
wsj  
Yahoo Finance
A one-stop financial center.
yahoo  

 
 
On-line Brokers
Ameritrade One flat rate for all internet equity trades.

E*Trade A true discount broker. Try the virtual trading contest.
Fidelity Trade on-line and use the commission calculator. There is also news and commentary on the world's markets.
Scottrade
 
On-line discount broker with one flat rate.

Sogoinvest On-line deep discount brokerage offering stock trades at $3 or less.

 


 
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