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Hoover's Online

Hoover's Online is the best source for quick overviews of leading companies. Free "Fact Sheets" include essential contact information, a concise business summary, sales and profits, key officers, principal products and services, industry classification and top competitors. Simple company screeners make it easy to build lists of investment prospects. Subscribers are provided with in-depth information including Hoover's Profiles and advanced investment tools.

Investopedia

Investopedia provides four different ways to approach investment: as a beginner, experienced investor, active trader or for retirement. There are tutorials, articles, and advice, with a simulator (investment game) and a research area thrown in for fun.

The Investor's Clearinghouse

A project of the Alliance for Investor Education, the Clearinghouse provides investment education materials for people of all ages. Alliance members include the American Association of Individual Investors, the National Association of Security Dealers, the Federal Reserve and many more. There are links to many of the best investment education sites on the Internet. Curricular materials are included.

Kiplinger

Kiplinger offers free advice on personal finance and investment along with current news, quotes, charts, company financials, SEC filings and much more. Kiplinger is a well-rounded financial portal covering the basics of investing, investment tutorials, news, commentary, portfolio tracking and other investment tools. Subscribers have access to premium services.

MarketWatch

Recently acquired by Dow Jones, MarketWatch offers free membership that includes news, commentary and up-to-the minute market data. Additional features include personal finance, a free portfolio tracker, investor tools, and TV and radio webcasts. Premium products are available for a fee. BigCharts (www.bigcharts.com) is a companion service offering free charts for stocks and market indexes.

Morningstar

Morningstar is synonymous with mutual funds and now covers stocks as well. Free membership includes current quotes and reports for stocks and funds, extensive investment education materials, current commentary on the markets, and investment tools such as a portfolio manager and a basic screener. Members may upgrade to Premium for a monthly fee to access the full reports and investment tools.

The Motley Fool

A wide-ranging investment resource that the Fools say is intended to "to educate, enrich, and amuse individual investors around the world." The site includes discussion boards, quotes and data, stock-picking advice, calculators, articles on selecting mutual funds, brokers, and stocks - all with a large dose of humor.

Path to Investing

The Path to Investing offers a collection of resources from the Foundation for Investor Education on all types of investing including starting points, investing for specific goals, retirement planning and investor protection. Commissioned articles by noted business professors explain the capital markets, investment strategies, diversification and other topics. The Investor Challenge is a free stock market game that simulates buying and trading stocks.

Yahoo! Finance

Yahoo! Finance is one of the leading financial portals on the Web. Its free offerings include current financial news, a market summary, current quotes for stock, bonds and mutual funds, financial and market data, charts, graphs, downloadable historical prices and much more. Yahoo! partners with leading financial information providers. Free portfolio tracking tools, stock screeners and other investment tools are also included. The Bond Center (http://bonds.yahoo.com/) has extensive instruction and data on fixed income investments. Yahoo! offers premium services for a fee.

For questions regarding RUSA pages, contact: Donavan Vicha,
RUSA Web Program Officer: dvicha@ ala.org