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	Financial Advice, Major Sites, Magazines, Investing, Tools, Fee Based Sites
	Local
	Stocks of Local Interest  Quotes, charts and more from Daily Stocks Or, enter stock symbol below. Renaissance Learning, Inc. (formerly Advantage Learning Systems) (NASDAQ: RLRN) Stora Enso (seo), formally Consolidated Papers, Inc. (cdp) Georgia Pacific (gp) Northland Cranberries (cbrya) The Marshall & Ilsley Corporation (MI) Associated Banc-Corp (asbc) Lands' End, Inc. On May 13, 2002, Lands' End Agrees to Be Acquired By Sears, Roebuck and Co. (NYSE: S) Enter one or more ticker symbols, or you may look up the symbol by company name. BasicDayWatchFundamentalsDetailedChartResearch (from Yahoo)
	Financial Advice
	American Association of Individual Investors Financial advice on all sorts of topics, as well as resource tools, message boards, etc. Registration required for all but basic articles.  Identity Theft Resource Center  web site.  Smart Computing magazine recommends the Identity Theft Resource Center "whether you are an identity-theft victim or want assistance in preventing yourself from becoming one."  Motley Fool Lots of opinions on finance and investing topics, but not all from experts. Offers news, FAQs, Message Boards, Archives, and the Fool Watch, a daily email service.
	Metasites
	CNNMoney.com Hundred of useful sites and links, including many news stories. DailyStocks Research stocks and mutual funds, get quotes, and more. EDGAR database (Securities and Exchange Commission) FreeEDGAR At the SEC’s EDGAR site, you receive official SEC reports, 24 hours after they’re filed. At FreeEDGAR, you can get real-time filings that have been rearranged into an easier-to-read format, or email updates to let you know when filings are made for companies you want to track. FINweb Hundreds of links to world wide web sites on economics and finance. Wall Street Research Net Wall Street Research Net was acquired by internet.com and will enhance its Internet Stocks Channel. Yahoo! Finance Select “Finance” under “Business & Economy” for hundreds of useful sites on every aspect of investing.
	Online Versions of Print Media
	Most respected print financial resources now have counterparts on the world wide web. These are often good sites to find financial advice, comparisons, and news of interest, but are usually partially or fully restricted to users who pay registration fees (see A Word About Fee-Based Services on the Internet below). Most of the following require immediate registration in order to access more than a few articles, even for free service. Read the fine print for registration requirements and expectations before registering.
	Barron’s Online Business Week Economist Financial Times Fortune Inc. Kiplinger Money Magazine Morningstar.com USA Today ValueLine Wall Street Journal
	Personal Finance and Investing
	Bank Rate Monitor Tracks bank rates for major cities throughout the U.S., including the Madison and Milwaukee areas. “Other rates” also lists major credit union rates and gives a national average. Sign up for email rate alerts. BigCharts Covers mutual funds and stocks, with quotes as far back as 1985. The “Stock Sectors”option allows you to look up stocks in a certain sector, and you may view the results of your searches in a pre-formatted (“quick”) or a self-formatted (“interactive”) chart. You may receive weekly chart updates if you have HTML enhanced email (Netscape Messenger or Internet Explorer 4.0). Business Week Online In cooperation with Standard & Poor's, many services including excellent links to news and research materials for investing. InfoBeat Free email service will mail you self-specified financial/investment reports, including morning, evening and/or weekly quotes. Minimal registration required. InsureMarket Lots of life and auto insurance information, including personalized quotes, a primer on insurance basics, and links to major insurers. Invest-o-Rama! closed its web site effective June 1, 2001. A possible substitute is Investorguide.com is published by WebFinance Inc., a five year old provider of investment resources on the web. InvestTOOLS Offers many free services, such as links to free annual reports and other investment research information. Many more services available for purchase. Netstock Direct Provides a searchable list of DRP (dividend reinvestment programs) and no-load stocks. Quicken Insurance formerly InsureMarket Lots of life and auto insurance information, including personalized quotes, a primer on insurance basics, and links to major insurers. Quote.Com Free delayed quotes and fee-based real time quotes. Thorough and detailed quote coverage, plus links to many other financial resources. Silicon Investor Focuses primarily on “tech” stocks, with emphasis on message boards and chat. Other financial services also available. Vanguard’s Websites for Investors A list of websites, many of which provide investor education
	Reference Tools
	The Currency Converter (Olsen & Associates) Rates are available for more than 164 currencies for any day since January 1, 1990. Updated daily by Olsen & Associates. Financecenter.com’s SmartCalc Over 100 calculators for finances--home, auto, budgeting, savings, credit, insurance, investing and retirement.
	A Word About Fee Based Services on the Internet
	The sites below represent just a fraction of the sites you can access for a fee (see also Online Versions of Print Financial Resources, above), and are recommended by various financial resources. Online Brokers Before making any trades with online brokerages, check out the Gomez Advisors to see how the online brokerages rate. One of the most generally recommended sites is ETrade, where most trades require low commissions.
	StockSmart An excellent source for stock information, including quotes on 86,000 stocks from companies in 39 countries, as well as mutual fund quote, news, and industry overviews. Requires registration and paid subscription.
	TheStreet Includes financial models and financial analysis for small monthly fee.
	Disclaimer
	Disclaimer: The Library does not give financial investing advice. The above page is to be used as a reference tool to find the information you need to make your own personal finance decisions.

Last revised October 20, 2006