Finance - Links to Sites of Financial Information

This page covers the following topics:

General Resources

• Encyclopedia of Finance - a resource for basic financial information for lay persons.
• FINdex - a financial database that covers many different markets and sub-disciplines
• Finance Resources on the Web - a directory at NYU's Stern School of Business
• How Much is that Worth Today - calculates value of money in one year compared to another
• iFigure - links to online calculators and worksheets, many related to financial problem solving
• Information Innovation's Roadmap to Banking, Finance & Investment - links to many sites
• Project Finance Portal - reference guide for students and researchers maintained at the HBS.
• Trillion Dollar Bet - companion site for NOVA broadcast on Black-Scholes Formula
• Using Your Financial Calculator for Financial Calculations
• Virtual Finance Library - a meta-listing of finance resource for academics and investors alike
• Zephus.com - A free online M&A database that covers European deals (requires registration)

Bonds

• BONDiNFO - Provides descriptive and transaction data - the NASD symbol or CUSIP is needed

Earning Estimates

• FirstCall
• I/B/E/S
• Zacks Investment Research

Futures and Options

• Bloomberg Active Futures Contracts
• Commodity Futures & Financial Market Charts
• Historical Futures Price Data - Includes futures symbols lookup tables.
• INO - Investment News Online - The Web Center for Futures and Options.
  Includes S & P ComStock Charts & Quotes, and Market Update (from Lind-Waldock).
• Options Industry Council
• QuoteWatch.com - INO Global Markets

International Finance

• IBJ Securities Research & Links - English language resources on Japanese finance, economy, politics and law

Mutual Funds

• Forbes Mutual Funds Survey
• Morningstar.com
• Mutual Fund INVESTOR'S CENTER

Personal Finance

• ADR.com - Contains worldwide financial information
• CBS Market Watch
• CNNfn
• Dr. Ed Yardeni's Economics Network - some areas restricted to subscribers only
• Interactive Investor - The ZDNet Financial Channel
• Investopedia.com - Provides self-guided tutorials on basic and advanced investment topics
• Invest-O-Rama - an Internet directory for investors
• MSN MoneyCentral - has historic charts for companies (software download required)
• Quicken.com
• Stockpoint
• USA Today Money
• ValuePro 2000 - provides an instantaneous stock evaluation on multiple factors
• Yahoo Finance

Quote Servers

• RTQ Thomson Real Time Quotes - [Registration required, but FREE!]
• BigCharts - has current and historic price data
• CNNMoney - the financial network Quote Search
• Daily Stocks - Includes some historical prices.
• Google - type: stocks:ticker (e.g., stocks:ibm) to get quotes from multiple sources
• Quicken Brokerage Quote Server
• QUOTE.COM
• UK Equities Direct
• Yahoo Quotes - Good source for daily historical prices

Stock Analysis

• ADR.COM - J.P. Morgan sponsored site on American Depository Receipts
• Briefing.Com-Concise Market Analysis - Some free info
• CyberStocks - Internet-related companies
• EDGAR Online's IPO Express - a comprehensive IPO database
• InvestorNet - Research
• Microsoft Investor
• The Motley Fool
• Stock Smart
• The Street.com - some areas are restricted to subscribers
• Wall Street City
• Wall Street ResearchNet - Current news, company info

Stock Exchanges

• American Stock Exchange
• List of World Exchanges - Finance Wat.ch
• NASD Regulation, Inc. - "Securities Industry primary self-regulator for over 57 years."
• NASDAQ
• New York Stock Exchange
• Philadelphia Stock Exchange

Stock Indexes

• The Dow Jones Averages-The Market's Measure - Daily from May 26, 1896 to the present. Includes the DJIA Components. Features calculator for DJ performance measures.
• Dow Jones Industrial Average - From Money Quick Quotes.
• Morgan Stanley Capital International - various Morgan Stanley performance indexes.
• Wilshire Indexes

Stock Screening

• Use Gutman Library's Hoover's Online to screen stocks (restricted to PhilaU)
• MarketGuides's NetScreen
• Rapid Research - FinancialWeb

Ticker Symbols

• Use Gutman Library's Hoover's Online to find a company's ticker symbol (restricted to PhilaU)
• Interquote Ticker Search
• Search Global Symbol Database - Data Broadcasting System (DBC)

Understanding Finance

• The Investment FAQ - Clear, concise information about investments and personal finance for idividual investors.
• Financial Management Training Center - free tutorials/courses on topics like cash flow, managing risk, etc.
• Time Value of Money - a tutorial on concepts of time value of money; calculator tips; problems