Jeffrey B. Dalin, DDS
One of the most common uses for the Internet today is online trading. This is becoming one of the fastest growing areas on the World Wide Web. An incredible amount of information can be found out in cyberspace to help you make investment decisions.
You can read news on a daily basis, monitor stock prices, and do research using any number of criteria. There is very little you cannot find on the Web if you sit and surf long enough. It can be very entertaining. It also can be very rewarding financially!
What follows is a listing of Web sites, by category, that will guide you through this field of finance on the web:
Financial News Sites
CBS Market Watch: //cbs.market watch.com
CnnFn: //www.cnnfn.com
Daily Rocket: //www.dailyrocket. com
MSN Money Central: //money central.msn.com
Wall Street City: //www.wall streetcity.com
Yahoo Finance: //quote.yahoo. com
Online Investor: //www.investhelp. com
Financial General Sites
Investorama: //www.investorama. com
Morningstar: //www.morningstar.net
Money Online: //pathfinder.com/ money
SmartMoney.com: //www.smart money.com
Brill Mutual Funds: //www.brill.com
Financial Web: //www.financial web.com
Allstocks.com: //www.allstocks.com
Quicken.com: //www.quicken.com
Kiplinger: //www.kiplinger.com
Investorguide: //www.investorguide. com
Financial Stock-Screening Sites
Equity Trader: //www.equity trader.com
Hoovers: //www.hoovers.com
Rapid Research: //www.rapid research.com
Stockpoint: //www.stockpoint.com
Financial Commentary Sites
Forbes: //www.forbes.com
Individual Investors: //www.iionline.com
Motley Fool: //www.fool.com
Stock Talk: //www.stock-talk.com
Briefing.com: //www.briefing.com
Inside Wall Street: //www.insidewall street.com
Financial Center: //www.tfc.com
Financial Research Sites
Edgar: //freeedgar.com
Multex: //multexinvestor.com
Vector Vest: //www.vectorvest.com
Zack`s: //www1.zacks.com
Annual Reports: //www.annualre portservice.com
Daily Stocks: //dailystocks.com
Big Charts: //www.bigcharts.com
I-Sleuth: //www.companysleuth.com
Wall Street Research Net: //www.wsrn.com
Financial Calculators
Financenter: //www.financenter.com
Calculators: //www.smartcalc.com/ host/usatoday
Money Advisor: //www.moneyadvi sor.com
I hope that these sites will be useful if you decide to use cyberspace to do financial research and online investing. One caveat: be careful! Do your homework and make intelligent decisions. People do get hurt trying to do it themselves. Good luck!
Jeffrey B. Dalin, DDS, FACD, FAGD, practices general dentistry in St. Louis. He also is the editor of St. Louis Dentistry Magazine and spokesperson and critical-issue-response-team chairperson for the Greater St. Louis Dental Society. His Web-site address is www.dfdasmiles.com. Contact him by e-mail at [email protected], by phone at (314) 567-5612, or fax at (314) 567-9047.