By Leslie Walker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, January 29, 1999

Here is a selective guide to financial resources online:

Starting Points:

• Invest-o-rama: Directory of investing sites on the Web.
• Guide to Online Investing From The Washington Post, includes chart comparing online stock brokers.

Financial Smorgasbords:


• MoneyCentral Most of Microsoft's site is free, but full access to the Investor section costs $9.95 per month.
• Yahoo Finance All free. Strong chat. Can download portolios into spreadsheets.
• Wall Street Research Net: Research galore. Some services cost money, such as 10-year historical prices.

Financial News, Commentary, E-Mail Alerts:


• Washington Post Business Section News, custom stock portfolio, mutual fund evaluator, Interactive Post 200.
• AP Breaking News Associated Press business news.
• Reuters MoneyNet Click on "news" for Reuters latest.
• The Street Portions cost $6.95 to $9.95 per month.
• CBS MarketWatch All-free market news.
• Internet Stock Report Mecklermedia's daily stock column and index of Internet stocks.
• Infobeat E-Mail Have custom portfolios and news clips e-mailed to you daily.
• Newspage Free Web site, e-mail alerts cost money. Customize clips from more than 200 news sources.
• DailyStocks: Links to more news and research.

Investing Basics:


• Washington Post Business Glossary Learn the language.
• The Street's Basic Guide Primer on investments.
• AAII American Association of Individual Investors

Chat & Message Boards: What Other Investors Think:


• Motley Fool The fools love to talk.
• The Silicon Investor Chat community requires subscription fee.
• Raging Bull Free stock message boards.
• Yahoo Stock Talk More than 8,000 stock talk areas. Enter company name in the search box to listen in.
• Dejanews Search usenet news groups.

Real-Time Quotes:


• FreeRealTime
• Thomson

Rating Online Brokers:


• Gomez Scorecard Online brokers compared.

Mutual Funds:


• Washington Post Mutual Fund Database Compare and screen mutual funds.
• FundLinks: Guide to mutual funds online
• Morningstar Mutual fund giant offers research.

Investment Clubs:


• NAIC National Assoc. of Investors Corp.
• Clubs Online Directory of clubs online.

Other Resources:


• Netstock Direct Direct-stock purchasing
• Money Minded Aimed at female investors.
• SEC Reports Search EDGAR for company reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
• FreeEdgar SEC reports filtered & formatted.
• Exchanges Links to Web sites of stock exchanges.
• Conference Calls Streaming audio of company talks with analysts from Broadcast.com. Requires RealPlayer.
• IPO Central Info on initial public offerings from Hoovers.
• Insider Trading See what insiders are doing.
• Foreign Investments Check out foreign investing.

Taxes:


• Online Tax Guide From washingtonpost.com.
• Taxes on the Web Tax sites reviewed by The Post.

Calculators:


• Kiplinger Calculator List Collection of calculators online.
• FinanCenter Estimate your retirement needs.
• Fidelity Mutual Fund Evaluator Screen Fidelity funds.
• Morningstar Fund Selector Screen more than 6,000 funds.
• Stock Selector by Hoover Screen stocks by investment criteria.
• Yahoo's Calculator List Links to more calculators online.

Insurance:

• InsWeb Shop for insurance.
• Health Insurance Guide Article reviewing health insurance resources.

Mortgages:


• ELoan Compare loan rates.
• Quicken Intuit's mortage guide.

Real Estate:


• Home Advisor From Microsoft.
• NewHomeNetwork From Classified Ventures, a newspaper consortium.

Concerns about Fraud, Privacy:


• Internet Fraud Watch. Check out reports of fraud online.
• SEC Enforcement. Reports securities problems to the feds.
• EPIC. Electronic Privacy Information Center provides news and advice about privacy issues.

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