TVA: Investment Challenge

Investor Resources

Financial analysts need experience, instinct, and good information. Below is a list of valuable online resources for investment managers.

Stock Trading Information
Research and Quantitative Tools
General Business News
Magazines

Stock Trading Information

The Motley Fool: www.fool.com

Raging Bull: www.ragingbull.com

Silicon Investor: www.siliconinvestor.com

TheStreet.com: www.thestreet.com

Research and Quantitative Tools

AAAdir Directory: www.aaadir.com
Directory of world banks and credit unions, plus sources of financial information.

Active Investment Research: www.stockresearch.com
Investment research site.

Barra: www.barra.com
Research firm’s site with growth/value equity indices.

BigCharts: www.bigcharts.com
Investment charting and research.

Bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com
Good site for general financial information.

Dr. Ed Yardeni’s Economics Network: www.yardeni.co
Economic and financial information from the chief global economist of Deutsche Bank Securities in New York.

Hoover’s Online: www.stockscreener.com
Advanced search engine that enables the user to find stocks matching customized profiles.

New York Institute of Finance: www.nyif.com
Training programs for financial-services professionals.

Quote.com: www.quote.com
Lycos Network’s site for detailed stock quotes.

SmartMoney.com: www.smartmoney.com/marketmap
Map of the financial market that’s helpful for sector research.

STAT-USA/Internet: www.stat-usa.gov
U.S. Department of Commerce catchall site for federally generated business, trade, and economic information. Includes National Trade Data Bank.

US Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
SEC site on which companies’ financial reports to the government can be accessed through EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval).

Yahoo!Finance: http://biz.yahoo.com/research/earncal/today.html
Daily calendar of scheduled quarterly earnings announcements.

General Business News

CNBC: www.cnbc.com

CNNfn: www.cnnfn.com

Hoover’s Online: www.hoovers.com

Investor’s Business Daily: www.investors.com

MSN MoneyCentral: www.moneycentral.msn.com

The New York Times: www.nytimes.com

USA Today: www.usatoday.com/money

The Wall Street Journal: http://wsj.com

Magazines

Worth Online: www.worth.com