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Investment Links

Here is a list of web links that I have found to be useful and which I have shared in my MBA Finance courses.

MBA Finance & Investment Information

Dan's Finance & Investment Communications for You:

Dan's Bio

Dans' Twitter

Dan's Finance Blog

Dan's Google Reader Feed

Dan's Online Investment Class Info (available to anyone in the general public - not for MBA students)

Investment Basics course page

Personal Financial Planning Classes

Texas Tech Personal Financial Planning Division

Obama Investing

What does President Obama invest in?

Investment Class Wiki

MBA Finance Class Wiki

Stock Wiki

Finance Math Using Wolfram Alpha:

Examples

TV Video Archives

Comedy Central on CNBC investment Advice

PBS News Hour Business Reports - July-Dec '08

PBS News Hour Business Reports - Jan-June '09

CBC The National

Six Disciplines Videos

Coming Depression Videos

Wall Street Warriors - TV Show

Wall Street Warriors - early review

Wall Street Warriors - Season1: Episodes 2 & 6; Season 2: Episodes 1, 2, 5, 7, 8 & 10

Wall Street Warriors - Questions for discussion

Wall Street Warriors - SanDisk was the stock touted. Here is current investment information about it.

Wall Street Journal Guide to Leadership

House of Cards book author interview

Universities 'irrelevant' by 2020

PBS Videos

YouTube educational videos

Apple iTunes University

Open Courseware educational videos - by institution

Open Courseware educational videos - search by subject

Open Courseware educational videos - search by subject

Lectr/younitube

TeacherTube

The Teaching Company

Modern Scholar

PodClass

New Media

Technology's Accelerating Power

The Future of BitTorrent

Columbia University Business Professor Passes Out on Live TV Explaining Financial Crisis (PS: He's OK!)

Tom Friedman - The World is Flat - MIT (lecture starts at 4:25)

IBM - We Must Use Business Analytics

Monsanto - What's up with all those chemicals in our food?

Properly Spaced Learning

Movies

Movies about money

Greed - The Backlash

Larry the Loophole Video

Henry Kravis & His Homes Video

Calling Henry Kravis Video

Fight for the Dream Video

Fire Ken Lewis Video

Ken Lewis Demoted Video

War on Greed

Take Back the Economy

Clubs

Investment Clubs

Money Club - Introduction

Money Club

Apple iPhone Applications

PortfolioLive

StockRazor

Finance Principles

Corporate Governance Challenges

The Compelling Case for Change

Aspen Principles

Economy

House of Cards book author interview

JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon Explains It All

Basics

Fox Business Tools - Personal Finance

100 Corporations That Will Survive 100 Years

Business Week's Top 50 Companies

Stock Market WON'T Recover...">But Maybe the Stock Market WON'T Recover...

Yahoo Finance

Google Finance

Hedge Fund Replication

Hedge Fund Replication - How it works

International Investing

Sane Bull

Fidelity Investment Basics

Why Invest? PPT

Average Student Budget

Average Consumer Spending

Average Consumer Spending

Average Consumer Tax Spending:

Investment Basics

Stock Investing

Stock Trading

Exchange Traded Funds

Exchange Traded Funds Screener

Exchange Traded Notes

Exchange Traded Notes

How REITs Work

401 K & IRA

529 & College Savings Plans

eRollover

Yahoo Investment Education

Standard & Poors

FiscalZen

Personal Finance

Retirement Calculator

Retirement Planning

Finance@Wikipedia

Finance Methods & Theories

Financial Modeling Guide

World Stock Markets

Dictionary of financial terms

Mutual Fund Families

Market Daily Summary

Daily Gainers & Losers

Teach Me Finance

Tax-withholding calculator

Social Security calculator - Type your name, Social Security number, birth date, birthplace and mother's name into this secure site, and it will show your estimated benefits based on your up-to-date earnings record.

Health Insurance Quotes - Provides immediate quotes for most major health insurers and compares policies. For personalized attention, call 800-977-8860 or find a local broker.

Health Insurance for people with medical conditions or modest incomes.

Medicare - detailed information about Medicare, with excellent tools to help you pick the best Part D plan or Medicare Advantage policy based on your specific medications and health condition.

Term Life Insurance - An easy way to get term-insurance rates from many of the top companies. Call 800-442-9899 for personalized help, especially if you have a medical condition.

Term Life Insurance - Use this site to see the detailed criteria you must meet to qualify for each company's term-insurance rates.

Auto Insurance - Lets you compare price quotes from several major insurers (the number varies by state). Also a good resource for money-saving tips on every kind of insurance. For personal help, contact an agent.

Homeowners Insurance - For a fee of $7.95, you can calculate how much coverage you need. Plug in data about your home's age, building materials and other details, and get an immediate estimate of its replacement cost.

Complaints - National Association of Insurance Commissioners maintains complaint records for each insurer in every state. Focus on the complaint ratio: the number of complaints for every dollar the insurer collects in premiums.

Insurance Quotes

Money Saving Tips">Google Money Saving Tips

File tax returns online free

Roll Over Information

Roll Over Blog

Expense Tracking

Measure and track your goals

Credit Cards / Credit History

Debit Card

Credit Karma

Debt Goal

Syphr - loans & credit cards

Lower Property Tax Assessment

Asset Allocation

Diversification Example

Harvard University Portfolio

MarketRiders

America's Challenges:

Change

3 Basic Choices...

1a. Savings & Interest Rates:

Save for a specific goal - FDIC-insured, minimum goal of $250 and a $25 deposit. Your timetable must be at least three months and no longer than 50 years.Tell SmartyPig how much you need to save and when you need the money, and it will suggest a monthly contribution to be deducted from your checking account. And here's SmartyPig's stroke of genius: You can make your account public so family and friends can chip in toward your goal. SmartyPig offers a generous annual yield on the account. And the company has partnered with more than 25 retailers, such as Amazon.com and Macy's, where you can redeem your savings for a gift card with a bonus of up to 5 percent.

Banks & Rate Info

Bank Rates

Bank Around

Bank Rates

Bank Tracker

1b. Lending:

Prosper

LendingClub

Pertuity Direct

Zimple Money

2. Bond Valuation

Investing in Bonds

3. Stock Valuation

Video

Stock Splits (if any)

Fundamental Research:

MSN Stock Research Wizzard

MSN Stock Research Wizard - Apple Example

Apple Investment Wiki

Google Stock Screener

FinViz

InvestSide

Whale Wisdom

CNBC Stock Screener

Motley Fool CAPS

Energy News

Companies by Sector

Stocks Listed Alphabetically

Technical Research:

Technical Analysis

Stock Risk Grades

Stop Loss Orders

Wall Street Journal Big Charts

MACD

MACD

Stock Mood (free registration required)

Interactive Charts

Stock Alerts

Depression Investing:

Euro Pacific Capital

Corporate Bonds:

Investment Grade Corporate Bonds - LQD

Junk Bonds:

If you think they are going UP in value...

If you think they are going DOWN in value...

Rydex Inverse High Yield Strategy Fund - RYIHX

Illiquid Assets:

Trade illiquid assets

Second Market

Employee Benefit Plans:

Vanguard Funds

Excalibur Financial

Play Money Stock Exchanges:

Wall Street Survivor

CNBC - open from time to time

Portfolio Optimization

Portfolio Monkey

Detailed Academic Explanation

Crowd Opinions

Stock Moose

Piqqem

Tip'd

StockTwits

Prediction Markets:

Options (i.e. Citigroup, Symbol: C )

Yahoo Finance

Yahoo Options Education

Options Videos

CBOE Volatility Index

CBOE Volatility Index - defined

The expected movement in the S&P 500 index over the next 30-day period, on an annualized basis. For example, if the VIX is at 15, this represents an expected annual change of 15%.

CBOE Volatility Index Options

Indices:

S&P 500 - Fact Sheet

All Others

Hedge Funds

S&P 500 - 3D data visualization in Second Life

Index Funds

What is an index fund?

Index investing - partial book chapter

Index Fund Information

Major Indices

Major Sectors

World Markets

S&P 500 Index ETF

SPY Real Time Quote

Wisdom Tree Index ETFs

Wisdom Tree Small Cap Earnings Index ETF

Vanguard Index Funds

Sectors

Exchange Traded Funds - ETFs

Seeking 3X market moves

ProShares ETFs

Africa

Middle East

Russia

Agriculture

Solar Energy

Commodities

Gold Bullion

List

Metals Info

Gold

Gold

Gold Depository

Silver

Oil & Gas Info

Oil

Oil & Gas

Canadian Energy Trusts

Currencies

Short Selling

Hedge Funds

Exchange Traded Funds for Short Sellers

Chart - SDS vs. SSO (twice the volatility)

SDS - Options

Example - 9/29/08

Risk Statistics Overview

Explanation

Beta

Alpha

Video

Sharpe Ratio - Academic Explanation

Modern Portfolio Theory

Post Modern Portfolio Theory

Open Source Risk Modeling

Why do we need Open Source Risk Modeling?

Invest in Surrendered Life Insurance Contracts:

Article

Life Partners

Coventry

Invest in Lawsuites:

Article

Juridica Investments

Juridica Captal

Juridica stock quote - Symbol: JIL

LawCash

Prof. William F. Sharpe - Stanford - Modern Portfolio Theory

Video Meeting of Laureates in Economic Sciences, 2004

Video American Finance Association

Audio Part 1, ProMoney Talk, 2006 (Starts at 8:10)

Audio Part 2, ProMoney Talk, 2006 (Starts at 2:25)

Post Retirement Economics

Online Publications

Investment Text

Online Calculators

Money Management Software

Wesabe

Wesabe on UK Telegraph

Benjamin Graham

Value Investing

Warren Buffett

2009 Comments

Warren Buffett's Letters to Berkshire Shareholders

WPP Chairman does something quite similar...

Berkshire Hathaway's Ratios

How does he do it?

Buffett's Holdings

Buy US Stocks

Buffett's Investments

Buffet Watch

Biography

Book - Biography

Pay Him Now...

John Templeton

Obituary

John Bogle

Market Advice

Financial Markets Research Center">Bogle Financial Markets Research Center

On investing

Crisis: Bogle Speaks

BogleHeads

Money Managers Off the Hook">Doesn't Let Money Managers Off the Hook

Jack Bogle's Last Crusade?

Louis Rukeyser

Obituary

Compare Mutual Funds (i.e., Symbol: TEPLX vs. VFINX )

Yahoo Finance

Wall Street Journal

Google Finance

MSN Money Central

Bloomberg

Morningstar

Closed End Funds

Age Related Funds


Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal Video

Overall Market Data Center

Company Research

US Mutual Fund Research (i.e. VFINX)

US Mutual Fund Screener

Asia Mutual Fund Research

Europe Mutual Fund Research

International Funds Screener

Exchange Traded Funds Research

Exchange Traded Funds Screener

Worksheets / Calculators


Games

DebtSki

Stock Market Game

Stock News Game

Investopedia Trading Game (registration required)

Yalicoo

World Stock Market

Trade Your Game Assets - Gold Farming

The Cash Flow Game (based on the book "Rich Dad, Poor Dad")

The Abundance Game

News & Coming Events:

Daily Finance

Wall Street Journal Video

AllTop Financial News

ClusterStock

Newsmap

StockMood

Pick What YOU like!

Apple Investment News

Popular URLs

Upcoming Economic Calendar of Events


How to Read a Financial Report:

Accounting Basics

The IBM Guide

How to Read a Balance Sheet

Fundamental Analysis

SEC Beginner's Guide to Financial Statements

How to Read an Annual Report

How to Read an Annual Report

CEO Gains & Losses


Brokers:

Sharebuilder - Buy by Dollar Amount

E*TRADE

E*TRADE plans to enable U.S. Retail customers to trade on 42 international exchanges (6 currently available) while holding multiple currencies in a single dollar-denominated E*TRADE account.

Interactive Brokers - access over 70 markets worldwide


Currency Trading:

Currency Trading (practice for fun!)

Analysts:

Investors Business Daily

Value Line Investment Survey

Wall Street Transcript

Morningstar

The Street Ratings

Matrix USA LLC


World Stock Markets

World Markets

Financial Planning:

Financial Planning Basics

SumApp

ESPlanner

SimpliFi

ManageMe7


The Far Side...

Pink Sheets

OTC Bulletin Board

S&P Info (if available) on these stocks

Meyer Blinder

Penny Stock Fraudster - video

Research:

Wharton

WikiInvest

SEC 10K Reports

SEC Info via Twitter

Yahoo Finance

Yahoo Finance Video - Tech Ticker

Google Finance

Google News

MSN Money Central

Barron's

Forbes

Dow Jones Market Watch

AOL Money & Finance

Reuters Investing

CNN Money

CNN Money Stock Quotes

CNBC

Mad Money - Cramer">CNBC - Mad Money - Cramer

CNBC - Fast Money

Bloomberg

Fox Business News

WikiInvest

Seeking Alpha

Kiplinger.Com

Institutional Investor

SFO Magazine

Financial Sense

Stocks & Commodities Magazine

Financial Times of London

The Economist

Euroland

Global Finance Magazine

Global Investor Magazine

World Investment News

UK NewsNow

UK Financial News

Briefing.Com

Smart Money

Cake Financial

Covester

Wallet Pop

Entertainment Business

Clusterstock

Freakonomics

Latest

Greensheet

Silicon Alley Insider

US Investment Publications:

Business Week

Business Week Statistics

Newsweek

Wall Street Journal

New York Times

News

Business Publications


Investment Tools:

Currency, Metals & Oil Trading (for fun!)

Sector Investing

Exchange Traded Funds

Investors Business Daily Online

The Street University

Value Line University

Interactive Brokers University

Value Line Free RSS Feeds

Investopedia

Once a Month Trading School

TickerHeads

Investment Information:

Breaking Views

Florida Trend Wealth Management

London Stock Exchange

Wikipedia Finance

Prosper Loans

Lending Club

Free Corporate Annual Reports

Free Mutual Fund Annual Reports

Free UK Annual Reports

MergerStat

Investment Clubs

Wharton Professor Investment Strategy

Wharton Professor Investment Book

Investors can improve on index-style investing by also holding stocks with low price-to-earnings ratios and high dividend yields, and by putting as much as 40% of their stock portfolios into foreign issues.

Wharton Professor ETF Index Funds

Ben Stein's Best Thoughts

Second Life Stock Exchange

Wells Fargo Bank - Stagecoach Island

Mozo

SkyGrid


Social Networks:

Link to Wall Street

Investing Minds

Trading Gurus

Social Picks

Covestor

Duedee

UpDown

Inner8

Inner8 - article

Traddr

Market Friends

Podcasts:

Financial Times of London

Other Information:

Directory

Blog Directory

Podcasts

Social Media

Scottrade Social Community Video (registration required)

Newsletter & RSS Feeds

Twitter

stocklava

Wall Street Journal

Portfolio Magazine

Kiplinger Personal Finance

Seeking Alpha

Reuters

AP Business

Stock Twits

Stock Charts

Blogs

23/7 Wall Street - 25 Best Financial Blogs

1. Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis (7, 903 links). Although Mish (aka Mike Shedlock) is not an economist by training, he adroitly gets into the thick of economic data. Mish looks at comments made by the major media, so-called experts and government officials and serves up trenchant analysis based on his impression of their relevance and validity. The author is not afraid to attack conventional wisdom.

2. Footnoted.org (598 links). The blog's author, Michelle Leder, digs through SEC filings and comes up with some of the best insights about the "hidden" comments found in 8Ks, 10Qs, and other government filings that rarely get as careful a review. This is one of the oldest financial blogs, founded in 2003.

3. Bill Cara's Cara Community (389 links) analyzes the capital markets, stock movements, and the economy with an eye to technical guides including volatility, cash flows, trading volume, and price performance and is prolific almost beyond comparison.

4. Infectious Greed (3, 822 links). Blogger, Paul Kedrosky, is considered one the preeminent financial market pundits. His site reflects the perspective of a former technology analyst, institutional money manager, and venture capitalist. Infectious greed provides a running commentary on global markets, economic trends, and emerging business trends.

5. Bespoke Invest, also known as "Think Big" (6, 112 links), is the blog for a money management and research firm. The site provides a combination of technical analysis and commentary on macroeconomic trends, major sectors of the stock market, and currencies.

6. Angry Bear (2, 447 links) is the product of a half dozen Ph.D economists, an historian, and financial professionals. The writers provide individual perspectives on broad sectors of the economy based on their unique training. They look at topics as varied as worldwide trade and industrial production as well as US government programs and regulations like Social Security.

7. The Big Picture by Barry Ritholtz (11, 223 links) has recently moved from his long-standing site on typepad, where he's been since 2002, to http://www.ritholtz.com. Ritholtz is one of the most well-respected market and economic pundits and bloggers who manages money as his day job. Multiple posts a day on subjects as diverse as criticisms of the business press, digital media, and key economic indicators. Sophisticated analysis made clear by an unmistakably irreverent voice and excellent use of charts, tables, and graphs.

8. Naked Shorts (833 links) covers ETFs, hedge funds, monetary policy, and current events. Bangs on hedgies and the accounting profession and its practices. Not fond of the practices of many US government agencies.

9. A VC (2, 777 links). Long-time venture capitalist Fred Wilson passes along his opinions on new technology and how it converges with emerging parts of the economy. Wilson talks in detail about where he is investing his venture capital money and why. His Union Square Ventures has taken positions in new ventures including Del.icio.us, Feedburner, and Twitter.

10. SeekingAlpha (63, 563 links), the grandfather of financial blog aggregation, also has its own editors and columnists. This is by far the largest collection of financial blog posts in the world. Readers who want to find articles from hundreds of sites get a one-stop-shop at SeekingAlpha. If it were not for this web site, a large number of blogs would have almost no readers.

11. Clusterstock (1, 613) links) follows and comments on business, the stock market, and economic news throughout the day. It has a staff of several outstanding writers lead by Henry Blodget. Articles by John Carney are particularly good. It is now combined with another strong site called Silicon Alley Insider.

12. 1440 Wall Street (1, 216 link). Although the site is "intended for the institutional equities crowd, " we won't hold it against them - it's still very good. Covers money markets, sell side, buy side, private equity, Wall St. research, and media. Strong analysis. Strong on multimedia.

13. The Kirk Report (1, 571 links). This is one of the oldest financial blogs and it has been consistently good. It has a number of articles which are simply links to other sites. Strong on stock analysis, market recommendations, and volume investing. Too bad some of the content requires being a "member."

14. Calculated Risk (11, 057 links) is among the most thoughtful and thorough financial commentary on the internet. Period. Tears apart poor economic assumptions. Gets to the heart of the elements that move the economy and markets. Big focus on housing and economic analysis

15. Abnormal Returns (1, 009 links). Disregarding our own rules for what blogs should be on this list, this site is the only one that simply provides lists of links to other financial sites. However, there's a reason we're making an exception as these are carefully selected and come with good short intros. Links are regularly organized by subject.

16. TraderFeed (2, 437 links). The author, Brett Steenbarger, is one of the most intelligent voices in the financial blog business. Strong on technical analysis, broad market commentary, and the psychology behind trading behavior.

17. Alpha Trends (1, 046 links). Extremely strong technical analysis. Good video commentary which it claims is the highest subscription membership for financial videos on YouTube. Covers stocks, ETF, and index movement.

18. Econbrowser (6, 597 links). Run by two professors, both with economic backgrounds. What readers would expect from academics looking at the markets. Indepth and often complex analysis of a broad range of topics from infrastructure to policy making to consumer spendings. More than any other site on this list, Econ Browser is not for sisses.

19. Peridot Capitalist (192 links). Written by a money manager, one of the oldest and better regarded financial blogs. Good corporate earnings analysis and looks at undervalued stocks.

20. Information Arbitrage (957 links) The author has been in the M&A and derivatives businesses for some time. Strong and rich commentary on current financial events, investment risks and rewards, and the current credit and economic crisis.

21. Maoxian (290 links). Strong pieces on day trading, technical trading, balance sheets, and ETFs. Strange graphics. Writer tries to be anonymous, but it hasn't worked.

22. 10Q Detective (277 links). Writer has been an equity analyst. Good at digging through government filings to find information for investors which is both helpful and sometimes amusing. Good place to read how public companies "game" the process of SEC reporting.

23. Ticker Sense (538 links). This site may be the most well known for its weekly poll of financial blogger sentiments about the market. Written by money management firm Birinyi Associates. Has excellent analysis of global economy and major sectors of the stock market. Use of tables and graphs is among the best.

24. Upside Trader (356 links) Good technical analysis which follows the market carefully. Strong charting on individual companies. Great place for day traders.

25. Carl Futia (133 links). One of the best financial forecasting blogs. Employs various technical analysis including some he has developed. Notable for his thoughtful and approachable writing. Posts very regularly.

Seeking Alpha

Wikivest Wire

Drug Companies

PKS Miami Blog

Stocks Online">Investing in Stocks Online

Blog

Blog

Blog

Blog

Blog

Blog

Blog Post Map Mashup

Blog

Ratings Agency

Moodys Sample Report

Commodities

ICE - contracts based on crude oil and refined products, natural gas, power and emissions, as well as agricultural commodities including cocoa, coffee, cotton, ethanol, orange juice, wood pulp and sugar, in addition to foreign currency and equity index futures and options.

Day Trading (NOT recommended!)

Trading Tips

SMB Capital (mentioned on Wall Street Warriors)

Trader Daily

Velez Capital Management

Online Trading Platform

Trader's Library

Quoqu

Betting (NOT Legal in the US)

The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 made it illegal for banks and other financial institutions to process online wagers. The goal was to find an indirect way to regulate offshore casinos [ and sportsbooks and real-money prediction exchanges], which are outside the jurisdiction of American law enforcement. In short: the casinos are out of reach, but not the banks in the United States that process their transactions.

Bet on the Markets

Research Tools:

FlowGram - present using web pages, PowerPoints, photos and voice

WorldCat

Stakeholder Management Template

10 Types of Innovation

@Risk

Business Plan Outline

Business Model

Business Plan Questions

8th Habit

Six Disciplines

Is there a "Perfect Company" somewhere?

Wolfram Alpha: Is Google crap?

In Search of Excellence - The Video

Zimplit - Web site creation tool

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