INVESTMENT PLANNING
Need some financial education?
www.smartmoney.com/university
http://invest-faq.com
www.efficientfrontier.com
www.beginnersinvest.about.com
Bonds
http://invest-faq.com/articles/bonds-duration.html
www.treasurydirect.gov/indiv/indiv.htm
Mutual Funds
www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/inwsmf.htm
Brills Editorial Services, Inc. www.brill.com
(They also have great general investing information and articles)
www.morningstar.com
http://screen.yahoo.com/funds.html
www.fundpolice.com
Exchange Traded Funds
www.sec.gov/answers/etf.htm
www.amex.com/?href=/etf/EtMain.jsp
http://finance.yahoo.com/etf/education
www.morningstar.com/Cover/ETF.html
Mutual Fund and ETF Expense Analyzer
www.sec.gov
Stocks
You'll find a lot of information about investing in stocks at the
American Association of Individual Investors:
www.aaii.com
Great site about stocks, portfolios, & economic indicators:
www.moneychimp.com
Learn about an investment strategy called "dogs of the dow"
www.dogsofthedow.com
Get information about technical stock analysis:
www.stockta.com
If there's a particular company in which you plan to invest on a
regular basis, you may want to consider a Dividend Reinvestment
Plan (DRIP) www.dripcentral.com and www.directinvesting.com
Stock Options - Futures
For those of you who are interested in investing in stocks, you may
be interested in learning about options such as "covered calls".
Find out more information:http://biz.yahoo.com/opt/education.html
Options calculator: http://platinum.optionetics.com/yhmain.htm
Also see www.theocc.com/learning_center/opt_ed/get_started.jsp
Employee Stock Options
www.mystockoptions.com
Investing for Women
www.wiser.heinz.org
Women's Institute for Financial Education
www.wife.org
References
Understanding Investment Terms
http://investopedia.com/university/concepts
Learn about your Investment Risk Tolerance at Vanguard
Opening an Investment Account
There are other firms, but should you decide to open an
investment account, you can start by taking a look at these firms:
www.scottrade.com www.sharebuilder.com
www.vanguard.com www.fidelity.com
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