Mining for Gold on the Internet : How to Find

Bates directs investors to hundreds of online locations for free information and software. 100 illustrations.

Mary Ellen Bates is the owner of Bates Information Services, a research firm specializing in providing business research to business professionals.

Introduction

xi

Acknowledgments

xvii

Internet 101

1

(18)

First Things First: Getting Access to the Net

1

(5)

Tools for Finding Information on the Net

6

(8)

Power Tips for Online Researchers

14

(5)

Financial Basics Online

19

(16)

Catalogs of Basic Information Links

20

(6)

Finance and Investing 101

26

(6)

Games and Other Painless Learning Tools

32

(3)

Financial Planning Online

35

(12)

What Is My Net Worth?

35

(2)

Planning for Retirement, or, Financing Your Life After Paychecks

37

(5)

Managing Credit

42

(5)

Wall Street Hits the Web

47

(16)

Finding Online Stock Quotes

47

(5)

Analysis on the Web

52

(4)

Managing Your Portfolio on the Web

56

(7)

Stock Screening on the Web

63

(12)

Tutorials on Stock Screening

64

(2)

Metasites for Stock Screening

66

(2)

Stock Screening Sites---Basic, Advanced, and Everything in Between

68

(7)

Bonds on the Net

75

(12)

Bonds 101

75

(6)

Bond Ratings: How Risky Is This?

81

(3)

Bonds or Bond Funds: How Do You Decide?

84

(3)

Finding and Evaluating Mutual Funds Online

87

(16)

Mutual Fund Basics

88

(6)

Mutual Fund Ratings: How'm I Doing?

94

(3)

Picking a Mutual Fund

97

(3)

Mutual Fund News

100

(3)

Advanced Investing

103

(10)

Investing in IPOs

103

(3)

Investing in REITs

106

(2)

Microcap Stocks

108

(2)

Day Trading

110

(3)

Uncle Sam and Financial Information

113

(16)

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

113

(7)

U.S. Internal Revenue Service

120

(1)

Social Security Administration

121

(1)

U.S. Department of Commerce

122

(4)

Other Sources for Economic Statistics and Forecasts

126

(3)

Covering the News

129

(14)

News from the Search Engines

129

(3)

Late-Breaking News

132

(2)

Online Versions of Newspapers and Magazines

134

(6)

Online Newsletters

140

(3)

High-Powered Online Services

143

(14)

Why Not Just Use What's Free on the Web?

143

(4)

The Major Players

147

(7)

Niche Information Providers

154

(3)

Scoping Out a Company on the Net

157

(14)

Scouring a Company's Web Site

157

(5)

Company Profiles, or All the News in One Place

162

(3)

Competitive Intelligence---You Mean Dumpster-Diving?

165

(6)

Let's Talk About It

171

(16)

Email Lists, Discussion Groups, and Message Boards

171

(8)

What About AOL and CompuServe?

179

(3)

Association Members-Only Discussions

182

(5)

Financing College Expenses

187

(12)

Looking for Money in All the Right Places

187

(6)

Nontraditional Sources of College Funding

193

(3)

We're the Government and We're Here to Help

196

(3)

Scams and Frauds

199

(12)

Running a Reality Check

199

(5)

Traffic Cops on the Information Superhighway

204

(5)

Things Are Not As They Appear

209

(2)

E-Brokerages

211

(16)

Checklist of E-Brokerage Features

212

(2)

Rating the E-Brokerages

214

(5)

Comparison of Selected E-Brokers

219

(8)

Appendix

227

(12)

Index

239

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Mining for Gold on the Internet : How to Find Investment and Financial Information on the Internet

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