Stock Market Investing on the Internet for Beginners

Browse this guide for links to web pages that can help you learn how to invest. Begin by educating yourself using one of the "getting started" sites. Bide your time and observe what the market does by monitoring one of the sites in the "keeping up with the market" section. Finally, choose the company in which you would like to invest by using the tools mentioned in the "miscellaneous" section.

Getting Started

Investing 101

An excellent "for dummies" site on investing, maintained by about.com. The lessons here start at the absolute beginning, with suggestions on where to find the money to invest. There are a lot of links to other subjects on about.com pages so stay focused and don't get lost.

This reference is not affiliated with an investment company, therefore it can give unbiased information. The FAQ page is a good place to start.

This has a natural language search engine in which you may type your question (like the Ask Jeeves Search Engine). It also has an extensive directory to browse. More advanced information was derived from "Five Minute Investing" by Braden Glett.

Though one must subscribe to valueline.com to roam the entire site, the free portions provide a great deal of help. Go to "Education" on the tabs across the center of the page, and learn about investing from Valueline. Access to print subscription services from the internet is available as a PDF download at the Greenville County Library, see a Reference Librarian for details.

Vocabulary List

A great site for finding vocabulary on the subject. This list includes current buzzwords as well as traditional definitions. Search words using the dictionary search engine or browse the alphabetical list.

Keeping Up With the Market

Latest Market Research

This site contains so much more than news. There is a graph with current statistics, both market statistics and internet-related.

Be ready to become a "user" of this site before you can search it. Site updates tell the user about the latest services offered by Mergent corporation. They provide extensive, news in the market world.

A veritable database of newsletters with lengthy explanations and precise cost-breakdown information. Provides a link to investing seminars, if you have that kind of time and money. Each day, lists a "stock of the day," chosen by an editor.

Miscellaneous

Alphabetical Index to Discount Brokers

A comprehensive list of brokers in the United States. Click on the name of the brokering company to get to their website. Useful general information on choosing a broker is also contained on the initial page of this document.

One of Bigcharts best features is the historical quotes search. The chart portion shows reports for companies who are topping the lists of moneyspenders etcetera. It also contains market, technology, and business news provided by CBS Marketwatch.

Contains one of the most extensive web guides on business and investing information. As with many business websites, only a portion of this site is browseable for free.

Access is provided to a slew of annual reports via this site; browse the alphabetical list or do a search for one of 2,200 company's report. Provides links to company home pages. Annual reports are an excellent way to find financial information in a company before you decide to invest.

This page was created by Sarah Coffman on October 1, 2001

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