The Best Financial Investment Web Sites

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Big Charts - Big Charts' charting service provides free access to charts (interactive and java-based), reports, indicators and quotes (including historical) for stocks, mutual funds and major market indices. Their Advance Tools section allows you to customize your own portfolio watchlist and setup news and stock-info alerts. Service of MarketWatch.com. CNet Investor - CNet Investor provides financial news and reports concerning principally tech companies and high-tech industries. Significant coverage provided for NASDAQ issues in addition to comprehensive CNet Tech Indices for various high-tech offerings. E-Trade - E-Trade brings together a personalized and fully integrated financial services solution that includes brokerage, banking and lending. The products, services, content and information at E-Trade are available to retail, institutional and corporate customers through the Web, ATMs, Relationship Managers and Call Centers. E-Trade provides online discount brokerage services, including automated order placement, portfolio tracking, and related market information, news, and services 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Free Real Time - Free Real Time provides free access to real time stock quotes, financial news, corporate profiles, economic calendars, and extensive unbiased, independent research. Investor Guide - Investor Guide offers detailed information, news, and opinions on investing and personal finance. Topics covered include investing basics, types of stocks and trading strategies, bonds, mutual funds, options, futures, REITs, precious metals, currency trading, economic indicators and monetary policy. MSN Money / CNBC - The home of the Money Honey, MSN Money / CNBC provides comprehensive personal finance information: quotes, stock research, portfolio tracking, financial news, online bill payment, banking and loans, tax preparation, retirement planning, spending analysis and budget planning. Money Search / Loan Search - Money Search / Loan Search is a directory / search engine of loan providers for personal, auto, commercial and mortgage loans. Refinance loans, purchase loans, home equity loans, mortgage loans, debt consolidation, credit cards, insurance, and numerous calculators (mortgage, investment, lease). The Motley Fool - Fine tune your Foolish investments with this highly regarded financial forum for the Foolish individual investor. The Motley Fool educates, amuses and enriches Fools with money as well as Fools without. The Raging Bull - Raging Bull is a collection of financial and investment message boards and discussion forums. Users can post messages and read messages by others, track their favorite boards and members, create and manage their own public or private board in member forums, and setup free stock portfolios. TheStreet.com - TheStreet.com provides a mix of financial features, stock coverage, company and funds reporting, market commentary and breaking financial news that's updated multiple times during the trading day. Insightful, irreverent and thorough columns provided by James Cramer and a staff of financial journalists. Yahoo! Finance - Yahoo! Finance provides perhaps the best of the best in financial news and information to help you with your investment decisions. Stock quotes, company and market research reports, investment ideas, financial news tracker, top mutual funds, bonds, options, portfolio tracker, pre-market and after-hours quotes.