Stock And Economic Data Sites Across The Web

Committing dollars to a particular stock is often the last decision made by an investor. The first steps often include a review of company financial data and a review of economic data. There are a number of resources across the internet available to investors to assist in this evaluation. Following are some sites that may be of interest to investors as the work through the review process.

Economic Data

• Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis-FRED Database
• Federal Reserve Bank
• Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. The site has a Fed Webring enabling an investor to search all Federal Reserve databases.
• Bureau of Economic Analysis
• Economy.com. Free registration required.

Stock Data

• Guaging Corporate Financial Results
• Sector Data from Standard & Poor's.
• AOL Money & Finance
• MSN Money
• Reuters
• Zacks
• REIT.com
• REITcafe

International Stock Data

• ADR.com
• BNY Mellon
• Euroland
• CIAWorld Factbook.This publication provides data on foreign countries.

Portfolio Tracking

• Portfolio management tools and tax lot accounting at GainsKeeper.

I was introduced to some of the above sites in the recent issue of AAII Journal from the American Association of Individual Investors. The September issue of the magazine contains a much more comprehensive listing of investment websites for those that have an interest.

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