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

by Bates, Mary Ellen

• ISBN13: 9780071349819
• ISBN10: 0071349812
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

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

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

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