{"id":338,"date":"2006-11-22T02:30:33","date_gmt":"2006-11-22T07:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selfinvestors.com\/tradingstocks\/best-investing-resources\/"},"modified":"2018-08-12T01:18:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-12T06:18:34","slug":"best-investing-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/selfinvestors.com\/tradingstocks\/best-investing-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Investing Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following list of sites are what I have found to be some of the best free resources for disecting the market.&nbsp;&nbsp; Feel free to contact with your favorites and I&#8217;ll add them here.<\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><u><strong>Finding the Hottest Industries<\/strong><\/u><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\">Prophet.net<\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Probably the best resource around for locating the best performing industries on various time frames (anywhere from 2days to 5 years) <\/li>\n<li>Quickly scan the charts of each company from 214 industry groups <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bigcharts.marketwatch.com\/industry\/bigcharts-com\/\"><font size=\"3\">BigCharts.com<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Top 10 best and worst performing industries, including the top 10 best and worst performing stocks in those groups <\/li>\n<li>Track performcance from 1 week to 5 year <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font size=\"3\">EquityTrader.com<\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Very interesting and unique site &#8211; ranks current performance and &quot;potential&quot; performance based on fuzzy logic using 54 different criteria <\/li>\n<li>Not only ranks industries, but the stocks in those industries as well as the overall market <\/li>\n<li>Developed by the guy who invented Bollinger Bands (John Bollinger) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/clearstation.etrade.com\/cgi-bin\/Itechnicals?Sector=0&amp;Ordering=RSRANK&amp;SortDir=1\"><font size=\"3\">Clearstation.com<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ranks sectors and industries based on 1 day, 5 day or 13 week performance as well as relative strength (to the S&amp;P) <\/li>\n<li>Provides number of new highs and new lows in each group (good way to confirm strength) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><u><strong>Fundamental Analysis<\/strong><\/u><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><font size=\"3\">Real Time Traders &#8211; <\/font><\/strong><font size=\"3\">Earnings Estimates Revisions<\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tracks analyst earnings estimates revisions for all stocks <\/li>\n<li>Buying stock in companies that have upward earnings revisions has been shown to a successful investing strategy <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font size=\"3\"><strong>Real Time Traders<\/strong> &#8211; <\/font><font size=\"3\">Positive Pre Announcements<\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>List of companies who have revised earnings estimates upward before their earnings date <\/li>\n<li>Again, this is very positive for a company&#8217;s stock price <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><font size=\"3\">Yahoo<\/font><\/strong> &#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/q\/ae?s=GOOG\"><font size=\"3\">Finance Analyst Estimates<\/font><\/a> <font size=\"2\">(link uses Google (GOOG) as example)<\/font><font size=\"2\">(using Google (GOOG) as example)<\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Revenue and earnings estimates for current quarter and year and for the following year <\/li>\n<li>Earnings history: see if the company has beat analyst expectations in the past <\/li>\n<li>Earnings revision: see if analysts are revising their estimates upward <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><strong>Morningstar<\/strong> &#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/quicktake.morningstar.com\/Stock\/Snapshot.asp?Country=USA&amp;Symbol=GOOG&amp;stocktab=snapshot\"><font size=\"3\">Company Snapshot<\/font><\/a> <font size=\"2\">(link uses Google (GOOG) as example)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The best site around for fundamental analysis <\/li>\n<li>Grades each stock on Growth, Profitability and Financial Health <\/li>\n<li>Financial data for the last 10 years <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><strong><u>Technical Analysis<\/u><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stockcharts.com\/charts\/\"><font size=\"3\">StockCharts.com<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><font size=\"2\">The best site around for creating and annotating charts with various technical indicators<\/font> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"4\"><strong><u>Insider Activity<\/u><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/moneycentral.msn.com\/investor\/invsub\/insider\/trans.asp?Symbol=GOOG\"><font size=\"3\">MSN Money Insider Trading<\/font><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><font size=\"2\">Buying by several company insiders could be a sign of good things to come<\/font> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font size=\"3\">Real Time Traders Company Buybacks<\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><font size=\"2\">Up to date information on company buybacks<\/font> <\/li>\n<li><font size=\"2\">Companies who buy back their own stocks feel their stock is undervalued so it&#8217;s important to keep an eye on<\/font> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><strong><u>Institutions<\/u><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\">Morningstar Fund Ownership<\/font>&nbsp;<font size=\"2\">(again, using Google (GOOG) as an example)<\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lists the funds with the largest positions in the stock and their performance ranking <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thomson.finance.lycos.com\/lycos\/iwatch\/cgi-bin\/iw_ticker?t=GOOG&amp;range=0&amp;mgp=0&amp;hdate=&amp;x=11&amp;y=10\"><font size=\"3\">Quote.com Institutional Activity<\/font><\/a>&nbsp;(Google (GOOG) as the example here)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Offers individual investors a window into the previously closed world of institutional trading.&nbsp; Before completing large block trades, &quot;big money&quot; traders express their interest by posting &quot;advertising&quot; buy or sell messages, revealing the short -term supply and demand picture for a particular stock <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><u><strong>Tools<\/strong><\/u><\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/moneycentral.msn.com\/investor\/finder\/predefstocks.aspx\"><font size=\"3\">MSN Money Stock Screener<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A great set of predefined screens are available but you can customize and add your own filters <\/li>\n<li>It is the best free stock screener that I&#8217;m aware of <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/moneycentral.msn.com\/investor\/controls\/setup.asp?Redir=True&amp;target=http%3a%2f%2fmoneycentral%2emsn%2ecom%2fscripts%2fwebquote%2edll%3fipage%3dpmx\"><font size=\"3\">MSN Portfolio Manager<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The best free portfolio manager available.. nothing compares in my opinion <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vse.marketwatch.com\/Game\/Homepage.aspx\"><font size=\"3\">CBS Market Watch Virtual Stock Exchange<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One of the best &quot;paper trading&quot; free services around letting you trade a virtual portfolio of 1,000,000 <\/li>\n<li>Allows trades on the Nasdaq, Dow and AMEX with stop and limit orders <\/li>\n<li>Create private competitions or join public competitions <\/li>\n<li>Just remember: paper trading is not the same as trading with real money &#8211; emotions play a big role! <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font size=\"3\">FolioFn &#8211; Creating Your Own Mutual Fund<\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For a low monthly fee you get a few hundred commission free trades &#8211; they only catch is that they are not instant trades (you can get instant trades but they are pricey at 14.95 per trade) <\/li>\n<li>Allows up to 50 securities in a portfolio <\/li>\n<li>Great way to create your own diversified portfolio for a low cost <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><u><strong>Investing Education<\/strong><\/u><\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/clearstation.etrade.com\/education\/cover.shtml\"><font size=\"3\">Clearstation Technical Tutorial<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><font size=\"2\">A nice tutorial covering the technical side (available in interactive, html and pdf format)<\/font> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/university\/\"><font size=\"3\">Investopedia University<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><font size=\"2\">Can be separated by beginner, intermediate and advanced<\/font> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.investorwords.com\/\"><font size=\"3\">InvestorWords Glossary<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><font size=\"2\">6000 financial definitions<\/font> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/selfinvestors.com\/tradingstocks\/tutorial\/market-direction\/\"><font size=\"3\">SelfInvestors Tutorial<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><font size=\"2\">A top &#8211; down tutorial guiding you through the details of gauging the health of the overall market, to finding the best performing industries\/sectors, to locating the best stock plays<\/font> <\/li>\n<li><font size=\"2\">Highly detailed with specific examples<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><u><strong>Stock Market Breaking News<\/strong><\/u><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.streetinsider.com\">StreetInsider.com<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><font size=\"2\">Many sites charge for this kind of breaking news<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"2\">Many news alerts on IPO&#8217;s, analyst comments, insider trades, economic data and more available as RSS feeds or email alerts<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"2\">I highly recommend it<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following list of sites are what I have found to be some of the best free resources for disecting the market.&nbsp;&nbsp; Feel free to contact with your favorites and I&#8217;ll add them here. 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