Useful Financial Links
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Statistics and Economic Data
- Dr. Phillips Institute for the Study of American Business Activity
Useful for analyses and data pertaining to local, state, and national economic trends, issues, and developments. - Economagic Economic Time Series
This site is a finance or economic student's best friend! This site contains historic data series on everything from interest rates to S&P 500 historical returns! What I truly love about the site is that data is presented in a variety of ways. For instance, you will often see the real rates of interest and nominal rates side by side. You will definitely want to bookmark this one! - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
A great deal of research tools exist on this site on both United States regions and the rest of the world. One entire portion of the site focuses on Latin-America. It is also the place to go to find the Dollar Index. - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Another great Federal Reserve site filled with historical time series data on everything imaginable. - National Association for Business Economics
Useful site that contains economic releases, often with direct links to the source. - National Bureau of Economic Research
This interesting page lists the business cycle through a chart of dates. This is a great tool for research papers, allowing you to shed some light on your data. - Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development
A great site for statistics by country including GDP, inflation, unemployment, exchange rates, and more. Find historical data and forecasts here. - SearchBug Finance
A handy site full of historical data, current information, and useful tools such as a currency converter and loan calculator. - Standard and Poor's AdvisorInsight
This is the web home of Standard and Poor's. A lot of free information exists on companies and even more is available if you're willing to subscribe. - The Conference Board - Indicators
Easily accessed Leading Economic Indicators site. - The Dismal Scientist by Economy.com
Sometimes dismal, sometimes great! This site offers financial news and a wide variety of financial and economic data. Although this site can provide reports such as industrial production or retail sales, the information is only available to subscribers. - The Federal Reserve System
Find everything from banking information, monetary policy, and economic research and data. Data is released daily on exchange rates, commercial paper, and selected interest rates. It is a great resource with free information. - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Find a wealth of statistics on labor economics. Items include wages, inflation, spending, productivity, demographics, employment/unemployment, industries, and many more. - U.S. Census Bureau
Collection of current data on people and business and expert projections. Data includes poverty, income, housing, and more. - U.S. Department of Commerce - Bureau of Economic Analysis
Provides national data such as GDP, Income, Corporate Profits, etc. and International Data such as Balance of Payments, Trade, Investment, etc.. The site also has excellent regional data and information on various industries. - United Nations Statistics Division
Time series social and economic indicators by country since 1985. A great source of data! - Value Line
This is my personal favorite site for research. The beauty of value line research is that you get a great deal of data on one printed page of material. It is also a fantastic source for company betas! Although you must pay a hefty price to use this site, if you are a student, you will most likely have ValueLine access through your school library. - Yahoo! Finance
This is a tough site to categorize because it offers so much of everything! Financial news, historical data, and more. I frequently used this site to find the beta for a company. Simply enter the company's ticker symbol and click on Key Statistics. - Zacks Investment Research
Investment research in an easy to use format. This site is a great place to get investment related news, but most research does not come free of charge.
Financial News
- Bloomberg.com
Up-to-the-minute Financial, business and economic news. The site also features charts and analysis on securities, markets and more. - Reuters.com - Business News Headlines
Timely business news with a touch of finance. If you're looking for headlines, this is a good place to go. You won't find much data on the site though.
Fixed-Income Securities (Bonds)
- Fitch Ratings
Fitch Inc. is a ratings agency of corporate securities. This site is useful for finding bond ratings. - Moodys.com
Moodys is a major ratings agency. There's a great deal of free information on bonds on this site. - The Bond Market Association
Features news on the bond markets, treasury yield curve, charts, etc. The best portion of the site is in the Research section. Here you can find a wealth of statistics on fixed-income securities.
Magazine Sites
- BusinessWeek Online
The online version of the popular BusinessWeek Magazine. This is a fantastic site filled with news, market research, and info on stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. - CFO Magazine Online - Tools & Resources For Financial Executives
The online home for CFO Magazine. This site boasts a wealth of articles, financial news, information on capital markets, and so much more. There are even live webcasts on this site on a variety of topics. - CNN / Money Magazine
The partnership between CNN and Money Magazine can provide you with timely business news, stock quotes, market data, commodity prices, currency news and exchange rates, and much more.
Newspapers
- The New York Times - Business News
The business section of the New York Times is online for your convenience. Read about everything financial happening in both the U.S. and Internationally. - Top 100 Newspapers
Wow! This site has links to the nation's top 100 newspapers. They are listed in alphabetical order by city, making it easy to find the paper you're looking for. Local newspapers can provide a great source of financial information on a very specific area. - USA Today - Money
The money section of the USA Today Newspaper. A great source of news on markets, stocks, industries, and more!
Financial Markets
- The Nasdaq Stock Market
Get stock quotes, company news, market information and much more. This is a great site for research and forecasts.
Stock Information
- Stock Selector
Handy & fun! This site allows you to monitor the stocks in your portfolio. It also boasts a fantastic glossary of stock-related finance terms.