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FINANCE I like this site and use it often Analysts-Online.com Analyst online is a brand new, unique, "live" audio and visual, twice daily newsletter covering spread betting for equites and indices for the US and UK markets. The commentry includes reviewing automated trading signals from two popular signal programs and comparing technical trading methods using established charting tools. The audio feature gives the opportunity to fully explain the charts whilst the screen video highlights the critical visual points in charts. Reviewing automated programs in addition to the manual charts offers the clients a broader base of information, a vital advantage when playing the markets! The twice daily (Pre UK open 8.00 am and pre US open 14.00) reports last aroung 3-4 minutes and can be accessed all day from our site. Take the free trial and assess this one yourself! British Bankers Association The Banking and Business Banking Codes BRITISH BULLS Check out your favourite stocks and find new ones to buy - with the sites 'candle stick' system. You may never need to make your own mind up ever again. APT A
comprehensive set of ex-ante and ex-post measures, model-based and model-free,
textbook implementations and proprietary, value-added GAMES INVESTER The site is intended to provide potential and existing investors with regular news and analysis about the publicly quoted UK computer and video games companies. In addition, with included comprehensive background information about the industry and business processes involved in creating and selling a game. This is the kind of site I like to find - specialist, in-depth with information in it that you are unlikely to find anywhere else. FILL YA BOOTS Articles, forum, charts etc. I like their left hand nav - usefull looking site. IG INDEX offer account holders all the tools and information required for online spread betting. Freephone number for help and advice to get you started. CITY EQUITIES focus exclusively on the smaller companies sector 'penny shares' which have the potential to deliver substantial capital growth. Login required. DIGITAL LOOK Smart site for investors with free services for those that login and join up. CONTRACTS FOR DIFFERENCE Contracts for Difference (CFDs) have caught the imagination of the active private investor over the last four years since their introduction to the retail marketplace. This site offers explanations and everything about contracts for difference (cfds). It's new and from the same stable as financial-spread-betting that does a similar job on explaining how financial spread betting works. These sites are not going to win any webdesign awards - but it's early days yet - so we will watch how they develope with interest! AXLQUOTES Plenty of charts and current figures Quote including recent trades Chart (Historic) Chart (Intraday) AFX News Market Reference Data . Set up your own portfolio et.. Some things not yet implemented - a work in progress - some useful features and all seems to be free. Well worth watching PROSHARE The
primary resource and contact point for DAVID SMITH Economics editor of the Sunday Times personal website and blog. "The site, independent of the newspaper, aims to provide knowledge and stimulate debate on economics, for business people, students, economists and others. As well as my own articles and observations, it also includes material by other people and organisations, which is always welcome. Enjoy the site, and please take part in our forum. " BBC
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Monitor an invaluable addition to your investment strategy. CNN/MONEY Owned by the biggest media company in the world Time Warner CNN/Money is what you would expect from a stateside media giant. Although it is interesting to see how delicately they write about their parent company given that it is now worth only one third of it's value at the time of merger. CFO.COM So you want to be a Chief Executive - but have you got what it takes? Stateside site of CFO magazine - plenty of articles. POWER SCREENER allows you to search stocks not only by dividends but also other measurable factors affecting a stock's price. To use their free service, all you need to do is create an account and log in. Multex Investor's stock screener focuses on tangible variables such as market capitalization, revenue, volatility, profit margins, as well as performance ratios such as the price/earnings ratio or debt/equity ratio. They also have some built-in screens that search for stocks according to a pre-packaged set of variables. Keep in mind that stock screeners are not magic applications guaranteed to make you money, nor do they replace good research. They are, however, a great tool used to start your stock search and narrow your choices down to a small group of companies. THE GROWTH BUSINESS A UK website focused on the smaller end of the market - Aim and Ofex, and venture capitalists with directories of advisors for raising capital. Study all the Aim, Ofex and VC deals as they happen. Search all deals by type, sector and amount raised. If you are interested in the movers and shakers in these sectors you will find the directories of phone numbers useful - but don't expect to find links to their websites. FINALXYZ Dedicated to providing information to individual investors who wish to build wealth primarily through long-term, buy-and-hold investment in quality technology stocks. They offer no advice for short-term "trading", but focus on long-term, tax-advantaged investment. They post a daily Market Perspective column five days a week plus Saturday, usually by 12:30 a.m. Honor system for payment. Click here for latest news DAILY RECKONING OK so how many hours in the day do you have to read informed comment and personal views from the experts -- probably not enough to cover them all -- we will watch this for a while as we did like the cartoon. TISCALLI MONEY Smart, tight, useful and no pop ups or sign in - as they say - Tiscali Money Personal Area is free, quick and easy, and provides you with a wide range of tools and services. You can: Create your own Personal Portfolio, Create a Watch List, Set targets to trigger alert messages, and receive news and (delayed) price data. NOTHING
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