so nice that charts and all are looked at but technical analysis alone doesn't help. there's a subject called psychology of business decisions taught at university of sydney where the asx is the stimulated exercise and what people do under this forum is exactly what's done there-just analyzing news, charts, etc. actually, those are some of the mistakes pointed out during the subject as the human tendency isn't to analyze fully (like a financial analyst or a business strategist or even a quantitative financial analyst). hotcopper site was 1 of the sites i'd used then because i'm not a finance guy unlike my sis though i do have an interest because of my business and accounts background including strategic management. i'm mostly an IT person as my other background and work till now has been there. anyway, getting back to it, some of the financial research or links i've had for years, sharing over here (maybe useful to some of you and sorry if it's quite a bit)(think i may have some more just of finance/investment links)(some of them like advfn, topstocks.com.au, mckinsey quarterly, the motley fool, privateequity,24hgold which includes other commodities as well have e-newsletters, alerts, etc): • http://www.global-investor.com/ One of the top online financial resources - books, conferences, glossary, etc • http://www.investopedia.com/ One of the largest and leading sites for investment and finance education • http://www.iafe.org International Association of Financial Engineers (Quantitative Finance Organisation) • http://www.marketclocks.com Opening and closing times of various stock exchanges around the world including some stock exchange data and some market news around the world • http://www.corporateinformation.com/home.aspx-under this, click on Tools-Top 100 Lists and can get the top 100 lists of the world including world's largest firms though it's updated once every 2 or 3 weeks • http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/ind_index.html Click on any-will give charts, new, stock quotes on world industries and firms under them • http://www.prophet.net/explore/sectorrankings.jsp Will give industry sector rankings based on different days, months or years and now is part of Investools Investor Education • http://www.world-exchanges.org/ World Federation of Exchanges • http://www.worldmarketmedia.com/ Social network bridging world's financial markets and investment communities • http://www.wall-street.com/ Some good financial/investment links • http://www.commodityonline.com Leading provider of news, information and research reports on commodities (mainly India's) • http://247wallst.com/page/real-time-500/ Wall St Real-Time 500 Largest Companies in US (in market cap, ith last change in amount and %, last 12 months EPS and last 12 months sales)(NOT SURE IF THIS HAS CHANGED NOW) - part of larger investment site http://247wallst.com • http://www.capitalmarket.com/MarketWatch/marketcap.htm Top 50 Market Capitalisation (BSE Sensex), part of http://www.capitalmarket.com/ that gives news, stock quotes, sector trends, BSE and NSE firms, etc • http://www.benchmarkingnetwork.com/ Leading international organisation for business process resource and metrics (has different associations with different ndustrial sectors) • http://www.marketresearch.com/ The world's largest and continuously updated collection of market research-any topic and any industrial sector including reports • http://www.ibef.org/ Indian economy-India as a brand-has on trade and economy, news, reports, industrial sectors, etc • http://www.iii.org/ Insurance Information Institute-topics, facts, statistics, etc • http://www.iie.com/ Institute for International Economics-publications and events, topics, real time economic issues, etc • http://www.dowjones.com/ A leader in news and business information world-wide-consists of Wall Street, Barron's, Factiva, Marketwatch, etc - stocks, quotes, charts, news, etc - all under News Corporation • http://www.worldcitiesalliance.com/ An international joint venture designed to provide fully integrated business investment advice, B2Bservices and economic development in a network of strategic regions throughout the world • http://www.bea.gov/ US Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis-national,international,regional,industry,etc • http://www.intracen.org/ International Trade Centre-trade for each country, projects, networks, products, services, reports, analysis, etc • http://www.wto.org/ World Trade Organization-news,topics,resources,webcasting,podcasting,etc • http://www.ibisworld.com/ World’s largest independent publisher of U.S. industry research+industry research from other countries-analysis, reports, etc • http://www.businessweek.com/ A global source of essential business insight, that’s part of Bloomberg - quotes, financial data, news, etc (Look at McGraw Hill, Reuters, Factset, Thomson Corporation, CapitalIQ as well) • http://www.business.com Leading business search engine and pay-per-click advertising network • http://www.fxstreet.com/ Leading independent portal dedicated to the Foreign Exchange (Forex) market-brokers&FDM, forum, community, quotes, news, tools, etc • http://www.site-by-site.com/ International Investment Portal & Research Center - global perspectives, stock exchanges, derivative exchanges, central banks, quotes, charts, analysis, reports, etc - comes under http://sbs-internetsolutions.com/ • http://www.peimedia.com/ PEI is the leading financial information group dedicated to the alternative asset classes of private equity, real estate and infrastructure globally - news, data, events, publications, etc including their other sites as well as Private Equity Real Estate.com part of http://www.peimedia.com that has also created the private equity firm rankings - more about subscriptions and email stuff for others to figure and advantage family • http://www.globalpropertyguide.com/ International property buying - rental yields, comparisons, house price changes, data, investment ratings, price trends, taxes, mortgage markets, etc • http://www.propertyfrontiers.com A leader in international property investment - investment property search (country, price range), blogs, research, etc • http://www.mipim.com The world's property markets - industry insight, news, etc • http://www.worldproperties.com/ Backed by the International Consortium of Real Estate Associations (ICREA) which is comprised of 30+ leading national real estate organizations representing 2 million brokers/agents worldwide - search, industry resources, news • http://www.realtor.org/ Search, statistics videos, education, other sites, etc which includes Worldproperties.com • http://www.wri.org/ World Resources Institute - news, blogs, reports, etc • http://www.nextbillion.net/ Part of World Resources Institute - news, blogs, reports, etc • http://www.stwr.org/ Share The World's Resources - issues, news and analysis, reports, etc • http://www.worldresourcesforum.org/ Blogs, documents, links, videos, etc • http://www.globaloilwatch.com/ Premiere web portal providing breaking oil and gas news - news, analysis, research, geopolitics, etc • http://www.worldoil.com/ Published monthly by Gulf Publishing Company - quotes, news, events, topics, videos, etc • http://www.theoildrum.com/ Discussions about energy and our future-finance, environment, energy blogs and sites, quotes, news, etc • http://www.eex.com/en/ European Energy Exchange - quotes, news, reports, etc • http://www.mcxindia.com/ Multi commodity exchange - data, quotes, news, reports, etc • http://www.eia.doe.gov/ US Energy - Statistics and Analysis - data, quotes, news, reports, etc • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_resources_and_consumption World Energy Resources and Consumption • http://www.astrium.eads.net/node.php?articleid=3755 Monetary value of minerals, part of http://www.astrium.eads.net/ , which is Europe's leading space company-programmes, equipment, news, locations, events, videos, etc which is again part of http://www.eads.com/1024/en/Homepage1024.html , global leader in aerospace, defence and related services - news, specials, divisions, videos, etc • http://buttonwood.economist.com/ Videos, Events, Blogs, etc including World Public Debt and Comparison of each country on right (developed using data and forecasts from the Economist Intelligence Unit database which is inspired by the National Debt Clock, a measure of the US pblic debt)-part of the Economist Group (http://www.economistgroup.com - leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs-brands, media, videos, reports, etc) • http://www.usdebtclock.org/ US National Debt Clock including checking on real time data of gold/precious metals as well as mortgage/loan • http://www.debtclock.com.au/ Australian National Debt Clock • http://www.indianindustry.com/ Indian Industry - Directory of Indian Suppliers - Indian economy (trade, direct investment, etc), country profiles (trade, associations, snapshot, etc), trade fairs, intellectual property, trade information, etc • http://www.interbrand.com/ Global branding consultancy - studies, articles, blogs, top global brand rankings including of various sectors, etc and it's part of Omnicom, 1 of the world's largest advertising and communication services firms (it's competitors are WPP, etc which can be found under http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnicom when scrolled down) • http://www.australianinvestor.com.au/ Gives trend analysis of the various companies on the Australian Securities Exchange (free-if you just give your name and password with email address, you can get trend analysis of any time along with other stuff, otherwise, you'll get only trend analysis of the companies for 24 months and 1 day when you go under Company Research link where you'll get a list of links of the companies on the stock exchange and when clicked, you get the analysis • http://www.asx.com.au/ Australian Securities Exchange - news, quotes, etc • http://tradingroom.com.au/apps/index.ac News, quotes, etc (look a the different tabs under that and this link is also part of http://www.smh.com.au/business/markets and there also look under the different tabs as it gives charts by minute/hour/daily/weekly/monthly/yearly and so on) • http://www.advfn.com/ Advanced Financial Network - world leading web site for FREE real-time on line stock quotes and stock charts - world forex exchange rates, stock market gainers vs losers, news,price data, charts and research, derivatives, world exchanges, reports, etc (not needed to login) • http://www.hotcopper.com.au/ Australian Investment Network - Australia's largest stock trading and investor internet discussion forum (free to login) - excellent • http://www.transportintelligence.com/ Market Intelligence for Transport and Logistics Industry around the world - industry sectors, logistics markets, reports, news, etc • http://www.24hgold.com/english/home.aspx Precious metals, energy and natural resources world-wide - news, quotes, data, analysis, reports, etc • http://portal.brint.com/ World's No. 1 Resource for Business, Information Technology, Finance & Risk Management • https://www.globalfinancialdata.com/ Specializes in historical data that extends from the 1200s to present - database, stocks, search, reports, etc • http://www.aigroup.com.au/ Australian Industry Group - economic indicators, trade, business services, industry sector networks, etc • http://www.emerginvest.com/ Global finance portal connecting investors worldwide with high-quality investment research, data, and tools covering 125 stock markets globally - quotes, most active streams,featured streams, major market indices, countries, regions, sectors, comparisons, etc • http://money.ninemsn.com.au/news-and-analysis/aus-market/australian-indices-chart/ MS Financial Real-Time data (Google and Yahoo etc also have though above 1s maybe better than these 3) • http://www.tradingsecrets.com.au/hot-cold.htm Trading Secrets - Current Hot and Cold Sectors (sometimes works while choosing firms under those sectors under ASX, but should check on trend analysis, data, etc as well…. best if know financial analysis also and not just technical analysis or psychology of business decisions alone) (now it’s under http://www.tradingsecrets.com.au/webpages/1_home.php - scroll down a bit and under free hot and cold sectors) • http://www.tcetoday.com/tcetoday/overview.aspx The Chemical Engineer - news, events, forums, articles, jobs, resources, etc - connected to energy and commodities sectors • http://www.cnbc.com/ World leader in business news - real-time finance, news and analysis and loads more • http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/ News, finance, sectors, analysis and opinion, reports, stock opinion to buy and sell, etc - part of http://www.reuters.com/ , world's largest multimedia news agency • http://www.traders.com/ • http://www.onlinetradersforum.com/ World investing forum which also has other top investment sites at the bottom as sponsors and partners • http://www.traderji.com/ India's online discussion forum for stocks, commodities and forex • http://www.equitygroups.com/ Audio interviews and stock message boards-stock news, hot forums, forum directories, etc • http://www.tdd.lt/slnews/Stock_Exchanges/Stock.Exchanges.htm Worldwide stock exchanges list • http://stockcharts.com/ Leading financial charts - charts, blogs and market messages • http://www.investinaustralia.com/ • http://www.nyse.com/ NYSE Euronext • http://www.gfmag.com/ Global Finance Magazine - part of Class Editori Group - country economic reports and GDP data, awards and financial rankings, market summary, latest news, etc • http://www.zyen.com/ Z/Yen - on right side, GFCI-Global Financial Centres Index (comparison of all centres through time), at bottom of page-GFCI and GIPI (Global Intellectual Propery Index) surveys, etc • http://www.gfip.org/ Global Financial Integrity - reports, news, blogs, videos, etc • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gini_Coefficient Measure of statistical dispersion - scroll down and can see income disparity for various countries • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_income_equality Connect to above link - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index • http://www.iea.org/ International Energy Agency (oil, CO2, etc)- topics, countries, websites, reports, publications, maps,etc • http://www.exportbureau.com/ Largest manufacturers directory worldwide - directory, shipping, trade statistics, news, etc • http://www.weforum.org/ World Economic Forum - events, communities, initiatives, webcasts, news release, reports, etc • http://www.imf.org/external/index.htm International Monetary Fund - data and statistics, publications, news, videos, key issues, reports, etc • http://www.economywatch.com/ Largest online economics community in the world - news, country economic profiles, international trade, major companies, investing, economic articles, economic relations, energy, further resources, etc (scroll down also) • http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-mineral-map.htm Shows a world map regarding the availability of minerals and has for each world mineral as well - part of http://www.mapsofworld.com/(map, events, news, etc)-itself is part of • http://www.infobase.co.in/ • http://www.mineralszone.com/ World Mineral Exchange - all about industrial minerals, stones, etc plus news, publications, trade shows, trade associations, etc • http://www.doingbusiness.org/ Rankings, projects, laws, topics, economies, reports, etc - part of World Bank Group • http://www.ceda.com.au/ Committee for Economic Development of Australia - events, news, research topics, etc • http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/ Daily e-letter offering an independent and critical perspective on the Australian and global investment markets-articles, comments, markets, blogs, sites, etc • http://goldoz.com.au/ Charts, history, education, news, links, etc • http://www.marketshares.com.au/ Australian share market publication - markets, companies, quotes, news, etc • http://worldmintcoins.com/ News, resources, links, coin anatomy, coin glossary, currency converter, etc • http://www.mintproducts.com/ • http://www.thebulliondesk.com/ The Bullion Desk Limited (Associate Members of the London Bullion Market Association)-news,quotes,research,reports,events,etc
