Is there really a need for those hundreds of stock tickers out there? We like them too, but the professional investment banker
wants more than stock prices; he needs to find financial documents, historical data and news sources
on even obscure companies. The problem is that the search engines just do not get it. Go to Yahoo for instance, and search on the
terms "investment banking." What do you get? Pages about automated teller machines, online banking and
and getting out of personal debt; we have no doubt that these are great sites, it is just that they are not about
investment banking.
While we are no Yahoo, financeprofessional.com tries to do its small part in finding links of interest to
investment bankers. Here are links to some of the web sites that financeprofessional.com finds most
indispensable, including links to the best financial magazines and newspapers under News Sources,
data providers and other interesting links under Financial Tools, and links to sites that might help you on
your next accounting question under Accounting Resources. If you know a link that we should be including, suggest a link.
FreeEdgar.Com Why bother with all those commercial sites for your SEC documents when you can find the vast majority here
for free? Capabilities include full download of documents in rich text format (RTF).
Hoover's Online Highly recommended for its quick capsules on a huge variety of companies. Also provides excellent industry overviews. Although it is a subscriber based site, there is a lot of good, free information.
High Yield Market Providing databases and other information for the high yield market.
Investorama Great directory of personal finance sites and information.
InvestorGuide A guide to investing on the web. Includes a glossary for investors.
Lexis-Nexis Perhaps the best-known provider of news databases.
Library of Congress Includes a searchable catalog from the institution that has just about every book ever published in the United States.
Market Guide Inc. Impressive stock screening and other stock information, all for free.
The Motley Fool Tongue-in-cheek advice from the Gardner brothers and their cronies. A lot of it is on the money--if they would simply stop wearing those stupid hats.
Multex.com Provider of online equity research from the major brokerage houses. Not quite as complete as Investext, but often more competitive in pricing.
Pacifica Consulting Employs options models to provide consulting on shareholder value.
