The Syndicate is a "meta" financial page, with links to over 1K financial sites in 25 categories. Also monthly feature articles. .

InvestLink gives you free unlimited stock quotes, personal portfolios, annual reports, financial news, company profiles, stock searches, and detailed investment information for over 25K North American equities. . [, net-hap, 16May96.]

Investors Newsletter Digest summarizes the recommendations of top financial newsletters. You also get original articles, investment tips, a stock quote server, portfolio manager, daily market reports, and links to other financial websites. Free sample issue. . [, net-hap, 12May96.]

Investor's Business Daily (IBD) has discontinued its proprietary electronic edition (IBDee) in favor of a free website with searchable archive. Most of the paper's story content is posted, including a Computers & Tech section. . [Scout Report, 26Jul96.]

The Prime Times Investor offers over 100 mutual fund family newsletters, with sample text from one family each month. . [, net-hap, 31Jul96.] (Be wary of advice from fund managers, but you should read their prospectus and perhaps newsletter before investing.)

CMP's TechInvestor focuses solely on high-technology stocks. Headline news, IPO watch, pundits, graphs, closing prices, etc. . [LWT, 05Aug96.]

nVestor, from the League of American Investors, is a free stock market simulation/contest. . [, net-hap, 07Aug96.]

StreetEYE is a directory and search engine for investment and financial resources. Over 1,400 links. . [Scout Report, 30Aug96.]

Futures Trading Group, Inc. is a full-service futures, options, and commodities brokerage. See for free market reports, newsletters,and technical charts. [, net-hap, 05Sep96.]

Hot Stocks! lists selected stocks for small investors. . [, net-hap, 11Sep96.]

Scott Thoele has collected links to free stock quotes and investment info, at . [, net-hap, 30Sep96.]

The Messenger is a commodities market newsletter from Dale Pinkert. . [, net-hap, 15Oct96.]

The Chicago Tribune Mutual Funds Report reviews recent mutual fund performance and recaps stock, bond, currency, and commodity markets. You can download their mutual fund table as an Excel spreadsheet, or get personalized portfolio news free via email. See . [, net-hap, 15Oct96.]

Financial Trend Forecaster is a monthly newsletter tracking general trends and profit opportunities in gold, stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. Past issues are free. . [, net-hap, 18Oct96.]

TermFinance is a glossary of derivative instrument terms, from "additional margin" to "volatility." English, French, Italian, and German. . [Scout Report, 18Oct96.]

Company Information and Profiles is a guide to finding Asian and international investment information on the Internet. . A companion student's guide is <.../coguide.htm>. [Amanda Lo , net-hap, 21Oct96.]

Mutual fund market timing signals are free via email from , along with a monthly newsletter. 24% return since 1980. [, net-hap, 25Oct96.] (Check out the charts of famous bull and bear markets, including the 1929 and 1987 crashes.)

The Dow Jones EMEA Telerate site is about financial markets in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. . [Bruce Gabrielle , net-hap, 26Oct96.]

Economics By E-Mail is a free, weekly list of about 25 important US economic indicators. Sign up at , or contact . [Braden L. Albert , NEW-LIST, 28Oct96.]

Cohlp -- the "company helper" -- provides online annual and quarterly reports for free search and download. Also international stock exchange profiles. . [, net-hap, 07Nov96.]

Tanagraphics has put together an index linkpage to corporate annual reports on the WWW. . [Elisabeth Roche , web4lib, 05Nov96.]

Wall Street City offers quotes on over 70K securities, plus tutorials and other investment services. Customize your own stock ticker. . [, net-hap, 05Nov96.] (BTW, did you know that Dr. Samuel S. Laws invented the remote repeater, for reporting gold prices? It replaced messenger boys on bicycles. Thomas Edison was one of several who improved it, leading to a stock ticker. He later learned to profit from his own inventions instead of selling his ideas to Dr. Laws.)

Active Investment Research is a newsletter and website offering stock recommendations, plus info and links for mutual funds, financial planning tools, etc. . [, net-hap, 11Nov96.]

Stock Spectator is an award-winning source of stock and investment info. will get you to news, quotes, company and IPO info, and a page of corporate freebies to new shareholders. [LWT, BESTWEB, 15Nov96.]

To find corporate websites, look up the company name or partial name with the Website Locater search engine: . [Patricia Pomerleau , dreamwave, 15Nov96.]

cyberstocks.com provides news, stock quotes, and charts for 102 public Internet companies. Investors can post questions and share knowledge in The Live Wire bboard. , from Hoovers Online. [Ibid.]

Money$earch offers over 3K categorized links to financial resources, plus a search engine and quote lookup. . [Fred Brown , c.i.www.announce, 24Aug96.]

Mutual Funds Online is from Mutual Funds Magazine. Performance rankings, closing quotes, fund profiles, portfolio tracking. One month free, then $4.99/month. Free back issues, performance calculators, printed recommendation report, and weekly email newsletter. . [22Jan97.]

The Growth Stock Gazette selects stocks with high earnings and rapid appreciation. See also their Corporate Investment Profiles Showcase (CIPS), a free database of information for selected stocks. . [, net-hap, 15Dec96.]

The new e.Schwab trading service from Charles Schwab Online costs $29.95 per stock trade, up to 1K shares. , or call 1-800-372-4922 x140 to get the software. [SJM, 20Jan97, 5E.]

E*TRADE lets you purchase stocks for just $14.95 per transaction. or . [KCBS, 22Jan96.]

eBroker will do your trades for $12. . [22Jan97.]

Internet Stock Report is a daily analysis of Internet stocks and business trends, from Mecklermedia. It includes a link to ISDEX, "a no-bones measuring stick for temperamental Internet stock trading and quotes." . [WEBster, 10Dec96.] (It says that Yahoo! (YHOO) is up 86% since the start of 1997. E*TRADE (EGRP) is up 58%, Excite (XCIT) 53%, Lycos (LCOS) 64%, and InfoSeek (SEEK) 28%. I think I'm in the wrong business. :-)

-- Ken