This is a selective and wide ranging guide to mostly free financial, market, benchmarking, data, and knowledge discovery resources on the internet. The guide is especially useful during this time of financial tumult, and will be updated in future as we continue to experience financial volatility around the world. The four information areas covered include: news, corporate, academic, public/private, scholarly and government sites and services:
- Corporate Conference Calls Resources
- Financial Sources
- Financial Sources Search Engines
- Selected Venture Capital Sources
CORPORATION CONFERENCE CALLS SOURCES
Business Wire
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/
MediaPlatform Webcast Event Services
https://www.mediaplatform.com/
PR Newswire
https://www.prnewswire.com/
Refinitiv – Connecting You to the World’s Financial Markets
https://www.refinitiv.com/en
Wall Street Horizon – Earnings Calendar
https://www.wallstreethorizon.com/
Yahoo! Current Day Conference Calls
https://finance.yahoo.com/u/yahoo-finance/watchlists/ey-strategic-growth-conference?.tsrc=fin-srch
FINANCIAL SOURCES
2019 Index of Economic Freedom
https://www.heritage.org/index/
2020 Directory Of Directories
https://www.2020DirectoryOfDirectories.com/
2020 New Economy Resources
https://www.2020NewEconomy.com/
529 College Savings Plan – Educational Material from Fidelity
https://www.fidelity.com/529-plans/what-is-a-529-plan
6 Steps To Building A Successful Investment Portfolio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V47Jg-bJNkQ
a16z Crypto
https://a16zcrypto.com/
Accounting Education Resource Guide
https://www.smartscholar.com/accounting-education-guide/
A Guide to the 2007 – 2008 Global Financial Crisis
https://libguides.colostate.edu/financialcrisis
Alacra Store – Company, Credit, Deal, Investment and Market Research
https://www.alacrastore.com/
Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB)
https://aws.amazon.com/qldb/
American Association of Individual Investors
https://www.aaii.com/
American Banker Online
https://www.americanbanker.com/
Annual Reports
https://www.AnnualReports.com/
Annuities Investments
https://www.fidelity.com/annuities/what-are-annuities
Annuity Types
https://www.annuity.org/annuities/types/
AQR Data Sets
https://www.aqr.com/library/data-sets
Asset Macro
https://www.assetmacro.com/
AsteroidIQ Competitive Intelligence
https://www.asteroidiq.com/
Auditing Algorithms: Adding Accountability to Automated Authority
https://auditingalgorithms.science/
Bank Rate Monitor
https://www.bankrate.com/
Barron’s Online
https://www.barrons.com/
Basically Money – Free Personal and Family Finance Q&A Community
https://money.stackexchange.com/
Benefunder – Hybrid Funding Channel for Research and Innovation
https://www.benefunder.com/
Benzinga – Innovative News and Analysis Service
https://www.benzinga.com/
Betterment – Investing Made Better Through Smarter Technology
https://www.betterment.com/
BiggerPockets Real Estate Investing Guide
https://www.biggerpockets.com/
BigCharts – Stock Charts – Stock Screeners – Research Tools
https://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/
Bill.com – Reinvent Your Back Office
https://www.bill.com/
Billbaba – Bill Payment Reminders and Related Tools
https://www.billbaba.com/
BizStats – Comprehensive Business Statistics, Financial Ratios & Benchmarks
https://www.BizStats.com/
BlockChain – Connecting the World to Crypto
https://www.Blockchain.com/
Blockchain – WikiPedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain
Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/
BootStrapp
https://bootstrapp.co/
Budgeting 101
https://www.moneymunk.com/budgeting-101/
BudgetPulse – Simple Online Money Tracking and Budget
https://www.budgetpulse.com/
Business Intelligence Resources
https://www.BIResources.info/
Campbell R. Harvey’s Hypertextual Finance Glossary
https://people.duke.edu/~charvey/Classes/wpg/glossary.htm
CASSIDI® – Banking Competitive Analysis
https://cassidi.stlouisfed.org/
Census Business Builder (CBB)
https://www.census.gov/data/data-tools/cbb.html
Center for Financial Services Innovation
https://cfsinnovation.com/
Central Bank Cryptocurrencies
https://ritholtz.com/2018/07/central-bank-cryptocurrencies/
Chart of the Day – Insightful Stock Market and Financial Related Charts
https://www.chartoftheday.com/
Chicago Mercantile Exchange – CME
https://www.cmegroup.com/
Citing Business Sources – BRASS Business Guide
https://brass.libguides.com/businessciting
C-Loans Commercial Mortgage Lender Databank
https://www.c-loans.com/
CNN/Money
https://money.cnn.com/
Commercial Mortgage Leads
https://www.commercialleads.net/
Comtex SmarTrend Alert
https://www.mysmartrend.com/
Confused.com – UK Financial Comparison Shopping Sites
https://www.confused.com/
Consano – Directly Support Medical Research That Matters To You
https://consano.org/
CorporateInformation.com – Global Research and Analysis Expertise
https://www.corporateinformation.com/
Coviam – Innovate Digital
https://www.coviam.com/
Credit Card Menu
https://www.creditcardmenu.com/
CreditCards.com – Compare Credit Card Offers
https://www.creditcards.com/
CreditCardXPO – Find Credit Card Applications Online
https://www.creditcardxpo.com/
Creditworthy Business Credit
https://www.creditworthy.com/
Crowdcube – Invest In Innovative British Businesses
https://www.crowdcube.com/
Crowdfunding Resources 2020
https://www.CrowdFundingResources.info/
CryptoClarified – Cryptocurrency Blog
https://cryptoclarified.com/
Crypto Hawks and Doves by Howard Davies
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/cryptocurrency-central-bank-hawks-and-doves-by-howard-davies-2018-02?barrier=accesspaylog
Current Awareness Tools 2020
https://www.CurrentAwarenessTools.com/
Daily Finance
https://www.dailyfinance.com/
Daily Stocks
https://www.DailyStocks.com/
Dark Data
https://wiki.atlan.com/dark-data
DataBank – The World Bank
https://databank.worldbank.org/data/home.aspx
DataFox by Oracle – Understand and Predicts Trends In the Private Tech Sector
https://www.oracle.com/applications/customer-experience/datafox/
Dato Capital – Private Company Data, Information and Documents
https://en.datocapital.com/
DealMarket – The Global Private Equity Platform – Drooms DealFlow
https://www.dealmarket.com/
DealStream – Global B2B Marketplace
https://dealstream.com/
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO)
https://www.DAOResources.com/
Digital Currency
https://flipboard.com/topic/digitalcurrency
Director Stats
https://www.directorstats.co.uk/
Dow Jones
https://www.dowjones.com/
DTN.IQ – Streaming Real-time Stocks, Futures and Option Quotes, and Breaking News
https://www.dtniq.com/
DueDil – Financial Performance of Your Competitors, Suppliers and Customers
https://www.duedil.com/
Dummies Series Personal Finance & Investments books Dummies Series published by John Wiley & Sons Inc.
https://www.dummies.com/store/Business-Investing-Careers/Personal-Finance-Investments.html
eBrevia – Intelligent Contract Analysis
https://ebrevia.com/
eCommerce Resources
http://www.eCommerceResources.info/
EDGAR – Search Tools
https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/webusers.htm
Equis International – MetaStock Software, Technical Analysis, Charting and Financial Tools
https://www.metastock.com/
euromoney
https://www.euromoney.com/
Experiment – Platform for Funding Scientific Discoveries
https://experiment.com/
Explorer Multi – Blockchain and Crypto Search Engine
https://blockcrypto.io/
FactSet – Made for OutPerformers
https://www.factset.com/
Federal Reserve Districts
https://www.federalreserve.gov/otherfrb.htm
FedSpending.org
https://www.FedSpending.org/
File Shift – Simple File Delivery
https://fileshift.io/
FinAid! – The Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid
https://www.finaid.org/
Finance41 – Painless Personal Finance
https://finance41.com/
Finance Resources on the Web
https://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~igiddy/
FinancesOnline – Free Platform to Find Best B2B and SaaS Solutions
https://financesonline.com/
Financial Access Survey – Measuring Access to and Use of Financial Services Worldwide
https://fas.imf.org/
Financial Calculators
https://www.mortgageloan.com/calculator/
Financial Engines – Help for your 401(k)
https://www.FinancialEngines.com/
Financial Management – Scholarly Research in Finance
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291755-053X
FINRA – Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
https://www.finra.org/
FinRoad – The Financial Markets Network
http://www.finroad.com/
Finstead – Questions and Answers for Finance and Investment
https://www.finstead.com/
FINTEL – Financial Intelligence For Your Business
http://fintel.us/
FINVIZ.com – Stock Market Screener, Charts, Quotes, and Financial Visualizations
http://finviz.com/
FINWeb
http://www.finweb.com/
Fixed Income Investing Fundamentals
https://individual.troweprice.com/public/Retail/Planning-&-Research/Tools-&-Resources/Investment-Planning/Fundamentals-of-Fixed-Income-Investing
Flow of Funds Guide – Financial Accounts Guide
https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/fof/
Forex Charts – Real Time Free Forex Charts
https://www.forexcharts.net/
FormDs.com – See Who Is Raising Money
https://www.formds.com/
Fortua – You Can Do It With Fortuna
https://www.fortua.com/
FRASER – Discover Economic History
https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/
FRED – Federal Reserve Economic Data
https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/
Free Law Project
https://free.law/
FreeLunch – Free Economic, Demographic and Financial Data
https://www.economy.com/freelunch/default.asp
FreeRealTime Start Page
https://quotes.freerealtime.com/
Funding Circle USA
https://www.fundingcircle.com
GEOFRED – Geographical Economic Data
https://geofred.stlouisfed.org/
Giddy.org – Giddy’s Web Resources in Finance
https://www.Giddy.org/
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)
https://www.gemconsortium.org/
Global Stock Trends
https://www.globalstocktrends.com/
GnuCash – Free Personal and Small Business Financial-Accounting Software
https://www.gnucash.org/
Grant Forward – Start Moving Your Research Forward
https://www.grantforward.com/
Grant Resources 2020
https://www.GrantResources.info/
Grant Street Group Financial Auctions
https://www.grantstreet.com/
Grisbi – Personnal Accounting Application
https://www.grisbi.org/
GuruFocus – Stock Picks and Market Insights of Warren Buffett and Other Guru Investors
https://www.gurufocus.com/
Gust – Global SaaS Funding Platform
https://gust.com/
Hedera Hashgraph – Distributed Ledger Technology
https://www.hederahashgraph.com/
Hedge Fund Reports
https://members.morningstar.com/prism/hedgefund/mkt/hflanding.html
HiddenLevers – Scenario Analysis and Portfolio Planning for Investors
https://www.hiddenlevers.com/
Honeyminer – Start Mining Cryptocurrency Right Now
https://honeyminer.com/
Hoover’s Online – D&B Hoovers – The Business Information Authority
https://www.dnb.com/products/marketing-sales/dnb-hoovers.html
How To Invest in Cryptocurrencies: The Ultimate Beginners Guide
https://blockgeeks.com/guides/how-to-invest-in-cryptocurrencies/
HyperLedger Project
https://www.hyperledger.org/
Hypertextual Finance Glossary – Over 8,000 Entries and 18,000 Hyperlinks
https://people.duke.edu/~charvey/Classes/wpg/glossary.htm
iBillionaire Index (BILLION)
https://www.ibillionaire.me/
IDEAS – Largest Bibliographic Database of Economic Literature on the Internet
https://ideas.repec.org/
IFC – International Finance Corporation
https://www.ifc.org/
I Know First – Daily Market Forecast
https://iknowfirst.com/
IMF Data Sets – International Economics Data and Statistics
https://www.imf.org/external/data.htm
IMF Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board
https://dsbb.imf.org/Default.aspx
IMF: Financial Market Update
https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fmu/eng/index.asp
Indinero – Software for Managing Business Finances
https://indinero.com/
Industry Research from the University of Tennessee
https://libguides.utk.edu/content.php?pid=85554&sid=636582
Industry Research – ULS Digital Library, University of Pittsburgh
https://www.library.pitt.edu/industry-research
INO – The Web Center for Futures and Options
https://quotes.ino.com/
Insure
https://www.insure.com/
International Banking Research Network (IBRN)
https://www.ny.frb.org/IBRN/index.html
International Monetary Fund (IMF) – Data and Statistics
https://www.imf.org/external/data.htm
International Review of Finance
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291468-2443
Investing in Bonds
https://www.InvestingInBonds.com/
Investment FAQ
https://invest-faq.com/
Investopedia
https://www.investopedia.com/
Investor’s Clearinghouse from the Alliance for Investor Education
https://www.investoreducation.org/
InvestorGuide.com – The Leading Online Guide to Investing
https://www.investorguide.com/
Investor’s Business Daily
https://www.investors.com/
InvestorWords.com – Investing Glossary
https://www.investorwords.com/
InvestorVillage – Where Serious Investors Connect
https://www.investorvillage.com/index.asp
Japan Financials
https://japanfinancials.com/
Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce
https://www.arraydev.com/commerce/JIBC/
JP Morgan Markets
https://www.jpmorgan.com
Kiplinger – Trusted Financial Advice
https://www.kiplinger.com/
Kompyte – Track Your Competitors In Real Time
https://www.kompyte.com/
Lending Tree
https://www.LendingTree.com/
Liberty Street Economics
https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/
Liquid by Blockstream
https://blockstream.com/liquid/
List of Open Access Economics Journals
https://l-lists.com/en/lists/c5y0sf.html
London Stock Exchange
https://www.londonstockexchange.com/
Map of the Market
https://www.marketwatch.com/tools/stockresearch/marketmap
Market News International
https://www.MarketNews.com/
Marketocracy – Finding the Best Investors in the World
https://www.marketocracy.com/
Market Simplified
https://www.marketsimplified.com/
Market Vector
https://www.marketvector.com/
Market Watch
https://www.MarketWatch.com/
MasterCard
https://www.MasterCard.com/
Microfinance Gateway
https://www.microfinancegateway.org/
Microsoft Excel templates for family/personal finance, money management
https://office.about.com/od/Templates/ss/Microsoft-S-Best-Personal-Finance-And-Budget-Templates.htm#step1
Mint.com Cash flow management for home and family users
https://www.mint.com/
Money.co.uk – Compare Loans, Credit Cards, Mortgages, Car and Home Insurances
https://www.money.co.uk/
MoneyScience v3 – Financial Intelligence Network
https://www.moneyscience.com/
Mortgage Calculator
https://www.mortgagecalculator.net/
Mozenda Web Agent Builder – Web Data Extraction
https://www.mozenda.com/
MSN Money
https://money.msn.com/
Mvelopes Personal – Online Home Budgeting System
https://www.mvelopes.com/
My Bank Tracker – Compares Rates, Reviews and Financial Information
http://www.mybanktracker.com/
MyMoney.gov
http://www.mymoney.gov/
NASDAQ Stock Market
https://www.nasdaq.com/
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
https://www.nber.org/
National Endowment for Financial Education
https://www.nefe.org/
National Information Center of the Federal Reserve System
https://www.ffiec.gov/nicpubweb/nicweb/nichome.aspx
New Economy Resources 2020
https://www.NewEconomyResources.com/
New York Stock Exchange – NYSE
https://nyse.nyx.com/
Nexodyne Stock Exchange (NSXE) – Stock Market Simulator
https://exchange.nexodyne.com/
OANDA, The Currency Site: Foreign Exchange Services and Trading
https://www.oanda.com/
Office of Financial Education of the Department of the Treasury
https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/financial-education/Pages/default.aspx
OilPrice.com – The Number 1 Source for Oil and Energy News
https://www.OilPrice.com/
Online Publications for Investors
https://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs.shtml
PayPal
https://www.payPal.com/
Peer to Peer Lending with Prosper Blog
https://p2plendingwithprosper.blogspot.com/
Pefin – The World’s First AI Financial Advisor
https://www.pefin.com/
Perfect Information
https://www.perfectinfo.com/
PitchBook – Better Data and Better Decisions
https://pitchbook.com/
PlanGuru®
https://www.planguru.com/
Prediction Markets 2020
https://www.PredictionMarkets.com/
Preseries – Automated Platform To Discover, Evaluate, and Monitor Early Stage Investments
https://preseries.com/
Primer on Bond Investing Educational material
https://www.merrilledge.com/publish/content/application/pdf/gwmol/FixedIncomeDigest-PrimeronBondInvesting.pdf
PrivCo – Private Company Financial Intelligence
https://www.privco.com/
Quandl Resource Hub – Alternative Data Sources
https://blog.quandl.com/alternative-data
Quandl – Search Over 7,000,000 Financial, Economic and Social Datasets
https://www.quandl.com/
Quote
http://www.Quote.com/
Rank and Filed – SEC Filings For Humans
https://rankandfiled.com/
RateNet – Find the Best Rates in Your Area
https://www.datatrac.net/
Reference for Business
https://www.referenceforbusiness.com/
Retirement Planning in 8 Steps: The Practical Guide to Securing Your Financial Well-Being – Amazon Kindle ebook
https://amzn.to/1QDiLnw
Ripple World’s Open Payment System
https://ripple.com/
Savings Bond Calculator
https://www.treasurydirect.gov/indiv/tools/tools_savingsbondcalc.htm
SchaeffersResearch.com: Online Resources for Stock and Options Traders
https://www.schaeffersresearch.com/
SEC Filings & Forms (EDGAR)
https://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
Secure Your Future with a Roth IRA from State Farm®
https://www.statefarm.com/finances/retirement-plans-iras/individual-retirement-accounts/roth-ira
SEDAR
http://www.sedar.com/
Seeking Alpha – Stock Market News, Opinion and Analysis
http://seekingalpha.com/
ShareNett – Curate – Collaborate – Co-Invest Members Only
https://www.Sharenett.com
Sifma – Financial Markets and Economy Statistics and Data
https://www.sifma.org/research/statistics.aspx
Silicon Investor
https://www.siliconinvestor.com/
Sixpence – The First Crowdfunding Platform to Offer “RoundUps” for Fundraising
https://sixpenceapp.com/
Smart Stocks
https://www.SmartStocks.com/
Squared Away – Clear and Engaging Financial Guidance
https://squaredaway.bc.edu/
Stock Charts
https://www.StockCharts.com/
StockMarketEye – Easy-to-Use Portfolio Management Software
https://www.stockmarketeye.com/
StockTwits® – Real Investors – Real Ideas – Real Time
https://stocktwits.com/
StudyFinance – Fundamentals of Applied Finance
https://www.studyfinance.com/
SumZero – The World’s Largest Community Exclusively for Professional Investors
https://sumzero.com/
Swirlds – The Platform for Distributed Applications
http://www.swirlds.com/
TadaWeb – Clone and Amplify Human Intelligence for Web Data Collection and Analysis
https://www.tadaweb.com/
The Big Money from Slate – Synthesis of Financial News and Tools
https://www.slate.com/articles/business.html
The Big Picture – Barry Ritholtz Blog
https://www.ritholtz.com/blog/
The Center for Microeconomic Data
https://www.newyorkfed.org/microeconomics
The Economy – Global Economic Crisis Special Coverage and World Market Analysis
https://www.thrall.org/special/economy.html#Global_Economic_Crisis
The Financial Forecast Center™
https://www.forecasts.org/index.htm
The Investment FAQ
https://invest-faq.com/
TheLion.com – Financial Community Forum for Active Traders and Investors
https://www.thelion.com/
The Street – Real Money
https://realmoney.thestreet.com/
The World Bank: Annual Report 2019
https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/annual-report
The World Bank Data Catalog
https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/
The World Federation of Exchanges
https://www.world-exchanges.org/
Thinkable – World’s First Purpose-built Platform to Mobilize Knowledge & Fund Breakthrough Ideas
https://www.thinkable.org/
Tools for Investors
https://producthunt.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=17493a0db65f334e9d8a22315&id=9c762763fa&e=2a9b763536
Top 10 Crowdfunding Sites for Nonprofits
https://www.crowdcrux.com/top-10-crowdfunding-sites-for-nonprofits/
Tracking Your Portfolio On Yahoo! Finance
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/092214/tracking-your-portfolio-yahoo-finance.asp
Trading Economics
https://www.tradingeconomics.com/
Trading Markets
https://www.TradingMarkets.com/
USA Facts – Our Nation In Numbers
https://usafacts.org/
U.S. Banking Law
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/banking
U.S. Department of Treasury
https://www.treasury.gov/
U.S. Digital Registry
https://usdigitalregistry.digitalgov.gov/
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
https://www.sec.gov/
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Forms List
https://www.sec.gov/forms
Vetted Deals 2020
https://www.VettedDeals.com/
Wallmine – Wall Street Data Mining
https://wallmine.com/
Wall Street Horizon – Earnings Calendar
https://www.wallstreethorizon.com/
Wave – Changing the Way Millions of Small Businesses Manage Their Finances
https://www.waveapps.com/
Wealthfront – Automated Investment Service
https://www.wealthfront.com/
WikiPedia – Bitcoin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin
WikiPedia – CryptoCurrency
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency
WikiPedia – Initial Coin Offering (ICO)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_coin_offering
World Bank Developer Network
http://data.worldbank.org/developers
World dataBank – World Development Indicators (WDI) and Global Development Finance (GDF)
http://databank.worldbank.org/data/home.aspx
World Economic Outlook (WEO) Databases
http://www.imf.org/external/ns/cs.aspx?id=28
XBRL – eXtensible Business Reporting Language
http://xbrl.org/
Yahoo! Finance
http://finance.yahoo.com/
YCharts – Comprehensive Stock and Economic Charts
https://www.YCharts.com/
Zack’s Investment Research, Analysis & Recommendations
https://www.zacks.com/
Zephyr – Comprehensive M&A data
https://zephyr2.bvdep.com/version-201395/home.serv?product=zephyrneo
FINANCIAL SOURCES SEARCH ENGINES
AlphaSense
https://www.alpha-sense.com/
Business and Financial Search Engines
https://www.all4one.com/financial-business.htm
Explorer Multi – Blockchain and Crypto Search Engine
https://blockcrypto.io/
Financial and Business Search Engines
https://searchenginewatch.com/sew/news/2049166/financial-business-search-engines
Financial Engines
https://www.financialengines.com/
Wolfram/Alpha Computational Intelligence
https://www.wolframalpha.com/
SELECTED VENTURE CAPITAL SOURCES
Accel Partners
https://www.accel.com/
ARCH Venture Partners
https://www.archventure.com/
Benchmark Capital
https://www.benchmark.com/
Capital Connection: Entrepreneur’s Resource for Finance
https://www.capital-connection.com/
Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
https://www.humwin.com/
Investment Education Center – Retirement funds, College funds, etc.
https://www.blackrock.com/investing/resources/education
Lightspeed Venture Partners
https://lsvp.com/
Mayfield
https://www.mayfield.com/
MIT Club of Northern California
https://www.mitcnc.org/
MIT/Stanford Venture lab (VLAB)
https://www.vlab.org/
Norwest Venture Partners (NVP)
https://www.nvp.com/
Tech Capital Partners
https://www.techcapital.com/
Venture Capital Database (VCDB)
https://www.punctuative.com/vcdb/
Venture Planning Associates
https://www.ventureplan.com/
VentureSource
https://www.venturesource.com/