The following information links are provided without endorsement, as a public service. AAII and its Philadelphia Chapter make no representations as to the accuracy, validity and investment utility of information found at these locations. While your caution is warranted: many sites listed here are packed with useful information that will greatly improve your knowledge base. AAII and its Chapters can not be held liable for any losses or damages from this information or its use.

No matter what your investment interest, there are many web-sites providing valuable investment information. The sites are often free (supported by advertising or as provided as a public service). Other providers operate subscription sites, although even some of these permit limited free access. The list of sites changes daily as new sites appear, old favorites die and, most significantly, sites are improved.

Readers of AAII Computerized Investing magazine (as well as many popular investment publications)periodically feature extensive reviews of the top sites.

Most sites listed below are fully/substantially free. Sites that levy a fee are indicated by a ($) symbol. A (p$) indicates that only some of the sites services are fee based.

These Hyperlinks are provided solely to assist investors in finding useful information on the Internet. You must choose which sites best suit your own needs

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LINKS TO WEB SITES THAT CATALOG INVESTOR WEB RESOURCES

The following sites consist largely/completely of links to other investment web sites. They are a good way to find new investment sites and then to ugrade your bookmark list of favorites. Many of these sites sort listings by topic and include a brief summary of the sites .

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LINKS TO FREE STOCK/FUND QUOTES, MARKET NEWS and MORE

There are many free resources on the net that will get you free quotes (delayed) as well as up to date news. Many support entire portfolios - so you can log in and, in seconds, find out how your portfolio is going and see new developments on the market and your stocks and funds

Fast and Free Quotes and Information at LYCOS STOCK FIND.

FREE LINKS SUPPORTED BY YOUR TAX DOLLARS

The Federal and State Governments offer important free sites. Especially recommended is the SEC site. Almost every SEC filing by companies and funds (except Insider Trading filings) is posted here within days of receipt. It isn't fancy - but here is the full text of each quarterly and annual report.. and a lot more.

ADDITIONAL INVESTOR INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET

There are a lot of information sources on the internet that are free for the asking. Most mutual funds, firms, brokers and exchanges have public Internet sites. Use a web search engine to look up these sources under the name of the firm or organization, then hyperlink to the site. Bookmarking the site allows you to return directly at a later time.

Investors should also consider Mail-Lists, NetNews and Clari-News. In the future, we will expand the information below. Meanwhile attend the CI "$urfin the Net" features to learn more. Also, hyperlinks above provide links to favorites of other net residents.

Investors should also consider using the NetNews (UseNet) feature of their Web Browser. UseNet hosts a variety of investor resources among its 30,000 + groups. There are two areas os special interest:

• UseNet Groups under the "misc.invest...." category (including misc.invest.misc., misc.invent.options, misc.invest.stocks, misc.invest.tech) support a wild flow of interchange between investors. Here is a good place to post investment questions and problems. In many cases, you will get useful answers, opinions and suggestions.
  HOWEVER, USE CAUTION. Most Newsgroups are UNMODERATED. This means that there is no review of postings by a responsible authority. Be aware that some postings from others may range from inaccurate to unethical as may some of the posters themselves. So use caution, be prudent and polite in your own postings, evaluate answers received yourself and ignore those irrational postings and come on offers.

• ClarisNews: Many (but not all) Internet Suppliers offer free use of the hundreds of Claris News groups. Claris sorts the contents of several of theleading wire services into about 500 topical categories. Approximately 50 of them are aimed specially at investors. Here you will find the same of news and press releases that magor publications use. Investment categories include New, Dividends, Splits, Personal Announcements and dozens of others. You can use your browser to sort by Time-Date, Subject or Source. Clicking on the summary title will get you the full text of the underlying press release or report.

Mail-Lists and Discussion groups can be found at a variety of proprietary WEB sites. In general, these are moderated, so that postings remain topical and accurate. The moderator filters out inappropriate postings. In the future, we will add links to some of the best.

Meanwhile, if you have a favorite site, please e-mail the Web coordinator

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