Stock research sites
The advent of the internet has made stock research very easy and beginner friendly. Here are my top 5 sites to do stock research at:
- CNBC.com: CNBC is a good television channel to watch stock news and commentary and it is also a pretty good website. The best thing about cnbc is the stock screener they have. They have pre-built screens if you are new to looking at stocks or your can do a custom screen. I like to look for mid cap companies that are growing and have good balance sheets and then go from their.
- Mornginstar.com: I am actually not a huge fan of their “star” system for stocks or mutual funds. If a mutual fund does not have 5 stars then it does not mean that you should be forbidden to invest in it. However Morningstar is a quality website with tons of free quality content related to the stock market. You can also get quotes on companies and do plenty of stock research.
- Stockpickr.com: A great website. You can do plenty of individual research on companies here, but the best part about the site is that you will have access to thousands of quality articles written about stock market investing. It is a great site for intermediate to advanced investors.
- Seekingalpha.com: This is a great website because it is different. Seeking alpha allows individuals to publish their own opinions on the economy and individual stocks. Many articles are complete garbage and should be disregarded but there are still dozens that come out each day that are great reads.
- Yahoo Finance: This is my favorite site to do company specific research on. I love to look up stock quotes, see analysts estimates, PE ratio’s, balance sheets, cash flow statements… of companies. If you want to do research on a particular stock and look up stock quotes this is the site for you.