Crowder’s Toolbox
The “Toolbox” is intended to be a one-stop, link resource for the best unbiased information on options and personal finance. We are not affiliated with any of the links provided. Our only concern is educating investors. In our opinion, the sites below offer some of the best financial information on the web. Enjoy!
Educational
Investopedia – The best financial dictionary on the web.
Options Central (888options) – A great resource for the novice and advanced options investor. Lots of educational information.
The Options Clearing Corporation – The largest clearing organization in the world for options. Another excellent educational resource.
Exchanges
Chicago Board Options Exchange – A wealth of information on options trading. Individuals new to options will find the “learning center” helpful.
Stock Screeners
Business Week – One of my favorite stock screeners. It contains an abundance of criteria possibilities to find the best stock to fit your overall investment needs.
Morningstar – They are known mostly for their star ratings on funds, but they happen to offer a wonderful stock screener with preset, user–friendly criteria selections, including “Morningstar stock grades”.
MSN Money – They provide categorized technical and fundamental screens that are helpful and interesting.
Nasdaq – A very popular screener that uses a “group of nine stock evaluation methodologies based upon the published analysis techniques of well– known investment advisors and other popular sources”.
Reuters – Another wonderful screening tool to find the “best opportunities to meet your investment objectives”.
Online Reading
Stocks, Futures, And Options Magazine – Free online subscription. Informative.
Options Trader Magazine – An online magazine dedicated to options. Strategies, news, and analysis for options investors. What could be better? Free subscription.
Stock Screeners
Business Week – One of my favorite stock screeners. It contains an abundance of criteria possibilities to find the best stock to fit your overall investment needs.
Morningstar – They are known mostly for their star ratings on funds, but they happen to offer a wonderful stock screener with preset, user-friendly criteria selections, including “Morningstar stock grades”.
MSN Money – They provide categorized technical and fundamental screens that are helpful and interesting.
Nasdaq – A very popular screener that uses a “group of nine stock evaluation methodologies based upon the published analysis techniques of well- known investment advisors and other popular sources”.
Reuters – Another wonderful screening tool to find the “best opportunities to meet your investment objectives”.
Charting
Stock Charts – An amazing website dedicated to stock charts. The site provides “the web’s best financial charts”. The “Chart Scholl” is full of easy-to-read educational articles that are extremely helpful and informative for the novice and advanced investor. Great site!
Big Charts – The site provides a wealth of information on stock charts, as well as some other useful information. Contains lots of comprehensive market statistics.