What are the top websites for investment and mutual fund research?
Question by flyboop_2000 : What are the top websites for investment and mutual fund research?
I am in the initial stages of building my investment portfolio and I am very adamant about doing all the research I can prior to purchasing mutual funds. I have heard mixed reviews about some of the top investment sites (i.e. MorningStar, etc.). Which sites do you think are the best for investment research?
Please note, I already have a Fidelity account; I am looking for unbiased reviews of stocks and funds (i.e. buy, sell, good, bad, etc.).
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Moringstar has very comprehensive research on mutual funds but unfortunately not all inclusive. Their analysts’ commentaries leaves a great deal to be desired. But if you are doing your own research, you don’t care about their commentaries anyway. Since you have a Fidelity account, you have access to a lot of stock research and a good stock screener.
A good site to research etfs is http://www.etfconnect.com/
I keep a list of mutual funds that I like on my own website, as well as links to many good investing websites.
http://www.geocities.com/kenandkindi/
Here are some other lists of good funds:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestfunds/2008/actively.html
http://www.smartmoney.com/cover/index.cfm?story=february2007
http://www.kiplinger.com/features/archives/2008/02/25-best-funds.html
http://www.forbes.com/2008/01/10/mutual-fund-grades-pf-funds011008-cx-sd_jc_aa_0110fund_land.html
Hi Flyboop,
An answer from someone with 30 years in the investment community. Morningstar is good, you pay and like the other poster said, you will get a lot of necessary info from Fidelity.
Moneyrec.com is for the everyday investor to share with other users and pros. Lots of unbiased reviews by users on every level. You can post your assets and get opinions on your portfolio, too.
Good luck!
Grace
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