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Webware, Jan 8, 2009, by Don Reisinger

I spend a considerable amount of time perusing financial sites for data that impacts a respective company's financial statements. Because of that, I've developed a liking for certain sites, and a severe distaste for others that have no business providing information to anyone.

Emerginvest
the self-proclaimed "Yahoo Finance for the rest of the world," Emerginvest provides outstanding financial data about companies that are operating outside the U.S. Once you register for the site, it displays a "heat map" detailing the performance of markets around the world.

Investopedia

If you want to research stocks and mutual funds, while learning about them, Investopedia is the best place to do it. With thousands of articles on investing, the stock market, and other financial topics, Investopedia offers an exceptional amount of value to the novice and professional investor alike.

StockCharts

Sometimes, when I use Yahoo Finance, I take historical stock price charts for granted. After all, they're really only useful to show price differences of a particular stock over time, right? But when I find my way back to StockCharts, I can't believe that I even considered using Yahoo Finance charts to make a decision about a company.

ValueEngine

If you want to know what a stock is really worth and you don't want to do the heavy lifting with a service like StockCharts, ValueEngine is the perfect alternative. There's only one catch: you'll need to pay $199.95 per year or $19.95 per month to do it.

Yahoo Finance

Any mention of financial data research cannot be complete without talking about the de facto leader in the space, Yahoo Finance.

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