(Free
registration to open a Google account required)
With
this Google tool you can automate any search in Google and receive
the results in a daily email.
I
use it to monitor news articles on small capitalisation companies I
am watching or have in my portfolio.
I
would not advise using this tool to keep up to date on news articles
for large companies, as the number of results may be too many and
irrelevant to be of any value.
For
example I also use it to keep track of extreme highs and lows with
this search:
plunged
OR "all time low" OR "all-time low" OR "10
year low" OR "10-year low" OR "record high"
OR "record low" OR "on record
To
ensure that you get the best results, write the search term in
Google, perform the search, refine the search until you get the
required result and than copy and paste the search into your Google Alert.
Here
is a good article on how you can improve your search results with
Google
(Free
registration to open a Google account required)
Google
Calendar is a web based calender available everywhere you are if you
have internet access. It is also sync-able with mobile devices.
An
especially good feature for investors is that you can have Google Finance automatically insert all upcoming events for the
companies in your portfolio or on your watch list in Google Calender.
Google
Calendar will then send you an email in advance of the events.
The Financial Times is
one of the world’s leading business news sources. Its articles are
well researched and really worth reading.
They have a good
search function should you be looking for news articles on a specific
company.
I have a yearly paid
subscription (cost EUR 192.00) allowing me access to all contend but
the free access is also very good.
For paid subscribers
they have a great share screener (good for European stocks) and a portfolio function that automatically considers dividends in the
calculation of returns. Five year financial information for almost any company worldwide is also
available.
Also see: The most underrated investor resource on the internet
(Free
registration required)
Linked
In is a web based a contact management system with over 41 million
members in over 200 countries around the world. About half of their
members are outside the USA.
Once
you have registered as a member search for “Value Investing” or
“Investing” groups. Register for groups you find interesting and
join in the discussion and obtain news and investment ideas.
(Free
registration required)
I
use the Morningstar website in the USA to monitor the top 25 holdings
of all the best US based international investment funds.
This
is a great source of investment ideas.
Internet Tools For Investments in the UK
(Free
registration required)
The
UK Fool website is a good information source on UK companies and
investment advice in general. The site also hosts a discussion board.
The
site is however not as comprehensive as the Fool website in the USA (www.fool.com)
Google
Finance website is good for keeping an overall view on the market and
individual companies including graphs, news and company specific
information.
(Free
registration to set up a portfolio)
Investgate
is a database of UK company regulatory filings. All company
regulatory filings can be called up by entering the company name.
Free
registration is required to set up a portfolio. You are notified of
all company filings in your portfolio with an email when the filing
is made.
Northcote is
very good site to access UK companies' annual reports and other
investor relations information.
They offer a wide
range of services to help listed companies improve the flow of
information to private and institutional investors and is thus a good
place to start your search for annual reports on London Stock
Exchange listed companies.
Yahoo
Finance UK & Ireland
Yahoo
has a good website for looking up prices including graphs and insider
transactions.
Compared
to the Yahoo Finance site in the USA this site is rather limited.
It is however a good
kick off point for your research.
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Internet Tools for Investments in Germany
A
very good German online bank and online broker that provides good
information on German as well as worldwide markets.
You
can register on the website for free without opening an account and
put together portfolios with price alerts. When a stock price exceeds
the upper or lower alert limit you receive an email the following
day.
Due
to next day notification the service is not suitable for intra-day
traders but I find it really worthwhile for keeping an eye on shares
I want to buy below a certain price.
GENIOS
is a very extensive German media database. I use it as source of news
on German companies.
Articles
are only available against payment but searching the full name of the
article in Google usually leads you to a source where you can read it without
paying.
Insiderdaten.de
(German only)
A
really comprehensive database of all director dealing regulatory
filings of companies in Germany.
Its
a really worthwhile service with pre-defines searches for example:
What purchases of shares by directors had a value of more than EUR 1
million in the last month.
Free
registration enables you to save a portfolio and be informed of
directors dealings by email.
Very comprehensive financial portal for the German financial markets.
Comparable with Yahoo finance in the USA.
The
website provides information on all financial instruments including
interest bearing accounts and structured certificates.
Free
real time quotes on German securities are also available.
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