Online resources for Investing in US

Whether you are investing or trading, internet and technology provides a lot of help (most of it free)

Regardless of whether you are a professional or a novice investor/trader, some of these resources are really worth checking out

Yahoo Finance center http://biz.yahoo.com/r/ is very good place to start. It is titled the Stock Research Center, but it also has tools for options and bonds. It's stock screeners are very good. Also check out the Analyst research center

Smartmoney website from WSJ http://www.smartmoney.com/tools/ is worth looking and using for investment and trading analysis purposes.

Zacks http://www.zacks.com/ is an investment advisory service that also provides some free investment and trading tools. Registration is free and that will get you 4 stock picks every day the market via email. Of course registration is not required for viewing the stock picks and other investing ideas.

Investor Business Daily's internet version http://www.investors.com/default.aspx may prove a good resource for momentum investors and traders. This is not a free service, though they have a 4 week trial offer, which may seek your Credit Card info. It also entitles you to 2 weeks of free trial of the paper version

Morningstar http://www.morningstar.com/ usually associated with Mutual Fund ratings is also a useful resource for fundamental and value oriented investors

Vector Vest http://vectorvest.com/ is also a well-known resource for traders and uses a black box stocks screening system. It is pricey, though it has a 5 week trial offer for $ 9.95. But as with all trial offers, buyer beware.

This is just a peek into the resources that are available for the lovers of investing. There are lots. We will cover them more as we go along

For the diligent investor/trader there is no shortage of help