22 VALUABLE WEB SITES FOR TIAA-CREF PARTICIPANTS
- Getting More
Out of TIAA-CREF
Home page and updates for the book Getting More Out of TIAA-CREF. The
only online source for comparing current CREF returns with those of
market indexes. Updates on TIAA-CREF developments. Also contains hypertext
links to each of the WEB sites listed below.
- TIAA-CREF Home Page
A trove of useful information such as prospectuses, current and historic
CREF unit values, announcements of recent policy changes, and retirement
planning software that can be downloaded.
-
Financial Publications On-Line
A set of links to Bloomberg,
Barron's, CNN Financial News, Money Magazine and others.
- Financial
Tutor
Want a
guide to sorting out the issues involved in your retirement planning?
Here's an elaborate retirement planning manual online. Designed for
those in higher educaton. Keep in mind, however, that the Financial
Tutor proprietors are financial planners seeking to attract business from
TIAA-CREF participants.
- Dictionary of Financial Risk
Management
- Financial
Glossary
-
DBC Financial Glossary
Did you forget the precise definition for Pareto Optimality or
the distinction between present value and future value and you can't find
you notes from your old Statistics class? Explore the Dictionary of
Financial Risk Management or the other glossaries here.
- Stock
Room
Would you rather see a picture than read 1,000 words? This
site's for you. With oscillators, moving averages, and other devices, it
is a technician's delight. Among many other features, it allows you, for
example, to make a graphic comparison of different indexes so you can
trace the performance of different stock market sectors.
- Holt's
Stock Market Reports
Want a run down on recent values for the
major stock indexes, breadth measures, foreign markets, and currencies?
The Holt Report gives you this, plus access to market commentaries.
- Networth
Want to use
various criteria to screen the Morningstar database for mutual funds?
Networth gives you this plus quotes for stocks, mutual funds, and
indexes. Also accesses home page promotions for 600 companies.
- The
Federal Tax Code
Have an esoteric tax question? This site brings
you the entire U.S. Tax Code as of 1993, with hyperlinks to recent changes.
- EDGAR
Need to look
up some data on a stock, but you don't have time to go to the library
just now? Here's your site. This is the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering
and Retrieval system that enables you to search company reports filed
electronically with the SEC. Small investors won a major victory when
the SEC recently decided to maintain control over this service rather than
privatizing it where the data would become available commercially for a fee.
- Legislative
Developments
Worried that Congress might have some changes in mind
for Social Security, Medicare, tax rates, or other policy issues of
concern to you? Thomas links you to the Congressional Record,
Congressional developments, and easy e-mail access to most Senators and
Representatives so that you can send them your opinions electronically.
- The Wall Street Journal/Money and
Investor Update
Did you wake up at 2:00 a.m. and couldn't go back
to sleep? Check out this WEB site and get an early start on the business
news before it shows up at the newsstands. Also gives updates throughout
the day. You get a free trial period before you have to subscribe.
- Money Magazine Personal
Finance Center
In addition to price quotes and reports on 500
large corporations, this source also gives you feature stories and a
guide to financial bulletin boards. Also offers a useful guide to
further WEB sites.
- The Financial Times
Want an
international view on
things? Take at look at this site for selections from London's Financial
Times.
- FinWeb
Want to know
more about insurance and risk management? Here's a good place to start
looking. It's also a great source for economic journals and reports.
- Global Network
Navigator/Personal Finance Center
Want background investment
information? Global Network Navigator provides on articles on investment
strategies plus several links to other WEB sources. There are enough
links here to occupy you for hours.
- Experimental Stock
Market Page from MIT
Looking for performance charts on
individual stocks? Try this site which offers charts on several hundred
large companies. Also provides links to further WEB sties.
- Investor's Edge
Want a wide
array of financial information, plus the ability to get quotes and track
a portfolio? If so, examine this site.
- The
Syndicate
Still
haven't found what you want? Check out the Syndicate Navigator which
gives more than 1,000 links to other financial WEB sties. Rates the
sites from 1 star (least useful) to 5 stars (most useful). Also offers
other information.
SOME ONLINE BROKERAGE SERVICES
In addition to brokerage
transactions, most of these offer quotes, portfolio tracking, news, commentary, and market analysis.
SOME OTHER STOCK QUOTATION SERVICES
The following services
offer some combination of free quotes and quotes for which you pay a
fee. APL Security gives you a nice running graph each day of the Dow
Jones Industrial and the S&P 500 indexes.