Links from The Investment FAQ
These links will help you find information related to the goals of The Investment FAQ. The sites offer timeless material suitable for investor education. I’m especially interested in linking to other lists of frequently asked questions, but as of 2016 I could not find any English-language sites that are still actively maintained.
- The Alliance for Investor Education web site is a clearinghouse for investor education materials.
http://www.investoreducation.org - Annuity.org offers a nice summary of financial literacy topics, including startups and venture capital, with only a small sales pitch to buy their products.
http://www.annuity.org/financial-literacy/ - Investing for Beginners, from About.Com, is maintained by Joshua Kennon. The site includes interviews with finance personalities, a series of investing lessons explaining how to analyze financial statements, and more. Lots of pop-up ads, though.
http://beginnersinvest.about.comInvestorDictionary.com is the online financial dictionary for investors, with access from mobile devices.
http://www.investordictionary.com/ - InvestorWords.Com offers a huge glossary of investment and finance terms.
http://www.investorwords.com - MoneyChimp offers educational resources on various investing topics, including financial statements, risk, Roth IRAs, and more.
http://www.moneychimp.com - MortgageLoan.com offers a glossary with over 2,000 terms.
http://www.mortgageloan.com/finance-glossary - The Mutual Fund Education Alliance (MFEA) offers the Mutual Fund Investor’s Center, with basic information, listings of fund companies, etc.
http://www.mfea.com - The Option Trading Guide offers options basics, technical analysis, and a resource library.
http://www.option-trading-guide.com - Investor Protection Trust offers a free service to help investors with research and safe investing. This site was the result of a multi-state settlement with investment firms in 2003.
http://www.investorprotection.org - Trading Glossary offers a glossary of over 6,000 terms about finance and investment.
http://www.trading-glossary.com - The VA Mortgage Center offers a glossary of common terms used in home mortgages, which special emphasis on loan terms used by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/va_loan_glossary.htm