Financial Literacy

The American Association of Individual Investors provides an overview of investment basics to help you get started.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of Investor Education provides an introduction to markets and investing "to help you make sound investment decisions and avoid fraud."

Morningstar's data and analyst reports cover more than 20,000 securities, including stocks and mutual funds.
Note: Licensing restrictions limit use to 4 simultaneous users. If you are unable to access this database, please try again later. Screening for stocks and mutual funds available using many different data points.
NOTE: Click on "Planning & Education", and then "Investing Classroom" to select from several basic investment course options that are part of this resource.

Provides investment research on stocks, mutual funds, options and convertibles.
NOTE: Click on "Investment Education", and then "Value Line University" to learn about investment basics.

Free website, provides stock quotes, current news, as well as a wide range of information important to making investment decisions.

Dr. Eric Wish is a professor at the University of Maryland College Park. He uses this blog to "share tools and methods that I have used of the past 40 years of trading, so that you may learn from them and adapt them to your trading style and needs."