Learning Materials

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MSN Money has a wizard that goes through the basics for how to research
a stock-

http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/research/wizards/SRW.asp?Symbol=ibm

It looks interesting and should provide some good insight.

[Snehal]

MSN Stock Scouter Rating overview-

http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/investing/findhotstocks/p38814.asp

"StockScouter rates each stock in its coverage universe from 10 to 1,
with 10 being best. Ratings are scored on a "bell curve." This
means that there are fewer stocks with a rating of 10 than with a
rating of 9 and fewer stocks with a rating of 9 than a rating of 8;
likewise, there are more stocks with a rating of 2 than with a rating
of 1 and more stocks with a rating of 3 than with a rating of 2. Stocks
thus bunch up in the middle, which is why stocks rated 4 to 7 are
expected to perform in line with the market. Ratings are recalculated
and updated in our database daily to reflect the most current
technical, fundamental, ownership and valuation data available. "

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Analyst ratings information in one convenient location-

http://www.newratings.com/companies/IBM_US4592001014.html

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Introduction to computational finance-

http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~skiena/691/


That website is great! There are links to download MP3 audio files,
lecture slides, etc.
Tons of information about financial markets for computer scientists.

[Snehal]

Reuters Risk Alerts-

http://yahoo.investor.reuters.com/SellAlerts.aspx?ticker=IBM&target=sellalerts

Risk alerts are similar to stock scouter ratings in that they are
short, at least semi-informational, and to the point. Not a bad site
to keep in the research toolbox.