Helpful links

FMR Analysts are aware that there are hundreds of websites that provide information on the stock markets and how to invest. Searching through these sites can be a daunting task, requiring hundreds of hours of reading and evaluating. Below we have provided a number of links to websites that we believe are helpful in learning, studying, and investing in the stock, option and CFD markets.

Feel free to contact us with any sites that you believe are credible, and we will look through the site and evaluate the content based on our market experience. Simply click on the image or linked name below to go directly to the site.

• Investopedia - We use this sites' dictionary services. If you have a terminology that you do not quite understand, we have found this site to be very useful in giving a clear concise explanation.

• Wikipedia - This is another site that offers a search engine facility to report on terminology. Search key words and a list of postings will be provided where you can evaluate meanings.

• Yahoo Finance - For beginners and experienced traders alike, the Yahoo Finance website offers a great deal of up to date research. You can search a quote on a specific stock, evaluate its intra-day market activity, review an online chart technically, source basic fundamental data and scroll through a list of Announcements/Reports from numerous sources globally. There is also an extensive research facility for Industry/Sector analysis.

• Money Central - This site offers similar facilities to Yahoo Finance, however, it also provides a Search facility where you can enter the criteria for stock that you are looking for. Create your own Fundamental search systems, save them, and use them as much as you like.

• BigCharts.com - If you don't have your own charting facilities either as a software on your computer, or available online through your broker, you may like to use BigCharts.com. This website offers reasonable facilities that do not cost anything. Be aware, however, that there are limitations to its use. Nothing beats a charting software package that is on your computer with data that you download to keep updated.

• OptionsXpress - This company provides the best online Option trading facilities we have found. It is simplistic and easy to navigate through. Multiple markets can be traded through their facilities, depending on where you live (due to legalities). There is an education centre for learning, and a Virtual Trading facility for beginners to practice without putting hard earned money into the markets.

• iVolatility.com - For the investor who plans to use Options, whether that is for short-term trading, investing, Hedging or as a Risk Management tool, Volatility is one of the most important aspects of an Option. iVolatility.com is a site that offers numerous tools and education on Volatility.