WEBWATCH; FINANCIAL MAGAZINES AT TIP OF YOUR BROWSER.Byline: R.F. Sharp Knight-Ridder Tribune tribune, in ancient Rome, one of various officers. The history of the office of tribune is closely associated with the struggle of the plebs against the patrician class to achieve a more equitable position in the state. From c.508 B.C. News Wire If you're you're Contraction of you are. you're you are you're be shopping around for new financial magazines, the World Wide Web offers you the opportunity to preview a few of them, free of charge, and with none of those annoying subscription cards falling into your lap. Many of the sites offer perks perk 1 v. perked, perk·ing, perks v.intr. 1. To stick up or jut out: dogs' ears that perk. 2. To carry oneself in a lively and jaunty manner. you won't won't Contraction of will not. won't will not won't will find in the magazines - things like stock quotes, links to other investment sites and breaks on subscriptions to the hard-copy versions. Of course, one of the disadvantages of these sites is it's hard to access the Web while you're waiting at the dentist's office. Adress Book Fortune http://pathfinder.com/fortune/ In addition to much of the magazine's content, this site also features market updates and on-line forums to discuss topics raised in the magazine. Money http://money.com/ The Money site offers you investment headlines, the chance to set up a personal portfolio and guides to investing, retirement, taxes and other financial topics. Mutual Funds http://www.mfmag.com/ This site requires that you register prior to using it - a simple matter of filling out a short form - but once you've registered, you have access to a wide variety of fund-related tools, including ticker symbols Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors and phone numbers for funds, the previous day's winning and losing funds, a glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary. , fund performance calculators and much more. Smart Money http://www.dowjones.com/smart/ One of the better magazines actually has one of the more lame lame (lam) incapable of normal locomotion; deviating from normal gait. lame adj. 1. Disabled so that movement, especially walking, is difficult or impossible. 2. Web sites, by comparison to its peers, featuring only a few articles from the magazine, promos for the current issue and little else of interest. Forbes http://www.forbes.com/ The Forbes site offers a number of nice features, including current and past issues of the magazine and on-line forums to discuss the topics raised in the magazine. Most useful, the site also features a searchable archive that allows you to search past issues by either keyword or concept. Kiplinger's http://kiplinger.com/ Like the magazine, this site packs a lot of useful information in one small package. Here you'll find daily tax tips, tools to help you figure out your mortgage payments and other financial calculations, retirement planning Retirement financial planning refers to a collection of systems, methods, and processes which, in their aggregate, support a family unit's (client's) desire to achieve a state of financial independence, such that the need to be gainfully employed is optional. advice, stories from the current issue of the magazine, stock quotes, answers to frequently asked financial questions and much more. This site is well worth a visit. |
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