online investor tutorials

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About Investing for Beginners (beginnersinvest.about.com) is

designed to help investors understand why the stock market exists,

what makes a stock undervalued or overpriced, and what makes stock

prices change. This collection of short online tutorials covers most of

the basics and can be very helpful for beginning investors.

 Investing Basics (www.aaii.com/invbas) contains feature articles from

the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII). Articles show

individuals how to start successful investment programs, pick winning

investments, evaluate their choices, and more. The articles cost nothing

with your free registration. However, higher levels of information require

your membership. Basic membership is $29 a year for 10 issues of

the AAII Journal, the Annual Guide to the Top Mutual Funds, Yearly Tax

Planning Guide, Local Chapter Access, AAII Research portfolios, Discount

Broker Survey, Guide to Dividend Reinvestment Plans, Guide to Investment

Web Sites, and other reports. Enhanced membership is $53 and includes

all the Basic membership benefits, plus six issues of the AAII Computerized

Investing newsletter, member access to the Computerized Investing “sitewithin-

a-site,” and a 300-page online guide to Computerized Investing. The

$349 lifetime membership includes both the Basic and Enhanced membership

benefits for life.

 CNN/Money 101 (money.cnn.com/pf/101) is written by the editors of

Money magazine and includes 23 interactive courses on managing all

your finances. Each online tutorial takes about ten minutes. Lessons

include calculators, quizzes, and a library for supplemental materials for

online investors who want to dig deeper.

 NASD Investor Education (www.nasd.com/stellent/idcplg?

IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=13&ssSourceNodeId=5), provided

by the National Association of Securities Dealers, offers educational

materials for investors. In the top margin is information about investor

alerts, investment choices, investing resources, investor protection,

markets and trading, online tools for research, simulation games, and so

on. The left margin shows top links for investors. The center of the page

shows what’s new for investors, provides quick links, and offers investment

tips. The third column includes information about how to check

your investment professional’s background and an NASD Knowledge

Quiz. The Knowledge Quiz includes 18 questions guaranteed to test your

investment smarts.