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• Online Investment Companies
  • Barclays Stockbrokers (UK) (****/^^^^)
  • Stocktrade (UK) (****/^^^^)
  • Egg (UK) (****/^^^^)
  • NatWest Stockbrokers (UK)  goto the 'Markets & Research' option for a range of links (****/^^^^)
  • Halifax ShareXpress (UK) goto the 'Share Dealing' option for a range of links (****/^^^^)
  • Cave & Sons
  • E-Cortal
  • IDealing (UK) (*** / ^^^)
  • FastTrade (UK) The dealing arm of Durlacher? (*** / ^^^ )
  • SelfTrade(UK) this one is French-owned (*** /^^^)
  • Charles Schwab Online (US) offers online trading -
  • TDWaterhouse***
  • E*trade (UK) low-cost, no-frills trading on the Web - **
  • UK-iNvest (UK)
  • Hargreaves Lansdown ***
  • SharePeople *
  • Interactive Investor International Now called Ample The London Evening Standard liked this one - in 11/99 !!
  • Killick & Co
  • CityWire Gives details of directors' sharedealings
  • Digital Look Monitors share purchases by City institutions and newspaper share tips - you can be kept up to date by e-mail
  • Deal For Free buy and sell contracts-for-difference
  • Ameritrade
  • Redmayne-Bentley
  • MyBroker

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• Investment information

• Hemmscott Offers corporate press releases, P&L accounts, stockbrokers' recommendations
• Standard & Poor's enables you to compare the performance of funds over various time periods (***/^^^)
• The Motley Fool (UK) is an entertaining source of investment advice from professionals and amateurs, and gives model portfolios
• The Motley Fool (US)
• StockPoint(US) helps you manage your portfolio of shares with articles written by the author of the Dummies books on finance(***/^^^)
• UK Online Investing no frills site gives investment information including comparisons of stockbroker charges, acess to compnay reports and a bookshop
• FreeQuotes this was the first UK source of realtime stock quotes on the Net
• UK-Invest UK and world share information with real-time share prices - not for beginners?
• Tiscali Money(UK) the financial section from this UK net service provider(*** /^^^ )
• Advanced Financial Network (UK) Helps you to trade shares on the LSE - if you pay, there's a premium service (*** /^^^)
• Internet Stock Report (US) find out how the Net stocks are doing
• MoneyNet in-depth review of financial products
• Bloomberg
• Invest Move (US) look here if you are thinking of investing in the US (*** /^^^ )
• Ins-Site (UK) comparative quotes for pensions, life assurance and remortgages (*** / )
• (Eye4Money UK) guide to managing your finances and investments - includes news and tools(*** /^^^ )
• FinanceWise(US) Search engine for finacial information(*** /^^^ )
• Bloomberg - UK
• MoneyExtra Definitely worth a look; well organised and accessible advice
• Wise Money A good place for beginners to start.
• MoneyWise financial advise made simple - they say
• Financial Times - Your Money
• MarketEye(UK) just about the best fee site for getting UK share data (**** /^^^^ )
• US Securities and Exchange commission
• Quote.Com US company performance and public offering information
• Quicken US stockmarket news, analysis etc.
• Bonds Online US bond information
• SharePages(UK) aimed at the private investor - has a ticker that you can leave on your desk-top(*** / )
• Silicon Investor US market news
• UK Shares(UK) formed by a group of UK private investors - aimed at the home investor (***/^^^)
• ValueMad (UK) tells you about the cheapest credit cards, mortgages and even water supplies (***/^^^)
• Young Money(UK) guidance for the younger investor(***/^^^)
• ADR Guide to US American Depository Receipts
• US Treasury
• Merrill
• AskBarclay
• PaineWebber
• Salomons & Barney
• Lehman
• MSDW
• Financial Times
• Equis Online tutorials on moving averages etc.
• Risk Metrics Great sites for evaluating the risks of your investments - from JP Morgan (**** / ^^^^)
• FTSE (UK) the FTSE site - operated by the Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange (*** / ^^^ )
• CorpReports Reports on FTSE, AIM and Ofex stocks
• Ofex
• This Is Money Aimed at the financial beginner, includes articles form the Daily Mail and LondonEvening Standard
• The Private Investor(UK) created by a private investment club - useful if you are a member of a similar club (***/^^^)
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• London Stock Exchange Huge site with guidance on all aspects of share ownership; covers the smaller markets as well
• Mrs Cohen Britain's best known private investor; lots of no-nonsense advice on investments and savings
• Equity24 guidance on your portfolio
• ShareNet Provides links to related sites plus features and news
• American Association of Individual Investors
• MoneyCentral(US) if you are looking for a US broker or just want to deal in US shares, this is a site to visit (*** / ^^^)
• Investools Research and financial advice newsletters
• Investorama
• IPO Central Initial public offering tracking from Hoover's Online and Edgar Online
• IPOnet Information on initial public offerings
• The Money Network News and information from Canadian financial markets
• The Money Page guide to banking and financial information
• FT Vision
• IRN
• LIFFE
• Go2Net US business research
• UK Business Link
• Scottish Enterprise
• Prestel Share prices and news
• TrustNet Investment trust statistics
• Hambro Co. Guide Company Information
• Morningstar Mutual Funds
• Mutual Funds Home Page
• MSN online trading community
• Platt's Commodities news and information from Standard & Poor's
• Securities Fraud and Investor Protection Information from a Massachusetts securities lawyer
• Financial Services Authority(UK) the regulator provides links to financial news and organisations (*** /^^^ )
• The Syndicate
• Find Large range of links to financial product companies; provides tools for investors and books/reports can be purchased
• Her Money (UK) financial guide - especially for women (*** / ^^^^ )
• Money Web Ian Dickson gives his personal views on most financial subjects; look for the section on Accountant jokes

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• Investment Companies & Trading Services

• ESI online UK share trading
• Ceres Securities low-cost, no-frills trading on the Web
• E*trade low-cost, no-frills trading on the Web
• Marchcom UK-based
• Carol Get UK company reports here
• Fidelity Investments
• Lombard Institutional Brokerage
• Merrill Lynch
• Paine Webber
• Charles Schwab Online offers online trading
• Smith Barney Wall Street Watch
• MoneyExtra this site has the strength of Microsoft behind it
• Gaseer
• Staxx

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• Mortgages & Loans

• Mortgages Online Part of IFA Online, you cab register for mortgage comparisons
• Charcol Online Up to 40 mortgage providers can be compared
• Market Harborough Building Society among the first offering Internet only applications
• ELoan UK site for the US loan company, claims to search through 1700 financial products for you. Low cost but site looks dated and there's no phone or e-mail available (***/^^^)
• Hamilton Bank Direct (UK) Loans from £500 to £15000 at 9.9pc. Useful for small loans but you must be over 24(*** / ^^^)
• Direct Line(UK) loans from £1000 to £25000 at various rates; you can't use the money for business or investment purposes and there's no online application facility (***/^^^)
• ArmchairMillionaire (US) Good message boards and features - helps you to become a millionaire!(***/^^^)
• Moneygator compare offers from the leading lenders
• The Loan Hub
• Promise specialists in re-mortgaging
• Abbey National (UK) (*** / ^^^)
• Alliance & Leicester (UK) (*** / ^^^)
• Northern Rock (UK) Easy to use site with good quick-quote facility; e-mail your loan request and they'll get back to you in 48 hours(***/^^^^)
• Cheltenham & Gloucester (UK) (*** / ^^^)
• EMFinance (UK) idependent site in conjunction with MoneyXtra, look for the glossary on mortgage terms (*** / ^^^)
• First Active (UK) apply online for flexible and current mortgages but you'll need to wait to be phoned back (*** / ^^^)
• Mortgage Brokers (UK) independent mortgage broker who'll phone you back after a credit check (*** / ^^^)
• Legal & General (UK) nice looking site for existing customers (*** / ^^^^)

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Credit cards, loans and savings

Tesco Online Banking (UK) if you have a financial accout with Tesco, this site offers credit cards and a range of financial services. Highish rate for smaller loans(***/^^^^)

Bank of Scotland offers four types of credit card - but no nline application (***/###)

Barclaycard you can apply online for your card and then check out your account via this excellent website (****/###~)

Egg good rates for credit cards and savings - you can apply online(***/###)

Fidelity claims to be the world's largest fund manager - check the site out for all types of saving (***/###)

Football Card a credit card with a difference - you can get a card with your football team's emblem on it(***/###)

Goldfish good site - competitive card - put a goldfish in your wallet (***/###)

Marbles offers a competitive rate and low rate on balance transfers (***/###)

Skipton offers a range of saving opportunities - including a web-only product(***/###)

Virgin Direct offers a range of saving products - with online application (***/###)

Woolwich covers credit cards, loans and mortgages - register online for them to phone you back (***/###)

Yahoo-BankOne get a BankOne credit card through Yahoo - rates look attractive (***/###)

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Pensions

Equitable Life where did it all go?

Scottish Widows

Merchant Investors includes a pension calculator and links to IFA sites

The Pensions Advisory Service

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Insurance

ScreenTrade Covers household, travel and motor cover from a number of companies (***/^^^)

BIIBA the site is aimed at BIIBA members, but it offers general advice and links to member sites (***/^^^)

Norwich Union covers life,house, mortgage and car insurance - 10% discount for car insurance booked online(***/^^^)

1st Quote (UK) covers car, motorbikes, travel, pets and homes - there's a discount if you sign up online(***/^^^)

AQuote (UK) covers buildings, contents, cars and travel - but you can not sign-up online(***/^^^)

Admiral(UK) good site for car insurance - someone will phone you back about your quote (***/^^^^)

Car Quote (UK) will find you the best quote (sent by e-mail or post)from a number of companies (***/^^^)

CGU (UK) covers cars, travel and the home - travel insurance can be bought online (***/^^^)

Churchill (UK) covers cars, travel, the home and pets - gives quotes online for car and home insurance(***/^^^)

Direct Line(UK) gives online quotes for home and car insurance (including breakdown cover)(***/^^^)

Eagle Star (UK) (***/^^^)

InsPop (UK) (***/^^^)

Ironsure (UK) the focus her is on car insurance - put in your details and back will come a quote (****/^^^^)

Legal & General(UK) covers home insurance (and other financial services) - quotes sent to you by post(***/^^^)

Direct Life Pension Services (UK) online quotes for life assurance and also covers illness, income and mortgage protection (***/^^^)

Preferential(UK) covers travel insurance that can be purchased online(***/^^^)

Royal Sun Alliance (UK) for life, car, pet and home insurance - someone wil contact you after you have sent in your details(***/^^^)

Automobile Association(UK) for car, motorbike, home and travel insurance - no buying online but press a button and you'll get a phone call(***/^^^)

Travel Insurers(UK) for travel insurance (***/^^^)

Travel Bug(UK) more travel insurance (***/^^^)

Western Provident Association(UK) various options for travel insurance (***/^^^)

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Unit funds, Bonds & ISAs

Johnson Fry Lets registered users buy ISAs online and provides a lot of supporting data

Autif - The Association of Unit Trusts and Invetsment Funds Provides fact sheets and links to many related sites

Save & Prosper Well-desinde site, downloadable forms and fund performance reports

NetISA offers ISA investment in the top 100 UK companies

TrustNet Lots of up to date information on a multitude of invesment trust companies

Hill Samuel part of the LloydsTSB group, offers unit trusts and ISAs; nice downloadable portfolio screen saver

Edinburgh Fund Managers

Manek Jayesh Manek started out by winning a Sunday Times reader competition

Liverpool Victoria about LV's bonds

Elson technology ISAs

Unbiased unbiased advice?

United Friendly with profits bonds

Marks&Spencer financial services you may find their underwear elsewhere on the site

Jupiter

Investors Direct all the way from Milton Keynes

M&G

Royal Sun Alliance investments

Scottish Widows bonds

Fidelity

Schroders

Aberdeen Asset

Witan

B2 linked to Barclays

Govett

Amerindo

Torquil Clark

Virgin ISAs from Richard Branson

Chase de Vere

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Internet business investment and start-up

DCFor (UK) first put your business plan together (***/^^^)

British Venture Capital Association (UK) your first stop for venture capital (***/^^^)

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First Tuesday (UK) the meeting place for budding net entrepreneurs (***/^^^)

2 BeCom (UK) (***/^^^)

Business Incubator (UK (***/^^^)

E Angel (UK) (***/^^^)

HP (UK) (***/^^^)

BrainSpark (UK) (***/^^^)

KickStart Ventuures (UK) (***/^^^)

Credo Group(UK) (***/^^^)

Gorilla Park (UK) (***/^^^)

Ideas Hub (UK) (***/^^^)

WorldPay (UK) for credit card services (***/^^^)

NetInvest Netbanx (UK) (***/^^^)

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BoDog
Bowmans
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CaribSport
Coral Dansk
Tipstjeneste
Davidson's
EuroBet- part of Coral?
Europlay
EasyBets
FonBet
FrancaiseDeJeux
GameBookers
TheGamingClub
Globet.com
GoldBet
HKJCC Football
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