Rating System: D - Design | E - Ease of Use | V - Value

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1010 WallStreet
www.1010wallstreet.com
Chicago Bears linebacker-turned-options trader and market pundit ion Najarian pro-vides extensive market news and analysis on stocks and options updated daily. Useful, Succinct information for experienced traders. Solid, simple design. Registration required.

D-7 | E-7 | V-8

BBC News/Business
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business
British-based global news service's site filled with refreshingly concise reports about national economies and international businesses. Read articles or download audio and video. Details about U.K. market and analysis, including a rundown of the day's big winners and losers.

D-9 | E-7 | V-9

CBS MarketWatch
http://cbs.marketwatch.com
CBS-DBC joint venture filled with solid and original news and analysis. Front page packs essential breaking stories on the mar-ket and companies. The lack of visual variety can make this large site seem a bit monotonous, but users can still easily navi-gate the plethora of well-organized infor-mation or look up recent news by ticker symbol and keyword. Articles include links to relevant Sites. Free tools include portfolio tracker, research, charts, message boards, and quotes.

D-9 | E-9 | V-10

CNBC.com
www.cnbc.com
The cable powerhouse's online presence has a new look and new tools. Of course, news is the main feature. You'll find archived CNBC interviews and other cable-based reports. Other goodies: real-time quotes, a customizable portfolio ticker, and charts that allow you to compare two or more companies. Get e-mail notice of TV guests. Biggest downer: site can be slower than molasses.

D-9 | E-6 | V-9

CNNfn
www.cnnfn.com
Maximizes the capabilities of the Web with its cable network's massive news resources. CNN deploys breaking market news and in-depth financial and business features onto the site. Well-organized, enormous resource sticks to what it does best.

D-7 | E-7 | V-10

The Daily Rocket
www.dailyrocket.com
This lively online financial publication is full of original news articles and features. The daily market commentary includes handy hypertext links. Download the Investment Monitor - a personal portfolio - management software that delivers investment news, stock data, and market analysis directly to your PC. The site also features the Dollar Holler, a daily market update in audio, and Investment Radio, a weekly show.

D-8 | E-9 | V-10

Financial Times
www.ft.com
Get a refreshingly different view of the world from the prestigious London paper's Web Site. Free site, recently redesigned to be more user-friendly, features well-written articles, a portfolio tool, and a searchable archive. Visit Cybersightings pages under each heading for editors' picks of splendid Web sites.

D-7 | E-7 | V-10

Fox Market Wire
www.foxmarketwire.com
Original articles sprinkled with links to related stories and multimedia presenta-tions. Plenty of links to other Fox sites. Best feature: up to SD free real-time quotes a day just for registering.

D-7 | E-7 | V-8

Helputrade
www.helputrade.com
Why get something free when you can pay for it? If you' re confused, join the club. Helputrade, a recent entrant to the Web, charge $24.95 a month for a cobbled together package of tools that is largely available for free elsewhere. Quotes, protfolio tracking, and news all come to the site via Stock Point. The only unique feature - a broker commission analyzer called Value Finder - has almost no practical use we can find. Investors are not likely to choose a different broker every time they trade, particularly if the basis is commission only. None of this would be worth mentioning if Tara High, HelpuTrade's co-founder, wasn't found touting he site in the testimonials section. "I'm so excited about discovering HelpUTrade.com! Thanks to the Value Finder, I know I am using the online trading company with the lowest fees for each trade." We are glad that she found the site so useful

D-8 | E-9 | V-1

Investors Alley
www.investorsalley.com
Packed with decent market coverage and analysis. Offers an assortment of model portfolios to follow. Subscribe to "The Market Cap" newsletter delivered via e-mail. Free.

D-8 | E-8 | V-8

Marketplace Radio Business News
www.marketplace.org
Freshly designed Web presence of Public Radio International and University of Southern California's acclaimed daily pro-gram. Good resource for those who don't have a commute but want to keep up with the program. Buy audio news reports. Download free transcripts of past or present day's news reports.

D-9 | E-7 | V-8

News Alert
www.newsalert.com
Pull up the latest company news from a variety of wire sources. Search by company name, ticker, or industry. This efficient site devotes special attention to Internet and technology sectors and earnings and merger announcements. Free. Registration required.

D-7 | E-8 | V-8

NewsTraders
www.newstraders.com
Original breaking financial news service uncovers juicy info found in SEC filings, brokerage reports, and other sources, including insider activity, rating changes, upcoming IPOs, and mergers and acquisi-tions. Create a portfolio watch and receive alerts of incoming stories on your stocks.

D-7 | E-8 | V-8

Nightly Business Report
www.nightlybusiness.org
Watch the TV business news program's daily Morning Business Report and segments of the Nightly Business Report in streaming video. Or read transcripts from the past week's
shows.

D-6 | E-7 | V-8

Reuters MoneyNet
www.moneynet.com
Contains international wire service's market and industry news, as well as the standard portfolio tool quote machine. Lets you search 30 days worth of wire stories about companies. All services free except unlimited real-time quotes, which run $29.95 a month.

D-7 | E-7 | V-8

StockSniffer
www.stocksniffer.com
This Java-based service delivers news releases from BusinessWire, PR Newswire, and Nelson's Broker Summaries based on a customizable search criteria of ticker sym-bols and keywords. $19.95 a month.

D-7 | E-8 | V-9

$ TheStreet.com
www.thestreet.com
Online news outlet's feisty and intellectually well-equipped editorial staffers-led by OI columnist Jamie Heller - pull no punches. This day trader's darling is packed with tons of well-written daily news articles and shrewd commentary. Subscriptions run $6.95 or $9.95 a month and include thrice daily e-mail market newsletters. Also provides an investor's toolbox of quotes, charts, person-al portfolio, company profiles, and research.

D-8 | E-8 | V-10

$ Wall Street Journal Interactive
www.wsj.com
At $59 a year, the online version is cheaper than the $175 print sub, plus you get access to the Journal's Asia edition. Barron's online, and search tools. Search full-text database of Dow Jones and other publications; downloading articles costs. Multex research reports available (some are free, but most run $5 to $10).

D-8 | E-8 | V-10


Rating System: D - Design | E - Ease of Use | V - Value

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