A basic knowledge of economics is useful to every investor, but a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing, particularly with a subject as complex as economics. Although there are many sites that offer economic data there are relatively few that offer education in economics and finance.
Some Economics Departments of universities and colleges have sites that contain educational material and links to other sites with even more material.
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http://ideas.repec.org/ from the University of Connecticut claims the largest bibliographic database on the Internet dedicated to economics, while http://edirc.repec.org/ , from the same University, has links to more than 8,000 economic institutions.
http://www.ac-markets.com/ in its Analysis Tools / Fundamental Analysis section says that there are 11 US reports that fundamental analysts watch
http://www.aflcio.org/ America’s Union Movement has articles on economics, jobs, wages, and other subjects.
http://www.dfaus.com/ The Archive of Articles has mostly timeless articles from a few years ago.
http://www.econ.upenn.edu/ has about 20 links and some esoteric papers.
http://www.econdata.net/ has a User’s Guide to Socioeconomic Data for Understanding Your Regional Economy available for download.
http://www.economics.about.com/ has multiple papers on more than two dozen topics for students of economics and investors. The topics include the Federal Reserve, business cycles, interest rates, tax policies, and more.
http://www.fisher.osu.edu/library Ohio State University’s site is a place to start.
http://elsa.berkeley.edu/ The Econometrics Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley has links to popular economic databases.
http://www.fee.org/ The Foundation for Economic Education has articles on timely topics.
http://gsbwww.uchicago.edu/research/crsp The Chicago School of Business has a Center for Research in Security Prices. It has a number of interesting papers including “Was There A Nasdaq Bubble In the Late 1990s?”. The answer – not necessarily.
http://www.nber.org/ The National Bureau of Economic Research has abstracts of numerous economic and market-related papers.
http://www.smartmoney.com/economywatch/ claims to have made watching the economy easy for investors by picking out a selection of key economic indicators.
http://www.tutor2u.net/ has numerous educational presentations and study notes related to economics in its Presentations and Notes sections, but they are mostly about British economics, some of which applies to the U.S.
Blogs are becoming increasingly popular but they tend to come and go more frequently than other web sites. http://www.maoxian.com/ , http://bigpicture.typepad.com/ , http://www.hedgefundmgr.blogspot.com/ , http://www.knowledgeproblem.com/ , http://www.tradermike.net/ and http://www.econopundit.com/ are examples of blogs from which we can learn. http://www.bloglines.com has search facilities to enable us to find information.
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