Web based portals allow you to access a wide range of information on particular companies in one place. Of necessity the information is sometimes abbreviated. It can, however, give an easily accessible insight in a company.
It may highlight whether or not it is likely to prove a worthwhile investment, before you proceed to more detailed investigation of its fundamentals and share price chart.
There are several sites that fall into this category. These include Yahoo! Finance (http://finance.yahoo.com), Business.com (www.business.com), Wall Street Research Net (www.wsrn.com), and Wright Investors Services (www.wisi.com) .
Taking Yahoo! Finance as an example, a good portal can include information on:
Many US sites like this require you to know the ticker symbol of the company concerned.
The ticker symbol is a short two, three or four letter code that is a unique identifier of a company for traders. Some sites will allow data to be accessed via typing either the company name or the ticker symbol. Many sites offer a facility for looking up the ticker symbol by inputting the company name.
It is important to know the ticker symbol of companies you might be interested in investing in.
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