When you’re looking at investing, there is no substitute for qualified competent advice. Having said that, educating yourself is always worthwhile. Here are a few suggestions:

Stock Analysis

Stock Analysis is a website that includes a number of features. You can explore information regarding any publically traded company by typing its name of stock symbol when you first login. You can create a watchlist to keep up with specific companies. On the homepage it includes a list of today’s top gainers and losers. It monitors IPOs, allowing you to look at recent IPOs and following news. You can follow private companies and it includes links to Hiive if you want to invest before they become public. If you want to research stocks by industry, you can do so here.

As you look at particular stocks, it includes a company overview and links to recent news stories regarding the company. The main page for each company includes recent statistics such as price, market cap, revenue, 52-week range and more. Usually a target price is shown and if the company is established there is often a forecast indicating there their stock might go. For many stocks it includes consensus analyst recommendations regarding whether to sell, hold or buy.

BusinessWire

BusinessWire is a Berkshire Hathaway company reporting business news. While it includes a newsroom, many of its resources appear to be subscription based. The cite includes company press releases.

Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal is America’s business newspaper. It discusses recent news, publicizes IPOs and other significant business information. It is subscription based. You can purchase a subscription giving you access to the WSJ, Barrons and MarketWatch.

The Motley Fool

The Motley Fool is a subscription based service providing news, trends and suggestions regarding stocks worth looking at. It boasts success regarding its picks. In one recent newsletter it said “If you got this message on April 15th, 2005, hours before The Motley Fool recommended Nvidia, you could be up 137,182% (that means a $1000 investment would be worth a jaw-dropping $1,372,815 today).”

Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR)

EDGAR is an SEC tool that allows you to see forms public companies are required to file. These include Annual Reports, Form 10-K, Form 8-K which reports significant events. You can search SEC filings here. For example, a press release Exxon issued on September 15, 2026 regarding redemption of certain notes was reported here in Form 8-K. The theory behind SEC filings is straightforward: Companies offering securities for sale to the public must tell the truth about their business, the securities they are selling, and the investment risks. And those who sell and trade securities and offer advice to investors – such as brokers-dealers, investment advisers, and exchanges – must treat investors fairly and honestly.

Yahoo Finance

Yahoo Finance is billed as a web tool for beginners providing real time quotes, and other basic information.

TradingView

TradingView provides interactive charting, custom indicators (Pine Script), and macro data mapping.

Macrotrends

Macrotrends bills itself as the premier research platform for long term investors.

Quartr

Quartr claims to be the leading platform for qualitative public market research. Research faster, understand deeper, and trust every finding.

Seeking Alpha

Seeking Alpha is a subscription service which claims to help you make informed decisions with the data, context, and analysis behind today’s market moves, with unlimited access to breaking stock news and free investing newsletters.

Investor.gov

Investor.gov provided by the SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Assistance seeks to provide individual investors with the information and tools they need to make sound investment decisions.