Thomas A. Rogers, CIM, FCSI
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[Quotes] - | Quotations on, markets,stocks, bonds, mutual funds and, commodities. Plus portfolio tracking.
[Updates] - | Quick up dates on what the markets are doing as the day progresses.
[News] - | News is coming accross the wires all the time. Get it all here.
[Charts] - | Charts of stocks, bonds, commodities, indices and indicators both long term and short term.
[Commentary] - | Here is some general market commentary to express consensus and various mind sets.
[Forecasts] - | Market forecasts from various perspectives.
[Companies] - | News releases, WEB Sites, Daily news on individual stocks.
[Economy] - | Be aware of the economic picture with the latest economic releases and understand their import.
[Choices] - |Access these multilevel sites and select from their abundance of information.
           






















































































































































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Quotes
StockQuote - | Current quote on any listed stock Canada or US. with corporate data & news selectable from tabs at top of quote.
Portfolios - | Set up your portfolios including Canadian and US shares and mutual funds plus cash & fixed income totals. Stock & mutual funds are valued showing performance and portfolio total.
US Indexes - | Updated quote on all major US Market Indices including individual stock charts. Canadian stocks preface symbol with TSE: or ASE: or VSE: etc .
US Internals - | US Stock Markets internals. Number of issues advancing vs declines and volume breadth as well for NYSE, ASE & NASDQ.
Monitor All - | A current price on stock, bond, commodity & currency futures for inter-market monitoring.
Canadian Indexes - | Daily statistics on TSE 300 Index with stats on each sub index.
Mutuals - | Canadian Mutual Funds:- Daily prices, News, Top performers and various commentaries.
GLOBEfund.com - | In depth reference resource on Canadian Mutual Funds.
Gold - | Spot gold price and chart around the clock courtesy of Kitco from Montreal.
CBOT - | Current and nearby futures on Financial and Grain contracts on Chicago Board hourly , daily, weekly charts
NYMEX - | New York Mercantile Exchange for Oil, Gas, Gold, Silver, Copper, Platinum & Paladium        gives hourly , daily and weekly charts.
CME - | Chicago Mercantile Exchange for Currencies, T-Bills, Stock Index futures, includingcattle,hogs & pork belly hourly , daily, weekly charts.
LME - | London Metal Exchange for graphs on Aluminum, Copper, Tin, Lead, Nickel, Zinc. Specify time and contract type!
OEX - | S&P 100 index latest price + 5 minute intraday chart .
DJII - | Dow Jones Industrial latest price + intraday, daily, weekly chart options.
FX - | Foreign Exchange current market quotations. For a chart and additional information click on the currency of interest. For converting currencies click here courtesy Yahoo. Click here for major currencies expressed "per Canadian dollar" courtesy Canoe, also see Cross Rates.
Calculators - | This site contains over 8,100 calculators including extensive financial calculators for you to select from. Calculators available for every discipline.

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Imoney - | Canadian business news stories & corporate releases covered by Reuters and displayed by Imoney.
ASK - | ASK Research's Site for comprehensive presentation of in depth news as it happens.
Bus. Headlines - | US Today's business headlines as they occur.
Stk Mkt - | Continual market comments by Yahoo
Canadian - | Canada Newswire, ongoing Canadian news. NB:- Use the search facility to retrieve corporate news releases and much additional information.
Yahoo Business - | Yahoo's business news resource directory of informative links.
PR News - | Click on PR News (at right of Finance) - for company news as it comes to this source.
Biz Wire - | Click on 'Biz Wire' (at right of PR News) - for company news as it comes to this source.
Treasury - | Ongoing treasury market commentary by Yahoo
Stocks - | Financial market hour by hour comment by Briefing. Other commentary also here.

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News
Canada - | Selected Newswires with Canadian perspective.
Cdn Biz - | Selected current Canadian business stories.
F. P. - | Financial Post front page with links to topical articles.
FP Investing - | Business news articles from today's edition of Financial Post.
ROB - | Front page of Report on Business with links to selected stories and columns. Use Search option for articles or information on stocks you seek.
Canoe - | Comprehensive financial market summary with a Canadian perspective and including excellent Mutual Fund information
Stockhouse - | A superb Canadian Site with emphasis on "micro/small cap and medium cap stocks!". Has charting, news, forum, and several other resource areas.
CNN - | Ongoing market news by CNN.
Bridge News - | World wide financial markets insightful commentery and monitoring. Try standard deviation on charting facility!
Yahoo - | Yahoo' Business Headlines with full story.
International - | International financial news as it happens.
Intl news - | Around the clock international news | reuters.
Financials - Digest of Leading US financial newspapers with links to companies mentioned.
Bloomberg - | Current business news courtesy of Bloomberg.

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Commentary
Open Can - | Morning market commentary with Canadian perspective.
Comment Links - | Links to intraday, daily, weekly commentaries and statistics/indexes well ordered by Investorguide.
Bloomfield - | Patrick Bloomfield's most recent article on the net.
Hanley - | Market Eye by William Hanley, latest column on the net.
@rgentum - | @rgentum Management & Research blends a time-proven quantitative technique of money management with sophisticated technologies. Take a look at the portfolios, advisor links and an interactive financial calculator. @rgentum (in house) portfolio manager, Andre Chabot, provides a Market Commentary too.
Close Can - | Closing market commentary with Canadian perspective.
Close US - | Closing market commentary courtesy CNN.
Latest Sats - | comment and reporting of important economic indicators.

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Forecasts
Short Course - | A short course in Technical Analysis presented by Decision Point
Daily Indicators - | A comprehensive array of technical indicators (scroll down the page) presented by DecisionPoint.com along with description of each indicator to aid in its interpretation.
Trader Talk - | A no nonsense daily technical analysis designed for short term traders. Good source for some technical analysis education too. Membership is free and includes 'fortune cookies' technical stock recommendations.
Investor Links - | Investorlinks offers daily commentary it has selected from its many top sources. On the sidebar you can select specific commentaries of a forecasting nature in areas of concern to you.
Tag & Bag - | A daily screening of New York stocks for favourable price action provided by Clear Station. Be sure to look in on the Recomended List too !
Long Wave - | An impressive record and forecast using Elliott Wave analysis is presented by The Elliott Wave Chart Page. (scroll down the page and..)Take a look!
Elliott - | An Elliott Wave count and Stock Market Forecast for Markets and Commodities by "Advanced Get" computer program with commentaries.
Signal Watch - | Ed Dawes gives a daily market forecast using a holistic approach to technical analysis. His thoughts are expressed in a very logical and enjoyable fashion. There is always a relevant technical analysis lesson accompanying the forecast.
Ascani - | Dan Ascani is a widely respected analyst who believes firmly in the importance of using fundamental and technical analysis in his approach. You may me requested to subscribe for this free commentary. I recommend you do so.
Astrologers - | Trading by the stars offers weekly forecast and real audio commentary each wednesday.
Mavens - Market Mavens - Wide variety of current forecasts by well known market analysts.

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Research Canadian Companies
Cdn Screen - | Screen for stocks trading at a level in relation to their annual range and by company size and current price.
- | Extensive reporting on mining and petroleum industry news & developments.
Carlson. - | Search for news on Canadian Companies, courtesy Carlson Online Services. Subscribe for Carlson Online Plus to screen fundamentals of Canadian stocks..
- | Link provided to Corporate Web Page, if company has one.
Co+News - | Company quote along with profile and latest news stories on the company.
- | Be sure to put .TO or .V or .AL (to specify exchange) after symbol. ie: rpd.to
- | click on Detail option after quote is up.
Canada News - | Enter Symbol to retrieve Corporate News stories as reported by Canada News Wire Service.
Cdn. cos. news - | From sidebar, enter symbol and get quote (includes chart). At top of quote screen, click on NEWS to retrieve latest/recent news stories on company
SEDAR - | Filing information on any Canadian listed company is provided by the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) a service of The Canadian Securities Administrators. Corporate Profiles include news releases as well as corporate filings
- | Complete filing informaton of Canadian mutual funds is also provided.
Yahoo Infoo - | Latest news on Companies worldwide.
- | Click on By Industry to get specific industry news including Canadian. Click on Web Sites choice too.
Wright's
Analysis
- | Fundamental quantative appraisal furnished by Wright Investor Service, includes Company Profile and statistical history. Click on Rating for elaboration. Also, study earnings in relation to price on the chart.
Alta Corp - | Alberta Stock Exchange corporate information, search by symbol, name, industry.
Research United States Companies
Research Wizard - | A step by step company appraisal from a fundamental viewpoint developed by Microsoft.
Analysts' Tgts - | StockSelector provides analysts opinions and targets for US stocks and for some Canadian (prefix symbol with T. eg: T.RY )
- | Much additional information is also provided on this site.
Company Items - | Retrieve latest news on any company. Select 'Company News from sidebar and click on search. Explore this bounteous site.
Corp WEBs - | Access to over 2800 Corporate WEB Sites. (scroll down to access the list)
- | Screen for stocks matching your fundamantal perameters.
CNN-WEBS - | CNN's list of Corporate WEB Sites. Search by company name or stock symbol.
Corp Filings - | Access corporate information and SEC filings.
Wall Street - | Wall Street Research locates most WEB information availble on individual stocks.
Reuters' Moneynet - | Comprehensive site offering access to corporate information.
- | Click on Research to scan for stocks beginning to move.
- | Click on Metastock for daily price history for one year.
Scan Cos. - | Scan PR Newswire US company data base orf latest releases.
Company Items - | Latest news on Companies worldwide.

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Economy
Calendar - | Schedule of forthcoming economic releases with comment on their importance.
Treasury - | Treasury Management Database. The Premier Internet Resource for Treasury Management Professionals
US Rates - | Latest US interest rates.
HH Test - | Text of Humphry Hawkins testimony and reports to congress by the 'Fed'.
US Stats - | US Federal Reserve Board Statistical releases & definitions.
Fed Rates - | Up to date history of US interest rates including daily records.
Fed Policy - | Information on formulation of US Monetary policy.

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Charts
BigCharts - | This is a 'Dream Site' for the chartist. Indicators galore, optional plotting, any time frame,
      stocks, indexes, sectors. (US securities & Indexes only). Explore this Site thoroughly!

BigCharts for CANADA - |Big Charts now provides comprehensive coverage of the Canadian Markets.

TSE Sub Indices - | Charts on all TSE Sub Indices, courtesy "Big Charts"

Stock Charts - | Current quote plus chart on any listed stock in US & Canada. Graphs can be adjusted for time.

ASK Charts - | Current quote plus chart onany listed Canadian or US stock . Graphs can be adjusted for time,
      type and selected technical analysis studies with variable parameters.Excellent!

Auto Analysis - | Comprehensive technical analysis of stock or index of your choice performed
      automatically and objectively, courtesy Tradingcharts.com.

Profitdata Charts - | Java driven stock charting (US equities only) has direct linking
      to corporate infromation sites. Simply click on company name in middle of chart.

Profitdata Charts (alone) - | Same as above with charting only. Click on left verticle bar forcommodities and other futures.
      Click on right verticle bar for most actives, biggest gaioners & losers and more. Read instructions to employ trendline drawing and technical indicators. Position red vertical line and then drag to the right just off the chart to adjust for time display.

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Choices
Briefing - | Comprehensive up to the moment market information by 'Briefing' seek where you will.
Bloomberg Index - | Index to Bloomberg news resources.
DBC -CBS, comprehensive up to moment financial news, quotes etc.
Barrons -Latest Barrons, complete with company dossiers, all current articles & access to previous articles
Do not hesitate to register with Barrons for access. Its simple! Its modestly priced! Its a must!
Links - | Complete and well ordered links to to financial sites of interest to investors and traders.
Retirement Planning! - It features a huge library of Canadian retirement planning Web links, divided into a couple of dozen categories, and it's updated weekly. Plus there's a new feature article every second week on something of interest to retirement planning, a 24-hour chat room, and a bulletin board. Courtesy, miningco.com. Visit their home page too!
S & C - | Selected Articles from latest Stocks and Commodities Magazine.
Research - | Free registration to access a wealth of company specific information. Research magazine teams up with Reuters' Moneynet Site.
Top 100 - | Web 21's selection of the top 100 financial sites. You may also see the top 100 sites on many different subjects too.
Mathmatics - | A good selection of financial formulas ready for your use. Calculate volatility, options prices, derivatives, your portfolio and more courtesy of Dr Robert Lum ( Best if your browser is Java enabled.)
Monty's Math - | Montgomery Technology' offering of a bond yield calculator, options and deravttives price calculators
Motherload - | A page of links for futeres traders and technical analysts. Possibly the Mother of all technical analysis link sets.

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