rd80 (99.12)

Thumbs Up for FINRA

November 24, 2009 – Comments (0)

I was looking for a bond price quote a few days ago and was turning up bupkus at my brokerage, the WSJ, Barron's, etc.  Went to the Financial Industry Regulatory  Authority website and had the quote I was looking for in a few keystrokes.

In addition to bond quotes, the FINRA site has stock and option quotes, mutual fund information, general investing information, podcast tutorials, BrokerCheck to check a broker's background, a collection of calculators, a newsletter and other information. 

Those who like to play dumpster dives on CAPS, may appreciate the Scam Meter.  It's a multi-question screen highlighting common properties for stock scams.  Check to see if that stock is truly trash before giving it the ol' red thumb.

Nothing fancy and I have no affiliation with them, but I thought a shout-out was in order since the bond quote I had trouble finding anywhere else was a piece of cake to track down at FINRA.

Recommend visiting the site and poking around a bit if you haven't been before.

Fool on!

Russ