Investment Resources

Here are some some web tools I found useful.  I use when possible an adblocking browser like Brave because financial sites like gaming sites are the worst in trackers and advertisement.

General Charting Tools

• Macrotrends -  macro and micro historical charts overlaid with recessions 
• S&P 500 P/E ratio, for example AMD historical P/E ratio
• Portfolio visualizer.com- backtest portfolio with risk/reward metrics- compute Sharpe/Sortino ratio, drawdowns  
• https://portfoliocharts.com
• Drip calculator from the dividend channel, beware the figures might not be absolutely accurate

General Resources

1. seekingalpha- good for crowd sourced analysis with many articles written by industry professionals, CFAs.  The open crowdsourced nature of seeking alpha balances out potential biases and there are plenty of knowledgeable active members that keep authors in check.  I have paid a few months to read analysis for REITS/CEFs behind a paywall which I found useful and worth the price.
2. bogleheads - good for passive indexing questions
3. reddit- personal finance - I find crowdsourced answers incredibly valuable as you get a wide wide range
4. The balance- good for general economic workings, there is a slant however.
• national debt- https://www.thebalance.com/us-national-debt-4073935
5. Investopedia - good for general investment terms
6. Wiki on U.S. National Debt is surprisingly informative
7. RealVision on Youtube - HGTV for hedge fund managers, some interviews are surprisingly informative and if you see a $1 for a month deal, you should nab it.

Education from Big Investment Firms

• Schwab's guide to asset classes - good job of explaining the best and worst environments for each sector.

CEFs are covered separately here.

Preferreds

• Good intro book on this topic from Doug Le Du  was worth the $10
• https://innovativeincomeinvestor.com/ - blog with discussion on preferred IPOs
• https://www.quantumonline.com/ - maintains list of preferred IPOs

Gold

• In gold we trust from incremental
• Book "Currency Wars" -get it free from your library or book on tape Hoopla (free from library)

Crypto

• Binance Research - well written analysis on digital assets
• coinmarket cap- rankings https://coinmarketcap.com/
• https://www.coinbase.com/price

Conventional Financial Media (none recommended just listed with my opinion)

• WSJ- worth getting $1 to see what an old institution is saying. Some deeply researched articles are insightful and if the WSJ prints it, you can confirm your thesis on macro trends play out- esp. on de-dollarization.
• Bloomberg
• CNBC TV/Site - this is the low-attention-span daily play by play. Watching talking heads squawking about day to day movement isn't good for long term investing but if you wanted to hear what people in the industry are saying about that particular day.
• Barrons - good to spend $1 deal to see what they have. Daily articles are shallow. Longer analysis from magazines are competently done but I don't think they make you money. I looked at their archives and did not see any home runs but plenty of advice which lost money.
• Morning*- not as useful and the usual shallow articles about specific mutual funds. Investors use their data tools more than their articles.