Investing and Personal Finance Resources

We’re looking for free resources for all of us to use. If you’d like to add to this list, please email us at info@purpleeagle.org.

A free course offered by the University of Florida on Coursera. Teaches important personal finance habits and lessons. Available with a free certificate proving completion for a limited time. Check it out here.

A course offered by Yale University on Coursera. Free for a limited time. Teaches basics of financial systems and management. Check it out here.

SIGNAL

A newsletter from the Eurasia Group, a think-tank, with free sign-up for Investment Challenge participants. Useful for learning about world events and how they might affect the stock market. Sign up here.

MarketWatch

A financial information and analysis website owned by Dow Jones and Co. Useful for up-to-the-minute market news.

Investopedia

A site with helpful definitions of investing terms and explanations of investment strategies.

Khan Academy

A free online-education website. Has special sections on personal finance and economics for students.

EDGAR

The Security and Exchange Commission’s database of company reports and filings. Check it out here.

mymoney.gov

A U.S. government-run website with useful guidance on saving, spending, and managing money.

SEEKING ALPHA

A crowdsourced site with an array of stock market insights and analysis. Helpful when looking for earning call transcripts, investment ideas, and research on ETFs and stocks by financial experts.

Insider Monkey

A finance website. Provides free insider and hedge fund financial data to ordinary investors.