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Research in Finance can mean one of two things.  It can mean the research that ordinary people do or it can be the research academics do.  Academic research is much more rigorous but much less timely and not profit motivated.  However, it is  necessary for a better understanding of finance.
 

Academic research sites

While there are many very good journals, two stand above the rest: 

1. The Journal of Finance (JF)
2. Journal of Financial Economics (JFE) .
3. FEN (A part of the Social Science Research Network)  Great site for downloading academic articles and working papers.  A must see for any professor or grad student!  Too bad the search often fails to work.  But still a GREAT resource!
4. Research-Finance.com may be the motherload!  Wow!  A real home run!
5. Journal of Financial Research . 
6. Review of Financial Studies -
7. Financial Analysts Journal -Put out by AIMR
8. Journal of Financial Markets -Good for microstructure but a weak site.
9. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis  
10. Journal of Financial Planning
11. Journal of Financial Intermediation
12. Journal of Financial Regualtion and Compliance
13. Journal of International Money and Finance
14. Journal of Multinational Financial Management
15. Journal of Policy Analysis Management
16. Journal of Political Economy
17. Journal of Property Management
18. Journal of Psychology and Financial Market
19. BQuest --Great idea! Forget the paper journal, an e-journal! Faster turn-arounds :)
    

Other sites that often come in handy when doing reseach:

• McKinsey Quarterly -while not academic and not strictly speaking finance, it is very good!  Excellent on many topics including Finance.
• Ohio State has compiled a great group of links to most every Finance Journal there is as well as many working paper series.
• FinanceProfessor.com has a growing list of academic papers that are summarized.  Authors who wish to submit their work are encouraged to do so.
• The University of Chicago (which houses CRSP) obviously has a top notch research reputaion.  They list some working papers online as well as links explaining CRSP including its history and a newsletter.
• Other schools also host their own working papers.  Some of the ones I frequently check are from UCLA , Univeristy of Texas, Simon School at the University of Rochester, as well as Ohio State , Harvard, and the London School of Business
• A few individual superstars warrant their own sites: 
Jay Ritter (if you are looking for IPO info, look here!)
Ivo Welch -his site has everything, even a picture of his plane! It also has a great directory of who is where in finance.
• If you are looking for earnings announcements the Company Boardroom is the place to go!

Yahoo maintains the easiest site for historical stock prices
CRSP of course has the most widely acknowledged site.  This is what most academic research uses.  The best!
GlobalFind Data has stock prices going WAY back but you have to pay for it.
US Treasury's site has current and historical rates on T -Bill and T-bond.
Investorhome.com has many sources of historical data

Investment oriented sites

Finance.yahoo.com is Yahoo's site for stock quotes.  The really cool thing about it is that you can download past stock data as well.  Overall the site is very well done.  It is also useful for industry specific research.

Bloomberg's Market Report.  It has quotes on international markets, foreign exchange markets, as well as commodity markets.

CNNfn has some interesting business stories and importantly keeps its stories "active" for longer than most sites.

Vanguard has an excellent site for both investment news and a "university" for learning more about mutual funds.  Highly recommended.

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