Financial research

Places for research and useful information:
Investors Business Daily, MarketWatch, Schaeffer Research, The Street, Zack's, Stock Worm, Smart Money, Wall Street Journal, WSJ Research, Equity Trader, Barron's, Wall Street City, Quote.com, Investor Guide, Yahoo, Google, Business Week, CNN, CNBC, Motley Fool, Morningstar.

More places:
Market Edge, Cyber Invest, ClearStation, SEC, Bloomberg, Quicken, Traders, Kiplinger, Market Guide, MSN Money, Investopedia.

Charts:
Quote.com, MarketWatch, BigCharts.com, StockCharts.com, WSJ, TheStreet, Stock Worm, IBD (SP500 w/ NYSE volume), Point & Figure.

StockMarketTradeAlerts has daily chart analysis with audio.

Exchanges

The Big Board and NASDAQ. Check Chicago Board Options Exchange for options and the VIX (if it's low: go, if it's high: buy).

US markets index after hours and premarket indicators, and futures.

Options & other stuff

Option info can be found at 888Options.com, Optionetics, OptionsXpress, and IVolatility.com.

The optionsXpress trading calculator shows the risks of various trading strategies. The 888Options quote shows historical & implied volatility. They also have nifty position simulator and strategy screener tools under the "Advanced" menu. The IVolitality calculator shows implied volatility, and volatility chart is handy. The put/call ratio and equity scorecard from Schaeffer.

Splits, guidance, etc.

Upgrades, downgrades, splits, surprises, guidance change info can be found at RTT News, MarketWatch, Zack's, and Barron's.

Sector ranking data from Trending123.

Education

ADX and other educational info from Dr. Charles Schaap. The best source of candle chart info is from Steve Nison.