1. There are a ton of great sites to help investors, these are just a few.

2. The Motley Fool is informative and entertaining with some very good info on it.

3. Charles Schwab is the broker my husband and I use. I really have been happy with them, we have been with them at least 12 years. When you are a member with them, there are a lot of tools to research stocks and mutual funds.

4. Yahoo money has many tools to research companies. I have my current stocks listed with them. There are many tools on this site: Calculators, Insurance Info, Real Estate, College Info, Banking and Budgeting and the list goes on.

5. MSN Money is great site for finances and this calculator can be very helpful in figuring how on track a person is with retirement savings and income.

6. Ben Stein gives his formula for Long-Term Happiness. A quick, no nonsense article.

7. This is an interesting site geared to getting rich slowly. This person now works full time on this site it has become so popular.