Searching for educational websites

[iSuit21]

Currently I am really anxious to study more and more, which is the reason for me looking up various website with quality article that require a well-educated level in order to comprehend. Unfortunately I hardly find any of these websites online and would appreciate it, if you could recommend me any. I would definitely love to read more about business, psychology, health and the web.

Thank you very much in advance!

 

[froggyboy604]

https://www.khanacademy.org/ has a lot of free tutorials on buisness, math, and other topics.

 

[iSuit21]

https://www.khanacademy.org/ has a lot of free tutorials on buisness, math, and other topics.

Thank you for the recommendation, but unfortunately I already have that kind of knowledge. I may have written my above post a bit unclear. I am searching for articles or news, that use a different standard of vocabulary for example and also teach business on an advanced level, but I think I may only gain this knowledge by either purchasing books or subscribing to courses. 😕

 

[Ghost]

Business-
www.businessadviceforum.com - A forum by Fergal (Admin on FP)
http://www.asaleader.com (leadership tips)
Tons of links: http://c4lpt.co.uk/learn-about-business/
http://www.accountingcoach.com (accounting info)

Psych-
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-psychol ... -yourself/
http://psychology.about.com
http://www.socialpsychology.org

Health-
Good news for Science in America: http://www.scientificamerican.com/health-and-medicine

Science facts (statistics, etc):
http://www.infoplease.com/sci.html


Web-
http://www.beyondwebanalytics.com (Podcasts with past/current highup executives in web companies)
http://whatis.techtarget.com (Computer terms, glossary, etc)

 

[iSuit21]

Business-
http://www.businessadviceforum.com - A forum by Fergal (Admin on FP)
http://www.asaleader.com (leadership tips)
Tons of links: http://c4lpt.co.uk/learn-about-business/
http://www.accountingcoach.com (accounting info)

Psych-
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-psychol ... -yourself/
http://psychology.about.com
http://www.socialpsychology.org

Health-
Good news for Science in America: http://www.scientificamerican.com/health-and-medicine

Science facts (statistics, etc):
http://www.infoplease.com/sci.html


Web-
http://www.beyondwebanalytics.com (Podcasts with past/current highup executives in web companies)
http://whatis.techtarget.com (Computer terms, glossary, etc)

Absolutely fantastic! Thank you very much! 🙂

 

[Sam]

Investopedia.com

Most business information is found in literature and you will have a tough job getting the same depth online... What specific areas of business are you interested in?

 

[iSuit21]

Investopedia.com

Most business information is found in literature and you will have a tough job getting the same depth online... What specific areas of business are you interested in?

I am mostly interested in Business Management, Accounting and Stock Markets. I have found a few good websites so far thanks to @Ghost .

 

[Sam]

Investopedia.com

Most business information is found in literature and you will have a tough job getting the same depth online... What specific areas of business are you interested in?

I am mostly interested in Business Management, Accounting and Stock Markets. I have found a few good websites so far thanks to @Ghost .

Again I would recommend www.investopedia.com. It has a huge range of topics for share/ stock investors (I always lean towards calling it shares as I am a New Zealander). 🙂

My Aunt- who heads up the investment team at a large bank for high net worth clients- once recommended a blog to me, I may be able to find it again for you....

 

[Ghost]

My dad manages billions of dollars in his current portfolio.
If you'd like, I'll ask him for some good business sites that I'll go ahead and post here.
He's a Vice President at General Electric and deals with stocks all the time. He's been in the real estate markets as well (bonds, mortgages etc). He has the management aspect as he travels the world managing his portfolio.

I recommend reading "The Big Short", by Michael Lewis
(link to book: http://www.amazon.com/Big-Short-Inside- ... 0393338827 )

That book is VERY technically orientated with business terms in constant use. It is a book about credit default swaps, mortgages, bonds, the fall of the housing market & all about how ethics & businesses played a major role.

My dad will retire soon (probs) and he wants to be a teacher of sorts. Is paying a monthly fee something you'd be interested in doing if he did financial classes online?

-- Sat Jan 05, 2013 6:10 pm --

http://www.weseed.com/
^That has a fake stock market that you can use to learn about stocks by actually making investments that won't affect your real cash/real life.
You can also find a lot of documents & information regarding stock markets.

This next one is another stock market simulator. The next one actually only has 10 companies available in the stock market, but keeps it simple so you can learn/advance your knowledge of the core art of mastering the stock market.
http://www.fakonomy.com

Investopedia also has a simulator. You start with $100,000 to practice (the $$ is virtual, and cannot be used in real life).
http://www.investopedia.com/simulator/#axzz2H92HSdB4<br /><br />-- Sat Jan 05, 2013 6:31 pm --<br /><br />Lastly, I would check out http://www.bloomberg.com
This one is the #1 site that my dad recommends.
Now, it costs around $2,000 per month for the full analytical tools, so do not subscribe.

Just use their free tools & info.
News is all technically orientated and is not for the average reader. It's solely for executives and business orientated people.

The guy who made Bloomberg is a multimillionaire by the way (because of his business expertise & Bloomberg) so I'd say it's a good site to go to 🙂

 

[Sam]

I simply loved The Big Short! 🙂 Well worth the read.....

 

[JamesD31]

My personal favorite technological educational website is http://www.udacity.com

learn from it, love it, and spread the word of it.

 

[Ghost]

If you're looking for a variety of articles & news head to The Drudge Report. It's a portal that includes articles & news from tons of different sites.

If you click on an article it takes you to that site.
http://www.drudgereport.com

Note: Right now their site is having issues. It's gotten more popular recently and I believe they are limiting the content (images etc) for their main page so the site stays up & loads fast.

Once they upgrade their servers it'll probably be more 'beautiful' in design.
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I also recommend that you check out Forbes.
http://www.forbes.com
It's very business-orientated (so that'll be good for you).

If you want a reputable place to get college lectures (videos), then check that search out on Google. There's sites and also phone apps for that!
Here's one site I found quickly: http://freevideolectures.com

If you want to find out what your college life will be like I suggest that you check out actual college websites (whatever.edu). Look for their Senior Projects and you'll get a good idea of what some projects are like at that school. Even if you'll never go to that college, just check out a bunch. You'll quickly notice terms, concepts and predictions for what X field will require in the future.

I may have a bias, but GE (General Electric, the company my dad works for) has done pretty well over the years & constantly goes up. Yes, they were affected by the economy drop in the US, but they've recovered quite well.
Here's some news about GE, their investments and predictions:
http://www.genewscenter.com

I suggest you go there, as well as other company sites. You'll see lingo that only business-orientated people understand & you'll quickly be able to see business concepts in real life situations.

If you want, I'll ask my Dad if he'd be willing to do a one on one with you regarding business concepts, etc. (Over the phone).
He's written for many Wall Street Journal (top fold) and many other large websites and news entities. He's been in business for a few decades now and currently works at GE. Before GE, he worked at Merrill Lynch.