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There are many sources of
quotations for actively-traded stocks on the
internet. Popular quote sites include: NASDAQ, Yahoo
finance, and Google.
Here are links to sources of hard-to-find quotes for
securities such as inactive stocks, corporate bonds,
municipal bonds, and US Treasury Savings bonds.
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Inactive stocks – Try
the Pink Sheets (www.pinksheets.com) The Pink Sheets site offers both quotes on
thousands of stocks which do not appear on the
financial pages, plus news and company contact
information which is hard to find elsewhere.
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Taxable bonds
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www.investingbonds.com
This site sponsored by the Securities Industry
and Financial Markets Association has in-depth
data about the bond markets; including corporate
bonds, government bonds, mortgage-backed
securities and municipal bonds.
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Municipal bonds –
http://emma.msrb.org/ Like corporate bonds, the transactions in
municipal bonds are reported to the Municipal
Securities Rulemaking Board, which publishes
them on its site. There are over 3 ½ million
municipal issues outstanding. Thus, it may be
hard to find any current trades on this system
that match the municipal bonds you hold.
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US Treasury Savings
Bonds –
www.savingsbonds.gov US Treasury Savings
Bonds and War Bonds are not marketable
securities. Thus, they are not quoted by
securities firms. But the Treasury redeems these
securities directly or through banks valued
according to formulas which are published on
this site.
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