# I need to replace Investopedia.com! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 11, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-replace-investopedia-com/553418 "2010-09-11T17:36:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GreenHell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@GreenHell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenHell)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-replace-investopedia-com/553418/1 "2010-09-11T17:36:59Z")
I need to replace [investopedia.com](http://investopedia.com). I am a freelance writer specializing in financial and business topics. Since most of the titles that I claim are very familiar to me because of my degree in finance and study of economics, most of the time I can write the article off the top of my head supplemented by a few details and the required cites and links to online sources. [Investopedia.com](http://Investopedia.com) works great, but now has been blacklisted by demand studios :dubious:. Anyone have a favorite go-to place online for information on investing/finance/economics? We’re not allowed to use blogs FWIW. Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-replace-investopedia-com/553418/2 "2010-09-11T18:00:15Z")
I did a test by using an obscure financial term to see which sites came up. Using “total return swap” I found this one - [http://www.financial-edu.com/total-return-swap-trs.php](http://www.financial-edu.com/total-return-swap-trs.php) - but I know nothing about them. Of course the usual suspects came up first - wiki, investopedia. The various federal reserve sites often have educational entries that define specific terms but my google kung fu is not strong enough to find them reliably. edit - btw there are plugins for firefox that will point you to similar sites - I think SimilarWeb is one but there are others too. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-replace-investopedia-com/553418/3 "2010-09-11T19:05:37Z")
What do you link to Investopedia for? ---
**Author:** ![code\_grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@code\_grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/code_grey)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-replace-investopedia-com/553418/4 "2010-09-11T20:07:49Z")
what do you mean “blacklisted”? Did they block your IP? Then get IP spoofing. Or did they cancel your username/password account associated with your last name and credit card? Then get your friend get account and use that. ---
**Author:** ![GreenHell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@GreenHell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenHell)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-replace-investopedia-com/553418/5 "2010-09-11T22:17:16Z")
I’m required to link to sites from which I (obstensibly) obtained the info. My degree is in finance with a focus in economics, so in reality I pretty much write off the top of my head. But, I’m still required to cite and link. Blacklisted means I’m not allowed to use the site as a source. Granted, I can USE wikipedia and investopedia, but I can’t list them as sources. I’m sure I could find some sites that are almost as good, but wanted to throw a shout out to the teeming millions. Someone might just pop in with a suggestion that would have taken me longer to find. Already some good feedback. Thanks, all! ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-replace-investopedia-com/553418/6 "2010-09-12T00:56:58Z")
How about [Seeking Alpha](http://seekingalpha.com/)? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-replace-investopedia-com/553418/7 "2010-09-12T01:02:21Z")
Crazy idea, but how about an actual book as a reference? ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-replace-investopedia-com/553418/8 "2010-09-12T01:03:17Z")
> [@yabob](#): > > How about [Seeking Alpha](http://seekingalpha.com/)? I like that site personally, but you do have a wide variety of contributors - some, like Zero Hedge, whose views are what you could call “mainstream”. The morning briefing email is worth getting if you don’t already. ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-replace-investopedia-com/553418/9 "2010-09-12T01:06:28Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Crazy idea, but how about an actual book as a reference? I assumed that he was writing for an online audience and therefore needed authoritative web sites. Unless a reference book is in the public domain (which means it is probably out of date by several decades), the reference won’t do anyone reading his work any good. It would be like a reference in a Wikipedia footnote where you simply have to rely that the author isn’t jerking your chain. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-replace-investopedia-com/553418/10 "2010-09-12T01:16:44Z")
AFAIK, there’s no bar on referencing printed sources in Wikipedia (I’ve done so myself) but perhaps the site that the OP is writing for has different rules.