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SEC Launches Investor Education Website

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has launched Investor.org, a much-needed online resource to educate investors.  The website prominently features an anti-fraud section and links out to other website for financial tools and calculators.  The website also includes Moneytopia, an online game developed in partnership with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

Intuit Snaps Up Mint.com

Intuit, the maker of Quicken finance software, has offered $170 million to buy Mint.com, the popular personal finance website.  The news was announced by Mint.com's chief executive Aaron Patzer at the TechCrunch50 conference.

Yahoo Rolls Out Financially Fit Articles

Yahoo Finance has launched "Financially Fit", a collection of articles offering personal finance advice that is sponsored by Bank of America.   The special edition is the latest in a series of custom sites developed by Yahoo Finance that aggregates original content from publishers like BusinessWeek, Fortune, Kiplinger and Smart Money.

StockTwits Partners with SkyGrid for Real-Time Financial News

StockTwits has selected SkyGrid as a provider of financial news for its online investment community.  The pairing brings together real-time sharing of investment ideas and real-time tracking of financial news.

HowTheMarketWorks.com Features Real-Time Stock Quotes

Marketworks LLC has added free real-time stock quotes to its website at HowTheMarketWorks.com, which features a free virtual stock market game.  The real-time data covers about 2000 of the most popular stocks that settle trades on BATS, the electronic equities exchange.

PollyTrade Lets Users Trade Stocks through Twitter

Lance Walley, co-founder and former CEO of EngineYards has launched PollyTrade, a service that links Twitter with a brokerage account to trade stocks.  The first version enables users submit tweets to their E-Trade account and complete transactions that can be followed on Twitter.  PollyTrade is currently looking for more beta testers.

Minyanville Media Gets Funding

Minyanville Media has raised $2.2 million in a first tranche of a round of funding, according to a SEC filing uncovered by PaidContent.org.  The online investment information portal which uses animation extensively may raise as much as $13 million, "depending on a investment by a specific potential strategic partner." (Disclaimer: FinancialContent, a sponsor of this blog, provides stock market data and business news to Minyanville Media.)

Invest in What You Know at WeSeed.com

Business author and entrepreneur Jennifer Openshaw has launched WeSeed.com, a beta website which lets participants put together an imaginary portfolio of stocks.   Embracing the Peter Lynch approach of investing in what you know, the website breaks down the stock market into categories like entertainment, fashion, sports and gaming.

Forbes.com Launches Financial Advisor Section

Forbes.com has launched a new content section within its personal finance channel that targets financial advisors and wealthy investors.  Sponsored by Prudential, the section features news, commentary and a directory of top financial advisors across various industries as well as educational content from Forbes.com-owned Investopedia.com.

PredictWallStreet.com Partners with Banks.com

PredictWallStreet has partnered with Banks.com, a leading resource for financial products and services, by placing its widget across a community of websites powered by Banks.com. PredictWallStreet collects stock predictions on partner sites and evaluates the data for stock market trends and investor behavior patterns.