VIX Chart - Chicago Board Options Exchange SPX Volatility Index - Bloomberg

As VIX (Volatility Index) shot up today, here is a link to the chart for those who like a visual presentation of the value(s):

VIX Chart - Chicago Board Options Exchange SPX Volatility Index - Bloomberg

Annual Market Cycles

Here is the chart for annual market cycles for US and Australia, taken from 1985 until now.

Source: link

Asset Allocation

Below are several tools that help with asset allocation:

• (Vanguard) Index Portfolio Calculator (link)
• Vanguard Portfolio Asset Allocation models (link)

Skaffold > Stock Research

Skaffold occassionally provides free reports related to stock market in general or particular participants. Educational.
They calculate "intrinsic" market value and compare to prices.

Skaffold > Stock Research

eTrade Managed Funds Latest Notices

Latest Managed Funds Notices at eTrade Australia are located here.

UN Finance

Pension

• Pension Fund (link)
• Investment division (link)

Bosnian Finance

Links to Bosnian financial topics.

Banks

• Intesa Sao Paolo (link)
• ProCredit (link)
• Moja banka (link)
• Balkan Investment Bank (link)
• Sparkasse (link)

Page on Bosnia on Finance site - link.

Austrian financial news

http://austrianindependent.com/Finance

European Inflation Data

European annual inflation data, from Eurostat: link

ETF Tools

Tools

• Morningstar (link)
• Just ETF (link)
• ETF Info (link)

Markets:

• ETFs at Xetra (link)

Issuers/providers

• Vanguard
• iShares DE (link)
• Deka
• Source (link)
• ETF Lab (link)

Indices 

• STOXX (link)

Bonds

Some theoretical background on bonds as an investment vehicle.

• Bonds, Investopedia (link)
• Debt Instruments 101: An Introduction to Bonds (link)
• Investing in Bonds Europe (link)

More details on specific aspects of bonds:

• Interest calculation and yield curves (link)
• Coupon (link)
• Zero-coupon (link)

Australian Investment Links

News

Market related news

Stock Market 

Charts

Market Tools ● ASX Market Update

Dividend Information

Share Dividends (link)

Registries

Share Registries

Superannuation

Superannuation Funds