Links Galore

Here are some other places to go on the Web that you might find entertaining, interesting, or just fun.

 

Japan Information

 

Sites about life in Tokyo, things to do, places to go

Travel and Fun

 

Worldwide travel information -- online travel agents, etc.

Theresa's Articles

 

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Japan Information

Americans in Japan -- Mostly ads, and oriented to the U.S. military, but some interesting info too.

CNN City Guide -- Tokyo -- Basic info about what's happening in Tokyo.

The Daily Yomiuri -- Here's the electronic version of the paper we get at home.

Japan Travel Hub -- More travel information, including quite a bit outside Tokyo.

Japan News -- A collection of news items about Japan.

Japan Train SEARCH PAGE -- how to get from Here to There, including train fares! A great tool for traveling around Japan. I use this one often!

Japan Travel - Kintetsu page -- More interesting tidbits about traveling in Japan

Japan Travel Agents -- Info in English about travel agents working in Japan.

Japanese Trains -- This page is about … well … Japanese trains.

LookSmart Tokyo Favorites -- Reviews and info about things to do in Tokyo

Randy Johnson's Japan Page -- This guy has put together a great collection of pages about Japan. Some of the links don't work, but overall it's a good resource.

Tokyo English Information Source -- Interesting info for expatriates and travelers; many ads.

Tokyo Movie Page -- What's playing where?

Tokyo Q -- a weekly 'zine about what's going on in Tokyo. Can be fun reading, but it's inconsistent.

TownNet Around the World - Japan -- Yet another interesting collection of facts about visiting and living in Japan.

Travel Japan home page -- This is the Japan Travel Bureau's home page. A good basic collection of information about visiting Japan and contacting JTB agents in the U.S. Check this out for info on getting a railpass.

Yahoo! Japan -- A quick jump to Yahoo's collection of Japan-related pages.

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Travel and Fun!

My brother Bob's home page!


Colleen's Web page!

Brudder-in-law Fred's page with lots of pictures of Mitchell and Heather (and a couple of sister Jeni).

More Coming soon!

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Theresa's Articles

I'm still working on this one. At last count, there are about 200 of my articles scattered here and there. Whew.

Here are some of my Barron's columns and feature stories:

Cover Story: "Survivors on the Online Island," , my sixth annual review of the web-based online brokers. March 12, 2001. A former champion returns to the top of the heap.

Cover Story: "Piling On", my fifth annual cover feature analyzing the online brokerage industry for Barron's, March 13, 2000. We crown another new winner.

Cover Story: "Growing Pains", my fourth annual feature about online trading for Barron's, March 15, 1999.

Wall Street Journal Interactive event starring Yours Truly on March 15, 1999. A two hour online live interview. Big fun.

Cover Story: "Beyond Cool" my third analysis of online trading, March 16, 1998

Response to reader letters about "Beyond Cool," April 13, 1998

December 8, 1997 column about Window on Wall Street's "Day Trader" software package.

Tax software for investors: February 2, 1998 column

Morningstar vs. Value Line mutual fund screeners: May 11, 1998 column

June 8, 1998 column on portfolio management number crunchers, Reeally! and Captools.

SRC Chart$creen moves from pixels to paper: July 6, 1998 column

Financial Navigator: Being rich takes more than Money (Or Quicken): August 4, 1998

How the online brokers fared during the August volume surge, August 31, 1998

A look at MetaStock Professional, technical analysis software for trading maniacs, September 28, 1998.

Can anything possibly replace Investor Insight? How about IQChart?. Plus a few pokes at Merrill Lynch's schizophrenia. November 9, 1998.

The Answer Woman gets back to the readers who need to know, plus some comments about the wacky world of online trading. December 21, 1998. (I had a few thousand words in the 12/7/98 cover article on setting up a home office too, but don't have those here for the web page.)

Portfolio Management Freebies discussed in the 1/18/99 issue of Barron's. The price is right on these: $0.

Preparing that tax return, always a joy, is the subject of my 2/15/99 column. Turbo Tax vs. TaxCut: which should the investor use?

Follow-up to the 1999 online trading review from the 12 April edition.

May 10, 1999 column. In this column I discuss tax planning issues for frequent traders and point out the problems for day traders.

June 7, 1999 column. A report from the trenches in the online trading world.

July 5, 1999 column Omega's ProSuite 2000i, an extensive (and expensive) collection of analysis tools.

August 2, 1999 column in which I take a look at the Palm VII and whether it's something an investor needs.

August 30, 1999 column with an online trading update, another portfolio manager, and a variety of other fascinating tidbits.

Online Broker Reviews for Barron's Online

Starting in April, 1999, I started contributing to the Barron's Online "Website of the Week" series by reviewing an online broker every third week. Here's a collection of reviews.

American Express Direct. They didn't make the cut for the 3/15 feature this year.

MyDiscountBroker These guys have a software package aimed at day traders.

WangVest (Wang Investment) Their claim to fame? A site in Chinese.

FirsTrade An OK site but it won't knock your socks off.

Wingspan Bank puts together a pretty good site, combining banking and trading at reasonable fees.

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