SmartMoney.com Launches Site Redesign With Easier Navigation and Enhanced Content and Tools

SmartMoney.com Launches Site Redesign With Easier Navigation and Enhanced Content and Tools

NEW YORK, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- SmartMoney.com (http://www.smartmoney.com/), a joint publishing venture of Dow Jones & Company Inc. (NYSE: DJ; dj.com) and Hearst Communications Inc, recently launched a site redesign offering improved navigation, new content and enhanced tools. The new design makes it easier for individual investors to find the information they need to make the best investment decisions.

"Our core mission is simple: to help our users make money. Whether it's by helping them choose the best stocks for their portfolio or the best way to save on a mortgage, we've always been the best personal-finance resource on the web," said SmartMoney.com General Manager Bill Shaw. "Now, our site is even better."

SmartMoney.com's editors revamped several popular features, including the site's popular stock snapshots, to offer far more financial data and analysis than ever before. Charting tools were restructured to make data displays larger and clearer. Stock Watchlists and Market Mover modules were included on every page to keep readers abreast of the markets at all times.

SmartMoney.com has also expanded its editorial offerings from fellow Dow Jones properties Barron's and The Wall Street Journal.

"SmartMoney was born out of the promise to bring Dow Jones' unrivalled financial expertise to the personal finance arena," said Shaw. "By more closely linking The Wall Street Journal and Barron's to SmartMoney.com, we continue to deliver the very best to our readers."

The site's improvements are a boon to readers who like to delve deeply into investment research. Stock snapshots now offer detailed financial statements, and allow users to examine vital but difficult-to-find measures such as return on assets and operating cash flow per share. "These days, investors are committed to doing their own due diligence when making investment choices," said SmartMoney.com Editor Robert Hunter. "But it's not enough to fill their screen with numbers. We've always provided the necessary between-the-lines context, and now we're doing even more."

SmartMoney Select (http://smartmoneyselect.com/), the subscription-based offering with premium editorial content and investment tools, was also redesigned, and now includes a feature on every page that tracks the last 10 stocks queried.

About SmartMoney.com

SmartMoney.com (http://www.smartmoney.com/) is a free investing and personal-finance Web site operated by a full-time staff of SmartMoney.com reporters, editors, software programmers and Web designers. It is known not only for the trusted reporting familiar to readers of SmartMoney magazine, but also for its proprietary interactive tools, which have received numerous industry awards. SmartMoney.com also licenses its Java-based applications to other notable financial sites. SmartMoney is a joint venture of Hearst Communications Inc. and Dow Jones & Company Inc. (NYSE: DJ; dj.com).

SmartMoney is a registered trademark of SmartMoney, a joint publishing venture of Hearst Communications, Inc. and Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.


Source: SmartMoney.com

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