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Using FT4Web with Principia and Morningstar®.com

Comparisons of FT4Web with Morningstar® Offerings (2003)

While Morningsar® and FTWeb operate from much of the same information,  FT4Web has a much more technical approach whereas Morningstar® tend to be more fundamental. Both are full featured high-end products. You get value from using both by using FastTrack's technical analysis on Morningstar® fundamentally strong funds.

The green areas below show  where FT4Web most strongly supplements Morningstar®. The red areas show where, in FastTrack's opinion, current Morningstar® offerings have specific weaknesses or high expenses.
Feature FT4Web Principia Morningstar®.com
Free		 Morningstar®.com
Premium
Extensive Mutual Fund Coverage Yes Yes Yes Yes
Closed End Fund Coverage Yes Extra Cost Yes Yes
Hypothetical Portfolio Building Automated Excellent, Manual Limited Excellent, Manual
Hypothetical Portfolios Return Excellent,
 any period, strategic allocation 		 Good, 
fixed periods
 manual allocation		 Limited Good, 
fixed periods
 manual allocation
Hypothetical Portfolio
Diversification		 Excellent via Correlation Analysis Excellent
 Fundamental Analysis		 Limited
  Fundamental Analysis		 Excellent
 Fundamental Analysis
Fundamental Information Good Good Good Good
Analyst Opinion Technical Analysis
 Based Trading		 Subjective,
 no trading advice		 Extra Cost Subjective,
 no trading advice
Fund Rating System Flexible
Risk/return		 Star System Limited Star System
Style Families Extensive Limited Limited Limited
Tax Analysis Extensive 
Spreadsheet, 
Extra cost		 Limited, 
Academic		 Limited,
Academic		 Limited,
Academic
Trading Systems Extensive No No No
Charts Daily
Fully dividend Adjusted		 Monthly Limited,
Stock Charts Not Dividend Adjusted		 Limited,
Stocks ChartsNot Dividend Adjusted
Technical Indicators Extensive No No No
Performance Statistics Excellent Limited, dated Limited Limited
Trading Strategies Excellent None None None
Free Stock Coverage Extra Cost Extra Cost Good Good
Paid Stock Coverage Excellent Excellent Good Good
Simple Easy to Use Many, many features. There is a learning curve. Many, many features. There is a learning curve. Yes Yes

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