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About Investools
History
Investools Inc. offers market-leading investor education as well as brokerage and related financial products and services for self-directed investors. Our unique business model combines top-rated trading technology with comprehensive investor education, putting powerful resources in the hands of self-directed investors. Founded in 1983, Investools' common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol "SWIM".
Mission
Investools is on a mission to build the best brand in educated investing. Because we believe in the power of educated investors, we're achieving that mission by providing continuous product upgrades and innovation, as well as world-class customer support, to our students.

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thinkorswim is one of Barron's most highly rated online brokers, three years running.* The company supports retail and institutional investors through its trading platforms, which are widely recognized as among the industry's best for execution, professional analytics and real-time position management. By teaching and executing complex, non-directional option strategies with single-click functionalitynow the industry standardthinkorswim revolutionized the option industry.
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Prophet.net offers a rich suite of technical analysis tools for traders, all designed to enhance the profitability of your investments. Of course, charting is just one area where Prophet.net excels. This comprehensive suite offers real-time tools for exploring new trading opportunities, analyzing them with technical charts and managing your investments. Unlike other sites that simply show you charts and quotes, these tools and features are interactive, enabling you to create a customized technical analysis system. The Prophet.net award-winning technology is included in the Investools Investor Toolbox®.
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Co-branded courses with Success Magazine are offered around the country, teaching people how to make smarter investing decisions. Beginning and experienced investors learn strategies based on the Investools Method®, receiving guidance and tools that lead the way to financial enlightenment.
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February 7, 2006: Investools announced an agreement to provide customized investor education content to, the leading online financial information site. We work with Yahoo! Finance to develop educational content for a broad range of investing subjects to help educate Yahoo! Finance's 10 million unique visitors per month. The content is free and complements the premium content available at Investools.
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May 4, 2006, we announced an agreement to provide investor education content to BusinessWeek Online, a leading financial news and information site with more than 5.6 million unique visitors a month. The information covers a variety of investing subjects that are of particular interest to BusinessWeek's customers.
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In 2007, thinkorswim was chosen #1 software-based broker in Barron's 12th annual Best Online Broker survey for the second year in a row. Earning 4.5 out of a possible five stars, the company achieved the highest aggregate score ever on these rankings (35.8). The survey rated online brokers in eight categories, including the types of investments that can be traded online; quality of screeners that are used to help find stocks, options or funds; consumer-friendliness of trading screens; overall ease of use and ability to be customized.
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Barron's and Forbes Magazinetwo of the industry's most highly regarded publicationsnamed Prophet.Net the #1 Site for Technical Analysis, saying it offers the Best Charts on the Web. Prophet also received Reader's Choice Awards from Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities Magazine, as well as accolades from other top publications, such as Business Week.
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