“The real point of it is to give the customer as many tools, both online and offline, as possible and then the convenience to use those tools,” said Fidelity spokesman James Griffin.

Starting next month, the free Web site will have real-time news reports as well as streaming audio and video from Dow Jones, Reuters and SmartMoney.com. The site will also offer a stock analyzer and sector tracker as well as tools for bond investors.

The site, Research@Fidelity.com, will also offer more research from other firms, such as Ned Davis Research Inc. Fidelity's site already offers research from companies like Lehman Brothers Inc. and Standard & Poor's.

The new fund evaluator, available from today, will allow investors to customize a search of the more than 4,100 funds available through Fidelity's supermarket. Investors can search based on 13 different criteria, such as fund type, fund company, and trailing performance, from a single screen.

“They can pick Fidelity funds, or non-Fidelity funds or a combination,” Griffin said.

Both the new research site and the fund evaluator can be reached through the “Quotes & Research” tab at http://www.Fidelity.com.