FINANCE:
American
Finance Association
"The premier academic organization devoted to the study
and promotion of knowledge about financial economics."
American
Payroll Association
A professional society for payroll administrators and personnel
managers.
American
Savings Education Council
A coalition of government and industry institutions to encourage
people to save for their retirement. Includes self-tests, worksheets
and planning calculators.
CFO
Magazine
A magazine for senior financial executives.
Financial
Executives International
A professional association for senior financial executives.
U.S.
Department of the Treasury - Financial Management Service
The Financial Management Service (FMS) disburses federal payments
like Social Security, veterans’ benefits and income tax refunds,
collects federal revenues, provides centralized debt collection
services to most federal agencies, and provides governmentwide accounting
and reporting.
U.S.
Social Security Administration
This official Social Security website provides extensive general
explanations and offers personalized information through its interactive
sections.
INVESTING:
Big
Charts
A comprehensive and easy-to-use investment research web site featuring
interactive charts, quotes, industry analysis, intraday stock screeners,
as well as market news and commentary.
CNN/Money
Comprehensive coverage of world business news and financial markets
from the editors of CNN and Money magazine.
Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation
The U.S. government agency that protects bank accounts provides
banking information and statistics on this interactive website.
InvestingInBonds
This Bond Market Association website presents clear explanations
of all facets of investing in municipal, corporate and treasury
bonds, and offers current information on bond prices.
Morningstar
Free data available on the global investment research firm's website
includes details on mutual funds, including the fund's Morningstar
style box and the top holdings of the fund.
The
Motley Fool
Established to educate and amuse individual investors, this site
includes current stock quotes, financial advice, and "Fool's
School" with clear explanations of investing terms and issues.
National
Association of Securities Dealers
NASD regulates the securities industry and virtually all U.S. stockbrokers
and brokerage firms.
Look up brokers' and firms' backgrounds, access the Investor Complaint
Center, read Investor Alerts to avoid scams.
Standard
and Poor's
The website of the global provider of independent financial analysis
and information includes a breakdown of the S & P 500 companies
by sector, and extensive business statistics and news.
Superstar
Investor
Provides descriptive summaries and more than 20,000 links to the
BEST investing sites on the Internet.
U.S.
Department of the Treasury - Bureau of the Public Debt
Find information about U.S. savings bonds, treasury bills, notes
and bonds and purchase them through this website.
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
In "EDGAR", investors will find the financial statements
that companies traded on U.S. stock exhanges are required to submit.
Under "Investor Information", the SEC's Office of Investor
Education and Assistance addresses the problems and questions investors
may face, and permits investors to get information on brokers and
advisers.
Value
Line
While Value Line reports are not available on this site free of
charge, clicking on "support" will lead to "How to
invest guides" and "How to read the Value Line pages".
This will help you when you use the Library's subscription to the
Value Line Investment Surveys and Value Line Mutual Fund Survey.
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Last update: 8/07
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