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Financial Data Finder
Finance and Economics Working Papers Online

FinanceWise
Web search engine that indexes only sites relevant to finance and banking. With special reports on risk, data, Euro, Latin America, Asia and energy.

FinWeb
From Dr. P. Garven, Baylor University; provides links to resources related to economics and finance related information.

Virtual Finance Library
From Ohio State, provides a comprehensive list of links to investment banks, echanges, markets and other financial information in the WWW; sections for investors, researchers, students, executives and educators. Part of the WWW Virtual Library.

Wachowicz's Web Sites for Discerning Finance Students
Tied to chapters in Fundamentals of Financial Management by Van Horne and Wachowicz.

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Additional Sites

ABI World - American Bankruptcy Institute
Billed as the "premier site for bankruptcy information". Includes breaking news in the field, bankruptcy statistics, selected Congressional testimony, etc.

ADRs
Don't be put off by the Agreement page which appears as soon as you enter the site, because there is a wealth of information provided here by JP Morgan and the Carson Group Inc. This is a comprehensive resource on American depository receipts (ADRs), or non-US companies that trade in the US stock market. The site provides general information on ADRs, and searches by company, country, industry, or exchange yield news, analysis, and individual company performance figures, among other financial data.

American Finance Association
Home page of the publishers of the Journal of Finance with links maintained by Ohio State University.

BankruptcyData.Com
Provides access to information on thousands of business bankruptcy filings from federal bankruptcy districts. The database is updated daily.

Business Incubators -- National Business Incubation Association

CUSIP Home Page
The purpose of CUSIP numbers is to uniquely identify every security which is actively traded in the securities industry. CUSIP numbers are listed in a variety of sources, but if you need a CUSIP for a particular security or need information on the numbering system itself, this is a handy stop.

Europa: European Union Server
Information about EU, including facts, chronology, and list of member states.

Financial Scandals
Reports on and links to information on financial scandals, e.g. Barings Bank, Daiwa, Mafia, Money Laundering, Insurance Fraud, Forensic Accounting, etc.

Hypertextual Finance Glossary
Created and maintained by a Duke University Professor, this glossary offers over 3,600 entries.

Interactive Tools and Calculators
Provides calculators for Investing Tools, Tax Calculators, Retirement Calculators, Investment Tests, etc.

Investment Adviser Public Disclosure
From the Securities Exchange Commission provides information about SEC and state-registered investment adviser firms. Contains the firm's most recent Form ADV, the form that firms file to register with the SEC or with states.

Investor Words
A cross-referenced glossary of over 5000 investment terms. The same company that produces the glossary provides a useful gateway to investment information on the web.

IPO Central
This site provides this week's filings and most recent initial public offerings (among other things).

IPO Report
News concerning initial public offerings from MarketWatch.

Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation
Some of the site is "selling" SoCal, but there is lots of good data about the Los Angeles area too.

Mondaq Briefing
Provides global coverage of legislation & regulations, corporate finance, offshore finance, market analysis, and worldwide business news. You will need to register to access some content but access is free.

nvst.com Venture Capital, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Private Placement Memorandum Network

Online Investing -- WSJ.com
Sponsored by the Wall Street Journal, this site provides a collection of articles offering information and advice on several aspects of online investing. The articles offer very basic information for novices looking for sound information and advice on this kind of investing.

Yahoo! Business and Economy > Venture Capital

Yahoo! Finance

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Books to Consider located in Reference, CSULB Library

REF HG 173 .D66 2003
Barron's finance & investment handbook / John Downes, Jordan Elliot Goodman. 6th ed.

REF HG 151 .M8 1994
Encyclopedia of banking & finance / [edited by] Charles J. Woelfel. 10th ed.

REF HG 3881 I626 also available online through Databases By Title
International financial statistics / International Monetary Fund.

 

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