FIN432 Financial Markets | Course Guide : Web Resources

• Bank of America Merrill Lynch Capital Eyes Taken directly from their website it says "CapitalEyes is a complimentary, bi-monthly e-newsletter from Bank of America Business Capital that helps mid-size and large businesses and their advisors stay informed about developments in leveraged finance."
• BizJournals Similar to Yahoo provides selections about what is trending now, Business News, visit a local business journal, a how to list and much more.
• Bloomberg.com Financial Glossary More than 8,000 entries with 18,000 links compiled by Dr. J. Paul Stitch at Duke University.
• Bureau of Public Debt Their job is to borrow money to operate the Federal Government and to account for the resulting debt.
  CEO Express This mega site has been around for a long time and keeps growing each day. It may have too much information for you to absorb on it's page.
• CNN Money The day's top business and market news.
• Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Established in 1979 to prescribe uniform principles, standards, and report forms for Federal Examinations for financial institutions.
• Financial Management Service The U.S. Government's financial manager, central disburser, collections agent, accountant, and reporter financial information.
• Financial Times Track global stocks and markets of the day.
• How to read a financial report Designed by WSJ to help you read the newspaper more effectively.
• Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Regulates and supervises national banks.
• Survey of Current Business - From the Bureau of Economic Analysis contains national and international industries.
• U.S. Mint Mission to produce sufficient amount of coinage to meet the demands of commerce.

• The American Finance Association
• Financial Management Association
• Western Finance Association
• Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
• California Corporate Finance Conference

• News/General
  • Bloomberg. General news and in-depth financial market, company and industry information.
  • Business Week
  • CNNfn. General and market-related news.
  • Financial Times. Domestic and international financial news.
  • FirstGov. Information from U.S. government sources. Search by keyword, or use the subject directory.
  • Hoover's Online. Company and industry information. A more complete version of Hoover's is available through
  • Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe.
  • Investopedia. Definitions of financial market terms.
  • The Standard. News focusing on "the Internet economy."
  • Museum of American Financial History
  • Yahoo Finance. Free company, industry, stock and personal finance information.

• Markets
  • Big Charts : Historical stock prices.
  • New York Stock Exchange
  • NASDAQ
  • American Stock Exchange
  • Chicago Board of Trade
  • New York Mercantile Exchange
  • International Exchange: Stock Market around the world.
  • Bonds Online : Credit markets news and information, covering a wide variety of fixed-income securities topics.
  • Dow Jones Indexes

• Mutual Funds
  • Morningstar: Mutual fund facts and commentary.
  • ICI Mutual Fund Connection : Published by the Investment Company Institute. Comprehensive source of mutual fund information.

• Financial Market Regulatory Agencies
  • Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Federal Reserve Board of Governors
  • National Association of Securities Dealers : Securities industry self-regulatory organization.
  • Commodity Futures Trading Commission : Federal regulatory agency for futures markets.

• Banks and Banking (U.S.)
  • American Bankers' Association : Association for all types of banking institutions.
  • Bank Rate Monitor : Information about rates for various loan and deposit products.
  • Office of Thrift Supervision : Federal regulatory agency for thrift institutions.
  • Office of the Comptroller of the Currency : Regulatory agency for national banking system.
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation : In addition to insuring deposits, this agency is charged with promoting "sound banking practices."

• American Fact Finder U.S. Census Bureau fact finder. Obtain data in the form of maps, tables and reports.
• Statistical Abstract Statistics online summarizing the social, political and economic organization of the U.S. with data from the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis and others.
• Consumer Expenditure Survey Provides information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit characteristics.

• Ministry of Finance
• Global Finance Saudi Arabia
• Gulf Business
• Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority: Finance
• Tadawul
• Capital Market Authority

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