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WEB SITE
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DESCRIPTION
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| www.aicpa.org |
AICPA Online is the web site of
the premier national professional association for CPAs in the United
States. You’ll find numerous reference resources, including the PFP
Forum (a discussion group for CPAs) and articles from the Journal
of Accountancy, at this site. |
| www.cpapfs.org |
The CPA/PFS Homepage, maintained
by the AICPA, helps you learn more about the CPA/PFS accreditation,
the AICPA, and selected financial topics. You can locate a CPA/PFS
in your area, access consumer links, and use tax interest and loan
calculators. |
| www.bls.gov |
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' web
site offers easy access to a wealth of government data, including
the Consumer Price Index. |
| www.ssa.gov |
Social Security Online is the agency's
digital headquarters. |
| www.irs.ustreas.gov |
Visit this site to find an easy-to-understand
daily magazine from the IRS. |
| www.irs.gov/forms_pubs/ |
The site for IRS forms and taxpayer
information publications is invaluable for getting your hands
on current editions of tax forms and the surprisingly useful IRS publications
covering virtually all tax subjects. |
| sec.gov |
The Securities and Exchange Commission
pages may turn out to be the small investor's best friend. You can
access corporate financial reports as well as good information on
SEC enforcement actions and current rule proposals. |
| www.cnnfn.com |
CNNfn provides a wide array of
hot stories, market news, expert opinion, and resources. |
| www.abcnews.com |
Click on the business button on the ABC
News home page for extensive financial news with strong international
flavor. |
| www.businessweek.com |
Businessweek Online makes available
the current issue, archives, and data. |
| www.hoovers.com |
Hoovers is a great source for company
information, with personal and business or library memberships available,
for more sophisticated research capabilities. |
| www.smartbiz.com |
Smart Business Supersite supplies
lots of information relevant to small business owners, including information
for personal financial planning. |
| www.bloomberg.com |
Bloomberg Online provides bond
yields, stock quotes, news, and market analysis. |
| www.tfc.com |
The Financial Center is the home
of "Wall Street's Market Mavens." Individuals can access
analysis, links to brokerage firms that provide online trading, stock
quotes, a news desk, an online bookstore, and chat rooms. |
| www.fundalarm.com |
FundAlarm is a free non-commercial
website designed to help investors decide when to sell mutual funds.
It includes a database of 1,000 funds and provides information on
manager changes, as well as highlights and commentary. |
| www.kiplinger.com |
You can search the past four years of
Kiplinger’s publications, departments, and tools on this
site. There is a weekly poll, online bookstore, information on kids
and money, and a financial toolbox offered at this site as well. |
| lipperweb.com |
Lipper Analytical Services offers
data on both mutual funds and offshore mutual funds. |
| www.morningstar.net |
At Morningstar.net you will find
articles, commentary on funds, and a chat room for investors, but
you won't get the in-depth analysis and fund comparison available
to Morningstar subscribers. |
| www.fool.com |
The Motley Fool is the site of
irreverent investment commentators who wish to educate, amuse, and
enrich their audience. While the site is designed to help readers
obtain financial information and discuss ways to make investment and
personal finance decisions, the Motley Fool staff stresses
that the information found on their pages should only be used as a
starting point for doing independent research. |
| www.wsdinc.com |
The Wall Street Directory contains
financial malls that offer a variety of financial tools, software
products, books, and educational audio and video cassettes for sale.
There is an extensive educational listing as well as a calendar section
outlining upcoming seminars, conferences, and trade shows. |
| investorama.com |
Invest-o-rama lists 6,223 investing-related
sites in 70 categories from the basics of investing, to stock research
and mutual fund analysis, to investing in Africa and the Middle East. |
www.cbs.marketwatch.com/news/
newsroom.htx |
CBS Marketwatch concentrates on
company and market news. You’ll also find data and tools for managing
your investments. |
| www.thestreet.com |
Primarily fee-based, The Street
is packed with information for the sophisticated investor. |
| www.troweprice.com |
The site for T. Rowe Price, a big
U.S. investment house, includes a quarterly newsletter and gives users
the ability to download prospectuses for the firm's various mutual
fund offerings. It also includes timely articles. T. Rowe's information
tends to be very analytical in contrast to the sales-oriented messages
at some of the sites offered by competing houses. |
| www.homeowners.com |
Rated the Best Online Mortgage Source
on the Internet, The HomeOwner's Finance Center is loaded
with information on home mortgages. |
| www.insure.com |
The Insurance News Network offers
consumer news and advice on insurance. |
| www.safetnet.com |
SafeTnet contains the largest free
directory of insurance information on the Internet. |
| www.ratings.com |
Standard & Poor's Insurance Ratings
rates the financial strength of over 4,000 insurance companies worldwide. |
| www.bankrate.com |
Bank Rate Monitor offers information
about rates for consumer loans, mortgages, credit cards, and checking
accounts. |
| www.creditinfocenter.com |
Credit Info Center explains everything
you need to know about your personal credit. |
| www.financenter.com |
Finance Center, with over 100 online
calculators, helps you quickly find the information you need to make
smart financial decisions independently and confidently. |
| www.financewise.com |
Finance Wise allows you to search
a thorough directory exclusively of finance-related sites once you
have registered, free of charge. |
| www.collegesavings.org |
The network, affiliated with the National
Association of State Treasurers, is devoted to supplying information
on state-sponsored prepaid college tuition programs and college savings
programs. These are now offered by almost all states and represent
good ways to finance future college expenses in a tax-advantaged fashion. |
| www.finaid.com |
Financial Aid Information Page
offers a free, comprehensive, and independent guide to student financial
aid information, including loans and aid for elementary, high school,
and graduate school students. |
www.nefn.com/content/needs/
retirement/retirement.cfm |
New England Financial Retirement Planning
Center provides a tutorial, calculators, and extensive background
material on key retirement issues. |
| www.abanet.org/rppt |
The American Bar Association site
is open to the public and has a variety of articles and links to estate-planning
resources. |
| www.actec.org |
The American College of Trust and Estate
Counsel what's-new site is a good source of information for estate
planners. |
| www.taxresources.com |
Tax Resources includes tax forms,
articles, resources, gateways, tax software reviews and demos, and
links to other tax-related sites. |
