Finance/Business
Webliography

Accounting - CPAnet
- "CPAnet is a website resource to help accountants interact in an online community, find resourceful websites tailored to their needs, utilize the Internet to gain new business, improve the quality of client service and conduct efficient and effective research.Currently, CPAnet is primarily a resource directory of websites that are of interest to the accounting profession."

Accounting - International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC)
- "The International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) is an independent private-sector body working to achieve uniformity in the accounting principles that are used by businesses and other organisations for financial reporting around the world. 143 professional accountancy organisations in 104 countries are members. International Accounting Standards are also used in many countries that are not represented within IASC's membership."

Annual Report - International Gallery
- Links to annual report galleries of Japanese, Korean, British and South African companies.

Annual Report - Public Register's Annual Report Service
- "When selecting a company, you will have the choice to view the online annual report or to request a hard copy."

Annual Report - The Annual Reports Library
- Interesting information and links on annual report: how to find annual report online, how to read annual report, even tips for creating a good annual report.

Annual Report - CAROL
- "CAROL is a free on-line service offering one point access to Company's Annual Reports On-line and a range of other information."
You can search reports from Asia, Europe and the USA, by category using the drop-down menu or alphabetically using the index.

Auditing - Auditors Sharing Audit Programs (ASAP)
- You will find a collection of audit programs shared by auditors from around the world. The site also lists a few links to repositories of audit programs.

Auditing - Audit Guides
- Links to audit guides, manuals and checklists.

Banking - Qualisteam (English, French, Italian)
- Excellent site for banking and financial links. It has extensive links to banks around the world. They also offer a daily free newsbulletin by email, focusing mostly on technology companies.
Note of caution: you may experience problems unsubscribing from the newbulletin. My exchange with a Qualisteam person on that matter was less than agreeable.

Bankruptcy - InterNet Bankruptcy Library
- "The Worldwide Troubled Company Resources. Hot News in the Bankruptcy World. Internet Discussion Groups and Mailing Lists. Conferences and Meetings Publications. Distressed Securities Data. Bankruptcy & Insolvency Resource Materials. Worldwide Directory of Bankruptcy & Insolvency Professionals. OnLine Directory of Bankruptcy Clerks. Consumer Chapter 7 & 13 Bankruptcy Issues."

Best Practices - Best Practice USA
- Links to the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) Best Practices Documents as well as a FAQ on the subject.

Bonds - Bondsonline
- A quick FAQ on bonds.

Business - Companies extension worldwide
- "This page gives definitions for security identifiers such as CUSIP and for company "extensions" such as "GmbH". This site tells what these terms mean, and where they are used.

Country codes - Country Codes (English and French)
- "The links take you to either the English or the French language version of the country names and code elements of ISO 3166-1."

Currencies - Currencies of the World
- A list of currencies around the world.

Currencies - Currencies Converter
- Very useful currencies converter and easy to use.

Derivatives - Chicago Board Options Exchange - Education
- The CBOE offers a whole education section covering the basics and advanced concepts of options, completed with a bibliography, a FAQ and a glossary. You can access their PDF library by registering. You can also download the Options Toolbox™, an educational program "designed to enhance your understanding of exchange-traded equity options, index options and LEAPS® and the many strategies that can be used for fine tuning your investments".

Derivatives - A Short Course Introducing Commodity Markets & Futures Trading
- "For those learning about commodities or options trading, this is a valuable educational resource. From a short description of the origins of commodities trading .. to an in depth discussion of commodity market trading and description of the inner workings of a modern commodity exchange, this twelve-part course provides a wealth of information."

Derivatives - Beginners Guide from ADT
- "In this section of the magazine, we have gathered together all the material from our archives that is likely to be of particular interest to beginners, students and novice/inexperienced traders."
"Applied Derivatives Trading (ADT) is a unique free monthly magazine, about all aspects of trading and using futures, options, swaps and other derivatives around the world."
An excellent way to gather or get used to derivatives terminology and concepts. There is also a glossary.

Derivatives - The Basics of Futures
- A long article explaining the basics of futures.

E-Commerce - Electronic Commerce
- One of Northern Light's Special Edition. It is comprehensive and provides a wealth of information and annotated links: organisations and standards, technology, online shopping, news & magazine on the Internet Economy, and special collection titles.
"Compiled by our team of librarians and information specialists, these Special Editions are one-stop resources combining relevant links from authoritative Web sites with free documents from Northern Light’s own online publication library."

Economics - EconWPA
- "This award winning service (provided by the Economics Department of Washington University), is devoted to the free distribution of working papers in economics. There are 22 subject areas. Most papers are available for viewing via PostScript and Acrobat viewers."

Economics - Economic History Services (EH.Net)
- "EH.Net operates the Economic History Services fileserver and several electronic discussion lists to provide resources and promote communication among scholars in economic history and related fields. EH.Net can be accessed in the United States, Spain and Japan, and has a text-only version for viewers without graphics web browsers."

Euro - European Economic and Monetary Union
- One of Northern Light's Special Edition. It is comprehensive and provides a wealth of information and annotated links: country perspectives, news, business and finance issues, and special collection titles. Also links to central banks and EU institutions.
"Compiled by our team of librarians and information specialists, these Special Editions are one-stop resources combining relevant links from authoritative Web sites with free documents from Northern Light’s own online publication library."

Euro - EuroGuide
- "Euroguide will help you find your way through the maze of European Information on the Internet." Use the search box, or browse the categories or the index.

Euro - Quick EuroFAQ
- A FAQ created by Roger Hughes, a translator who worked for the European Commission. It answers a few terminology questions on European Union issues which may be of interest to translators.

Finance - Finance Net (French)
- List of financial sites. The site also offers financial information and market comments.

Finance - Financial Pipeline
- A very good site dedicated to financial education and understanding. The articles cover various subjects, namely bonds, derivatives, consumer finance, fundraising, mutual funds, real estate, retirement, stocks, strategy, and technology. Each subject has its own section and under most main articles there are more related articles. The site also has financial book reviews, market comments, and related financial links.

Finance - E-Line Financials
- "E-Line Financials is the internet's most complete source of financial and investment information, including stock quotes and company financial reports and other information for businesses across all industry sectors. It is an indispensible resource for investment, financial and other professionals, as well as individual investors and many others, and access and use is entirely free! The centerpiece of our service is the E-Line Financials database, accessible through the powerful search feature. Simply enter a company name or ticker symbol, submit your search and a wealth of information will be placed at your fingertips."

Finance - FINWeb
- "The primary objective of FINWeb is to list Internet resources providing substantive information concerning economics and finance-related topics."

Finance - Institute of Finance and Banking at the University of Göttingen (English and German)
- This site has many useful links in the fields of finance, banking and law. The page with links to educational sites may prove useful.

Finance - IFCI Risk Watch
- "IFCI Risk Watch provides an introduction and guide to the most important official documents in the area of financial risk management."

Funds - The Hedge Fund Center
- "The Hedge Fund Center's mission is to provide superior, objective educational information on all matters related to hedge funds." The site offers insightful articles from professionals and contains a beginner’s guide to hedge funds.

Funds - FundLibrary: Learning Centre
- "Resources include more than 500 investment-related links, a collection of audio and video presentations by fund managers, details on upcoming seminars, and Mutual Funds 101, an informative introduction to the topic written for new investors."

Funds - Mutual Funds Central
- "Your guide to the best mutual funds Web sites."

Funds - The Fund Library (Canada)
- "The Fund Library is Canada's most comprehensive Internet site dedicated to the mutual fund industry. Information on all mutual funds sold in Canada is available here."

Funds - Yahoo! Mutual Funds FAQ (Canada)
- Brief explanation of mutual funds, their performance, the type of categories and holdings.

Human Resources - Big Dog's Page
- A complete online training guide to human resources development and another one on leadership. Numerous links.

Human Resources - Human Resource Management Resources on the Internet
- This is a list of internet resources relevant to human resource management. A version of these links, all on one file, is also available (very long - approx. 247Kb).

Initial Public Offering (IPO) - Alert-IPO! (US)
- To keep abreast of what goes on in the world of IPOs. This Web site offers a rich assortment of online reports free of charge. No passwords or accounts required. It claims to have the most comprehensive database on the Web. The server analyzes the Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR database for companies filing for initial public offering. It has a search engine where you can search by company or underwriter. The engine permits wildcards and other functions to refine your search (check the help file). It also classifies the entries by date, industry, and state.

Initial Public Offering (IPO) - Beginners' Guide to IPOs
- This site has assembled several links to files and articles that will help the novice understand the terminology, risks, and stories behind the game of IPO investing.

Insider Trading - FAQ (US)
- This is the internal FAQ sheet of Yahoo! for its Insider Trades page. However, there are brief explanation about forms and type of securities.

Investment - Australian Stockmarket Guide
- "The mission behind this Australian Stockmarket Guide is to provide basic and essential share-investing information to interested parties - primarily beginner-investors such as myself - to facilitate their understanding of the mechanics of share investing and to enable them to invest/trade with greater resourcefulness."
- Take a look at the Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis

Investment - How to Read a Balance Sheet and Income Statement

Investment - Investir - Bourse de A à Z (French)
- Click on the "A à Z" link to get to a tutorial on how to invest on the stock exchange (Paris mostly). There is also a lexicon.

Investment - Edubourse (French)
- A site dedicated to financial and investment education.

Investment - Attac.org (French)
- A complete tutorial on financial market.

Investment - Présentation de la Bourse (French)
- A complete tutorial on financial market with a short glossary.

Investment - WebInfinit.net (French)
- A useful site for general information, articles and links about investments and related fields.

Investment - The Motley Fool Excellent
- "The site is dedicated to educating, amusing, and enriching individuals in search of the truth."

Investment - The Invest FAQ
- "The Investment FAQ is a collection of Frequently Asked Questions and answers about investments and personal finance, including stocks, bonds, options, discount brokers, information sources, retirement plans, life insurance, etc."

Investment - Vanguard
- Courses on investment.

Investment - TheStreet.com is OVER !
- Articles and guides to investing (bonds, trading, fundamental analysis, options, mutual funds, stock, etc.).

Investment - Investorama
- "The most complete directory of investing sites on the web, with more than 8,136 links in 89 categories, each with a brief description."

Investment - Wall Street Directory
- "Alphabetical search engine will quickly locate companies, products, books, authors and financial service providers. Wall Street Directory searches over 50,000 financial listings for Traders and Investors."

Investment - Association of Investment Trust Companies (UK)
- This site gives some general information on investment trust which can be good to glean terminology or to deepen your understanding of the subject. Fact sheets are available for downloading as Adobe Acrobat files (pdf format) or can be ordered online to be posted to you for free.

Investment - APCIMS (UK)
- "These are some of the most frequently asked questions (FAQs) about share dealing." This association has also interesting publications downloadable in PDF format.

Management - Innovation's Guide to Management and Technology
- "This is a guide to the technologies which professionals need to understand to survive. Innovation, strategy and information technology are now part of the fabric of the corporation."

Stock Chart - How to Read Stock Charts (Canada)

Stock Chart - Reading the NYSE Stock Table (US)

Stock Exchanges and Indices - Stock Exchanges Worldwide
- "A list of world's major stock exchanges and other exchange resources."

Stock Exchanges and Indices - Stock Exchanges in the World
- Fairly comprehensive list of international stock exchanges.

Stock Exchanges and Indices - World Indices
- A list of over 100 indices around the world with their performance. You can see all the indices, 30 per page, and ask for a specific region in the drop-down menu. In the table, you can sort by index name or by performance period.

Tax - International Tax Resources
- Good source for tax resources worldwide, with annotated links.

Trade - International Trade Web Resources
- A comprehensive searchable database of international trade Web resources with annotated links. There are two ways to search the list: browse through the categories or use the search box.