Resources

Financial Sites

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The Motley Fool: (Free) The Motley Fool's Website.
CNNnf: (Free) A lot of useful information.
Quicken: (Free) Easy to use and a lot of good information.
World Wide Quotes
Money Central: (Free) Microsoft's Investing web page.
Big Charts: (Free) One of the better sites for charting and other information.
Morningstar: Most of the good information is for subscribers.
The Street: Full of good information.
Silicon Investor
Bloomberg: Lots of good information and always improving.
Funds Interactive: (Free)
Multex Investor: (Free) Used by AOL for their finance channel. Good access to reports.
IQC: Great site for charting.
Earning Whispers: Find out earnings before they are reported.
Stock Point
Lycos Investing: (Free) Much improved since acquiring Quote.com.
Zacks Investor Research: The place to go for estimates.
Briefing
INVESTools: A small amount of free stuff.
Thomson Invest:
Raging Bull: Excellent site for message boards.
Hoover's Online: A great site with great resources.
Clearstation
Personal Wealth: Standard & Poor's website.
Zack's Earnings: (Free)
Wall Street City: Good screening and charting for subscribers, plus a lot of free stuff.
CBS MarketWatch: (Free) Late breaking market news.
DBC Online (Esignal.com)
Market Guide: (Free) A company in the information business. Anything you need in terms of information can probably be obtained here.
InterQuote
Invest-FAQ: A good site to get questions answered.

Prof. Damodaran: (Free) Professor Damodaran of NYU is the author of several books on valuation. Site contains Excel™ templates that can be used for valuation projects.
American Society of Appraisers: (Free)
Zweifler: A good site for general information.
NVST: For a fee, you can find out anything you want about valuations in specific industries and more.
Institute of Business Appraisers
Brint: The place for business research.

CPA Journal: (Free) Contains archives of old articles.
Financial Accounting Standards Board: (Free)
Governmental Accounting Standards Board: (Free)
American Institute of CPAs: (Free) A good place to start looking for accounting information.
Smart Money: (Free) Smart Money Magazine. A great source for personal finance information.
Acct. Standards Exec.Comm.: (Free)
Accounting Net: (Free) Provides links to state society homepages. A growing site for accountants and other professionals.
Accounting Hall of Fame
Business Finance Mag.com: (Free) Monthly magazine that provides coverage on financial & accounting technology, compensation & benefits and other issues. Offers free subscriptions.
CFO Magazine: CFO Magazine's Homepage. Excellent resources.
Wall Street Journal: The Wall Street Journal online. One of the best pay sites. Discounted price if you subscribe to the print version.
Newspapers.com: (Free) Links to most newspapers world wide.

Links to the BIG FIVE Accounting Firms
- Arthur Andersen: (Free)
- Ernst and Young: (Free)
- KPMG Peat Marwick: (Free)
- PricewaterhouseCoopers: (Free)
Other Accounting Links
- Rutgers: (Free) An accounting supersite. Also home to FASB.
- Legal/Accounting Web: The information here can be used in client newsletters. Just follow the author's reprint request.
- Computer CPA: The Accountant's Home Page.
- CPA Firms: A list of CPA firms.
- JWalk & Associates: Excellent source for help with Excel™. Includes Excel™ templates to download.

SEC: (Free) A wealth of information but not the easiest site to get around. Good starting point for rules, regulations and new information.
Free Edgar: (Free) Very useful for looking up SEC filings by public firms.
Edgar Scan: (Free) From PWC. Fun and easy-to-use site with great information.
EDGAR Online: Small amount of free information.
10k Wizard: (Free) A good site; you can get this same information elsewhere, however.