The Washingtonpost.com Business Glossary
GENERAL:
Investment Week
Stock Maven
CHARTS:
BigCharts
SmartMoney's Map of the Market
Yahoo! Finance
FINANCIAL CALCULATORS:
Hugh's Mortgage and Financial Calculators
INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS (IPOs):
IPO Express
INVESTING PRIMERS:
CBS Market Watch Investing: Getting Started
Investopedia
TheStreet.com Investing Basics
Vanguard University
Zacks: Investing 101
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Brill's Mutual Funds Interactive
PERSONAL INVESTING
American Association of Individual Investors
Quicken.com
PUBLIC CORPORATE FILINGS:
EDGAR Database of Corporate Information,
provided by the US Securities and Exchange Commission
Hoover's Online (partial access to all visitors;
full access to Ross students, faculty and staff)
SECURITIES EXCHANGES:
American Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Options
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
NASDAQ
NYSE
Stock Markets--US (Louisiana
State University)
Stock Markets--International
(Louisiana State University)
STATISTICS:
B&E DataLinks Finance Links
A collection of financial statistics. Sponsored by the Business and Economics Section of
the American Statistical Association
Bloomberg
Holt's Market Reports
Yahoo! Finance
VENTURE CAPITAL:
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Money Tree Survey
Intellectual Property Network featuring patents from 1971 and images of patents from 1974
Patents, Trademarks & Copyright Resources
GENERAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
AllBusiness.com
CCH Business Owner's Toolkit Small business tools, resources and advice
Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Clearinghouse on Entrepreneurship Education
Entrepreneur's Reference Guide to Small Business compiled by the Library of Congress
Entrepreneur.com
Franchise Gator
Idea Cafe: Small Business Online
Michigan Electronic Library collection of small business links
Office.com
Small Business Administration
Business Plans
BPlans.com a source for sample business plans, business plan software, and start up cost calculations
How to Write a Business Plan published by the US Small Business Administration
Counseling Services
Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)
Financing
BusinessFinance.com
PricewaterhouseCoopers Money Tree Survey Quarterly study of equity investments by the venture capital community in emerging US private companies
SBA: Financing Your Own Business
Franchises
BISON: The Franchise Network
Franchise Direct
Small Business Development Centers
SBDCNet featuring extensive links covering all aspects of small business, plus a national directory of SBDCs
Michigan Small Business Development Center
Ross School of Business Resources
