National Home Equity Mortgage Association
Content: Online Resource | Source: National Home Equity Mortgage Association | Subject: Associations / Organizations | Industry: Finance / Banking
National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association
Content: Online Resource | Source: National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association | Subject: Associations / Organizations | Industry: Finance / Banking
Society of Financial Service Professionals
Content: Online Resource | Source: Society of Financial Service Professionals | Subject: Associations / Organizations | Industry: Finance / Banking
Urban Financial Services Coalition
Content: Online Resource | Source: Urban Financial Services Coalition | Subject: Associations / Organizations | Industry: Finance / Banking
National Association of Personal Financial Advisors
Content: Online Resource | Source: National Association of Personal Financial Advisors | Subjects: Associations / Organizations, Finance | Industry: Finance / Banking
Financial Managers Society
Content: Online Resource | Source: Financial Managers Society | Subjects: Associations / Organizations, Finance | Industry: Finance / Banking
Mortgage Bankers Association
Content: Online Resource | Source: Mortgage Bankers Association | Subject: Associations / Organizations | Industry: Finance / Banking
National Association of Federal Credit Unions
Content: Online Resource | Source: National Association of Federal Credit Unions | Subject: Associations / Organizations | Industry: Finance / Banking
National Association of Mortgage Brokers
Content: Online Resource | Source: National Association of Mortgage Brokers | Subject: Associations / Organizations | Industry: Finance / Banking
RiskCenter
RiskCenter is the first Web-based syndicated news service devoted exclusively to providing financial risk professionals with the inside scoop on breaking economic, political and financial stories, as well as the risk strategies required to measure and manage these risks. Acting as the eyes and ears for risk professionals, RiskCenter provides an information filter so that viewers do not have to search through a myriad of … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Source: RiskCenter | Subjects: Finance, Risk Management | Industry: Finance / Banking
Financial Scandals
This site offers an interesting view on the shadier side of finance by listing links to information sources covering various types of financial scandals. Topics include:
– Classic Financial and Corporate Scandals
– Scandals involving Central Banks
– Political Corruption
– Organized Crime: the Mafia etc.
– Money Laundering
– Bankers Behaving Badly
– Official Regulatory and Anti-Fraud … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Author: Roy Davies | Subjects: Finance, History | Industry: Finance / Banking
Bondsonline
Bond information is notoriously difficult to obtain, but Bondsonline a good source. It includes up to date quotes, a discussion of the types of bonds, spread information, and much more. A great resource. [FinanceProfessor.com Annotation]
Content: Online Resource | Source: Bondsonline Group Inc. | Subjects: Finance, Industry Specific | Industry: Finance / Banking
William F. Sharpe’s Website
William F. Sharpe is the STANCO 25 Professor of Finance, Emeritus at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and Chairman, Financial Engines, Inc. He was one of the originators of the Capital Asset Pricing Model, developed the Sharpe Ratio for investment performance analysis, the binomial method for the valuation of options, the gradient method for asset allocation optimization, and returns-based style analysis for evaluating the … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Author: William F. Sharpe | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Finance, People | Industry: Finance / Banking
Rice University Seminar Series in Finance
Rice’s Jones School finance seminar links; includes some .pdf files for download
Content: Online Resource | Source: Rice University | Subject: Finance | Industry: Finance / Banking
Money: What It Is and How It Works
Created by William F. Hummel, a retired jack-of-all-trades, Money: What is and how it works offers the author’s advice on a vast array of issues dealing with money and US monetary policy. Well-written and easy-to-understand, this collection provides information on the basics of understanding money, as well as some more advanced concepts, and monetary policy issues. Hummel has also included articles from famous economists on … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Author: William F. Hummel | Subjects: Economics, Finance | Industry: Finance / Banking
ABCs of Figuring Interest
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago created this publication to help users understand the fundamentals of interest. According to the summary at the end of the tutorial, “Although not an exhaustive list, the methods of calculating interest described here are some of the more common methods in use.” The methods include simple interest, add-on interest, bank discount, and compound interest. Each type of interest is … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Subject: Finance | Industry: Finance / Banking
Trillion Dollar Bet (PBS Nova)
This is the companion web site to the PBS Nova program that discusses the invention of the Black-Scholes Formula, a mathematical Holy Grail that forever altered the world of finance and earned its creators the 1997 Nobel Prize in Economics. Here’s what you’ll find online:
– The Formula That Shook the World
One economist has likened the impact of the discovery of the Black-Scholes … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Source: PBS | Subject: Finance | Industry: Finance / Banking
The Knowledge Guide to the Euro
The Knowledge Guide to the Euro, created and maintained by the library and Information Service of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, celebrates the two-year anniversary of the creation of the Euro with this information-rich guide to information sources on the currency. The first section Euro Implementations details some of the controversies surrounding the Euro, as well as the timetable for the … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Source: Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales | Subjects: Finance, International – Europe | Industry: Finance / Banking
Multilingual Financial Terminology Database
A glossary of over 5000 financial terms in English, German, French and Italian.
Content: Online Resource | Source: Services and Developpement SA and Viel Tradition Group | Subject: Finance | Industry: Finance / Banking
Introduction to Options
Online course in options consisting of 6 chapters and a quiz:
1. Comparing Forward, Futures and Options
2. Options Basics
3. Basic Options Pricing
4. Structure and Functioning of an Options Exchange
5. Hedging
6. Trading Strategies
Jointly developed by the International Finance & Commodities Institute (IFCI) and Axone Services & Développement S.A.
Content: Online Resource | Sources: Axone Services, Développement S.A., IFCI | Subjects: Education, Finance | Industry: Finance / Banking
