Urban Financial Services Coalition

Financial Managers Society

Mortgage Bankers Association

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 ]

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 ]

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]

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 ]

Rice University Seminar Series in Finance

Rice’s Jones School finance seminar links; includes some .pdf files for download

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

Multilingual Financial Terminology Database

A glossary of over 5000 financial terms in English, German, French and Italian.

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.