Smart stops on the web.INVESTMENT SITES Understand Where the Money Goes www.investoreducation.org The Alliance for Investor Education Web site gives investors as well as brokers and CPAs in personal financial planning Financial planning Evaluating the investing and financing options available to a firm. Planning includes attempting to make optimal decisions, projecting the consequences of these decisions for the firm in the form of a financial plan, and then comparing future performance against information on bonds, futures, mutual funds and stocks, and online calculators and quizzes. E-School's in Session www.investing.rutgers.edu For beginners "with small dollar amounts to invest at any one time," this free home-study course, Investing for Your Future, has lesson plans on how to find money to work with by reducing expenses, access online resources and avoid fraud. There are review questions for each section and a glossary of investment terms. For the Educated Investor www.investorprotection.org Investment brokers and novice and seasoned investors can find answers for questions such as "How do I resolve disputes with a financial professional?" and "How do I spot and avoid scams?" at the Investor Protection Trust site. Users also can link to state securities agencies' sites and others with investment resources. Visitors can preview an antifraud video, "Investment Scams: What Con Artists Don't Want You to Know," for free in RealPlayer format. A Socially Conscious Site www.bluemarbleinv.com Blue Marble Investments (BMI BMI body mass index. BMI abbr. body mass index Body mass index (BMI) A measurement that has replaced weight as the preferred determinant of obesity. ) devotes a section of its site to information on making socially responsible investment choices. Visitors can read articles such as "Tax Free Investments" and find information on college savings plans. Users also can register for a free e-mail See Internet e-mail service. newsletter as well as access online financial calculators. Protect Your Investment www.sipc.org Investors should do their homework when choosing a brokerage firm. The Securities Investor Protection Corp. site, created by Congress in 1970, offers advice on how to screen brokerage firms before investors commit to one. The Avoiding Investment Fraud section includes links to sites such as the National Fraud Information Center (www.fraud.org) and the Securities Industry Association (www.sia.com). Users also can take the online investor survival quiz to gauge their preparedness in times of fiscal crisis. The REIT REIT See: Real Estate Investment Trust REIT See real estate investment trust (REIT). Stuff www.investinreits.com For CPAs who dole out Verb 1. dole out - administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" investment advice and individual investors, this site offers information on real estate investment trusts (REITs) in its lengthy frequently asked questions section. Topics include "How does a company qualify to be a REIT?" "How are REITs different from limited partnerships?" and "What real estate fundamentals should one consider before investing?" GENERAL INTEREST SITES Whom Do You Trust? www.web-miner.com/busethics.htm A hot topic in business is professional ethics--for CPAs and anybody else entrusted with making financial decisions for their clients. Sharon Stoerger, MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration , has compiled this Web site for the study of business ethics business ethics, the study and evaluation of decision making by businesses according to moral concepts and judgments. Ethical questions range from practical, narrowly defined issues, such as a company's obligation to be honest with its customers, to broader social that includes links to articles such as "Business Schools Add Ethics in Wake of Corporate Scandals" as well as links to case studies, online publications, professional organizations and associations. Be There When the Kids Are www.workathomeparents.com Stacey Perez, a work-at-home mother of two, hopes her site will inspire other parents to opt for her choice. She provides a free e-mail newsletter and links to inspirational stories on the work-at-home experience, articles with home-business-marketing tips and information on homeschooling home·school or home-school v. home·schooled, home·school·ing, home·schools v.tr. To instruct (a pupil, for example) in an educational program outside of established schools, especially in the home. . "Wherever You're Going, Start Here" www.btonline.com The Business Traveler Web site wants you to arrive at your destination well informed, offering links to international airports from A through Z, as well as Trip Manager, its own system for booking flights, hotel rooms and car rentals. You also can subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; its weekly e-mail newsletter. The site's city guide links to detailed articles about North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. cities with information on getting around and hotel and restaurant reviews. Take a Tip From an Expert www.homeofficelife.com Lisa Kanarek, author of books such as 101 Home Office Success Secrets and Everything's Organized, imparts her wisdom on topics including customer service, marketing your home-based business, public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most and making the most of technology at this Web site. Kanarek also offers archived home office tips as well as a resource section with links to small-business-support sites. A Very Specific Search Engine www.business.com This site forgoes the frills Frills see frilled. of usual search engine home pages--ads, comics, horoscopes and news headlines--and gets right to the point, offering users business topics to browse. These include accounting, advertising and marketing, computers and software, financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , government and trade, human resources, small business and telecommunications. |
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