| American
Express: Financial Ratio Analysis |
| Ratio analysis is an
excellent method for determining the overall financial
condition of your small business. It puts the
information from a financial statement into
perspective, helping to spot financial patterns that
may threaten the health of your company. |
| Bizstats.com |
| Instant access to useful
financial ratios, business statistics &
benchmarks, effective and understandable online
analysis of businesses & industries. |
| Browse
the 1998-2005 Economic Indicators |
| Selecting one of the
following months provides access to the corresponding
Economic Indicators browse table. The table permits
downloading the entire issue, and/or selected pages of
the issue, in TEXT or PDF format. Prepared and
published monthly for the Joint Economic Committee, by
the Council of Economic Advisers. |
| BRS
Critical Issues Toolkit |
| Get prepared for
uncertain times with the Critical Issues Toolkit from
Business Resource Services. The Toolkit provides
articles, checklists and forms for you to download and
share. Visit the links for more business resources. |
| Bureau
of Economic Analysis |
| Economic statistics,
which provide a comprehensive, up-to-date picture of
the U.S. economy. |
| Capital
Connection |
| Resources for both
entrepreneurs and inventors in several different
categories. |
| CCH
Business Owner’s Toolkit: Business Tools |
| Ready-to-use business
tools that include checklists, model business
documents, and financial spreadsheet templates. |
| Charity
Navigator |
| Provides in-depth,
objective analysis of the financial health of more
than 1,700 of America's largest charities. |
| EconData.net |
| EconData.Net is designed
to help practitioners, researchers, students, and
other data users quickly gain access to relevant state
and substate socioeconomic data. |
| Economic
Statistics Briefing Room |
| The purpose of this
service is to provide easy access to current Federal
economic indicators. It provides links to information
produced by a number of Federal agencies. All of the
information included in the Economic Statistics
Briefing Room is maintained and updated by the
statistical units of those agencies. All the estimates
for the indicators presented in the Federal Statistics
Briefing Rooms are the most currently available
values. |
| Economist |
| Online version of the
print magazine |
| EDGAR
Company Search |
| From this page, you can
search the EDGAR database for company information,
including real-time filings. |
| EDGAR
Online |
| Provides both free and
subscription services on business, financial and
competitive information contained in corporate filings
made by public companies with the SEC |
| Federal
Reserve Board: Beige Book |
| Commonly known as the
Beige Book, this report is published eight times per
year. Each Federal Reserve Bank gathers anecdotal
information on current economic conditions in its
District through reports from Bank and Branch
directors and interviews with key business contacts,
economists, market experts, and other sources. The
Beige Book summarizes this information by District and
sector. |
| Financial
Calculators from Dinkytown.net |
| Over 100 financial
calculators with dynamic graphs and reports that can
be customized |
| Financial
Projections Template |
| Tools developed by SBDC
counselors to help you create realistic projections
for your business plan. Select the Financial
Projections Template and Instructions for the
Financial Projections Template. |
| Finding
Funders |
| Enter a name or EIN
below to search for a foundation's tax return (form
990 PF). The information displayed in these search
results has been compiled based on data supplied by
the IRS. |
| FreeERISA:
Complete Compensation Database |
| The Complete
Compensation Database allows you to conduct detailed
searches and produce meaningful statistical
comparisons of the highly compensated executives of
publicly traded companies. |
| FreeLunch.com |
| Provides you with free
access to over 1,680,833 economic and financial data
series |
| Global
Economic Indicators |
| Provides economic
indicators for the U.S., Australia, France, Germany,
Japan, Korea, Mexico and the U.K. Latest releases and
a tutorial titled "Economic Indicators: Why Do
They Matter" are free. |
| Gray
Metal Box |
| Type in the symbol of
the stock you're researching and this web site will
customize over 100 links specifically for your stock. |
| Guide
to Financials |
| This Guide is for people
with little experience reading financial statements or
annual reports. It provides basic information on how
to read the financial statements in a company's annual
report. The Guide discusses key numbers in each of
three statements common to all annual reports and
offers suggestions from experienced investors on
making sense of these numbers. |
| GuideStar |
| Search GuideStar's
database of more than 850,000 IRS-recognized nonprofit
organizations. |
| Hoover’s
Online |
| Directory of corporate
Web pages, capsule report and quarterly financial data
provided for over 11,000 companies |
| Melissa
Data: Nonprofit Organization Lookup |
| Find important
information on a nonprofit organization, including the
address, revenue, assets, type of foundation or
organization, deductibility status, and main
activities. |
| Morningstar |
| Chicago-based
Morningstar is the leading provider of mutual fund,
stock, and variable-insurance investment information.
An independent company, Morningstar does not own,
operate, or hold any interest in mutual funds, stocks,
or insurance products. You can count on Morningstar
for unbiased data and analysis, and candid editorial
commentary. |
| Motley
Fool |
| Provides financial
analysis, stock quotes, discussion boards, and humor
for individual investors |
| MSN
MoneyCentral Investor |
| MoneyCentral Investor
"research wizard" provides detailed stock
information in easy to understand language. |
| NASD
Market Data |
| The NASD is committed to
providing high-quality market research and statistics.
Here you will find NASD, Nasdaq and comparative market
statistics, frequently asked questions about market
structure and functioning, and links to other sites of
related interest. This location is maintained by the
NASD Economic Research Department (ER). |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers:
MoneyTree Survey Report |
| Search this database for
information on venture capital investing in private
U.S. firms. |
| QuickBooks |
| The official QuickBooks
accounting software and financial software website.
Includes tools to manage your small business: credit
card processing, payroll services, point of sale
software, checks, supplies, and more. |
| Quicken |
| Personal and home
business money management |
| Quicken:
Small Business |
| Thorough coverage of
business topics with useful tools for developing
business plans and locating information. |
|
Reuters
|
|
Research companies
within specific industries. From the left margin
index, click on the Industries tab.
|
| RMA:
Financial Ratio Benchmarks |
| In addition to
information on how to order the Annual Statement
Studies that provides financial statement benchmarks,
you will find a link to the Definition of Ratios,
which explains the different ratios and how to use RMA
(Risk Management Association). |
|
Salary.com
|
|
The Salary.com website
is one of the most widely recognized destinations for
those seeking reliable information about employee pay
levels and compensation-related best practices,
trends, and policies.
|
|
SalaryExpert.com
|
| Since 2000, our salary
data has been used by many millions of people to help
them better evaluate their "worth" in the
employment marketplace |
| SBA:
Financing Your Business Hotlist |
| Numerous resources
including links to capital related resources |
| Securities
Class Action Clearinghouse |
| The Securities Class
Action Clearinghouse provides detailed information
relating to the prosecution, defense, and settlement
of federal class action securities fraud litigation. |
| The
National Center for Charitable Statistics |
| The National Center for
Charitable Statistics now offers access to financial
disclosure forms filed by charities with the Internal
Revenue Service. |
| The
Public Register's Annual Report Service |
| PRARS, is America's
largest annual report service. Company financials,
including annual reports, prospectuses or 10k's on
over 3,600 public companies are available without
charge to the investing public. |
| U.S.
Economy at a Glance |
| Provides economic
overviews at the state and MSA level |
| ValuationResources.com |
| Business valuation
resources including valuation publications, industry
resources, economic data, public company information,
mergers and acquisitions data, legal and tax
resources, and more |
| VectorVest |
| Enter a stock symbol and
receive a free analysis of up to three public
companies stock per day |
| WebEc |
| WebEc is an effort to
categorize free information in economics on the WWW. |
| Yahoo!
Finance |
| Personal finance,
investing tips and news |
| Yahoo!
Finance Search: Ask a Question |
| Type in full questions,
phrases, or keywords, and we'll return the information
you asked for in a page, a table, or a summarized set
of links. |
