| Here are several calculators to help you with your investment decisions: |
Instructions: My advice is to left click on an index item below and then scroll through the bookmarks. If you choose one of the bookmarks, I suggest that you right click on the bookmark link and then choose "Open in a New Window." This will enable you to keep the Index and other bookmarks open in one window while you visit a web site in another window.
Note: Top 25
Google e-searches of the month
Most Popular Web Sites 2006 - 2007 ---
http://www.webtrafficstation.com/directory/
Bob Jensen's threads on consumer fraud prevention and reporting are at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudReporting.htm
Index
(Scroll down to view categories and bookmarks)
Daily News Sites for Accountancy, Tax,
Fraud, IFRS, XBRL, Accounting History, and More ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/AccountingNews.htm
O'Keefe Accounting Library Searches http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Majors/Accnt/accindex.htm
You can order back issues or relevant links management and accounting books and journals from MAAW --- http://maaw.info/
Free Access to Back Issues of The Accounting Review --- http://maaw.info/TheAccountingReview.htm
Large International Accounting Firm History --- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Four_auditors
International Accounting News (including the U.S.)
AccountingEducation.com and Double Entries --- http://www.accountingeducation.com/
Upcoming international accounting conferences --- http://www.accountingeducation.com/events/index.cfm
Thousands of journal abstracts --- http://www.accountingeducation.com/journals/index.cfm
Deloitte's International Accounting News --- http://www.iasplus.com/index.htm
Association of International Accountants --- http://www.aia.org.uk/
WebCPA --- http://www.webcpa.com/
FASB --- http://www.fasb.org/
IASB --- http://www.fasb.org/
Others --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob1.htm
PwC's Website for College and University Faculty --- Click Here
Gerald Trite's great set of links --- http://iago.stfx.ca/people/gtrites/Docs/bookmark.htm
Richard Torian's Managerial Accounting Information Center --- http://www.informationforaccountants.com/
Daily News Sites for Accountancy, Tax,
Fraud, IFRS, XBRL, Accounting History, and More ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/AccountingNews.htm
Accounting History Libraries at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) ---
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/accountancy/libraries.html
The above libraries include international accounting history.
The above libraries include film and video historical collections.
MAAW Knowledge Portal for Management and Accounting ---
http://maaw.info/
Academy of Accounting Historians and the Accounting Historians Journal ---
http://www.accounting.rutgers.edu/raw/aah/
Richard Torian's Managerial Accounting Information Center --- http://www.informationforaccountants.com/
O'Keefe Accounting Library Searches http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Majors/Accnt/accindex.htm
PwC's Website for College and University Faculty --- Click Here
Services Offered by Professional Accounting Firms (including how to find them) --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/fees.htm#ServicesOffered
Accounting topic search helpers --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/searchh.htm#Accounting
| e-Commerce |
Bob Jensen's Archives of New Bookmarks --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookurl.htm
Bob Jensen's Tidbits Blog --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/TidbitsDirectory.htm
Bob Jensen's Updates on Fraud --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudUpdates.htm
Links to Documents on Fraud --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Fraud.htm
Bob Jensen's search helpers are at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/searchh.htm
Bob Jensen's Bookmarks --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob.htm
Bob Jensen's links to free electronic literature, including free online textbooks --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/ElectronicLiterature.htm
Bob Jensen's links to free online video, music, and other audio --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Music.htm
Bob Jensen's documents on accounting theory are at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/theory.htm
Bob Jensen's links to free course materials from major universities --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/updateee.htm#OKI
Bob Jensen's links to online education and training alternatives around the world --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Crossborder.htm
Bob Jensen's links to electronic business, including computing and networking security, are at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/ecommerce.htm
Bob Jensen's links to education technology and controversies --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/0000start.htm
| Bob Jensen's Education and Learning Bookmarks | |
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The Shocking Future of Education |
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E-Learning and Distance
Education's Top (Award-Winning) Illustrations |
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Bob Jensen's Threads on
Cross-Border (Transnational) Training and Education (Includes helpers for finding online training and education courses, certificate programs, and degree Programs) |
Detail File |
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Alternatives and Tricks/Tools of the Trade |
First File |
| The Dark Side of the 21st Century: Concerns About Technologies in Education | |
| Assessment Issues, Case Studies, and Research | Detail File |
| History and Future of Course Authoring Technologies | Detail File |
| Knowledge Portals and Vortals | Detail File |
| Bob Jensen's Advice to New Faculty (and Resources) | Detail File |
| Bob Jensen's Threads on Electronic Books | Detail File |
| Threads of Online Program Costs and Faculty Compensation | Detail File |
| Bob Jensen's Helper Videos and Tutorials | Detail File |
| Jensen and Sandlin Book entitled
Electronic Teaching and Learning: Trends in Adapting
to Hypertext, Hypermedia, and Networks in Higher Education (both the 1994 and 1997 Updated Versions) |
Old Book |
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Some Earlier Papers
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| Additional Links and Threads | Threads |
Bob Jensen's home page --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/
A Government Website for Helpers in Personal
Finance
MyMoney.gov is the U.S. government's website dedicated
to teaching all Americans the basics about financial education. Whether you are
planning to buy a home, balancing your checkbook, or investing in your 401k, the
resources on MyMoney.gov can help you do it better. Throughout the site, you
will find important information from 20 federal agencies government wide.
My Money.gov ---
http://www.mymoney.gov/
The AICPA's Financial Literacy Helper Site --- http://www.360financialliteracy.org/
Damodaran Online: A Great Sharing Site from a Finance Professor at New York University and Textbook Writer --- http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/%7Eadamodar/
Jim Mahar's finance sharing site (especially note his great blog link) --- http://financeprofessor.com/
Financial Rounds from an anonymous finance professor --- http://financialrounds.blogspot.com/
Bob Jensen's helpers for small business are at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookbob1.htm#SmallBusiness
DealBook is a financial news service
produced by The New York Times.
It is published daily, Monday-Friday, except on U.S. Market holidays and
during the last week of the year. A daily digest of DealBook is also
available via email, delivered before the market opens.
The New York Times ---
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/
Help for the younger generation's planning
ahead for their financial futures
"A Glimpse of the Future: Savings and asset accumulation among Americans
25–34," Journal of Accountancy, January 2007 ---
http://www.aicpa.org/pubs/jofa/jan2007/special2.htm
Also see
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/fees.htm
Corporate Financial Reports
O'Keefe Accounting Library Searches
http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Majors/Accnt/accindex.htm
Updates and issues in the accounting, finance, and business scandals --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/fraud.htm
Scandal Updates --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/fraud.htm#ScandalUpdates
What's Right and What's Wrong With (SPEs), SPVs, and VIEs --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen//theory/00overview/speOverview.htm
Bob Jensen's Summary of Suggested Reforms --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudProposedReforms.htm
Revenue Accounting Controversies --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/ecommerce/eitf01.htm
Electronic Business Controversies --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/ecommerce/000start.htm
Bob Jensen's Bottom Line Commentary --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudConclusion.htm
The Virginia Tech Overview: What Can We Learn From Enron? --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/fraudVirginia.htm
Fraud References --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/fraud.htm#References
Fraudulent Dealer
Tricks: An Interactive DHTML Illustration ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudDealerTricks.htm
This includes a summary of ten unethical tricks of the trade by
automobile dealers.
Bob Jensen's threads on accounting practice, consultation, and financial planning are at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/fees.htm
Bob Jensen's Threads on Return on Business Valuation, Business
Combinations,
Investment (ROI), and Pro Forma Financial Reporting --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/roi.htm
e-Commerce and e-Business Helpers for Accountants --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/ecommerce.htm
Bob Jensen's helpers for small businesses are at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob1.htm#SmallBusiness
Public Accounting Report has published its annual ranking of America's Top 100 Accounting Firms, and it's no surprise that Andersen, last year's number five ranked firm, is no longer on the list. http://www.accountingweb.com/item/95611
- PricewaterhouseCoopers: $8,056.5 million
- Deloitte & Touche: $6,130 million
- Ernst & Young: $4,485 million
- KPMG: $3,171 million
- Grant Thornton: $432.5 million
- BDO Seidman: $353 million
- BKD: $210.9 million
- Crowe, Chizek & Co.: $204.7 million
- McGladrey & Pullen: $203 million
- Moss Adams: $163 million
"Second Six: Ready to Step Up?" CFO.com --- http://www.cfo.com/specialreport/0,5487,564||A,00.html
As contributing editor Ed Zwirn reveals in his article ''The Second Six: Ready to Step Up?'', the demise of Andersen and the advent of Sarbanes-Oxley have not been an unqualified blessing for those firms that remain. And in ''Same Straw, Smaller Back,'' Zwirn notes how new regulatory burdens that fall heavily on smaller companies (the usual Group B clients) may persuade many of them to go private.
Accounting Professional Site Links
The CPA Team http://www.cpateam.com/
An E-ssential Site --- http://www.el.com/
CPAs, financial analysts, small business owners, and tax professionals not
only can find links to many Web sites in their fields here, but also can use
Essential Link’s home page to access online calculators, clocks, e-mail
services, encyclopedias and dictionaries. Users can find links to online
news, newspaper and television network Web sites in the Headlines area, as
well as links to Internet search engines..
PwC's Website for College and University Faculty --- Click Here
In
March 2000 Forbes named AccountantsWorld.com as the Best Website on
the Web --- http://accountantsworld.com/.
Some top accountancy links --- http://accountantsworld.com/category.asp?id=Accounting
Another leading accounting site is AccountingEducation.com at http://www.accountingeducation.com/
What is happening in selected industries?
Valuation Resources --- http://www.valuationresources.com/IndustryReport.htm
This is a helpful Website for researchers and practitioners.
Industry Resources Reports
Industry Resources Reports list resources available from trade associations, industry publications, and research firms which address subjects such as industry overview, issues, trends, and outlook, financial benchmarking, compensation surveys, and valuation resources.
Each entry in a category contains the name of the source organization, the name of the particular resource, a hyperlink to the source organization website, a brief description of the resource, and a description of any information that is provided free online. The user can check the website or contact the source organization for additional information and product pricing. In some cases, the resource may not be available on the website but can be obtained by calling the source organization using the phone number provided on the website.
One of the many industries covered is SIC 8721
Accounting, Auditing, and Bookkeeping Services
http://www.valuationresources.com/Reports/SIC8721AccountingAuditingandBookkeepingServices.htm
Accounting Services
http://industryprofiles.1stresearch.com/
Each industry profile includes industry overview, key questions, trends and developments, threats and challenges, opportunities, news and media information, financial information, and web site links. Sample report available; individual industry profiles can be purchased online. Also available on subscription basis.Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor
Occupational Outlook Handbook - Accountants & Auditors
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=occupational+outlook+handbook
This site describes the nature of the industry, working conditions, employment, occupations in the industry, training and advancement, earnings and benefits, employment outlook, and lists of organizations that can provide additional information. Available free online.Industry Growth Outlook Report
http://www.integrainformation.com
Report provides 5 years of historical and forecast industry revenue growth information. Also includes historical and forecast macroeconomic indicators. Covers over 900 SIC codes. Individual reports can be purchased online.Marketing Research Profile
http://www.bizminer.com/index.asp?aid=78
Profiles provide market research by industry segment on a national and local level for 250 metropolitan areas. Includes market volume and number of firms, sales trends, sales per employee, staffing and employment trends, startup activity, failures rates, and new branch development. Available for all SIC codes. Individual reports can be purchased online.More Information
Other resources which cover a wide variety of industries are available at http://valuationresources.com/IndustryOutlook.htm.
Accountancy Discussion Forums:
| AECM (Educators) http://pacioli.loyola.edu/aecm/ AECM is an email, Listserv list which provides a forum for discussions of all hardware and software which can be useful in any way for accounting education at the college/university level. Hardware includes all platforms and peripherals. Software includes spreadsheets, practice sets, multimedia authoring and presentation packages, data base programs, tax packages, World Wide Web applications, etc |
| CPAS-L
(Practitioners) http://pacioli.loyola.edu/cpas-l/ CPAS-L provides a forum for discussions of all aspects of the practice of accounting. It provides an unmoderated environment where issues, questions, comments, ideas, etc. related to accounting can be freely discussed. Members are welcome to take an active role by posting to CPAS-L or an inactive role by just monitoring the list. You qualify for a free subscription if you are either a CPA or a professional accountant in public accounting, private industry, government or education. Others will be denied access. |
| Yahoo
(Practitioners)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xyztalk This forum is for CPAs to discuss the activities of the AICPA. This can be anything from the CPA2BIZ portal to the XYZ initiative or anything else that relates to the AICPA. |
| AccountantsWorld
http://accountantsworld.com/forums/default.asp?scope=1 This site hosts various discussion groups on such topics as accounting software, consulting, financial planning, fixed assets, payroll, human resources, profit on the Internet, and taxation. |
| Business Valuation Group BusValGroup-subscribe@topica.com This discussion group is headed by Randy Schostag [RSchostag@BUSVALGROUP.COM] |
Jack Anderson's Accounting Information Finder --- http://www.umsl.edu/~anderson/accsites.htm
Globalization Strategic Alliances Roundtable (GSAR), Berlin, Germany, June 22, 2001 --- http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/GSAR2001/000start.htm
| e-Commerce |
From the SEC: All About
Auditors --- http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/aboutauditors.htm
What investors need to know!
SEC Warnings to Investors --- http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs.shtml
Here are several calculators to help you with your investment decisions:
Contract Congress --- http://capwiz.com/fei/home/
How to find an organization
Businesses
Hoovers Business Finder --- http://premium.hoovers.com/subscribe/
Not-for-Profit Organizations
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law --- http://www.icnl.org/
How to check on a charity or church before you donateSearchable Database
2005/2006 Compensation of Presidents of Private Institutions --- http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/12/31/qtSearchable Database
Compensation of Presidents of Higher Education Institutions --- http://chronicle.com/stats/990/How to check on a charity or church or college before you donate: You can begin with IRS Form 990 disclosures, but these sometimes may be more misleading than helpful. You can access them from Guidestar at http://www.guidestar.org/index.jsp One problem is that reported "compensation" for executives may not include free houses, free cars, and free services like lawn care and catering. Another problem is that rich alumni may provide college executives with free condo use, airline tickets, and club memberships.Guidestar also provides salary disclosures for top executives in the non-profit organization. However, funds can (such as charity crooks) can be diverted by cheats in other ways.Research Tools Analyst Reports Charity Check Grant Explorer Data Services Nonprofit Compensation Reports Salary Search"Giving Freely—And Wisely: One site names preachers who may be misusing money and suggests that you 'prayerfully' consider giving to other ministries instead," Jane Bryant Quinn, Newsweek, December 18, 2006, Page 51 --- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16127630/site/newsweek/
Unfortunately, you can't always believe what the (IRS Form) 990 says. It's supposed to show how much the nonprofit spends on actual services, as opposed to fund-raising and administration. But the law isn't much enforced. In a report covering part of the 1990s, the General Accounting Office found that 64 percent of public charities claimed to have zero—zero!—fund-raising expenses. Do you believe that? Neither do I.
Some of the rating services adjust for these problems. Uncharitably, they often slam each other's methods while touting their own. I'm a civilian in these wars, so my advice is to look for good grades from every source. Start your research here:
1. The Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance (Give.org). It currently posts reports on more than 900 nonprofits, testing them by a number of standards including good governance. About 65 percent of them pass. The rest fail, or refuse to be evaluated (a bad sign, no matter what excuse the charity gives).
2. American Institute of Philanthropy (CharityWatch.org). It's the toughest of the bunch, rating more than 500 charities on a scale of A+ down to F. Because it disregards certain, potentially suspect, expenses and donations, it fails some nonprofits that the other raters approve. Readers of this column can get its latest Charity Rating Guide free from AIP, P.O. Box 578460, Chicago, IL 60657.
3. CharityNavigator.org rates 5,100 nonprofits on a scale of zero to four stars. This site draws only from a nonprofit's latest 990 form, which could mislead. But I like its Top Ten lists, such as 10 Charities Overpaying Their For-Profit Fund-Raisers.
4. MinistryWatch.com rates more than 500 evangelical groups on a scale of 1 to 5 stars. It's an ardent advocate for financial disclosure. The site names preachers who may be misusing money and suggests that you "prayerfully" consider other ministries instead. Withholding that advice, says MinistryWatch.com, would be "tantamount to condoning sin." Hear, hear.
5. The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (Ecfa.org) accredits Evangelical churches and charities based on such standards as audited financial reports and ECFA's own field reviews. If your group hasn't joined (or is on the lists of those that left) you should ask why. There's no comparable service for Jewish, Muslim or Catholic organizations.
You'll find other sources. GuideStar.org gives no ratings, just access to 990s for nearly 700,000 charities. Pennsylvania's Department of State lists nonprofits that ran into trouble there. They may be fund-raising in other states.
Still, most people donate simply because someone asks them to, says William Meehan, chair of Philanthropic Research, parent of GuideStar. Charity ratings haven't had much impact, because they're flawed and not enough people follow them. Besides, the ratings don't help you choose among similar charities. For that, you need to know how well they do their jobs. That's the next step—and a new Web site should help it along. Watch for GreatNonprofits.org, launching next spring. People familiar with specific charities—clients, donors, staff and volunteers—will be able to post opinions there, for you to read before you decide to give.
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Bob Jensen's threads on reporting fraudulent charities are at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudReporting.htm#CharityFrauds
| Bob Jensen's Education and Learning Bookmarks | |
|
The Shocking Future of Education |
|
| E-Learning
and Distance Education's Top (Award-Winning) Illustrations |
|
| Bob
Jensen's Threads on Cross-Border (Transnational) Training and
Education (Includes helpers for finding online training and education courses, certificate programs, and degree Programs) |
Detail File |
|
Alternatives and Tricks/Tools of the Trade |
First File |
| The Dark Side of the 21st Century: Concerns About Technologies in Education | |
| Assessment Issues, Case Studies, and Research | Detail File |
| History and Future of Course Authoring Technologies | Detail File |
| Knowledge Portals and Vortals | Detail File |
| Bob Jensen's Advice to New Faculty (and Resources) | Detail File |
| Threads of Online Program Costs and Faculty Compensation | Detail File |
| Bob Jensen's Helper Videos and Tutorials | Detail File |
| Jensen and Sandlin Book entitled Electronic
Teaching and Learning: Trends in Adapting to Hypertext, Hypermedia,
and Networks in Higher Education (both the 1994 and 1997 Updated Versions) |
Old Book |
Some Earlier Papers
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| Additional Links and Threads | Threads |
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) have announced the launch of a new Web site designed to provide information about money managers, financial planners, and other investment advisors. http://www.accountingweb.com/item/59363
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After Andersen imploded,
its Research Manager was sold to Aspen Corporation and later
resold to CCH.---
http://www.accountingresearchmanager.com/ARMMenu.nsf/vwHTML/ARMSplash?OpenDocument
Accounting Research Manager is designed to handle the two most difficult research issues facing accounting professionals. RIA offers a service called Checkpoint --- http://ria.thomson.com/integratedsolutions/
CPA Examination ---
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cpa_examination
CPA Examination
candidates and accounting faculty should check out the free database
at
The Trinity University library has a single-user
license (with an academic discount) for PwC’s Comperio ---
http://www.pwcglobal.com/comperio Comperio evolved out of a CD-Rom database that Price Waterhouse sold under the name “Price Waterhouse Researcher.” Updated CDs were sent to us each quarter in the old days before things were as networked on the Web. Now it’s all Comperio on the Web. Andersen had a competing CD database called Research Manager. That was bought out after Andersen fell, but I think it is now defunct (I could be wrong about this). Now
Comperio is the main commercial database available other than FARs
---
http://www.fasb.org/fars/ PwC's Comperio Accounting Research Manager
Andersen's old Accounting Research Manager is now updated and maintained by CCH. The AICPA has accounting research literature in the FARs database. For national and international accounting rulings and online research, it is best to subscribe for a fee to one of the leading services shown below:
For looking up filings with the SEC, there are two major sources:
It is possible to do comparative company financial analyses using the core earnings databases --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen//theory/00overview/theory01.htm#CoreEarnings Many IFRS and multiple nation standards and reviews are available from Deloitte's IAS Plus --- http://www.iasplus.com/index.htm Free International
Auditing Standards
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e-Retail (consumer products and services) |
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| 1-800 Contacts | Contact lenses | http://www.1800contacts.com/ |
| Alloy Online | Goods for teens | http://www.alloy.com/ |
| Amazon.com | Books, music, electronics | http://www.amazon.com |
| Autobytel.com | New, used car guide | http://www.autobytel.com/ |
| Barnesandnoble.com | Books, music | http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ |
| Drugstore.com | Medical products | http://www.drugstore.com/ |
| eBay | Auctions | http://www.ebay.com/ |
| Egghead.com | Computer products | http://www.egghead.com/ |
| Expedia | Travel planning | http://www.expedia.com/ |
| Hotel Reservations Network | Discounted hotel rooms | http://www.180096hotel.com/ |
| Priceline.com | Travel reservations | http://www.priceline.com/ |
| Stamps.com | Postage | http://www.stamps.com/ |
| Ticketmaster | Guides, tickets | http://www.ticketmaster.com/ |
| Travelocity.com | Travel reservations | http://www.travelocity.com/ |
| e-Finance (banks, brokerages and credit companies) | ||
| Ameritrade | Securities broker | http://www.ameritrade.com/ |
| Charles Schwab | Securities broker | http://www.schwab.com/ |
| CSFBdirect | Securities broker | http://www.csfbdirect.com/ |
| E-Trade | Securities broker | http://www.etrade.com |
| IndyMac Bancorp | Mortgage lender | http://www.indymacbank.com/ |
| Intuit | Personal finance info | http://www.intuit.com/ |
| NetBank | Consumer banking | http://www.gefn-compubank.com/ |
| NextCard | Consumer credit | http://www.nextcard.com |
| TD Warehouse | Securities broker | http://www.tdwaterhouse.com/ |
| Wit SoundView | Securities broker | http://www.witsoundview.com/ |
| e-New Media (advertising/subscription-supported media) | ||
| AOL Time Warner | Consumer content | http://www.aoltimewarner.com/ |
| Ask Jeeves | Search engine | http://www.ask.com/ |
| Cnet Networks | Technology content | http://www.cnet.com/ |
| HomeStore.com | Real estate content | http://www.homestore.com/ |
| HotJobs.com | Career content | http://www.hotjobs.com/ |
| InfoSpace | Wireless content | http://infospace.com/ |
| MarketWatch.com | Financial content | http://cbs.marketwatch.com/ |
| McAfee.com | Computer protection | http://mcafee.com/ |
| MP3.com | Music content | http://www.mp3.com/ |
| Multex.com | Financial content | http://www.multexusa.com/ |
| NBC Internet | Consumer content | http://www.nbci.com/ |
| SportsLine.com | Sports content | http://sportsline.com/ |
| Terra Lycos | Consumer content | http://www.terralycos.com/ |
| TheStreet.com | Financial content | http://www.thestreet.com/ |
| Apollo Group U of Phoenix Online | Education content | http://www.ipopros.com/histdeal_pla.asp?deal=2285 |
| Yahoo | Web guide | http://www.yahoo.com/ |
| e-Access providers (connections to the Internet) | ||
| Aether Systems | Wireless Internet access | http://www.aethersystems.com/ |
| Excite At Home | Internet access | http://www.excite.com/ |
| EarthLink | Internet access | http://www.earthlink.net/ |
| Juno Online Services | Internet access | http://www.juno.com |
| Metricom | Wireless Internet access | http://www.metricom.com/ IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please be advised that Metricom has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. |
| NetZero | Internet access | http://www.netzero.net/ |
| Prodigy Communications | Internet access | http://www.prodigy.com/ |
| RCN | Internet access | http://www.rcn.com/ |
| Research in Motion | Wireless Internet access | http://www.rim.net/ |
| WorldGate Communications | Internet access | http://www.wgate.com |
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| e-Learning providers (corporate) For more details go to http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/0000start.htm | ||
| Caliber | Training and executive dev. | http://www.caliber.com/ |
| Pensare | Executive development with plans for degree programs in partnership with prestige universities | http://www.pensare.com/ |
| UNext | Executive development and for-credit programs through UNext's Cardean University and in partnership with prestige universities | http://www.unext.com/ |
| Smart Force | Executive development | http://www.smartforce.com/ |
| Quisic | Content development, executive development, and for-credit courses | http://www.quisic.com/ (Formerly called University Access) |
| Headlight (From CyberU) | Recreational learners and an online small business training center | http://www.cyberu.com/training/headlight/index.asp |
| OnlineLearning.net | Training and executive development and for-credit courses | http://www.onlinelearning.net/ |
| University of Maryland University College | Training and executive development and for-credit courses | http://www.umuc.edu/ |
| Fathom (headed by Columbia University in conjunction with many prestigious partners) | A huge knowledge portal that offers over 600 courses | http://www.fathom.com/index.jhtml |
| New York University Online | Training and executive development and for-credit courses | http://i5.nyu.edu/~jmm282/nyupage.html |
| University of Phoenix | Training and executive development and for-credit courses (The largest accredited private university in the world.) | http://www.phoenix.edu/index_open.html |
| The Kaplan Colleges | Training and executive development and for-credit courses (including the online Concord School of Law) | http://www.kaplancollege.com/ |
| Sylvan Learning Systems | Training and executive development and for-credit courses (and testing centers) | http://www.sylvan.net/ |
| Intellnex from Ernst & Young (the first Big 5 accounting firm university) | Training and executive development | http://www.intellinex.com/flash/index.htm |
| Many
other corporate providers are discussed in a book that can be
downloaded free: The Business of Borderless Education, by S.C. Cunningham, et al., (Australian Department of Education, Evaluations and Investigations Programme of the Higher Education Division, 2000). Hard Copy ISBN 0 642 44446 3 and Online Copy ISBN 0 642 44447 1 --- http://www.detya.gov.au/archive/highered/eippubs/eip00_3/bbe.pdf |
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Worldwide Directory of Accountants and Consultants --- http://www.searchsystems.net/list.php?nid=62
Bob Jensen's helpers on how choosing professional advice --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/fees.htm
Bob Jensen's documents on e-Learning are available free at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/0000start.htm
(Note that most prestige universities have already or are forming
private corporations for online delivery of training, executive development,
and for-credit courses)
Bob Jensen's other bookmarks are at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob.htm
When searching for academic and business links, it is unfortunate if you forget to go to the Baker Library at the Harvard Business School http://www.library.hbs.edu/
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Rutgers University's Research &
Reference Gateway: Research Guides: Business
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/busi/business.shtml
While the Dana
Library is designated the business research library of the Rutgers
University Libraries, materials in business and related areas can
also be found at the Alexander
Library, with its strong United States, foreign and international
documents collections; the Kilmer
Library, serving the School of Business in New Brunswick; the Robeson
Library, which supports the School of Business in Camden; and the School
of Management and Labor Relations Library, which focuses on
industrial relations.
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For example, the Accounting option above leads you to the following links:
Page Contents:
August 2001 CPA Journal's Chosen "Website of the Month"
Website of the Month: My Accounting Portal My Accounting Portal ( www.myaccountingportal.com ) launched only in January, but its act seems to have been in good shape from the get-go. Touting itself as combining “the best features of consumer portals by giants such as Yahoo and Excite with the reference tools and resources of a traditional accounting website” and including “extensive customization technology, a wealth of original content, powerful tools, and carefully screened links,” the “about us” page does not overstate the case.
This portal probably meets the criteria on anyone’s bookmark checklist. Features include the following:
Customization. Similar to general-user portals like Yahoo, a user can customize the main page so favorite news feeds, research materials, and other resources are readily available.
A user can recustomize the layout at will.
Personal/professional features. The portal has an accounting website module that provides a range of accounting news and research and access to web-hosted applications. The portal also offers general and business news, links to websites in myriad areas, a personal information manager, stock quotes, weather, and other modules. Editors’ top picks. The portal’s editors select articles from listed websites they think will be most helpful to accountants and organize them into convenient categories. Personal information manager (PIM) and QuickMail. These areas contain the familiar contacts, notes, calendar, task list, bookmarks, and e-mail functions, available through a web-based interface for easy accessibility. Office tools. The portal’s tools for doing business on the Internet include basic telephone directories as well as collaboration tools for storing data and sharing information electronically. Client interactivity. The portal is developing a number of client-interactive features, such as web-hosted applications, downloadable tax-returns, a tax due-date calendar, a client scheduler, and time and billing functions. For accountants that already have office management and PIM tools, My Accounting Portal may offer more than needed. But the anywhere-anytime advantage is a real one, the online research archives are impressive, and the portal’s website listings are well organized.
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The AICPA's Financial Literacy Helper Site --- http://www.360financialliteracy.org/
Free Personal Finance Blogs --- http://pfblogs.org/blog/29
New blogging network for personal finance
From Jim Mahar's blog on January 22, 2006 --- http://financeprofessorblog.blogspot.com/
"Five of the top Internet personal finance bloggers today announced they have banded together to create a first-of-its-kind personal finance blog network designed to put personal finance wisdom, best practices and commentary just a mouse click away.
The new network, with headquarters online at www.moneyblognetwork.com beginning today, will be composed of the following top-performing personal finance bloggers:
* JLP of AllThingsFinancial – www.allthingsfinancialblog.com
* Jim of Blueprint for Financial Prosperity – www.bargaineering.com/articles
* Flexo of Consumerism Commentary – www.consumerismcommentary.com
* Nickel of Five Cent Nickel – www.fivecentnickel.com
* FMF of Free Money Finance – www.freemoneyfinance.com
Bob Jensen's added threads on personal finance are at
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/fees.htm
A great resource site for finance, investing, world news, and accounting
CBS Market Watch (includes a glossary) --- http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/default.asp?siteid=mkt
Bureau of Economic Analysis --- http://www.bea.gov/
Harvard Business School's Project Finance
I am repeating a notice on Harvard's Project Finance that I put in the March 16 edition of New Bookmarks, because this will one day be a very important portal even though its glossary disappoints me at the moment.
Harvard Business School Project Finance
Portal http://www.hbs.edu/projfinportal/
(the HBS Project Finance Portal's Glossary is at http://www.dbsa.org/privatesector/project_finance.htm
I found this glossary to be very disappointing
from a portal that is in other respects outstanding.)
A better set if glossaries can be found at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbus.htm
Some of Harvard's Project Finance Portal links are called "General Project Finance Links" at http://www.hbs.edu/projfinportal/generalpfhtm.htm
Global Development Project Finance & Project Management Information
InfrastructureWorld.com: This site is designed to assist project sponsors, developers, service providers, and other professionals in completing project finance transactions. It also contains 1000's of useful links.
Institute of International Project Financing
International Project Finance Association
PrivateFinance-i.com: PrivateFinance-i is the ultimate resource for online PFI/PPP news, research and market information, and supports business-to-business services by uniting buyers and sellers and enabling online transactions.
The main Project Finance Website is at http://www.hbs.edu/projfinportal/
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The University of Kansas International Business Resource Connection http://www.ibrc.bschool.ukans.edu/
The IBRC, a business outreach program of the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) within the School of Business at the University of Kansas, was created to encourage trade opportunities and expand international business education. Through strategic alliances with major partners (including the U.S. Department of Education and the Kauffman Foundation), private sector affiliates, faculty and students at the University of Kansas, the IBRC assists small and medium-sized Kansas companies explore available trade opportunities and broaden international business skills. Particular emphasis is placed on the emerging role of electronic communication resources (the Internet) in developing international business opportunities for firms located in the heartland of the United States.
Also, don't forget Paul Pacter's great international accounting site at http://www.iasplus.com/
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Helpers for Marketing Students and Educators --- MarketingProfs.com --- http://www.marketingprofs.com/
Other marketing links can be found at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob1.htm
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One opinion on the top 10 investment
resource sites.
InvestMove.com --- www.investmove.com
Top Ten Financial Portals
New to list The Google Finance site is at http://finance.google.com/finance 1. Yahoo Finance 2. MSN MoneyCentral 3. Quicken.com 4. Wall Street City 5. Inter@ctive Investor 6. Motley Fool 7. Wall Street Research Net 8. Morningstar 9. Stockmaster 10. Silicon Investor
BigCharts --- http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/
From The Scout Report on February 22, 2002
Business 2.0 Web Guide http://www.business2.com/webguide/
According to one of its own brochures, "Business 2.0 is the essential tool for navigating today's relentlessly changing marketplace, particularly as it's driven by the Internet and other technologies." In both print and electronic versions, Business 2.0 does cover an incredible amount of ground, including day-to-day and month-to-month information and offering extensive subject lists of its material, broken down by general subjects -- from management and marketing to Enron and the Internet. Not only clearly in touch with today's business world, Business 2.0 promises to put its readers in touch with it through company links, as well as through straightforward contact lists. While Business 2.0 is open for anyone's consultation, registered readers are granted greater access privileges to archived and premium content.
Columbia Newsblaster http://www.cs.columbia.edu/nlp/newsblaster/
With a team of researchers headed by Prof. Kathy McKeown, Columbia Newsblaster is an online project at Columbia University's Department of Computer Science in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. Newsblaster currently looks at news reports from thirteen sources, including Yahoo, ABCNews, CNN, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, CBS News, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Virtual New York, Washington Post, Wired, and USA Today. The product uses artificial intelligence techniques to cull through news reports published online and then sorts and summarizes these reports in five different news categories -- US, world, finance, entertainment, and sports. These summaries are based on reflecting factors, such as where a fact is mentioned in the published reports and how often it is repeated across reports dealing with the same event or subject. They are also based on the news value of individual facts, such as how many were killed or injured, or how much damage to property occurred. On the whole, in an age of information overload, this newly developed tool may provide assistance to journalists, executives, and average news consumers.
Bob Jensen's search helpers are at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/searchh.htm
Other top investment and finance portals
Yahoo's picks of the top finance web sites --- http://www.zdnet.com/zdsubs/yahoo/content/101most/101finance.html
Top 50 Financial Websites --- Money.com http://www.money.com/money/depts/websmart/bestweb/index.html
Advanced Stock Information http://www.stockadvanced.com/ (note that ratios are available)
Enter a symbol and click "go!" to get the following information: Stock Prices, Options, Stock Splits, Charts, Live Stock Quotes, Stock Performance, Earnings Estimates, Analyst Opinions, Company Performance, Stock Valuation, Broker Reports, Company Profile, Earnings Release Dates, Latest News, Fundamentals, Intraday Charts, Forum Discussions, Technical Charts, Annual Reports, Significant Events, Institutional Ownership, Financial Ratios, Insider Trading, SEC Filings, Financial Statements, Stock Dividends, Competition, Momentum Rating, Management Discussion, Conference Calls, Short Interest, and more.
From the Scout Report --- Business.com http://www.business.com/
The owners of this lucrative URL address have sponsored a Web directory created by a "team of 50 research analysts [that] has sifted through the Web to find relevant sites for our handcrafted Directory." All Websites in this 30-category directory have been annotated. The annotations, however, tend to be very terse and a bit vague. First time users are encouraged to skim over the excellent site guide, which gives a step-by-step manual for using the site as well as in-depth explanations of the terminology and taxonomy.
Financial Risk Links --- http://victoryrisk.com/
Center for Financial Research & Analysis, Inc.
CFRA, Inc. Launches Free On-Line Service for Academic Community
Rockville, MD - August 1 - The Center for Financial Research & Analysis (CFRA, Inc.), a leading provider of independent research to over 2,000 institutional investors, will now offer an academic version of its product to professors and their students. Since there is no cost for this service, its use is restricted for research and teaching purposes.
What's included with the Academic Version?
1. Access to all educational pieces in our database. 2. Access to selected company-specific reports that focus on quality of earnings issues 3. Weekly e-mail notification of new companies added to the database
Who qualifies for this service and how can you sign up?
All professors teaching courses in financial accounting, auditing, and finance qualify. To sign up, click on the URL http://www.cfraonline.com and register. Then sign and fax the agreement to (301) 984 8617. Once activated, you will have access to the Academic Version of CFRA's database.
About CFRA
CFRA has become known internationally for its pioneering research ferreting out companies with operational problems that use unusual accounting practices to camouflage such practices. Founded in 1994 by Dr. Howard M. Schilit following a 20 year career as an accounting professor (author of FINANCIAL SHENANIGANS: How to Detect Accounting Gimmicks and Fraud in Financial Reports) http://www.cfraonline.com/publications/publications.jsp#FinancialShenanigans CFRA provides a daily on-line news wire of financial analysis and a database on over 900 companies. Its mission is to warn investors and creditors about companies experiencing operational problems and particularly those that employ unusual or aggressive accounting practices to camouflage such problems.
Howard Schilit
http://www.cfraonline.com
301-984-1001 ext. 105
Management and Organization Behavior
Marketing, Advertising, and Consumer Behavior
Thank you Florida Gulf Coast University for this is a great web site for business and economic research http://library.fgcu.edu/Subjects/Business/bushome.htm
Facts and statistics (Fast Facts) --- http://gwu.edu/~gprice/handbook.htm
Country Briefings (international statistics) from The Economist http://www.economist.com/countries/
This U.S. Department of Commerce Website has a wealth of data and news --- http://www.doc.gov/
Finding Colleges, College Rankings, Financial Aid, and Online Programs
Guides to Distance Education Courses and Programs --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/245progs.htm
Finding Colleges, College Rankings, Financial Aid, and Online Programs --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2.htm#EducationInGeneral
Free Tax Tutorials for Professors and Students
Tax Analysts, a non-profit pubic service organization
that provides in-depth tax information resources for tax professionals, has
announced it is making its news and research products available at no charge to
accounting, law, and economics professors and their students.
AccountingWeb, June 28, 2007 ---
http://www.accountingweb.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=103676
See
http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/files/tax_analysts_campus.pdf
Bob Jensen's tax helpers are at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookbob1.htm#010304Taxation
The Journal of Accountancy has many
free accounting and tax helpers ---
http://www.aicpa.org/pubs/jofa/joahome.htm
You can order back issues or relevant links management and accounting books and journals from MAAW --- http://maaw.info/
Free Access to Back Issues of The Accounting Review --- http://maaw.info/TheAccountingReview.htm
From MIT: OKI and DSpace --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/updateee.htm#OKI
From Smart Stops on the Web, Journal of Accountancy, July 2007 ---
http://www.aicpa.org/pubs/jofa/jul2007/news_web.htm
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August 30, 2005 message from Walter Antoniotti [antonw@ix.netcom.com]
Good day Bob!I am a retired college professor building an Accounting Internet Library to serve the accounting community.
I recently added a free internet version of these accounting books from the Quick Notes Learning System.Financial Accounting covers Accounting I and II college courses and with concise topic explanations and problem oriented tests.
The Accounting Cycle A Debit and Credit Approach covers debits and credits for the accounting cycle through merchandising.
Financial Accounting For Owners, Managers, and Administrators covers basic principles without using debits and credits.
Financial Accounting Practice Sets One practice set briefly reviews the accounting cycle and the other is an extensive example
of the conversion of a merchandising company to a computerized system.
Please consider
1) using these materials in your classes
2) linking to them at your site
3) telling students and fellow teachers about them
4) adopting the paper versions for your courses
Information on these and other accounting books are available at our Business Book Mall Accounting Store.Thanks!
Februrary 16, 2003 message from Gerald Trites [gtrites@STFX.CA]
The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants has a publication "Information Technology Control Guidelines" which was published in 1999. The book is quite large and there has been some talk about a possible decision support system that might be developed, loaded with the ITCG guidelines, placed on a CD and used in the field for assistance in analyzing system controls for particular systems/companies and developing recommendation letters. I would think the preferred approach would be to find a suitable shell and then build the system around it. In the course of my research of a good system, I came across VP-Expert which at one time was highly recommended, but it is DOS based and appears to be out of date. There is a variety of others. Does anyone have knowledge of a good DS shell that might be useful for this application and that would run on current Windows platforms? It should have run-time capability so the CD can run on its own.
Any advice you might have would be most appreciated.
Gerald Trites, FCA
Professor of Accounting and Information Systems
St Francis Xavier University Antigonish,
Nova Scotia Tel.
Website - http://www.stfx.ca/people/gtritesThe CICA home page is at http://www.cica.ca/
http://akao.larc.nasa.gov/dfc/abc/abcbib.html (annotated bibliography)
http://users.aol.com/caspari/l118.htm (Is ABC Fundamentally Flawed?)
http://members.aol.com/caspari0/toc/BIBLIOG.HTM (bibliography)
http://www.focusedmanagement.com/FMI%20Articles/softabc%281%29.htm (ABC Software)
http://www.deloitte.com.au/index.asp?MenuId=0&Page=/content/abc.asp
http://www.mmsonline.com/articles/119803.html
http://mba.vanderbilt.edu/germain.boer/Creating%20Value/Discussions/InvLevelandProfit.htm (from my good friend Germain)
http://www.intentia.se/liston/1762_2.lxml
http://www.neiu.edu/~hchen/202/98/
http://web.mit.edu/lfm/www/working_papers/1996_abstracts/strimling_abstract_1996.html
http://www.sba.pdx.edu/faculty/darrellb/dbaccess/finalstu.htm
http://www.acq-ref.navy.mil/wcp/abc2.html
http://www.tocc.com/Geyser_G.html (you have to do a little hunting)
http://hamilton99.execmba.com/activity.htm (Case Study)
http://www.acca.org.za/publications/studenews/9811p34.html (Value Added)
http://www.sbm.temple.edu/~jmereba/research.html (See the Working Papers section)
I would examine the listing of the Managerial Accounting texts at http://www.bn.com/. Enter the search terms "Managerial Accounting" and "Management Accounting."
I also recommend that you look at the Managerial and Cost Accounting Courses in ACE at http://www.rutgers.edu/Accounting/raw/aaa/ace/index.htm
Activities Based Management and ABC Costing http://www.rpm-abm.com/cami_idx.htm
"Towards a New Cost-Aware Evaluation Framework"
http://ifets.ieee.org/periodical/vol_4_2000/ash.html
Added later
Dear Professor Jensen,
There is an interesting website about ABC and EVA that named: Activity-Based Costing (ABC) Economic Value Added Internet Website GuideWritten by Narcyz Roztocki (http://www.newpaltz.edu/~roztockn/) at http://www.pitt.edu/~roztocki/abc/abc.htm
Regards,
Rudi Handoko
Tim1 [Tim1@jsx.co.id]Added later
Dear Mr. Jensen,
found your web site, which is remarkable, and I was wondering if you would consider adding our organization to your listing of Activities Based Costing (ABC) links. ICMS, Inc. has been around training & coaching organizations in all industries to implement ABC/ABM since 1988. Please visit our web site for more information:URL: http://www.icms.net
Thank you!
Christine Nola, ICMS, Inc. 6031 West I-20, Suite 219 ~ Arlington, Texas 76017 Phone: 817.483.6511 ~ Fax: 817.483.7097
Webs: http://www.icms.net and http://www.learnabm.com
Financial Calculators and Other Tools for Business Valuation and Forecasting --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob3.htm#080512Calculators
I hope you are doing well. In response to your financial ratio question, I am afraid that I do not know of a free site that maintains company profiles and industry profiles for a complete set of ratios. Most services charge for this service, although some services provide a few free ratios and other indicators. Beware of ratio definitions. As you well know, there are various ways to compute almost any financial ratio. Naive analysts may be comparing apples and oranges when looking at values of any ratio.
ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE LINKS
Thanks to Chris Nolan I found a pretty good free web site for company and company-to-industry comparison ratios at http://www.financialweb.com/ . Click on the research tab in at that web site and enter a symbol like IBM.
Chris also recommended http://www.stockpoint.com/ . Enter a symbol or company name such as IBM. Get the Quote for that company. Then click on the Company Profile button to see some ratios. Another free web site that I recommend is http://www.investorguide.com/cgi-bin/research.cgiMy next recommendation is to go to http://www.natcorp.com/framedirectory.html . By entering a company's stock symbol, you can get all sorts of links, including that company's profile and fundamentals links. The "Company Data" path at this web site leads to http://www.natcorp.com/traded.html
ABC News has some quick and very limited company information for free at http://webapp.abcnews.com/profiles/abc_comp_profiles.asp
The New Google Stock Screener (sort of nice as online screeners go) --- Click Here
For a fee, you can get more complete company and industry profiles at http://www.wsrn.com . This is a very good service but some good things in life are not free.
If you are interested in online financial analysis, I highly recommend some of Larry Tomassini's great links.
Jim Borden mentioned the Deloitte & Touche web site atTomassini's CorpOnline at http://www.cob.ohio-state.edu/~tomassin/corps/corp.html
Tomassini's Financial Analysis Online http://www.cob.ohio-state.edu/~tomassin/fanon.html
MACRO ECONOMICS LINKS (including data classified by industry)
Last year I shared a platform with David Boldt at an education technology conference at Bentley College. David has a great web site for economists, particularly in the area of macroeconomics. His materials are listed at http://www.westga.edu/~dboldt
If you are looking for industry and economic statistics. one place to begin searching is at http://rfe.wustl.edu/
The 2008 Statistical Abstract --- http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
Statistical Abstract of the United States 2004-2005 ---
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/
Bob Jensen's threads on encyclopedias are at
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob3.htm#Dictionaries
Historical Census Browser --- http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/
U.S. Census Bureau --- http://www.census.gov/
From the U.S. Census Bureau --- http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/income.html
- The Effects of Government Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty: 2004
- Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2004 (P60-229)[PDF]
- Income, Earnings, and Poverty from the 2004 American Community Survey (ACS-01)
- Alternative Income Estimates in the United States: 2003 (P60-228) [PDF]
- State Median Family Income
- Income Statistics
Explanations of economic statistics can be found at EconDash.com http://www.econdash.net/
The above web site
leads to a heap of macro data, but you were more interested in industry
ratios. A bit of searching from the above site led me to a University of
Michigan site at
http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/stats.html
There are various industry categories at the above web site. The Business and Industry button led me to the FedStats web site at http://www.fedstats.gov
Facts and statistics (Fast Facts) --- http://gwu.edu/~gprice/handbook.htm
Country Briefings (international statistics) from The Economist http://www.economist.com/countries/
Another good set of Federal Government
links can be found at
http://www.sec.gov/others.htm
Not much in the way of ratio data at that web site, but you will find a
variety of interesting documents and links.
A personal finance site geared to
the younger generation
Jump$tart.org http://www.jumpstart.org/
Advertisement Free Personal Finance Blogs --- http://pfblogs.org/blog/29
Portfolio Management
Journal of Portfolio Management - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0210.asp?ID=0606
Portfolio Management Forum - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0210.asp?ID=0607
Portfolio Knowledge - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0210.asp?ID=0608
The Small-Cap Alpha Myth - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0210.asp?ID=0609
50 Most Common Mistakes Made by Traders and Investors ---
http://www.ratiotrading.com/2009/09/50-common-mistakes-most-traders-make/
Multistyle Rotation Strategies - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0210.asp?ID=0610
myCFO - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0210.asp?ID=0611
Advertisement Free Personal Finance Blogs --- http://pfblogs.org/blog/29
Consumer Reports subscribers can access an excellent helper site
for personal finance --- http://finance.ConsumerReports.org
A separate subscription for online access is available that also provides
a discount to the hard copy magazine subscription.
Investments
Bond funds 1/02 R
Domestic hybrid funds 8/02 R
Exchange traded funds update 10/02 R
Investing in bear market 8/00
Investing online help 3/00
Managing your portfolio 3/00
Mutual-fund families 3/01 R
Rollover rules 1/00
Shoring up your 401(k) 3/02
Short-term bond funds 6/02 R
Stock mutual funds 3/02 RShopping & spending Better baseball caps 5/01
Booksellers 1/02 R
Cell-phone calling plans
CR Gift Guide 11/01
Eyeglasses 6/01 R
Groceries online 9/00
Long-distance calling plans
Megastores 7/02 R
Online auctions 5/01 R
Online auctions: Sellers 7/01
Online shopping 11/00 R
Returns 1/99
Banking
Financial privacy 5/01
New face of banking 6/00 R
Online banking 2/02 R
Insurance
Life insurance premiums 12/00
Life settlements 2/01
Lifestage transitions
2nd marriage finances 6/02
College-loan debt 7/02
Midlife career changes 9/02
Raising baby on a budget 10/01
When a parent moves in 10/02
Working past age 65 8/02
Saving
Budgeting ideas 8/01
College on credit cards? 7/01
Electricity meter 1/02
How to cut phone bills 2/00
Phone-service wars 3/00
Prepaid phone cards 2/01
Saving for college 2/00
Saving options 9/01
10/7/2002
Keeping track of your pension
Employees have seen once-lush 401(k) retirement accounts--already whipped by two years of stock market losses--shrink even more in the summer's market slide. But some 44 million workers have another asset: a defined-benefit pension plan
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We provide details on exchange-traded mutual funds, and how they might save you money on your year-end income taxes.529 college saving plan
Our expert advice and recommendations for the many families who can benefit from this plan.The "crime tax"
Here, the details on retail theft and how consumers are paying the price.Shopping online
Now that you know what to buy, find the best places to buy it, with oure-Ratings.
Key
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A complete index of all reports is available at A to Z index
Reply from Thomas,
Thanks to everyone who responded to my request for
information about industry financial ratios on the Web. After reviewing
several sites, I decided to settle with the following:
Yahoo Market Guide: http://Yahoo.marketguide.com .
If you enter a company’s Name or Ticker Symbol in the "Search For" field and then click GO and then Comparison, you will not only obtain financial ratios for the company you have searched for, but you will also find ratios for (1) the company’s industry, (2) the economic sector in which the company operates, and (3) the S&P 500. Other items that you may view about a selected company include:
A Snapshot of the company
I plan to use this site for a class project in which students are required to analyze/evaluate a small number of companies. Although it "works", I am concerned about the underlying source and reliability of the numbers and other information that appear at this and other similar sites. Are there any unpublished or published studies on this issue?
Thomas G. Calderon, ProfessorAdvanced Stock Information http://www.stockadvanced.com/ (note that ratios are available)
Enter a symbol and click "go!" to get the following information: Stock Prices, Options, Stock Splits, Charts, Live Stock Quotes, Stock Performance, Earnings Estimates, Analyst Opinions, Company Performance, Stock Valuation, Broker Reports, Company Profile, Earnings Release Dates, Latest News, Fundamentals, Intraday Charts, Forum Discussions, Technical Charts, Annual Reports, Significant Events, Institutional Ownership, Financial Ratios, Insider Trading, SEC Filings, Financial Statements, Stock Dividends, Competition, Momentum Rating, Management Discussion, Conference Calls, Short Interest, and more.
Update on November 29, 2001 from Ken Neet
Try http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/invsub/results/compare.asp
Enter a stock symbol. The next page allows you to select from several categories of ratios.
Update on November 29, 2001 from Enrique Bonson Ponte
You can find Spanish industry averages for free at http://www.registradores.org/iestadis.htm and then financial statements of Spanish quoted companies at http://www.cnmv.es
Update on November 29, 2001 from Tom Omer
Here is one I use that works very well.
http://www.corporateinformation.com/
Jalal Soroosh recommends http://edgarscan.pwcglobal.com/
First Research, Inc. Publishes
seven- to fourteen-page targeted Industry Profiles on over 100 industries.
http://www.accountingweb.com/firstres/index.html
Faculty and Program Performance Appraisal Trends and Accreditation
You may want to especially note the AACSB's International Performance Indicators Project --- http://www.aacsb.edu/PerformanceIndicators/index.html
The Performance Indicators Project focuses AACSB International resources on building the most comprehensive and complete database about business schools available anywhere. This database will be used to provide members with a customizable set of information products and services designed to support planning, budgeting and continuous improvement efforts. The online system, scheduled for launch in January 2001, will be available for use only to schools that provide data.
Certain data, specifically indicated in AACSB International surveys and questionnaires, also will be available via the AACSB International Web site to promote member schools to key stakeholders such as prospective students, employers and the media. The Web increasingly serves as the primary resource for prospective business faculty, students and employers. Participating schools also will be eligible for inclusion in exclusive AACSB International lists and other informational pieces designed to better inform stakeholders about business schools, accreditation and the management education industry.
AACSB International Newsline articles about the Performance Indicators Project
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the Performance Indicators Project – PDF
This is also one of the topics covered in the American Accounting Association's benchmarking/partnering initiative. See http://accounting.rutgers.edu/raw/aaa/partners/partners.htm
ACADEMIC PARTNERS will help your department improve through:
- A newsletter especially for program leaders
- Leadership Express, bi-weekly electronic bulletins alerting program leaders to the latest trends and issues in the field
- Electronic discussion groups led by experts in their areas. Share your expertise and interact with leading accounting educators.
- Opportunities to connect electronically with colleagues worldwide to discuss topics of relevance to you.
- Faculty and administrator development programs
- Discounted registration for midyear Annual Seminar of the AAA’s Accounting Programs Leadership Group (APLG)
- Toolkits, comprehensive collections of resources such as videotapes, books, bibliographies and CDs, on topics like assessment, faculty evaluation, active learning, and cognitive development and professional skills
You may want to track the new Leadership Express Newsletter at http://accounting.rutgers.edu/raw/aaa/partners/vol1no1.htm
Then if you really want to be overwhelmed, enter the phrase "Faculty Assessment" under the category "exact phrase" at http://www.google.com/advanced_search
The American Academy of Accounting and Finance (AAAF) --- http://www.aaafonline.org/
In 1993 a group of accounting and finance professors at a small, teaching oriented, public university started discussing the idea of a cross-disciplinary organization for academicians in the accounting and finance disciplines.
AACSB - International had only recently revised its accreditation standards to make accreditation a realistic option for smaller schools. Even those revised AACSB accreditation standards required faculty to be active in the production of intellectual contributions, i.e. research.
Given the increased emphasis that many teaching oriented schools began to place on research as a result of the change in AACSB standards, the organizers believed there were insufficient research outlets then available to faculty at primarily teaching institutions with limited resources. Accordingly, the organizers decided to move forward with the creation of organization that would give faculty at smaller, primarily teaching institutions access to an organization with a process that would assist them in achieving their research goals.
Also see the following accrediting organizations and summaries:
Specialized Accrediting Agencies --- http://yeah.indstate.edu/hypermail/archive/elaf686/elaf686.9903/0002.html
AACSB --- http://www.aacsb.edu/
ACSBP --- http://www.acbsp.org/
Jack Anderson's Accounting Information Finder --- http://www.umsl.edu/~anderson/accsites.htm
Bob Jensen's listing of free online textbooks and other learning materials
are at
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/ElectronicLiterature.htm#Textbooks
Note that most of these are not repeated below, so please click on the above
link.
Comparisons of National and International accounting rules --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen//theory/00overview/theory01.htm#FASBvsIASB
Bob Jensen's summary of accounting theory --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen//theory/00overview/theory01.htm
O'Keefe Accounting Library Searches http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Majors/Accnt/accindex.htm
Free CPA Review Course --- http://cpareviewforfree.com/
CPA Examination
candidates and accounting faculty should check out the free database
at
http://www.cpa-exam.org/cpa/literature.htm
The Trinity University library has a single-user
license (with an academic discount) for PwC’s Comperio ---
http://www.pwcglobal.com/comperio
The single-user limitation really has not been problematic for us.
Our Library guru wrote some front end code that lets any Trinity
faculty member or student go directly into Comperio without having
to remember a password
Comperio evolved out of a CD-Rom database that Price Waterhouse sold under the name “Price Waterhouse Researcher.” Updated CDs were sent to us each quarter in the old days before things were as networked on the Web. Now it’s all Comperio on the Web.
Andersen had a competing CD database called Research Manager. That was bought out after Andersen fell, but I think it is now defunct (I could be wrong about this).
Now
Comperio is the main commercial database available other than FARs
---
http://www.fasb.org/fars/
I think each student can buy this from Wiley, but there have been
numerous complaints about it.
PwC's Comperio Accounting Research Manager
Comperio is the most comprehensive on-line library of financial reporting and assurance literature in the world. Over 1,500 financial executives from around the world use Comperio on a daily basis. Comperio content includes AICPA, DIG, EITF, FASB, IAS, ISB and the SEC as well as pronouncements and standards from Australia, Belgium, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
With Comperio, the answers you need are always available - right now, right at your fingertips. There is no software to install - just go to the Comperio website and start researching!
The entire online library can be immediately accessed by browsing a pronouncement or topic directly, or by searching the entire database for key words, topics or terms.
Visit the Comperio product information site at http://www.pwcglobal.com/comperio . You will find the necessary forms to order Comperio today or to request a 30-day free trial.
Andersen's old Accounting Research Manager is now updated and maintained by CCH. The AICPA has accounting research literature in the FARs database.
For national and international accounting rulings and online research, it is best to subscribe for a fee to one of the leading services shown below:
PwC Comperio --- http://www.pwcglobal.com/comperio
CCH Accounting Research Manager --- http://www.accountingresearchmanager.com/ARMMenu.nsf/vwHTML/ARMSplash?OpenDocument
AICPA FARs (marketed by Wiley) --- http://www.fasb.org/fars/
For looking up filings with the SEC, there are two major sources:
EDGAR --- http://www.sec.gov/edgar/quickedgar.htm
PwC EdgarScan --- http://edgarscan.pwcglobal.com/servlets/edgarscan
It is possible to do comparative company financial analyses using the core earnings databases --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen//theory/00overview/theory01.htm#CoreEarnings
Many IFRS and multiple nation standards and reviews are available from Deloitte's IAS Plus --- http://www.iasplus.com/index.htm
Free International
Auditing Standards
All documents issued by IFAC and the International Auditing
and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) are now available for immediate download
at no charge. Visitors must simply fill out a one-time registration to gain
access to the documents. http://www.accountingweb.com/item/96952
Bob Jensen's search helpers are at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/searchh.htm
Accounting topic search helpers --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/searchh.htm#Accounting
Note that most of these are not repeated below, so please click on the above
link.
A Selected Listing of Accounting
Textbooks from AccountingStudy.com --- http://accountingstudy.com/books/textbook/
Most of these books are not available online, but many have online supplements.
