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Moneysmartz Profile Updates 11/20/2008
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Investools
Category: Investing Education and Training
Investools is a division of thinkorswim, Inc. offering investor education and brokerage products and services. Founded in 1983, Investools' common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol "SWIM." The Investools site provides trading tools combined with investor education and investment books, articles, and newsletters. Investools, under thinkorswim, Inc., is registered with FINRA and is rated "best for options traders" in Barron's ranking of online brokers.
http://www.investools.com
Bloomberg.com
Category: Investing News and Media
Bloomberg is owned and operated by Bloomberg, L.P., a leading financial software services, news, and data company. Bloomberg was founded in 1981 and currently employs over 10,000 people in 126 offices worldwide. Bloomberg.com offers news and information, market data, and investment tools to business and financial professionals. Bloomberg provides information to around 350 newspapers and magazines worldwide, including The New York Times and USA Today.
http://www.bloomberg.com
Moneysmartz Profile Updates 11/19/2008
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Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC")
Category: Securities Law
With its aim "to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation," the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforces federal securities law and monitors the activities of the securities industry. The SEC website provides useful consumer information, including public company filings and reports through the EDGAR system, investor news and publications. SEC publications cover a wide range of topics including bankruptcy, mutual funds, small business and more. The SEC has four divisions, 18 offices, nearly 3,800 employees, and 11 regional offices throughout the United States.
http://www.sec.gov
Hoover's, Inc.
Category: Major Company Information
Hoover's, Inc. is a business research company created in 1990 that provides online information, company research, SEC documents, and personal finance insight. Hoover's offers business information through the web, feeds, wireless devices, and co-branding agreements. The site is designed as an online directory for company reports and profiles. Hoover's maintains a database of 25 million corporations and organizations created by their in-house editorial team. The Bizmology section of the Hoover's site includes business insights and opinions from Hoover's editors.
http://www.hoovers.com
Moneysmartz Profile Updates 11/18/2008
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Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA")
Category: Investing Education and Training
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") is the largest non-governmental regulator for securities firms doing business in the United States. FINRA is committed to protecting investors and the market through regulation, compliance, and technology-based services. The FINRA website helps investors check the backgrounds of investment professionals and their firms. FINRA currently oversees more than 5,000 brokerage firms, 174,000 branch offices, and 677,500 registered securities representatives.
http://www.finra.org
Lind-Waldock
Category: Commodities and Futures Investing
Founded in 1965, Lind-Waldock is one of the top futures brokerages in the United States. Lind-Waldock offers futures products and brokerage services to individual and institutional investors. Their website lets traders access more than 700 global futures markets and an array of trading tools and tutorials. Lind-Waldock was the first futures broker to develop an electronic order-routing system and online order-entry platform.
http://www.lind-waldock.com