U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation provides information on
the U.S. banking industry, consumer information, and press releases. Includes
full text of a variety of FDIC research reports.
The Asian Development Bank is a development finance institution that
aims
to "promote the economic and social progress of developing countries
in
Asia and the Pacific." The Bank web site provides information on its
activities, business opportunities arising from its funding activities,
and
its publications. Information on the Bank's projects and the environmental
impact assessments for those projects are also available. The economic
and
social statistics of the Bank's member countries are available for download
in Microsoft Excel format [Scout Report]
Professor Aswath Damodaran of the Stern School of Business at New York
University has created an excellent web site drawn from his collection
of classroom materials. At the site, visitors can find links to his classes
on corporate finance, equity instruments and investment philosophies. The
syllabus, lecture notes and assignments for each class are provided. The
site also contains a collection of corporate finance and equity valuation
spreadsheets and a collection of downloadable datasets, useful for
corporate finance and valuation. [Scout Report]
The International Monetary Fund has made available the December 1997
issue
of the _World Economic Outlook_. This report contains the interim assessment
by the IMF staff on the financial turmoil in Asia and its implications
on global and regional economies. The report discusses the events leading
up to the Asian financial crisis and how the crisis evolved; it also assesses
the spillover effects from the Asian crisis to the developed economies.
Revised estimates for global growth rates in light of the Asian crisis
are provided. [Scout Report]
"Singapore-based site that provides a huge selection of links
to material on international finance, banking, stocks exchanges. International
in focus yet an excellent gateway to Asian financial contents.
Nice site for finding out stocks info about international companies.
Stockmaster provides recent stock market information, including previous
day's closing prices and one-year graphs of historical prices. Covers general
market news and has quotes for selected stocks. Not all stocks are included
here.
FRED provides historical U.S. economic and financial data, including
daily U.S. interest rates, monetary and business
indicators, exchange rates, and regional economic data for Arkansas, Illinois,
Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and
Tennessee
Shares online is the web link for the ASX publication "Shares".
Free services include contents page of each issue, and extracts from selected
articles. It also acts a a gateway to the subscription based "Shares
Online" which offers real-time Australian share prices via the web.
Web version of the ASX publication "Personal Investment".
Provides the text of one or two stories from each issue, with archival
and searching facilities.
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