Business (Baker School)

Official website of the Association of International Certified Public Accounts.

The American Accounting Association is the largest community of accountants in academia. Founded in 1916, we have a rich and reputable history built on leading-edge research and publications.

AGA is the association that connects and empowers financial-related professionals who support the government.

Lists U.S. CPA firms by region, state or area code. Also contains approximately 300 international firms.

Official website of the standards board.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is known as "the investigative arm of Congress" and "the congressional watchdog." GAO supports the Congress in meeting its constitutional responsibilities and helps improve the performance and accountability of the federal government for the benefit of the American people.

Provides tips on improving performance and offers professional guidance.

Provides access to the IASB's drafts on proposed rule changes.

"The PCAOB is a nonprofit corporation established by Congress to oversee the audits of public companies in order to protect the interests of investors and further the public interest in the preparation of informative, accurate and independent audit reports. The PCAOB also oversees the audits of broker-dealers, including compliance reports filed pursuant to federal securities laws, to promote investor protection."

This site provides access to the full-text of 10-K (often 10ks are designated 10kAR), Proxies, and other reports publicly traded companies are required to file with the SEC. The filings are kept in two EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval) and IDEA (Interactive Data Electronic Applications). IDEA will eventually replace Edgar. For a complete listing of forms click: https://www.sec.gov/forms#.U6dBOPldVr8

For a well-laid collection of SEC filings check this site. Enter the ticker for your company and then at the left click on SEC filings. Annual reports are also listed here (when available).

Historic information, analytical and statistical data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on banks.

Provides access to tax laws, forms, instructions and private letter rulings.

Provides searchable full-text of the U.S. Tax Code.

Contains regular and memorandum opinions since 1999.

The Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) is an industry association that represents operators of European exchanges.
With 18 full members, FESE represents 36 exchanges from 30 different countries within the EU, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland & UK.

The list of world's main stock exchanges and other exchange resources you can find at Stock Exchanges Worldwide. This list is NOT comprehensive.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, Dow Jones, or simply the Dow, is a price-weighted measurement stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States.

The Standard and Poor's 500, or simply the S&P 500, is a stock market index tracking the performance of 500 large companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. It is one of the most commonly followed equity indices.