Get your credit report for free
https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp
listed here
http://www.ftc.gov/freereports
GOVT
IRS small business center
http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/index.html
bunch of resources.
SBA has this
http://www.sba.gov/services/financialassistance/index.html
financial advice for small biz's
Govt gateway to federal resources
http://www.business.gov/
US. SEC has this
http://www.sec.gov/investor.shtml
Investor Education and Advocacy provides a variety of services to
address the problems and questions you may face as an investor. We
cannot tell you what investments to make, but we can tell you how to
invest wisely and avoid fraud.
Investor Resource Center
http://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/consumers/investmented/index.shtml
"Education is a powerful tool at your disposal to make smart investment
choices and combat the dishonest people who pose a risk to your
investor security. That's why the Delaware Department of Justice has
also built the Investor Resource Center. This website features video
webinars by government, academic, and industry experts targeted to
young people and families, middle-aged individuals, and mature
investors approaching retirement. It also includes articles
representing a wide variety of investor issues, as well as helpful
links to additional information that promotes good investment health."
Universities, etc.
http://www.gettingfiscallyfit.org/
URI Center for Personal Financial Education, University of Rhode Island
http://www.investing.rutgers.edu/
Investing in your future
ORGANIZATIONS
Investor Protection Trust (IPT)
http://www.investorprotection.org/
The purpose of this org is to provide independent,
objective information needed by consumers to make informed investment
decisions.
http://www.choosetosave.org/asec/
American Savings Education Council has this Choose to
Save. But just to note, "ASEC is a national coalition of public-
and private-sector institutions committed to making saving and
retirement planning a priority for all Americans."
http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/
Federal Reserve links to educational material or organizations.
COMMERCIAL
Of course a lot of these say you can do great investment, because they
want you to buy their products.
Kiplingers
http://www.kiplinger.com/
has articles about various aspects of finance such as
http://www.kiplinger.com/starting/
starting out, and
http://www.kiplinger.com/investing/
the basics. All available from their home page.
Quicken small biz center
http://www.quicken.com/small_business/
Yahoo small business
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/index.php
http://www.entrepreneur.com/
some useful stuff, like how to make a biz plan, how to start a biz.
smartmoney has this
http://www.smartmoney.com/university/
smartmoney university, free classes
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
http://www.finra.org/index.htm
well, its for private industry but has an investor page
http://www.finra.org/InvestorInformation/index.htm
with various info.
OTHER
How Good Are the Gomez Ratings? Secrecy and selling data to brokers it
ranks draws fire.
http://www.businessweek.com/1999/99_43/b3652131.htm
story from 1999.
http://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/
This is an "independent service for settling disputes between
businesses providing financial services and their customers"
last updated 12/14/07