Video Links

Eugene Fama on 2009 Recession and Market Efficiency

Eugene Fama Market Research Lecture

WSJ: The End of Wall Street—Part 1

WSJ: The End of Wall Street—Part 2

WSJ: The End of Wall Street—Part 3

   Corporate Finance Overview Video

  Other People’s Money—Danny DeVito

   Trading Places—Final Scene

   Wall Street—Greed is Good Speech

Your Doorway to Internet Research

This page provides links to an array of internet resources. Some provide open access, while others restrict their usage.

Research is the defining skill in finance. Every class includes a group of students who can master the mathematical skills and apply what they have learned. The key to success in finance, however, is the ability to gather the raw data and analyze it.
 

Bloomberg Online provides equity data, yield curves, and other detailed market data.  

The CBOE Home Page offers detailed option information as well as option prices, volume, etc.  

CBOT Future's Online Reference Guide.  

CFO News Online links you directly with online corporate financial information.  

Chicago Mercantile Exchange  provides excellent futures price info.  

The Dilbert Home Page  

EDGAR is the SEC reporting database.  

Futures Guide provides detailed futures info 

Hoover's Online provides company overviews.  

IPO Experts - Latest news about upcoming IPOs.  

Microsoft Investor Provides stock prices, historical data and other market information.  

Money Chimp - Great Finance Education material 

Morningstar rates most mutual funds  

Motley Fool - Finance news and education 

The Mutual Fund Investor's Center  

NUMA Online Option calculator, using the Black Scholes model.

Option Calculator at Columbia University 

S&P- Web Site  

The Statistical Abstract of The United States is published by the Census Bureau and contains detailed statistics on almost any topic you desire.  

Stock Smart provides excellent stock data and allows creation of online portfolios.   

Value Pro. Tools for calculating various values in finance.

Wall Street Journal online--GREAT RESEARCH! 

WSJ—Executive Pay & Scandals—Great for Ethics and Agency paper

Wall Street Research Network provides original data plus links to other research sites.  

World Bank Online research center.  

Yahoo Finance  provides stock screening and historical stock prices. The info can be downloaded or copy/pasted into a spreadsheet.  

Zacks is the primary source for earnings estimates