Useful websites include

www.madoff.com Madoff Ponzi Investment Fraud, Irving Picard, Trustee
www.stanfordfinancialreceivership.com Stanford Securities Ponzi Investment Fraud
www.sipc.org Securities Investor Protection Corporation (Madoff, Stanford fraud recovery)
www.fi360.com Center for Fiduciary Studies
www.cefex.org Centre for Fiduciary Excellence
www.calpers.ca.gov CalPERs
www.irs.gov Internal Revenue Service
www.sec.gov Securities Exchange Commission, Ms Schapiro Chairman
www.sec.gov/answers/mffees.htm SEC Mutual fund shareholders fees, 12 b-1, expenses
http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml SEC Edgar database
www.finra.org Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (formerly NASD, includes NYSE Rules)
http://www.finra.org/AboutFINRA/MemberFirms/ListOfMembers/P012908 FINRA member firms
www.dol.gov/ebsa/ US Dept of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Admin. (401k, Pension Plans)
www.pbgc.gov Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
www.guidestar.org Guidestar (Charities, non profits)
www.nyse.com New York Stock Exchange, Bonds, Preferred Stocks, ETFs Exchange Traded Funds
www.nasdaq.com Nasdaq Stock, Options Exchange
www.cboe.comChicago Board Options Exchange, Futures Commodities
www.sifma.org Securities Industry Financial Markets Association, formerly SIA, MBA
www.nfa.futures.org National Futures Association
www.cftc.gov Commodities Futures Trading Commission, Mr Gensler Chairman
www.aicpa.org American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
www.caag.state.ca.us State of California – Attorney General
www.lacba.org Los Angeles County Bar Association
www.oag.state.ny.us State of New York – Attorney General
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/index.html NY Times Business
http://www.bloomberg.com/ Bloomberg Business
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15839285 CNBC Business TV
http://www.foxbusiness.com/index.html Fox Business TV
http://money.cnn.com/ CNN Money
http://www.latimes.com/business/ Los Angeles Times
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ Washington Post
http://www.ft.com/home/us Financial Times UK
http://thomsonreuters.com/ Thomsen Reuters
http://www.spiegel.de/international/ Der Speigel Germany
http://www.economist.com/ The Economist
http://www.lawsource.com/also/ Laws of US, every US state and Canada
www.nccusl.orgNational Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.
- Uniform Prudent Investor Act, adopted by 44 states, Private Trusts
- Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act, Non Profit, Foundations
- Uniform Management of Public Employees’ Retirement Systems Act
- Uniform Trust Code
- Uniform Principal & Income Act
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=prob&group=16001-17000&file=16045-16054California Prudent Investor Act.
- California Prudent Investor Act
www.ali.org American Law Institute
www.bankrate.com Bank Rate financial services, calculators
http://quicken.intuit.com/ Quicken Financial Management Investment software
www.ishares.com iShares – Exchange traded funds
www.vanguard.com Vanguard Investments
www.forensic.org Forensic Expert Witness Association
www.piaba.org Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association
www.nasaa.org North American Securities Administrators Association
www.hedgeindex.com Credit Suisse / Tremont Hedge Fund Indexes (Alternative investments)
www.fundanalyze.com Mutual fund fee and expense analysis
www.betterworldbooks.com Better World Books – triple bottom line – earth, social, shareholders
www.morningstar.com Morningstar – mutual fund, ETF, stock, annuities and hedge funds data
http://www.nvca.org/ National Venture Capital Association
www.aaii.com American Association of Individual Investors
www.aarp.com American Association of Retired People
www.artmortell.com Art Mortell, Dynamics of Human Potential
www.investopedia.com Investopdia, investment education, terms, glossary
www.wikipedia.com Wikipedia, Investments, Accounts, Fiduciary information
www.ici.org Investment Company Institute, Mutual funds, unit trusts, ETFs
www.actec.org American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, tax, estate, trust, probate, wills
www.nolo.com Nolo Press, Lawyers, Legal Forms, Law Books
www.moodys.com Moody’s Investor Service, Credit Ratings Agency, Credit Crisis
www.standardandpoors.com Standard and Poors, Credit Ratings Agency
www.fcic.gov Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Mr Angelides, Chairman
http://oversight.house.gov House Oversight Committee, Mr Townes, Chairman
http://finance.senate.gov Senate Finance Committee, Mr Baucus, Chairman
www.sigtarp.gov/ Special Inspector General, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Mr Barofsky, SIG
www.ustreas.gov/ US Treasury, Mr Geithner, Secretary
www.federalreserve.gov/ Federal Reserve, Mr Bernanke, Chairman
www.newyorkfed.org NY Federal Reserve Bank, Mr Dudley, President, Mr Hughes, Chairman
www.fincen.gov US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Anti Money Laundering
www.tmx.com Toronto Stock Exchange
www.fsa.gov.uk Financial Services Authority UK
www.tse.or.jp/english Tokyo Stock Exchange
http://finance.yahoo.com Yahoo Finance, Stock Quotes, Public Company listings
www.google.com/finance Google Finance
www.nycla.orgNew York County Lawyers, NY Prudent Investor Act
www.abanet.org American Bar Association, Prudent Investor Act, Principal and Income Act
www.aba.com American Bankers Association, Uniform Prudent Investor Act
www.isda.org International Swaps and Derivatives Association
http://www.worldbank.org/ World Bank
http://www.ecb.int/home/html/index.en.html European Central Bank
http://www.citic.com/wps/portal/encitic CITIC, China International Trust and Investment Corporation
http://www.imf.org/external/index.htm IMF, International Monetary Fund
www.pehub.com Private Equity Hub