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Investing Online Resource Center
Investing Online Resource Center is an independent, non-commercial website designed to educate consumers who invest online. Here you can find facts about online investing, rankings and other pertinent information needed to make informed decisions, your rights as an online investor, and alternatives to dispute resolution. This site is sponsored by the Investor Protection Trust and the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions.

www.investingonline.org

The New York Stock Exchange
The NYSE is one of the largest exchange firms listing over 3,000 of the world best companies. NYSE trades their securities on an auction base when buy and sell orders meet directly on the trading floor. Its Web site contains the detailed information about each NYSE-listed companies, regulations from both the Exchange and government, and how the NYSE works.

www.nyse.com

Nasdaq Amex News Room
Almost 5,100 companies trade their securities through the electronic stock market - the Nasdaq Stock Market. Nasdaq uses information technologies and systems under which "Market Makers" compete with each other for the best buy and sell prices. It is estimated that 479 broker/dealer firms took more than 57,000 positions in 1998.

www.nasdaqnews.com

The Chicago Board Options Exchange
The Chicago Board Options Exchange revolutionized options trading by creating standardized, listed stock options. Today, Chicago Board Option Exchange accounts for more than 51 percent of all U.S. options trading and 91 percent of all index options trading.

www.cboe.com

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), is the largest non-governmental regulator for all securities firms doing business in the United States. All told, FINRA oversees nearly 5,000 brokerage firms, about 173,000 branch offices and more than 677,000 registered securities representatives.

www.nasdr.com

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
The SEC is a regulatory agency with responsibility for administering the federal securities laws to protect investors in the securities markets ensure that the markets operate fairly and that investors have access to disclosure of all material information concerning publicly traded securities.

www.sec.gov