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Useful Links, Resources, and Glossaries

Education

Although all the links on this page can be considered “educational”, the resources below offer a more focused look at the needs of teachers and instructors in economic and financial education

http://www.ncee.net The National Council on Economic Education is a nationwide network that leads in promoting economic literacy with students and their teachers. One unique feature – an investment quiz with explanation and answers at http://lei.ncee.net/resources/interactives.php

http://www.ja.org/ Junior Achievement, a recognized leader in “bringing the real world to kids”.

Business and Entrepreneurship

http://studentcenter.ja.org/aspx/PlanBusiness/ Junior Achievement, a leader in developing entrepreneurial skills, offers advice, stories, and how-to basics of business planning. Also of significance, the JA site has one of the best resource sections to provide links to other websites for students entrepreneurs at http://studentcenter.ja.org/aspx/PlanBusiness/Resources.aspx

http://www.score.org/ SCORE is the Counselors to America’s Small Businesses. It is free, government-sponsored site with many small offices located throughout the United States. Visit them in person for free advice, or use their online “AskScore” to find answers to specific questions.

http://www.entrepreneur.com/tsu/0,5770,,00.html read stories and advice of teen entrepreneurs…other useful links on this site include “Business Plan”, “Start-Up Kit” and “How-To Guide”

http://www.kids.gov/k_money.htm a clearinghouse of sites for younger students (gr. 3 – 8) to learn about money and business

http://www.sba.gov/teens/ a great site for teenage business development, this site is written for teenagers and includes sample business plans

Investing and Valuing a Company Note: There are primarily two methods to value companies for investment potential. Fundamental analysis involves studying a company’s overall business plan (sales, markets, management, growth potential, etc.); Technical analysis involves studying a company’s (and market’s) share price in an attempt to predict its future. For the purposes of learning to value companies in this simulation, we have chosen to simply list ideas regarding fundamental analysis.

http://www.motleyfool.com a leader in investing and personal finance with an aim “to educate, enrich, and amuse” Of particular importance may be an Investing Basics tutorial at http://www.fool.com/school/basics/basics.htm?source=InvAg as well as a wonderful explanation of how different investors value companies, offering a detailed, but easy to read, explanation of the components and pros/cons of technical and fundamental analysis, at http://www.fool.com/school/basics/basics06.htm

http://www.moneychimp.com/ a rare site devoted to almost all things economic and financial – from index funds and investing basics to gross domestic product and inflation.

http://www.investopedia.com a multitude of investing articles and tutorials primarily for university level

http://www.youngmoney.com/investing/investing_basics “Tips, Advice, and Resources for College Students”

http://stockcharts.com/education/Overview/fundAnalysis1.html written for adults, this detailed report will give you a multitude of components that fundamental investors consider to try to value a company’s potential.

Investing and Company Research

http://finance.yahoo.com/

http://www.fool.com (Motley Fool website, free password required to enter)

http://www.hoovers.com

Glossaries We recommend the following sites for business and investing glossaries.

http://www.investopedia.com/dictionary/ The best glossary we've found. Enter your business or investing term and get a definition and example

http://www.fool.com/school/Glossary/glossarya.htm

http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/glossary/bfglosp.htm a great investing glossary, minimal business terms covered

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/specials/glossary/ - investing and economic terminology

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