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OTHER
TOPICS
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Social
Security And You |
Keys
to Vehicle Leasing: A Consumer Guide |
Personal
Financial Education |
GENERAL
INFORMATION
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Affinity
Fraud: How To Avoid Investment Scams That Target Groups
Affinity fraud refers to
investment scams that prey upon members of identifiable groups, such as
religious or ethnic communities, the elderly, or professional groups. The
fraudsters who promote affinity scams frequently are - or pretend to be
- members of the group. They often enlist respected community or religious
leaders from within the group to spread the word about the scheme, by convincing
those people that a fraudulent investment is legitimate and worthwhile.
Many times, those leaders become unwitting victims of the fraudster's ruse.
CLICK
HERE to find out more about affinity fraud from U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission... |
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The
Internet and Online Trading
Find out how to invest
wisely and avoid fraud on the Internet, from U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission. |
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STOCK
MARKET GAME
The Stock Market Game gives
students the chance to invest a hypothetical
$100,000 in a real-time
portfolio. They think they're playing a game. You know they're learning
economic
and financial concepts they'll
use for the rest of their lives. |
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Getting
Info About Companies |
EDGAR
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How
To Use EDGAR |
Search
EDGAR Database |
EDGAR
Search-CIK Lookup |
Historical
EDGAR Doc. |
Commodity
Futures Trading Commission
The Commodity Futures Trading
Commission (CFTC) was created by Congress in 1974 as an independent agency
with the mandate to regulate commodity futures and option markets in the
United States. The agency protects market users and the public from fraud,
manipulation, and abusive practices related to the sale of commodity and
financial futures and options, and foster open, competitive, and
financially sound futures and option markets.
CFTC
- Market Oversight |
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USA
Census Bureau
Serves as the leading source
of quality data about the nation's people and economy. |
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The
Federal Trade Commission
The consumer protection
authority, that works for the Consumer and provides consumers practical
info about the law and how to identify and avoid fraud and deception in
the marketplace. |
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GAO
-The Government Accountability Office
The investigative arm of
Congress, GAO examines the use of public funds, evaluates federal programs
and activities, and provides analyses, recommendations, options and other
assistance to help the Congress make effective oversight, policy, and funding
decisions. |
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Consumer.gov-
Link to a broad range of federal information resources available online.
It is designed so that you can locate information by category -- such as
Food, Health, Product Safety, Money, and Transportation. Each category
has subcategories to direct you to areas within individual federal web
sites containing related info. |
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