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National Government
Bodies
Federal
Trade Commission Home - The FTC enforces federal
consumer protection laws that prevent fraud, deception
and unfair business practices. The Commission also
enforces federal antitrust laws that prohibit anticompetitive
mergers and other business practices that restrict
competition and harm consumers.
FFIEC
Home Page - The Council is a formal interagency
body empowered to prescribe uniform principles, standards,
and report forms for the federal examination of financial
institutions by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System (FRB), the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC), the National Credit Union Administration
(NCUA), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
(OCC), and the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS)
and to make recommendations to promote uniformity
in the supervision of financial institutions.
IRS.gov
Home - The Internal Revenue Service is the nation's
tax collection agency and administers the Internal
Revenue Code enacted by Congress.
The
United States Mint - The primary mission of the
United States Mint is to produce an adequate volume
of circulating coinage for the nation to conduct its
trade and commerce.
TreasuryDirect
- Establish a secure account with the U.S. Treasury
through TreasuryDirect and manage your purchases,
redemptions, and savings portfolio online—no
paper bonds or paperwork.
Regulatory Bodies
BBB
- Better Business Bureau promotes and fosters the highest
ethical relationship between businesses and the public
through voluntary self-regulation, consumer and business
education.
National
Association of Insurance Commissioners - Assists
state insurance regulators, individually and collectively,
in serving the public interest and achieving fundamental
insurance regulatory goals in a responsive, efficient
and cost effective manner, consistent with the wishes
of its members.
National
Futures Association - An independent provider of
efficient and innovative regulatory programs that safeguard
the integrity of the derivatives markets.
Office
of Thrift Supervision - The primary regulator of
all federally chartered and many state-chartered thrift
institutions, which include savings banks and savings
and loan associations.
Securities Exchanges
American
Stock Exchange -A comprehensive resource for investors
and issuers seeking the unique market environment offered
at the American Stock Exchange.
Chicago
Mercantile Exchange - The largest futures exchange
in the United States and the second largest exchange
in the world for the trading of futures and options
on futures.
NYSE
- New York Stock Exchange - A broad spectrum of
market participants, including listed companies, individual
investors, institutional investors and member firms,
create the NYSE agency auction market. Buyers and sellers
meet directly in a fair, open and orderly market to
realize the best possible price through the interplay
of supply and demand.
State Government Bodies
- Major state financial regulatory and supervisory institutions.
- The American Association of
Individual Investors specializes in providing education
in the area of stock investing, mutual funds, portfolio
management and retirement planning. We are a not-for-profit
organization that arms investors with the knowledge and
tools needed to manage their finances effectively and profitably.
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