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Athens Derivative Exchange (
Greek Futures and Options Exchange. Clears Stock, Bond and FX contracts

The derivative products which are being gradually introduced, are contracts based on various financial assets such as stocks, stock indices, interest rates and bonds. Their value, performance and return depend upon the underlying asset on which they are based. In Derivatives Market, three types of contracts are traded: Futures and Options on the FTSE/ASE-20 and FTSE/ASE Mid 40 indices, Futures on the 10-year Hellenic Republic Bond, Stock Futures and Stock Lending contracts.

Amsterdam Exchanges (AEX)-The Netherlands
The Netherlands arm of EURONEXT formally the AEX. Euronext N.V. is the world's first cross border exchange business. It provides services for cash markets in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Portugal, and for derivatives in the UK. Euronext's services range from public offerings to trading facilities for cash instruments and derivatives. They also include clearing and netting, settlement through its partnership with Euroclear, IT solutions, and market data.

American Stock Exchange (AMEX)-United States
The American Stock Exchange has been a pioneer in market innovation for more than a century and remains committed to developing successful new investment products and innovative services for companies and investors. As the nation's most diversified financial marketplace, the American Stock Exchange conducts trading through an advanced centralized specialist system and is committed to providing a superior marketplace for the investing public and its members.

Alberta Stock Exchange (ASE)-Canada
Alberta Stock Exchange and Vancouver Stock Exchange have merged to form Canadian Venture Exchange. TSX Venture Exchange, Canada's venture capital marketplace, provides emerging companies with access to capital, while offering investors a well-regulated market for making venture investments. TSX Venture listed companies are active in mining, oil and gas, manufacturing, technology, financial services and other sectors.

Athens Stock Exchange (ATH)-Greece
The Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), is the sole official market of shares trading in the Greek capital market. The site can inform you about the way trading is conducted in ASE, the brokerage members - companies of the ASE, the IPO and rights issues requirements, the obligations of listed companies and other issues concerning the products and the ASE market.

Australian Stock Exchange (ASX)-Australia
The Australian Stock Exchange Limited (ASX) was formed in 1987 through the amalgamation of six independent stock exchanges that formerly operated in the state capital cities. ASX operates Australia’s primary national stock exchange for equities, derivatives and fixed interest securities. It also provides comprehensive market data and information to a range of users. All these operations are underpinned by comprehensive high-quality information technology systems.

Bolsa de Derivados do Portugal (BDP)-Portugal
The Portuguese arm of the EURONEXT, formally the BDP. Euronext Lisbon is committed to providing the tools and the environment for access to capital and investment opportunities. Euronext Lisbon provides the leadership that is bringing the Portuguese financial market into into the 21st century, building the foundations of a future with locally provided services for Portuguese, European and world-wide financial investors. Euronext Lisbon has an eye on the world market, a hand on Portugal's pulse and a team with its feet on the ground. By actively processing information on market trends, Euronext Lisbon constantly innovates to offer financial products that provide timely strategic answers to pressing market requirements. Euronext Lisbon is now the managing body for both the spot market and the derivatives market as well as renders services to the repo and securities lending market.

Belgian Futures & Options Exchange (BELFOX)-Belgium
The Belgium Derivatives arm of the EURONEXT, formally the BELFOX. Euronext N.V. is the world's first cross border exchange business. It provides services for cash markets in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Portugal, and for derivatives in the UK. Euronext's services range from public offerings to trading facilities for cash instruments and derivatives. They also include clearing and netting, settlement through its partnership with Euroclear, IT solutions, and market data.

Brussels Exchange (BXS) The Belgium arm of the EURONEXT, formally the BXS. Euronext N.V. is the world's first cross border exchange business. It provides services for cash markets in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Portugal, and for derivatives in the UK. Euronext's services range from public offerings to trading facilities for cash instruments and derivatives. They also include clearing and netting, settlement through its partnership with Euroclear, IT solutions, and market data.

Bolsa de Mercadorias & Futuros (Sao Paulo) (BMF)-Brazil
On August 29, 2002, BM&F launched the Brazilian Commodities Exchange, which unites the commodity exchanges of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul and Uberlândia. BM&F renders clearing and settlement services to the new exchange. The aim is to create an integrated domestic market for agricultural commodities with modern price discovery mechanisms and an organized marketing structure. The Brazilian Commodities Exchange started trading on October 22, 2002.

Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE)-United States
The CBOE is the premier option exchange and provides a global marketplace for financial and index products including futures and/or options for its Volatility Index, equity options, index options, exchange traded funds, HOLDRS and LEAPS, interest rate options, FLEX and structured products.

Chicago Board of Trade (CBT) )-United States
The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT^®), established in 1848, is a leading futures and options on futures exchange. More than 3,600 CBOT members trade 50 different futures and options products at the exchange through open auction and/or electronically. Volume at the exchange in 2003 was a record breaking 454 million contracts.

Chubu Commodity Exchange (CCX)-Japan
At the time of the merger on October 1,1996, commodities listed and traded on Central Japan Commodity Exchange included agricultural products (imported soybeans and red beans) etc. on a physical delivery future basis. Added subsequently as new commodities were, from November 1,1999, Japan's first cash settlement of livestock product (shell eggs) futures, from January 12, 2000, physical delivery futures transactions of oil products (gasoline and kerosene), and then from May 23, 2000, physical delivery futures transactions of NON-GMO (non genetically modified organisms) Soybeans. And on January 9, 2004, Gasoil was launched. Tradings of all commodities on the Exchange is brisk.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) )-United States
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. is 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. As a marketplace for global risk management, our exchange brings together buyers and sellers of derivatives products, which trade on our trading floors, on our GLOBEX® electronic trading platform and through privately negotiated transactions. Futures and options provide a way to protect against — and profit from — price changes in financial instruments and physical commodities. In addition, we own our own clearing house and are able to guarantee, clear and settle every contract traded through our exchange.

Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange (New York) (CSCE) )-United States
The NYBOT provides a global marketplace for agricultural, financial and index products including futures and options for Cocoa, Coffee, Cotton, Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice (FCOJ), Sugar, NYSE Composite Index^®, Russell 1000 Index^®, Russell 2000^®,Russell 3000^®, Reuters CRB Index^®, US Dollar Index^® (USDX) and 29 currency pairs.

Commodity Exchange Inc. (New York) (COMEX) )-United States
The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., is the world's largest physical commodity futures exchange and the preeminent trading forum for energy and precious metals. The Exchange has stood for market integrity and price transparency throughout its 132-year history. Transactions executed on the Exchange avoid the risk of counterparty default because the Exchange clearinghouse acts as the counterparty to every trade. Trading is conducted through two divisions, the NYMEX Division, home to the energy, platinum, and palladium markets; and the COMEX Division, on which all other metals trade. The wide array of trading markets provided by the Exchange include futures and options contracts for crude oil, gasoline, heating oil, natural gas, electricity, gold, silver, copper, aluminum, and platinum; futures contracts for coal, propane, and palladium; and options contracts on the price differentials between crude oil and gasoline, crude oil and heating oil, Brent and West Texas Intermediate crude oil, and various futures contract months (calendar spreads) for light, sweet crude; Brent crude; gasoline; heating oil; and natural gas.

Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE)-China
The DCE provides a marketplace for Chinese agricultural products including futures for soybeans and soybean meal.

Deutsche Terminbourse (DTB)-Germany
Formerly the DTB, now known as the Eurex is the world’s largest futures and options exchange and is jointly operated by Deutsche Börse AG and SWX Swiss Exchange. The Exchange is the market place of choice for trading and clearing of derivatives. Eurex has been a pioneer in electronic trading of derivative products for more than a decade, and it offers its customers open, democratic, simple, and cost-effective access from any point around the globe. The trading participants are connected to the Eurex system via a communications network; at present, some 700 locations worldwide are connected to Eurex.

European Electricity Exchange (EEX)
European Energy Exchange Germany's energy exchange and is located in Leipzig. Preceding companies were LPX Leipzig Power Exchange, located in Leipzig and European Energy Exchange, located in Frankfurt. Both exchanges and their supporting associations merged within the year 2002. The objective of European Energy Exchange is to become the leading energy exchange in Central Europe. In future power, gas and other energy sources are to be tradable at EEX. This range is to be completed by services related to the exchange, such as Clearing of transactions outside the exchange (OTC Clearing).

European Options Exchange (Amsterdam) (EOE)-The Netherlands
The Netherlands arm of EURONEXT formally the AEX. Euronext N.V. is the world's first cross border exchange business. It provides services for cash markets in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Portugal, and for derivatives in the UK. Euronext's services range from public offerings to trading facilities for cash instruments and derivatives. They also include clearing and netting, settlement through its partnership with Euroclear, IT solutions, and market data.

Germany's Option's and Futures Exchange (EUREX)-Germany
Eurex is the world’s largest futures and options exchange and is jointly operated by Deutsche Börse AG and SWX Swiss Exchange. The Exchange is the market place of choice for trading and clearing of derivatives. Eurex has been a pioneer in electronic trading of derivative products for more than a decade, and it offers its customers open, democratic, simple, and cost-effective access from any point around the globe. The trading participants are connected to the Eurex system via a communications network; at present, some 700 locations worldwide are connected to Eurex.

Financial Instrument Exchange (at NYCE) (FINEX) )-United States
The NYBOT provides a global marketplace for agricultural, financial and index products including futures and options for Cocoa, Coffee, Cotton, Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice (FCOJ), Sugar, NYSE Composite Index^®, Russell 1000 Index^®, Russell 2000^®,Russell 3000^®, Reuters CRB Index^®, US Dollar Index^® (USDX) and 29 currency pairs.

Fukuoka Futures Exchange (FFE)-Japan
The FFE provides a global marketplace for agricultural including futures and options for corn, broilers, imported soybeans, soybean meal, red beans and refined sugar.

Helsinki Exchanges (HEX)-Finland
HEX Integrated Markets, division of OMHEX, is the largest securities market in northern Europe. Through its exchange operations within Stockholmsbörsen, HEX Helsinki, HEX Tallinn and HEX Riga it offers investors access to 80 per cent of the Nordic and Baltic equity market and operates the central securities depositories in Finland, Estonia and Latvia.

Amsterdam Financial Futures Market (FTA)-The Netherlands
The Netherlands arm of EURONEXT formally the FTA. Euronext N.V. is the world's first cross border exchange business. It provides services for cash markets in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Portugal, and for derivatives in the UK. Euronext's services range from public offerings to trading facilities for cash instruments and derivatives. They also include clearing and netting, settlement through its partnership with Euroclear, IT solutions, and market data.

Copenhagen Stock Exchange (FUTOP)-Denmark
The FUTOP provides a global marketplace for financial and stock products including equity securities, derivatives, investment funds, bonds and currency trading.

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd. (HKE)-Hong Kong
The HKE and the HKFE have been merged into one unit. The HKE provides a global marketplace for financial and stock products including equity securities, derivative warrants, Exchange traded funds, Unit trusts, mutual funds, bonds and a new pilot program to trade U.S. securities.

The Hong Kong Futures Exchange Ltd. (HKFE)-Hong Kong
The HKE and the HKFE have been merged into one unit. The HKFE provides a global marketplace for financial and index products including futures and options for Dow Jones, Hang Seng Index, H-shares Index, Single Stock futures, HIBOR interest rate futures and 3 year exchange fund notes.

International Monetary Market (Division of CME) (IMM)-United States
The Financial Futures Market that is part of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The IMM provides a global marketplace for financial and index products of the CME including futures and options for the S&P 500, currency contracts and interest contracts.

International Petroleum Exchange of London Ltd. (IPE)-United Kingdom
The International Petroleum Exchange of London Limited is a recognized Investment Exchange. It is Europe's leading energy futures and options exchange. The IPE provides a highly regulated marketplace where industry participants use futures and options to minimise their price exposure in the physical energy market. Over $2 billion daily in underlying value is traded on the IPE. The IPE provides a global marketplace for energy products including futures and options for Brent crude oil, gas oil and natural gas.

Italian Derivatives Market (IDEM)-Italy
Part of the Italian Stock Exchange, the IDEM provides a global marketplace for financial and stock derivatives including futures on indexes as well as futures on stocks. warrants, Exchange traded funds, Unit trusts, mutual funds, bonds and a new pilot program to trade U.S. securities.

Italian Exchange (MOT)
Part of the Italian Stock Exchange, the MOT provides a global marketplace for Italian and European financial and stock products including stocks, warrants, certificates, exchange traded funds, Unit trusts, mutual funds and bonds.

Italian Stock Exchange/Milan Domestic Futures Exchange (SIA)-Italy
The SIA provides a global marketplace for financial and stock derivatives including futures on indexes as well as futures on stocks. warrants, Exchange traded funds, Unit trusts, mutual funds, bonds and a new pilot program to trade U.S. securities.

Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT) )-United States
The KCBOT provides a global marketplace for agricultural and index products that include futures and options for red winter wheat and the Value Line Index.

Kansai Commodity Exchange (KEX)
The KEX provides a global marketplace for agricultural products including futures and/or options for frozen shrimp, coffee index, corn index, imported soybeans, Azuki beans, raw sugar and raw silk.

Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange (KLCE)-Malaysia
The futures industry commenced with the establishment of the Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange (KLCE), the first futures exchange in Southeast Asia in July 1980. In December 15, 1995, the birth of KLOFFE heralded a significant event in the development of the nation's capital market with the launch of KLOFFE's stock index futures contract. With its introduction, Malaysia became the third Asian economy after Hong Kong and Japan to offer domestic equity derivatives products. The following 8 products are traded on the exchange: Crude Palm Oil Futures, Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index Futures Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index Options, 3-Month Kuala Lumpur Interbank Offered Rate interest rate Futures, Three-Year Malaysian Government Securities Futures, Five-Year Malaysian Government Securities Futures, Ten-Year Malaysian Government Securities Futures, Crude Palm Kernel Oil Futures.

Kuala Lumpur Options and Futures Exchange (KLOFFE)-Malaysia
The futures industry commenced with the establishment of the Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange (KLCE), the first futures exchange in Southeast Asia in July 1980. In December 15, 1995, the birth of KLOFFE heralded a significant event in the development of the nation's capital market with the launch of KLOFFE's stock index futures contract. With its introduction, Malaysia became the third Asian economy after Hong Kong and Japan to offer domestic equity derivatives products. The following 8 products are traded on the exchange: Crude Palm Oil Futures, Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index Futures Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index Options, 3-Month Kuala Lumpur Interbank Offered Rate interest rate Futures, Three-Year Malaysian Government Securities Futures, Five-Year Malaysian Government Securities Futures, Ten-Year Malaysian Government Securities Futures, Crude Palm Kernel Oil Futures.

Korean Stock Exchange (KSE)-Korea
The KSE is a dynamic and reliable securities exchange, where the cash and derivative products, including stocks, bonds, stock index futures, stock index options and equity options are traded. In terms of market capitalization and trading volume the KSE ranks 10^th in the world.

Korean Options and Futures Exchange (KOFEX)-Korea
Korea Futures Exchange is the Nation’s only total derivative product exchange that trades general product futures and diverse option products such as Interest futures, currency futures, and stock-related futures. Futures Exchange opened with four products, American Dollar futures, CD Interest futures, gold futures, and American dollar option in Busan, April 1999 to began a new era of Korea's futures market. In September, 1999, national debt futures was listed and in January and December of 2001, KOSDAQ 50 futures and KOSDAQ 50 options were each listed, and in May of 2002, National debt option was listed, which was Korea's first American style future option.

Long Bulk Metals Market (now LME) (LBM)-United Kingdom
See London Metals Exchange

London Commodity Exchange (was FOX) (LCE)- United Kingdom
Now part of the Euronext. The LCE arm of EURONEXT formally the FOX. Euronext N.V. is the world's first cross border exchange business. It provides services for cash markets in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Portugal, and for derivatives in the UK. Euronext's services range from public offerings to trading facilities for cash instruments and derivatives. They also include clearing and netting, settlement through its partnership with Euroclear, IT solutions, and market data.

London International Financial Futures Exchange Ltd (LIFFE)- United Kingdom
Now part of the Euronext. The London derivatives arm of EURONEXT formally the LIFFE. The LIFFE market offers the most extensive range of derivative products of any exchange in the world. The LIFFE market provides futures and options contracts across five different currencies and product lines: bonds, short term interest rates, swaps, equities and equity indices, and commodities.

London Metals Exchange (LME)- United Kingdom
The London Metal Exchange (LME) is the world’s premier non-ferrous metals market, with highly liquid contracts. Today the Exchange trades in eight metals and one index comprising the six primary base metals. The LME's eight contracts are: copper grade A, primary aluminum, standard lead, primary nickel, tin, special high grade zinc, aluminum alloy and North American Special Aluminum Alloy (NASAAC).

London Securities and Derivatives Exchange (OMLX)-United Kingdom
EDX London formerly the OMLX currently offers our customers trading services in derivatives products from three Scandinavian countries and access to efficient trading and clearing services.

London Stock Exchange (LSE)- United Kingdom
The London Stock Exchange is at the heart of global financial markets and is home to some of the best companies in the world. At the apex of the three great financial centers of London, New York and Tokyo, the London Stock Exchange has built on more than 200 years of integrity, expertise and market knowledge to become the world's most global exchange business. The LSE provides a global marketplace for financial and stock products including stocks, warrants, certificates, exchange traded funds, Unit trusts, mutual funds and bonds.

Mid-America Commodity Exchange (MACE) )-United States
Chicago's 'third' commodity exchange and part of the CBOT. Now strictly an electronic exchange.Founded in 1868, it is the fourth-largest in the US, providing futures contracts, mostly in agricultural products such as pigs, oats and soybeans, and also in precious metals and some financial products.

Marche a Terme International de France (MATIF)-France
Marche a Terme International de France, the Paris futures exchange trading futures and options contracts over commodities and financial instruments. Now part of the Euronext system.

Montreal Exchange (MX/MSX) –Canada
The MX is Canada’s premier derivatives exchange providing a global marketplace for Canadian financial and stock products including equity derivatives, interest rate derivatives, index derivatives and sponsored options.

Mercado Espanol de Futuros Financieros (MEFF)-Spain
MEFF is the futures and options Spanish official market. MEFF clears and trades Options and Futures on Bonds, Interest rates, and the IBEX-35 index and Futures and Options on the leading Spanish Stocks.

Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGE) )-United States
Since 1881 the Minneapolis Grain Exchange has facilitated price discovery in the volatile commodities markets, providing a valuable risk management service to producers and consumers around the world.  Futures and options contracts in hard red spring wheat, Hard Winter Wheat Index (HWI), National Corn Index (NCI) and National Soybean Index (NSI) comprise the Exchange. The hard winter wheat, corn and soybean futures and options are financially settled against the spot Hard Winter Wheat Index, the National Corn Index and National Soybean Index, calculated by DTN.

Milan Domestic Futures Exchange (MIF)-Italy
No longer active-see Italian Derivatives Market

Malaysian Monetary Market (MME)-Malaysia
See Malaysian Derivatives Exchange (MDEX)

Malaysia Derivatives Exchange (MDEX)-Malaysia
The futures industry commenced with the establishment of the Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange (KLCE), the first futures exchange in Southeast Asia in July 1980. In December 15, 1995, the birth of KLOFFE heralded a significant event in the development of the nation's capital market with the launch of KLOFFE's stock index futures contract. With its introduction, Malaysia became the third Asian economy after Hong Kong and Japan to offer domestic equity derivatives products. The following 8 products are traded on the exchange: Crude Palm Oil Futures, Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index Futures Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index Options, 3-Month Kuala Lumpur Interbank Offered Rate interest rate Futures, Three-Year Malaysian Government Securities Futures, Five-Year Malaysian Government Securities Futures, Ten-Year Malaysian Government Securities Futures, Crude Palm Kernel Oil Futures.

Montreal Stock Exchange (MSE/MX) –Canada
The MX is Canada’s premier derivatives exchange providing a global marketplace for Canadian financial and stock products including equity derivatives, interest rate derivatives, index derivatives and sponsored options.

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations(NASDAQ) )-United States
Created in 1971, the Nasdaq was the world's first electronic stock market. The Nasdaq is a computerized system that facilitates trading and provides price quotations on some 5,000 of the more actively traded over-the-counter stocks. The Nasdaq is traditionally home to many high-tech stocks. The big ones include Microsoft, Intel, Dell, and Cisco.

NASDAQ National Market (Large Cap) (NASNM) )-United States
The Nasdaq National Market consists of over 3000 companies that have a national or international shareholder base, meet stringent financial requirements, and agree to specific corporate governance standards. This is what most people are referring to when they talk about the Nasdaq. The larger companies trade on the Nasdaq. National Market, while the smaller companies trade on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market. To list initially, companies are required to have significant net tangible assets or operating income, a minimum public float of 500,000 shares, at least 400 shareholders, and a bid price of at least $5.

NASDAQ Small Cap Market (NASSC) )-United States
The Nasdaq National Market consists of over 3000 companies that have a national or international shareholder base, meet stringent financial requirements, and agree to specific corporate governance standards. This is what most people are referring to when they talk about the Nasdaq. The larger companies trade on the Nasdaq. National Market, while the smaller companies trade on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market. To list initially, companies are required to have significant net tangible assets or operating income, a minimum public float of 500,000 shares, at least 400 shareholders, and a bid price of at least $5.

National Stock Exchange of India (NSE)-India
The NSE is India’s premier exchange providing a global marketplace for financial and stock products including eguities, futures and options, retail debt market, wholesale debt market, IPO’s, indices, exchange traded funds and derivatives.

New York Board of Trade (NYBOT)-United States
The NYBOT provides a global marketplace for agricultural, financial and index products including futures and options for Cocoa, Coffee, Cotton, Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice (FCOJ), Sugar, NYSE Composite Index^®, Russell 1000 Index^®, Russell 2000^®,Russell 3000^®, Reuters CRB Index^®, US Dollar Index^® (USDX) and 29 currency pairs.

New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE) )-United States
The NYBOT provides a global marketplace for agricultural, financial and index products including futures and options for Cocoa, Coffee, Cotton, Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice (FCOJ), Sugar, NYSE Composite Index^®, Russell 1000 Index^®, Russell 2000^®,Russell 3000^®, Reuters CRB Index^®, US Dollar Index^® (USDX) and 29 currency pairs.

New York Futures Exchange (NYFE) )-United States
A division of the NYBOT. The NYBOT provides a global marketplace for agricultural, financial and index products including futures and options for Cocoa, Coffee, Cotton, Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice (FCOJ), Sugar, NYSE Composite Index^®, Russell 1000 Index^®, Russell 2000^®,Russell 3000^®, Reuters CRB Index^®, US Dollar Index^® (USDX) and 29 currency pairs.

New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) )-United States
The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., is the world's largest physical commodity futures exchange and the preeminent trading forum for energy and precious metals. The Exchange has stood for market integrity and price transparency throughout its 132-year history. Transactions executed on the Exchange avoid the risk of counterparty default because the Exchange clearinghouse acts as the counterparty to every trade. Trading is conducted through two divisions, the NYMEX Division, home to the energy, platinum, and palladium markets; and the COMEX Division, on which all other metals trade. The wide array of trading markets provided by the Exchange include futures and options contracts for crude oil, gasoline, heating oil, natural gas, electricity, gold, silver, copper, aluminum, and platinum; futures contracts for coal, propane, and palladium; and options contracts on the price differentials between crude oil and gasoline, crude oil and heating oil, Brent and West Texas Intermediate crude oil, and various futures.

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) )-United States
The world’s leading securities market. More than 2800 companies are listed on the NYSE, with their combined shares worth more than $10 trillion. These companies span the global economy.

On an average day, more than 1.2 billion shares, valued at more than $43 billion, change hands at the NYSE.

New Zealand Futures Exchange (NZFE)-New Zealand
NZFOX products are New Zealand futures and options contracts which will be listed and traded on the Sydney Futures Exchange. The NZFOX products will be based on securities listed on NZX's markets. New Zealand investors will be able to purchase them through authorized NZX Firms and accredited NZX Futures Advisors or NZX Futures Traders.

Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE)-Japan
The Osaka Securities Exchange ("OSE") provides a marketplace for transactions of securities, securities related futures and options with the aim of maintaining fair and smooth transactions so as to serve the public interest and protect investors. The primary markets are futures and options on equity indexes.

Osaka Mercantile Exchange (OME)-Japan
The OME provides a global marketplace for agricultural products including futures and/or options for textiles, aluminum, nickel, rubber and cotton.

Oslo Stock Exchange (OSLO)-Norway
Oslo Børs ASA operates a regulated market for trading in various types of securities. The market is known as Oslo Børs both domestically and internationally, although it is sometimes still referred to as the Oslo stock exchange. Buyers and sellers of securities meet and trade through the market on the simple principles of matching supply and demand. The product areas offered by Oslo Børs are: Shares and primary capital certificates, Bonds and other fixed income instruments, Derivatives and Warrants

NASDAQ Over The Counter (OTC) )-United States
A security which is not traded on an exchange, usually due to an inability to meet listing requirements trades OTC. For such securities, brokers/dealers negotiate directly with one another over computer networks and by phone. The NASD carefully monitors their activities. The Nasdaq is considered to be an OTC market, with the tier 1 being represented by companies such as Microsoft, Dell, and Intel. Be very wary of some OTC stocks, the OTC:BB (Bulletin Board) stocks are either penny stocks or hold bad credit records.

NASDAQ Bulletin Board (OTCBB) )-United States
The OTC Bulletin Board^® (OTCBB) is a regulated quotation service that displays real-time quotes, last-sale prices, and volume information in over-the-counter (OTC) equity securities. An OTC equity security generally is any equity that is not listed or traded on Nasdaq^® or a national securities exchange.  OTCBB securities include national, regional, and foreign equity issues, warrants, units, American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), and Direct Participation Programs (DPPs).

Austrian Futures & Options Exchange (OTOB)-Austria
A division the WB, futures and options are traded on the derivatives market. Market participants may buy and sell contracts on Austrian stocks, on the ATX (Austrian Traded Index) and on the CECE indices.

Pacific Exchange (PCX)-United States
The Pacific Exchange (PCX) is a marketplace where individual and institutional investors, professional broker-dealers, and registered member firms meet to buy and sell options on more than 1,200 stocks. It is one of the world's leading derivatives markets. The PCX is also the regulator of the Archipelago Exchange (ArcaEx), a fully electronic market for securities listed on the New York, American stock exchanges, the Pacific Exchange, and the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX)-United States
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) trades approximately 2,000 stocks, 1,200 equity options, 16 index options and 8 currency options and 6 currency futures. Founded in 1790, the PHLX was the first stock exchange to be established in the United States and continues in that tradition of innovation through the products and services it offers today.

Philadelphia Board of Trade (PBOT) )-United States
The Philadelphia Board of Trade (PBOT), PHLX's futures exchange subsidiary, has begun trading enhanced foreign exchange (FX) futures, with new rules and a low-cost fee structure. The PBOT will trade FX futures, initially focusing on G-7 currencies. With the addition of futures trading, the PHLX now provides a single venue to trade a full spectrum of products including equities, equity options, index options, currency options and futures. All options and futures traded at the PHLX and at the PBOT will clear at the Options Clearing Corporation.

South African Futures Exchange (SAFEX)-South Africa
An informal futures market was started in South Africa by local merchant bank Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) in April 1987. It was the exchange, the clearing house and the only market maker and although it survived the October1987 market crash, volumes remained relatively thin. In September 1988 it was decided to broaden the market and ensure widespread trust in the independence of the exchange and clearing house by forming Safex and the Safex Clearing Company (Pty) Limited (Safcom). The products listed were only futures contracts on the major JSE indices (All share, Gold and Industrial), on the most active long -dated bond (the E168 issued by Eskom), on the three month liquid bankers acceptance rate and on the US$ price of gold.

Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE)-Australia
Sydney Futures Exchange Limited (SFE) is the 10th largest financial futures and options exchange in the world by volume turnover and the second largest in the Asia Pacific region. SFE provides futures and options on the four most actively traded markets - interest rates, equities, currencies and commodities, with a number of its flagship products ranked in the world's top ten most actively traded products in their market sector. With 24 hour a day trading capability, access to these products is made possible via a global electronic communications network and the world's leading futures brokers. Regardless of location, users can choose between direct electronic access, utilizing trading software from major Independent Software Vendor's (ISV's), broker proprietary systems, the Internet or traditional phone broking.

Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE)-Shanghai
Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) is a self-regulated non-profit organization, providing the place, facilities and services for the centralized trading of futures contracts. At present, there are five contracts including copper, aluminum and natural rubber, while plywood and long-grained rice contracts are under modification. SHFE has about 219 members, of which, 183 are brokerage firms, and the rest are proprietary members.

Singapore International Monetary Exchange (SIMEX)-Singapore
Now part of the SGX, Singapore Exchange (SGX) is Asia-Pacific's first de-mutualised and integrated securities and derivatives exchange. SGX was inaugurated on 1 December 1999, following the merger of two established and well-respected financial institutions - the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) and the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (SIMEX).

Futures and options traded on the SGX include equity index, interest rate, energy and single stocks.

Singapore Exchange (SGX)-Singapore
SGX was inaugurated on 1 December 1999, following the merger of two established and well-respected financial institutions - the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) and the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (SIMEX). The securities division trades bonds, debentures, loan stocks, company warrants structured warrants, exchange traded funds and REIT’s.

Swiss Option & Financial Futures Exchange (SOFFEX)-Switzerland
Formerly the SOFFEX, now part of the Eurex, is the world’s largest futures and options exchange and is jointly operated by Deutsche Börse AG and SWX Swiss Exchange. The Exchange is the market place of choice for trading and clearing of derivatives. Eurex has been a pioneer in electronic trading of derivative products for more than a decade, and it offers its customers open, democratic, simple, and cost-effective access from any point around the globe. The trading participants are connected to the Eurex system via a communications network; at present, some 700 locations worldwide are connected to Eurex.

Singapore Commodity Exchange (SICOM)-Singapore
Singapore Commodity Exchange provides a centralized and regulated marketplace for commodity futures to be traded in Singapore. This paves the way for Singapore to become a commodity futures trading centre complementing its international trading activities. Rubber futures have been traded in Singapore since the 1920s. Clearing facilities for the futures transactions were then provided by the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association. These were subsequently taken over by the Rubber Association of Singapore, which was privatized in 1992 as the RAS Commodity Exchange. This was in turn renamed the Singapore Commodity Exchange in February 1994 to better reflect its mission to be a broad-based commodity exchange. Additionally, Robusta coffee futures are traded on the SICOM.

Stockholm Options Market (SOM)-Sweden
Part of the OM Group, SOM, division of OMHEX, is the largest securities market in northern Europe. Through its exchange operations within Stockholmsbörsen, HEX Helsinki, HEX Tallinn and HEX Riga it offers investors access to 80 per cent of the Nordic and Baltic equity market and operates the central securities depositories in Finland, Estonia and Latvia.

Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX)-Taiwan
The Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) has been established since 1998. Beholding the ever-changing global markets and the innovation on financial tools, the mission of TAIFEX is to provide a safe harbor and a leveled playing field for the investors to meet their needs at all times. The objective is to make the Exchange a marketplace with fairness, safety, efficiency, and easily accessible by participants around the world. Futures and options traded on the TAIFEX include equity index contracts, interest rate contracts and single stocks.

The Stock Exchange, Mumbai (BSE)-India
The Stock Exchange, Mumbai, popularly known as "BSE" was established in 1875 as "The Native Share and Stock Brokers Association". It is the oldest one in Asia, even older than the Tokyo Stock Exchange, which was established in 1878. It is a voluntary non-profit making Association of Persons (AOP) and is currently engaged in the process of converting itself into demutualised and corporate entity. It has evolved over the years into its present status as the premier Stock Exchange in the country. The Exchange, while providing an efficient and transparent market for trading in securities, debt and derivatives upholds the interests of the investors and ensures redressal of their grievances whether against the companies or its own member-brokers. It also strives to educate and enlighten the investors by conducting investor education programmes and making available to them necessary informative inputs.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange (formerly TOCOM) (TCE)-Japan
The TCE provides a global commodity marketplace for raw materials including futures for gold, silver, platinum, palladium, aluminum, gasoline, kerosene, crude oil, gas oil and rubber.

Toronto Futures Exchange (TFE) –Canada
A wholly owned subsidiary of the TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE (TSE),  trading Toronto 35 Index and TSE 100 Index futures, TSE 100 Index and Toronto 35 Index options, and Toronto 35 Index Participation (TIPs) options. Options are traded on the TSE. Trading is by open outcry.

Tokyo Grain Commodity Exchange (TGE)-Japan
One of the leading commodity futures exchanges in Asia, the Tokyo Grain Exchange is a non-profit membership organization presently trading corn, Non-GMO soybean, U.S. soybean, soybean meal, azuki (red bean), arabica coffee, robusta coffee and raw sugar futures. Options on corn, U.S. soybean and raw sugar futures are also being traded.

Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange (TIFFE)-Japan
TIFFE stands for Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange Inc.. TIFFE was established in April 1989 under the Financial Futures Trading Law of Japan. The purposes of TIFFE are to provide a financial futures market and conduct clearing services for its members and their customers. TIFFE has been constantly characterized as the youngest and more innovative exchange in Japan and has been making every effort to strengthen its status and role as a mother market for Euroyen futures and Yen-related interest-rate derivatives and to introduce cutting-edge technologies and systems. Screen-traded market for 3-month Euroyen futures and options, and futures on the 1-year Euroyen, 3-month Eurodollar and U.S. dollar/Japanese yen currency.

Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)-Japan
Largest of eight stock exchanges in Japan and one of the largest, most important, and most active stock markets in the world. TSE is a continuous auction market, similar to open outcry. It uses the Floor Order-Routing and Execution System (FORES), an electronic system, for trading the 150 most active domestic stocks. Less-active stocks are traded through the Computer-Assisted Order-Routing and Execution System (CORES). The Tokyo Stock Price Index (TOPIX) is a composite of all stocks on the first section of the exchange, supplemented by size groups that classify first section companies as small, medium, and large and by sub-indices for each of the 33 industry groups. The NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE, known as the Nikkei 225, and the Nikkei 500 are the principal indices and are calculated by a formula similar to the DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE.

Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX)-Canada
Largest stock exchange in Canada, listing some 1200 company stocks and 33 options. Toronto Stock Exchange provides an efficient, liquid market for senior equities. Listed companies on the senior exchange represent a broad range of businesses from across Canada, the United States and other countries. The Issuer Services group offers a wide range of customer-oriented products and services.

Vancouver Stock Exchange (VSE)-Canada
Alberta Stock Exchange and Vancouver Stock Exchange have merged to form Canadian Venture Exchange. TSX Venture Exchange, Canada's venture capital marketplace, provides emerging companies with access to capital, while offering investors a well-regulated market for making venture investments. TSX Venture listed companies are active in mining, oil and gas, manufacturing, technology, financial services and other sectors.

Wiener Borse AG (WB)-Austria
The cash market offers investors access to Austria’s most attractive stocks. Apart from stocks, the securities traded include investment fund certificates and index certificates, participation certificates, profit-sharing certificates, and subscription rights. Fixed-income securities such as bonds are also listed. Futures and options are traded on the derivatives market. Market participants may buy and sell contracts on Austrian stocks, on the ATX (Austrian Traded Index) and on the CECE indices. In addition, a separate Warrants Market has been established for trading in warrants. Another product group is the indices developed, calculated and disseminated in real time by Wiener Börse AG. The best known indices are the ATX (Austrian Traded Index), which represents the continuously traded stocks with the highest liquidity and market capitalization, the ATX Prime and the ViDX (Vienna Dynamic Index). The ATX Prime is a new index with a redesigned concept that reflects the new market segmentation valid as of 2002 and will take effect as of 2 January 2002. It contains all stocks listed on the prime market segment and serves as a benchmark for institutional investors.

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) -Canada
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. (WCE or the "Exchange") is Canada’s only agricultural futures and options exchange. Situated in the heart of the Canadian Prairies, the historic centre of North America’s grain trade, WCE operates under a mission to provide a public marketplace for responsive price discovery and risk transfer of commodities with efficiency and integrity. Contracts traded on WCE include futures contracts for canola, flaxseed, domestic feed wheat, and domestic feed barley. Options on canola, flaxseed, feed wheat and feed barley are also traded.

Yokohama Commodity Exchange (YCE)-Japan
The YCE provides a global commodity marketplace for agricultural products including futures Japanese raw silk, international raw silk and potatoes.

Regulatory Agencies     

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 participants against manipulation, abusive trade practices and fraud. Through effective oversight and regulation, the CFTC enables the markets to serve better their important functions in the nation's economy—providing a mechanism for price discovery and a means of offsetting price risk.

International Organization of Securities Commissions
The member agencies currently assembled together in the International Organization of Securities Commissions have resolved, through its permanent structures: to cooperate together to promote high standards of regulation in order to maintain just, efficient and sound markets; to exchange information on their respective experiences in order to promote the development of domestic markets; to unite their efforts to establish standards and an effective surveillance of international securities transactions; to provide mutual assistance to promote the integrity of the markets by a rigorous application of the standards and by effective enforcement against offenses.

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry ( METI )

National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD)
Under federal law, virtually every securities firm doing business with the US public is a member of NASD. Roughly 5,200 brokerage firms, over 92,000 branch offices and more than 653,000 registered securities representatives come under our jurisdiction. NASD registers member firms, writes rules to govern their behavior, examines them for compliance and disciplines those that fail to comply. We provide education to industry professionals and investors. We also operate the largest securities dispute resolution forum – with arbitration and mediation programs – in the world.

National Futures Association
NFA is the independent provider of innovative and efficient regulatory programs that safeguard the integrity of the derivatives markets. Every firm or individual who conducts business with the public on any U.S. futures exchange is required to be registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and be a Member of NFA.

Securities and Exchange Commission
The primary mission of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is to protect investors and maintain the integrity of the securities markets.

Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) is an independent non-governmental statutory body outside the civil service, responsible for regulating the securities and futures markets in Hong Kong. We are responsible for administering the laws governing the securities and futures markets in Hong Kong and facilitating and encouraging the development of these markets.

Securities and Futures Authority (SFA) and Financial Services Authority (FSA)
Is an independent body that regulates the financial services industry in the UK. The FSA has four main aims: maintaining confidence in the UK financial system; promoting public understanding of the financial system; securing the right degree of protection for consumers; helping to reduce financial crime.

Market Research and Statistics     

American Stock Exchange
Press releases of new listings and other exchange news, searchable options and derivatives directory, searchable listed company directory, complete daily market summary.

Applied Derivatives Trading
Publishes a series of FREE monthly magazines about all aspects of trading and using futures, options, swaps and other derivatives around the world. They are updated the 1st of each month and ErivativesReview updated the 15th of each month.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Systems (FRS)
The Federal Reserve System was chartered in 1913 to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system. Over the years, its roles have evolved and expanded. Today, the Federal Reserve's duties include conducting the nation’s monetary policy by influencing money and credit conditions in the economy in pursuit of full employment and stable prices; promoting the stability of the financial system; providing banking services to depository institutions and to the federal government; and ensuring that consumers receive adequate information and fair treatment in their interactions with the banking system.

Bonds Online
Collection of links to quotes, statistics and other reports for Treasuries, Corporates, Municipals, Funds; research reports.

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) promotes a better understanding of the U.S. economy by providing the most timely, relevant, and accurate economic data in an objective and cost-effective manner. BEA produces economic accounts statistics that enable government and business decision-makers, researchers, and the American public to follow and understand the performance of the Nation's economy. To do this, BEA collects source data, conducts research and analysis, develops and implements estimation methodologies, and disseminates statistics to the public.

Consumer Price Index (CPI)
A page of news, data, and publications about the main yardstick of U.S. inflation.

Commodity Research Bureau (CRB)
The Spot Market Price Index is a measure of price movements of 22 sensitive basic commodities whose markets are presumed to be among the first to be influenced by changes in economic conditions. As such, it serves as one early indication of impending changes in business activity.

Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI)
ECRI forecasts turning points in economic and inflation cycles based on over 50 years of continuous research. ECRI maintains over 100 proprietary indexes for over a dozen major economies. These indexes help form the foundation for our cyclical analysis and forecasting. Our index data and outlook are available by subscription.

Economic Statistics Briefing Room
An excellent starting point to located widely-dispersed U.S. economic statistics.

FedWorld
An excellent starting point for locating reports, statistics, and other information from U.S. government agencies. The FedWorld.gov web site is a gateway to government information. This site is managed by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) as part of it's information management mandate.

FTSE Index
FTSE Group is an independent company whose sole business is the creation and management of indices and associated data services. FTSE has no capital markets involvement. The company originated as a joint venture between the Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange.

H.M. Treasury:
News releases, financial reports from U.K. government.

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
The IMF is an international organization of 184 member countries. It was established to promote international monetary cooperation, exchange stability, and orderly exchange arrangements; to foster economic growth and high levels of employment; and to provide temporary financial assistance to countries to help ease balance of payments adjustment.

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry - Japan
News releases, financial reports from the Japanese government.

National Association of Purchasing Managers (NAPM)
Founded in 1915, the Institute for Supply Management™ (ISM) Formerly the National Association of Purchasing Managers (NAPM) is the largest supply management association in the world as well as one of the most respected. ISM’s mission is to lead the supply management profession through its standards of excellence, research, promotional activities, and education. ISM’s membership base includes more than 45,000 supply management professionals with a network of domestic and international affiliated associations. ISM is a not-for-profit association that provides opportunities for the promotion of the profession and the expansion of professional skills and knowledge.

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Founded in 1920, the National Bureau of Economic Research is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works. The NBER is committed to undertaking and disseminating unbiased economic research among public policymakers, business professionals, and the academic community.

Nomura Research Institute - Japan
Since its inception about 35 years ago, NRI has always been on the cutting edge. Whether by advising policy proposals and corporate strategies or promoting new system development and management. NRI forecast economic and social prospects through in-depth insight.

Office for National Statistics - UK
This is the UK's home of official statistics, reflecting Britain's economy, population and society at national and local level. Summary stories and detailed data releases are published here free of charge.

Pronet Analytics-
Provides interactive investment advice with actionable strategies from top rated analysts 20 hours a day. Used in sixty countries by more than 100 banks, including most of the global top ten banks in FX. Selected by Reuters for its premium 3000Xtra Professional Desktop and selected by ACI - The Financial Markets Association -for use by its members world-wide. Regulated by FSA and registered with SEC.

Statistic Bureau & Statistic Center - Japan
Economic and Financial Data for Japan

The Conference Board
The Conference Board creates and disseminates knowledge about management and the marketplace to help businesses strengthen their performance and better serve society. Working as a global, independent membership organization in the public interest, we conduct research, convene conferences, make forecasts, assess trends, publish information and analysis, and bring executives together to learn from one another.

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Historical database of economic and financial data.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. With the strongest commitment to integrity and objectivity, the BLS will be premier among statistical agencies, producing impartial, timely, and accurate data relevant to the needs of our users and to the social and economic conditions of our Nation, its workers, its workplaces, and the workers' families. Measure the economy through producing and disseminating timely, accurate, and relevant information in our areas of expertise. Improve accuracy, efficiency, and relevance of our economic measures and program outputs through increased application of state-of-the-art statistical techniques, economic concepts, technology, and management processes.

U.S. Bureau of the Census:
Statistics and reports, access to FTP site for economic data.

U.S. Department of Commerce:
Press releases, reports, and links to sites of various U.S. Department of Commerce agencies.

U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Press releases; details for accessing Electronic Economic Bulletin Board, Federal Reserve Economic Data Bulletin Board, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank Bulletin Board.

United States Government (USGOV) )-United States
Whatever you want or need from the U.S. government, it's here on FirstGov.gov. You'll find a rich treasure of online information, services and resources.

U.S. Economic Indicators (United States Congress)
This Browse page provides access to monthly Economic Indicators from January 1998 forward. Documents are available as ASCII text and Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). Charts and graphs are omitted from the ASCII text version.

Weather     

Accuweather
AccuWeather.com is the easiest way to get the most customized and accurate weather information for every location on Earth. You can have instant access to current conditions, 15-Day forecasts, satellites, real-time local doppler radar plus much more - all on one place, just one click away.

Intellicast
Intellicast.com provides extensive specialized weather information to help plan all outdoor and weather sensitive activities, whether golfing, sailing, hiking, skiing or relaxing at the beach. Drawing on the meteorological knowledge of its staff, Intellicast.com now provides over 250,000 pages of detailed weather information. Intellicast now provides more free, accurate and up to date weather information on the Internet than ever before. With millions of visitors monthly, Intellicast.com is one of the largest and most successful sites on the web.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
NOAA understands and predicts changes in the Earth’s environment and conserves and manages coastal and marine resources to meet our Nation’s economic, social, and environmental needs.

National Weather Service (NWS)
The National Weather Service (NWS) provides weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts and warnings for the United States, its territories, adjacent waters and ocean areas, for the protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy. NWS data and products form a national information database and infrastructure which can be used by other governmental agencies, the private sector, the public, and the global community.

Weather.com
Consistently rated in the Top Five for News, Entertainment, and Information web sites by Media Metrix (formerly PC Meter), our Internet web site at www.weather.com features current conditions and forecasts for over 77,000 locations worldwide, along with local and regional radars.

Weather Underground
Weather Underground is committed to delivering the most reliable, accurate weather information possible. Our state-of-the-art technology monitors conditions and forecasts for over 60,000 U.S. and international cities, so you'll always find the online weather information that you need.

Worldweather.com
World weather provides the latest world wide weather coverage and forecasts from the WN Network. Coverage goes beyond a lot of the U.S. based services.

Media/Publications     

AFXpress
AFX News Ltd provides real time, independent and trusted international economic news coverage to professional and private investor communities in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Dutch. AFX News covers the world with focus on European coverage. The AFX News network operates 13 AFX News bureau including the London headquarters, and over 5,000 journalists working for AFX News and partner news agencies all over the world.

CNN financial network
Current and archive of U.S. market news; U.S.-listed stock quotes; U.S. and world stock market indexes; commodity quotes; currency exchange rates; interest rates.

CNN Interactive
CNN.com is among the world's leaders in online news and information delivery. Staffed 24 hours, seven days a week by a dedicated staff in CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, and in bureaus worldwide, CNN.com relies heavily on CNN's global team of almost 4,000 news professionals. CNN.com features the latest multimedia technologies, from live video streaming to audio packages to searchable archives of news features and background information. The site is updated continuously throughout the day.

Consensus
Consensus is one of the largest online resources of in-depth research for trading the markets. Consensus is The Investment Newspaper used daily by stock and futures traders.

Economy.com
Economy.com, Inc. is a leading independent provider of economic, financial, country, and industry research designed to meet the diverse planning and information needs of businesses, governments, and professional investors worldwide. Our research has many dimensions: country analysis; financial markets; industrial markets; and regional markets. Economy.com's information and services are used in a variety of ways, including strategic planning; product and sales forecasting; risk and sensitivity management; and as investment research.

Euromoney
Euromoney is the most authoritative source of detailed yet concise information on the trends and developments in international banking and the capital markets. Each month, Euromoney chases the stories that matter, evaluates the facts and figures that make the difference and interviews the market players that influence the industry.

Finance Watch:
Collection of research papers; database of futures and options specifications; database of world indices specifications; links to other sites.

Finance Asia
FinanceAsia.com's editorial mandate is to participate in Asia's financial and economic development by fostering an atmosphere of disclosure. Read more about what our editors and journalists strive to achieve.

Financial Times on-line
FT.com contains the top stories published in today's editions of the Financial Times newspaper. Subscribers to FT.com can also view and download images of the main pages of today's paper. These pages become available from 11pm London time in the evening before publication.

Forbes
Business and Financial News - Financial markets coverage with personal finance advice, tools, and investing tips from Forbes and affiliated publications.

Fortune
Abstracts of selected articles from current issue of "Fortune"; daily market summary; searchable databases for both "Fortune 500" and "Global 500" lists.

Futures Magazine:
Futures is written for traders who use futures, options, stocks and derivatives markets to make money. Differing in aggressiveness of trading styles, our readers all share the desire for increased returns and profits. Our purpose is to educate traders and advance that knowledge as they grow. To that end, we analyze global markets both technically and fundamentally, and provide information on price movement, volatility and future trends. We detail strategies, offer nuts and bolts tactics and analyze new and time-tested techniques. By reporting on markets and interviewing successful traders, we aim to help our readers better understand the business to capitalize on current events and trade successfully.

FX Week
Published since 1990, FX Week is the only weekly newsletter to deliver the latest insider news in the ever-changing business of foreign exchange and money markets. FX Week’s expert analysis provides information on the powerful forces that are making the markets tick and the events that are shaping the FX industry world-wide

Global Investor
Global-Investor provides information and resources to the worldwide financial community.

GlobeNet
Excerpts from Canada’s The Globe and Mail's "Report on Business"

Investors Business Daily
Investor's Business Daily (IBD) was launched in 1984 and is now read by nearly a million investors. It is considered more of a research tool than a traditional newspaper. Known for its innovative stock tables, Investor's Business Daily provides critical information previously available only to institutional investors (pension and mutual funds, banks, insurance companies and government organizations). Exclusive features include the IBD SmartSelect® Corporate Ratings that provide fundamental and technical evaluations on virtually every stock on the Nasdaq, American and New York exchanges. Together with daily educational columns and features profiling individual companies and industries, IBD empowers readers to make profitable investment decisions.

Kiplinger Online:
Kiplinger.com is organized to help you learn, plan and meet your financial goals, as well as assist you in getting the most for your money. Of course, everyone's situation is different, so we introduce you to the basics, update you on the latest news, trends, tax, investment and product information, and give you the tools you'll need to make the best decisions.

Kyodo News
Kyodo News has a U.S. subsidiary, Kyodo News International, Inc. (KNI), based in New York. It was founded in 1982 as a marketing and research arm of Kyodo News. KNI's mission is to supply timely and accurate political, economic, business, city and cultural news, mainly of Asia and the Pacific Rim, to non-Japanese media. KNI now provides major newspapers, TV broadcasters, financial services, online databases and government agencies with more than 200 news reports daily.

MSNBC
One of the most honored news organizations online, MSNBC.com is a leader in breaking news and original journalism. MSNBC.com reaches more people than any of the national daily newspapers.
 

PACIFIC at University of British Columbia:
Currency exchange rates; charts; download historic data. This service was introduced on February 2, 1996, to provide a free and continuously updated repository of exchange rate data for academic research and teaching. This service is made possible through resources provided by the Sauder School of Business. It is operated and maintained solely by Professor Werner Antweiler.

Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities:
Technical Analysis of STOCKS & COMMODITIES is the magazine for traders -- and
traders-to-be -- who want to play the markets with a concrete game plan. Articles and editorial on every aspect of technical analysis of the stock and commodities markets.

The Banker
Global financial intelligence since 1926

The Economist:
Headlines and briefs from current issue of The Economist; archive of back issues. Free registration includes e-mail subscriptions to "Business This Week" and "Politics This Week".

The European Union
EUROPA is the portal site of the European Union (http://europa.eu.int/). It provides up-to-date coverage of European Union affairs and essential information on European integration.

The Gate by The San Francisco Chronicle:
Daily business stories, company news, the "Silicon Valley Report"; searchable database of previous editions.

The New York Times
In any format, The New York Times is the world's essential news source, bringing you everything from national and world news to special featured sections on the topics and interests that enrich your life.

The Street.com
TheStreet.com provides you, individual and professional investors, with timely, to-the-point financial news and analysis you can use to succeed in today's markets. Updated before, during and after the bell by the best independent financial newsroom on the Web, our stories put you on the trading floor with some of the best financial minds in the business.

The Toronto Star
Canada’s Thestar.com is committed to providing up-to-the-minute news and information 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The day's news is posted beginning at 5 a.m. (EST) and is updated as news happens. Every time an article is added to thestar.com, the posting time is recorded. News and information is provided by Star journalists, thestar.com editors and newswires.

The Wall Street Journal
Our flagship publication, The Wall Street Journal, is the world's leading business publication. There are three main editions of the Journal: the U.S. edition, founded in 1889 and edited in New York; The Asian Wall Street Journal, founded in 1976 and edited in Hong Kong; and The Wall Street Journal Europe, founded in 1983 and edited in Brussels. A new edition, The Wall Street Journal India, is scheduled to launch in 2004.

UK City Media:
London news. You’ll have a devils own job digging out the latest stories from the top internet sites leave alone the small ones. This is primarily a city and business news service specializing in scouring the net based news sources for latest relevant articles and postings.

End-of-day Data Providers     

Commodity Research Bureau (an>
CRB's DataCenter gives you trust and integrity of price data, not normally associated with daily data packages. Designed to deliver broad, deep and accurate financial and commodity information, CRB's DataCenter has been one of the world's leading futures market historical databases since 1934.

Commodity Systems Inc. (CSI)
CSI is a low-cost provider of stock, commodities, options, indices, funds, COT, and economic data for the analysis of financial markets. We also offer powerful charting software at an unbeatable price.

Futures World News (FWN)
The package tops up the broad coverage included in TraderWire with additional items from ODJ and its partners aimed at the financial futures industry. These include financial-futures market commentary and data, news related to key stock indexes, coverage of spot foreign exchange and debt markets and announcements from the central banks and finance ministries of G-7 countries.

GovPX Inc.
GovPX, Inc. has become the leading provider of 24-hour, worldwide distribution of real-time treasury information as transacted  by the primary dealers through the inter-dealer brokers for all U.S. treasury Securities, Repurchase Agreements and Swaps. GovPX has a worldwide distribution network that includes Bloomberg, Reuters Bridge, Moneyline Telerate, CQG, Fidelity, and more. GovPX currently offers five products to meet a variety of needs for real-time pricing and research. GovPX, AgencyPX, SwapPX, RepoPX, End-of-Day Pricing, Historical Database from GovPX.

Pinnacle Data Corp.
Pinnacle Data Corp. is a supplier of super-clean reasonably priced commodity futures, market breadth data, indices, bond rates, economic data and sentiment data including Commitment of Traders. Our data is updated regularly and updates may be purchased through our update service.

Prophet Information Services, Inc.
Prophet gives you the history you need for back-testing and analyzing long-term market cycles: Futures data back to 1959, Stock data back as far as 1968 (U.S. and Canada), Index data as far back as 1915, Mutual fund data back to 1988, Options data on stocks and indices back to 1995, Options data on futures back to 1996. Both historical data and daily update services are available for users of PC charting packages, such as Nirvana's OmniTrader, Reuters MetaStock, and Omega SuperCharts and TradeStation. This same financial data can be easily imported for graphs and market studies using spreadsheet applications, such as Microsoft Excel.

TBSP, Inc.
T.B.S.P.'s Trader's Access is a Quote Downloading, Charting and MetaStock & ASCII Exporting service. The service includes daily and historical end-of-day quotes for Futures, Future Options, Stocks (US & Canada), Indices/Market Statistics (US & Canada), Stock & Index Options, and Mutual Funds. Data can be downloaded via an 800 telephone number and/or the internet. Best of all - the Trader's Access Software used to download the quotes is free.

Tick Data
Tick Data is the first name in historical intraday data for the commodity and equity markets.
We provide the cleanest, most reliable set of historical intraday time series data available. For over 18 years, traders and analysts have relied on Tick Data to remove the frustration of building and maintaining an historical database. From efficient data collection and distribution to seamless integration with third-party analysis software Tick Data is simply complete.

Worden Brothers, Inc.
TC2000 Worden Brothers, Inc. is a software package & CD-ROM databank for your PC. It's the easiest way to find stocks on your computer. Scan the entire NYSE, NASDAQ & AMEX for stocks that fit your investing style. Then chart, analyze and organize results in the most intuitive, breakthrough Windows 95/98/NT interface ever developed for the stock market.

Trade Associations and Additional Resources     

Agriculture

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
USDA provides leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, and related issues based on sound public policy, the best available science, and efficient management.

Bonds Online
Collection of links to quotes, statistics and other reports for Treasuries, Corporates, Municipals, Funds; research reports.

Investing in Bonds
A very complete website that covers all aspects of the bond market. From Treasuries to Munis and Corporates, this site is a goldmine of information for the fixed income investor or trader.

The Bond Market Association
The Bond Market Association is the trade association representing the largest securities markets in the world, the $17 trillion debt markets. As the industry's voice, the Association speaks for the bond industry, advocating its positions and representing its interests in New York; Washington, D.C.; London; Frankfurt; Brussels and Tokyo; and with issuer and investor groups worldwide. The Association represents a diverse mix of securities firms and banks, whether they are large, multi-product firms or companies with special market niches.

Futures Industry     

Futures Industry Association
FIA is the only association representative of all organizations that have an interest in the futures market. FIA has more than 180 corporate members, reaching thousands of industry participants.

Japan Commodities Fund Association (JCFA )
The Japan Commodities Fund Association (JCFA) first came into being on April 25,1991, the day after the Commodity Fund Law was passed by the Diet. It was established as a public-service corporation by permission of the Ministers of Finance, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and International Trade and Industry on June 5, 1997 as a self-regulatory organization of the industry with the objective of contribution to the healthy development of the nation's economy through promotion of the sound growth of the commodity fund business and the protection of investors by formulating criteria related to self-regulation on commodity fund business, giving guidance for observation and conducting research activities.

Japan Commodity Trading Advisor Association(JCA)
The Japan CTA Association was established in October of 1994 right after the permission for business was put in practice. With the commodity fund law as the base, the association along with the establishment of the self regulations, has been set up in means of cooperation of mutual problems and in aiming toward the sound development of the CTA business. Through this, the association has aimed for contributing toward the development of the economy as a voluntary group of CTAs. As of February 1st, 2004, 7 companies are registered as a member of the association.

National Introducing Broker Association (NIBA)
NIBA’s mission has been to enhance the levels of knowledge, communication and new business growth among its members through information dissemination, representation, industry forums, events and innovative, value-added promotions and networking opportunities. We keep our members at the highest levels of professionalism by ensuring that members’ opinions and rights are represented when regulators enact policy and rules which affect the financial retail sales community’s way of doing business and its livelihood.

The Association of Compensation Fund for Consigned Liabilities in Commodity Futures, Inc.

The Institute for Financial Markets (IFM)
The Institute's mission is to promote professional knowledge, judgment and integrity by providing research, educational resources and training to financial services industry participants and to interested constituencies including journalists, academicians and public-policy makers. In addition, the IFM plays a critical role in working with industry participants to respond to changes in the regulatory and market environments.

Energy      

American Gas Association (an>
The American Gas Association advocates the interests of its energy utility members and their customers, and provides information and services promoting demand and supply growth and operational excellence in the safe, reliable and cost-competitive delivery of natural gas.

American Petroleum Institute (API)
The oil and natural gas industry provides the fuel for American life, warming our homes, powering our businesses and giving us the mobility to enjoy this great land.  As the primary trade association of that industry, API represents more than 400 members involved in all aspects of the oil and natural gas industry.  Our association draws on the experience and expertise of our members and staff to support a strong and viable oil and natural gas industry.

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
OPEC is an international Organization of eleven developing countries which are heavily reliant on oil revenues as their main source of income.The current Members are Algeria, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Venezuela. Since oil revenues are so vital for the economic development of these nations, they aim to bring stability and harmony to the oil market by adjusting their oil output to help ensure a balance between supply and demand. Twice a year, or more frequently if required, the Oil and Energy Ministers of the OPEC Members meet to decide on the Organization's output level, and consider whether any action to adjust output is necessary in the light of recent and anticipated oil market developments.

U.S. Department of Energy
The Energy Information Administration (EIA), created by Congress in 1977, is a statistical agency of the U.S. Department of Energy. We provide policy-independent data, forecasts, and analyses to promote sound policy making, efficient markets, and public understanding regarding energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment.

Managed Money      

Managed Funds Association (MFA)
MFA is the global voice for the alternative investment industry in Washington, D.C., working for its members every day. Managed Funds Association is the only significant U.S.-based association of alternative investment professionals. MFA is an international trade association of more than 650 members that represents the global alternative investment industry.

Copper Development Association (an>
Copper Development Association Inc. (CDA) serves as the advanced market development and technical services arm of the copper and brass industry in the USA.

World Gold Council (WGC)
Founded in 1987, the World Gold Council is an organization formed and funded by the world's leading gold mining companies with the aim of stimulating and maximizing the demand for, and holding of, gold by consumers, investors, industry, and the official sector.

World Silver Institute (WSI)
The Silver Institute is a nonprofit international association that draws its membership from across the breadth of the silver industry. This includes leading silver mining houses, refiners, bullion suppliers, manufacturers of silver products and wholesalers of silver investment products. Established in 1971, the Institute serves as the industry’s voice in increasing public understanding of the many uses and values of silver.

Softs

International Cocoa Organization
The International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) was established in 1973 to administer the first International Cocoa Agreement. The Agreement seeks the active involvement of the private sector in the achievement of its goals. It will also promote transparency in the world cocoa market through the collection, analysis and dissemination of relevant statistics and the undertaking of appropriate studies.

International Coffee Organization (ICO)
The International Coffee Organization (ICO) is the main intergovernmental organization for coffee, bringing together producing and consuming countries to tackle the challenges facing the world coffee sector through international cooperation.

International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC)
Provide statistics on world cotton production, consumption, trade and stocks and to identify emerging changes in the structure of the world cotton market; Serve as a clearing house for technical information about cotton and cotton textiles; Serve as an objective forum for discussion of cotton matters of international significance; Represent the international cotton industry before UN agencies and other international organizations.

International Sugar Organization (ISO)
Sugaronline is an independent guide to the sugar industry with expert commentary on key sugar issues, breaking news stories and sugar market prices as well as technical articles on sugar processing, interactive discussion forums and extensive archives.

International Wood Products Association (IWPA)
Founded in 1956, the International Wood Products Association is the only association in the United States committed to the promotion and enhancement of trade in the imported hardwood and softwood products industry.

Miscellaneous      

Finex Trade Finance
Finex Trade Group is a specialized lender of ExIm Bank supported transactions focusing on medium and long term loans operating under a Master Guarantee Agreement (MGA 0280) with the Export Import Bank of the United States. Additionally, Finex also operates as arranger of specialized structured finance transactions not supported by an export credit agency.