Informed Investor

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) protects investors and maintains the integrity of the securities markets. Its site offers the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) database, which contains reports the SEC requires companies to file, and a tutorial for using it. Other sections include ways to check on brokers and financial advisors, news of litigation, online trading and Internet fraud, trading suspensions, regulatory actions, staff interpretations of disclosure practices, and information for small business.