Articles and Databases
ABI/Inform (Proquest)
Business news in scholarly and trade journals, general business magazines, and newspapers; includes the Wall Street Journal.
CCH Research Network (business and finance)
Full text of various CCH business titles in the areas of Securities, Banking, Capital Changes, Blue Sky Law, Trade Regulation, Government Contracts, Information Technology and Products Liability.
Business Source Complete (Ebsco)
Business journals and trends; includes Datamonitor company reports as well as industry reports.
Lexis Nexis Academic Universe
Newspaper and journal articles. Lexis-Nexis also has company and financial information is available under "Business."
Includes company financials and annual reports--including historical reports.
Lexis Nexis Statistical Universe
Searchable statistical tables and abstracts; links to other statistic-related Web sites.
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Bonds
Bond Markets
Includes research statistics and reports, links, market newsletters, publications and industry tools.
Bonds Online
Has bond news, articles and commentary, fixed income research center, education rating agencies, and bond prices.
Investing in Bonds
Offers bond price research, bond market segment investing guides, links to other sites.
Bureau of Public Debt
Has information on savings bonds, T-bills, T-notes and T-bonds with historical data
Mergent Bond Record
[Reference Desk] HG4905 .M78 Catalog Record
Mergents covers the ratings, issues, and yield rates of corporate, convertible, government, and municipal bonds.
Standard and Poor's Bond Guide
[Reference Desl] HG4905 .S435 Catalog Record
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Commodities and Futures
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
The CFTC in an independent agency that refulates commodity futures ad option markets; has links to domestic exhcanges, market analysis, market sureillance, and market research.
Dictionary of Financial Risk Management
[Reference Desk] HG151 .G219 1992 Catalog Record
Dictionary of Futures & Options: 1500 International Terms Defined and Explained
[Reference Desk] HG6024.A3 W42 1994 Catalog Record
Futures and options: what you should know before you trade
[Government Documents] Y 3.C 73/5:297030167 Catalog Record
Basicinformation about futures and options from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Futures Industry Association
Trade association for the futures industry.
Investment News Online (INO)
Offers tools and futures and option traders.
National Futures Association
The NFA regulated the industry and anyone engaging in futures transactions must register with the NFA. Includes information about doing business in teh industry.
Options Industry Council
Offers free resources including software, classes, and calculators.
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Company Research and Analysis
For more informaiton on researching a company, see the Company Research subject guide.
CRSP U.S. Stock Database (CD-ROM terminal located in the
Business School)
Contains various data on US securities from NYSE, AMEX, and NASDAQ. Both monthly and daily data are included for each index.
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
Investment reports and other company information, including Hoover reposrts, can be found under Business.
Mergent Online (formerly Moody's Manuals, FIS Online)
Mergent provides information on 35,000 U.S. and non-U.S. corporate entities, including EDGAR® filings dating back to 1993. Also includes 15 years of financial statements, history, stock prices, customized reports and more. Access to Mergent is limited to five users. If you cannot access the database try at a later time. Always log off Mergent Online when you are finished.
Net Advantage (Standard & Poor's)
Contains information on publicly-traded companies including company profiles, stock, bond, and other investment information and analysis. Includes full-text versions of S&P's Industry Surveys dating back to 1996.
Research Insight (Research Insight Web)
Formerly known as Compustat. In depth financial (current and historical) company information. You must download an Excel add-in to use this resource. The above link contains instructions.
ValueLine Research Center Online
[Reference] HG4501 .V26 Catalog Record
Stock prices and investment information. Provides one-page snapshot of investment information of 1,700 companies. Includes recent developments, statistics, and industry forecasts. Updated quarterly. Historical ValueLine issues are available in microfiche. For help using Value Line Research Center, go to the Value Line University. For help reading the Investment Survey, see the Investment Survey Help Page (PDF). Sample/help pages are also available for Mutual Fund Survey and the Small and Mid-Cap Survey (PDF)
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Market Exchanges
International Federation of Stock Exchanges
Formerly FIBV, the International Federation of Stock Exchanges, is the trade organization for regulated securities and derivative markets.
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
Delayed quotes and company information. Also has informaiton about the exhange, trading floor education, international company and market information, and regulatory information.
NASDAQ (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations)
Market news, delayed quotes from NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX, and OTC Bulletin Board, training, global training, brief investor analysis, instutional holding information, and more.
AMEX (American Stock Exchange)
Delayed quotes (from AMEX, NYSE, and NASDAQ), news, options, ETFs (exchange traded fund), and more.
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)
Delayed quotes, market data, and other information.
Chicago Board of Exchange (CBOE)
Options market information, quotes, trading tools, educational tools, learning center.
Regional Stock Exchanges
Regional stock exchanges were formed to help local corporations; many companies. Many smaller companies are traded on regioanl exhanges while some larger ones are listed on both a national exchange and regional exchanges. These stocks are "dually traded." There are five active regional exchanges:
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Mutual Fund Information
Morningstar (CD-ROM terminal located in Reference)
Mutual fund information. Basic information is available on the Morningstar Web site www.morningstar.com. Registration is required but it is free.
Brill's Mutual Fund Interactive
Web site includes
mutual fund news, expert's corner, fund links, mutual fund investing education, manager profiles, research center.
Mutual Fund Education Alliance
Includes
fund sector education, investment strategies, fund news.
Investment Company Institute
Mutual fund industry facts and reports.
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Ratios
Financial Ratios Calculator
Financial ratios caluculator from the University of Washington's Foster Business Library. Plug in various financials and the calculator will figure the ratios. Included is sample data for Nike. Company financials can be found from numerous sources including Net Advantage, Mergent Online, and Lexis Nexis Academic.
Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios
[Reference] HF5681 .R25 T68 Catalog Record
Provides financial ratios for 192 NAICS codes. Calculated from corporate IRS returns, tables are presented for corporations with net income and for corporations with and without net income. Trends for the previous ten years are also included. Because of the three-year lag time from when information if gathered and when it is issued by the IRS, data can be dated.
Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios
[Reference] HF5681 .R25 Catalog Record
Provides "norms" and ratios for more than eight hundred SIC codes. Included are assets and liabilities in dollars and as percentages. Ratios are provided for the upper quartile, median, and lower quartile.
RMA Annual Statement Studies
[Reference] HF5681 .B2 R6 Catalog Record
Has current and historical data for 375 industries according to their NAICS code. Separate indexes listing the NAICS and SIC codes covered are in the front of the book. Assets, liabilities, income, and a variety of ratios are included.
Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys/NetAdvantage (online)
[Reference] HC106.6 .S74 Catalog Record
A quarterly survey of industry trends, with composite and company data, including ratios for industries. Industry Surveys dating back to 1996 are available online through S&Ps Net Advantage.
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Risk Analyis
Credit Grades.com
Offers equity-based default probabilities and credit spreads
Contingency Analysis.com
A comprehensive Web site on risk analysis featuring a glossary, a forum, and research conducted by the producers of the site.
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Internet Resources
Financial Markets Center
An independent, nonprofit institute that provide research and education resources to grassroots groups, unions, policymakers and journalists.
Big Charts
Web site that offers current and historical stock quotes from NYSE, NASDAQ, and AMEX. Includes market information by industry as well as overall views of the market.
Yahoo Finance
Offers wide range of business information including current and historical stock prices. Also covers Mutual Funds, Bonds, ETFs, Industries, and Financial News.
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