Securities and Investment Information Sources
Compiled by Prof. Martha Cooney
mcooney@liu.edu, 516-299-2310
September 2008
Company Information:
| Value Line Investment Survey |
Company Information databases |
| Use
Value Line to find concise company profiles with key investment data including retrospective, current,
and forecasted financials; timeliness, safety, and technical rankings; and, investment analysis and
opinion. Industry data is available as well as screening features and a list of the top 100 stocks.
Updated weekly with company reports updated quarterly. Try the
Value
Line Subscriber Guides for
further assistance. |
| Mergent Online |
Company Information databases |
| The
Mergent database offers comprehensive company information including15-years of financial
data, historical information, equity reports, SEC filings, annual reports, and excellent report
features to create custom lists of comparative company financial data. |
| Hoover's Online |
Company Information databases |
| Use
Hoover's Online to find overview, history, and some financial information about your company.
Easy links are provided for SEC filings. |
| Lexis-Nexis Company Dossier |
Company Information databases |
| The L-N
Company Dossier database provides company overview information including a corporate
snapshot, business description, corporate hierarchy, financial information, legal information, articles
from newspapers & trade publications, investment reports, and more. |
Industry Information:
Every company operates in a larger environment. The sources listed below will
provide an understanding of factors affecting not only individual companies but all companies in an industry.
| Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys |
(available in print at Reference Desk) |
| These
individual booklets provide a comprehensive overview of each industry, describing and detailing
major trends and factors having an impact on the industry. Especially useful is the comparative
financial data on key companies in each industry. |
| Business & Company Resource Center |
Company Information databases |
- This
database provides full-text industry overviews from the following sources:
- Encyclopedia of American Industries
- Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries
- Encyclopedia of Global Industries
To locate the industry overviews, go to:
1. Advanced Search
2. Select Industry Overviews from drop-down Content Area box
3. Type in industry topic in search box (keyword)
|
| Business Source Premier |
Business Databases |
| Several
thousand U.S. and foreign industry profiles are available in this database. To locate them, select
Industry Profiles under Browse. For enhanced searching, enter industry keyword(s) in search box
and select Industry Overview under Document Type. |
Investment (Analyst) Reports:
| Value Line Investment Survey |
Company Information databases |
| Value
Line analysts forecast individual stock performance for 3-to-5 years, offer timeliness, safety,
and technical rankings, and provide interpretive analysis for 1,700 stocks. See part 2: Selection &
Opinion for the latest economic and stock market commentary and investment advice as
well as research on stocks or industries. Model portfolios are also included. |
| Mergent Online |
Company Information databases |
| Access
to individual analyst equity reports is provided for over 4,000 large and mid-cap U.S. companies.
These two-page reports offer buy, hold, and sell recommendations for the company and its peers as
well as other financial data.
To locate the Mergent Equity Research Reports:
1. Perform search by ticker symbol or company name
2. Select tab for TearSheets
3. Select Equity Report |
| Lexis-Nexis Company Dossier |
Company Information databases |
To
locate the analyst reports in L-N Company Dossier, do the following:
1. Perform search by ticker symbol or company name
2. Select company
3. At company report page, select link to Financial Information
4. Scroll down page to section for Research & Analyst Reports
5. Select report |
Stock Price Data:
Stock Indexes:
Stock Exchanges:
Locating Business and Financial News:
In addition to many commercially available investment websites that offer business
and financial news, the following library databases are useful for enhanced searching
options and for locating full-text articles published by the financial press.
Financial Newspapers:
The Library subscribes to the following financial newspapers in print
(available in the Periodicals Dept.) and also provides access to them online for searching in library databases.
Dictionaries, Guides, and Handbooks:
Dictionaries, Guides, and Handbooks |
http://www.investopedia.com/dictionary |
InvestorWords |
http://www.investorwords.com |
How the Stock Market Works |
Bus HG 4551 .D29 |
How to Read a Financial Report |
Bus HF 5681 .B2 T733 |
Mergent's Handbook of Common Stocks |
Bus HG 4501 .M59 |
Mergent's Handbook of NASDAQ Stocks |
Bus HG 4501 .M58 |
The Stock Market |
Bus HG 4551 .H23 |
Web Resources:
HTML by Robert Delaney
robert.delaney@liu.edu
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