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Bonds & Mutual Funds

Database
Investment Advising Services
Investment Calculators & Tools
Mutual Funds

 

Databases

Bloomberg
Finance & investment database with current and historic information.  Available on Workstation # 27.

Yahoo! Finance: Historical Prices

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Bonds

Bureau of the Public Debt

International

JP Morgan ADR

Investment Advising Services

Bonds Online

Bonds Online includes data and links to resources coveringtreasury, municipal, and corporate bonds and bond funds.Most of the treasury information is coming from the U.S.Treasury Department site. Through the Bonds Online site, it isalso possible to obtain valuations of prices of municipal bonds.This free service is provided by R.W. Smith & Associates who will respond by email within 48 hours (2 business days) of any inquiry. Links are provided to the major corporate bond rating companies (Moody's, S&P, Fitch, and Duff & Phelps), but there is little actual ratings information available for free through them. The corporate bonds link does offer a nice chart which compares the ratings schemes of the four above-mentioned companies. Following the "Bond Professor" link will lead to a nice glossary of terms used in the bond trading industry.

Yahoo! Finance

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Market News

S&P's Index Services

Investment Calculators & Tools

Fund Expense Calculator

Use this tool to calculate how much your fund's expenses are costing you in the long run.

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Mutual Funds

Business Week: Mutual Fund Interactive Scoreboard

This site carries performance data on some 4,000 equity and bond mutual funds: total returns from 1 month to 10 years, asset size, expense ratios, portfolio turnover, yield, and the Business Week ratings. The Interactive Scoreboard is updated every month.

Forbes Fund Screener

Forbes Fund Screener will sift through our database of more than 11,000 funds to zero in on five or ten that meet your investing goals.

Guide to Bond Mutual Funds

This guide serves as an introduction to mutual funds that invest in bonds.  It is provided by the Investment Company Institute and is in PDF format.

Guide to Closed-end Funds

This guide serves as an introduction to closed-end mutual funds. It is provided by the Investment Company Institute and is in PDF format.

Guide to Mutual Funds

This guide serves as an introduction to mutual fund concepts, principals, and investment strategies. It is provided by theInvestment Company Institute and is in PDF format.

Guide to Unit Investment Trusts

This guide serves as an introduction to unit investment trusts, their concepts, principals, and investment strategies. It is provided by the Investment Company Institute and is in PDF format.

Morningstar Library Edition

This database includes analysis of bonds and mutual funds. Information available includes historic data on returns and a synopsis of the fund's focus.

Quicken.com - Mutual Funds

Browse over 7500 mutual funds, view the top 25 performing mutual funds in a variety of categories, and also view Morningstar and Value Line Profiles.

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Unique Tools

Motley Fool: Pegulator

S&P/ SmartMoney Map of the Market

Quicken's One-Click Scorecard

 

Last update: March 10, 2008

Prepared by: Hal Kirkwood kirkwood@purdue.edu