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Investment Analysis & Research

Databases
Investment Advising Services

 

 

 

Databases

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

Datastream Advanced

Datastream DS Windows

MergentOnline

FIS gives immediate access to a fully searchable database of more than 10,000 NYSE, AMEX, and Nasdaq exchange companies, including real-time (and archived to 1993) EDGAR(r) (SEC) filings.

Investext Plus

Investtext Plus (formerly ResearchBank Web) brings together some of the world's most sought-after investment research and industry analysis in one easy-to-use product accessible on the Internet.

Yahoo! Finance: Historical Prices

 

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Bonds

Bureau of the Public Debt

International

JP Morgan ADR

Market News

S&P's Index Services

 

Investment Advising Services

Big Charts

This free comprehensive charting and investment site containsa huge collection of historic data on funds, sectors, stocks,and indexes with some data going back as far as 1985.An abundance of interactivity and customization is available.

IPO Central

Central source of information on recent, current, and future companies that have offered or plan to offer an initial public sale of stock.

Stockmaster

This site allows searching by company or fund name and ticker symbol. The stock quotes are provided by S&P Comstock and are on a 20-minute delay. In addition, a graph indicates the stock's performance over the last year. The mutual fund quotes are for the close of trading on the previous day with a graph indicating performance over the last 3-4 years.

Value Line Investment Surveys

The weekly ValueLine Investment Surveys contain independent investment analysis on over 1,700 companies.  The Ratings & Reports section contains current and forecasted projections of key financial measures for each company.  Each analysis includes ValueLine's unique rankings by Timeliness, Safety, and Technical criteria.  ValueLine is a powerful tool for assistingin the selection process for public company investment.

Wall Street Research Net

Wall Street Research Net claims over 140,000 links chosen because they may "help professional and private investors perform fundamental research on actively traded companies and mutual funds and locate important economic data that moves markets". The company research section provides well-organized access to various kinds of information about a company, from EDGAR filings to 15-minute delayed stock quotes.

Wall Street Transcript, The

The weekly Wall Street Transcript provides in-depth interviews with top analysts from the leading brokerage firms.  Each issue contains a special focus on a particular sector with a roundtable of leading investment experts.  The discussion includes current analysis, recommendations for companies, and opinions on the growth potential for the sector.

Yahoo! Finance

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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: Purdue Librarian