Investment FAQs
| Where can I learn about investing? | |
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Investment Resources Seminar Reference librarians guide investors through useful library resources and websites. |
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Valueline.com Free online tutorial on using Value Line Investment Survey, an investment club favorite, to manage a stock portfolio. Click on the Education tab. |
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MSN Money Current news stories, guided stock research, and much more. |
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Find books in the catalog by looking under investments. |
| Where do I go for financial news? | |
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InfoTrac OneFile – Thousands of articles on business, investing, and many other topics. |
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Wall Street Journal – Available in paper at the Library and online through our website or iConn.org. |
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CNNMoney.com – An online partnership between Money and Fortune magazines and CNN. |
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Barron’s – Weekly business newspaper published by Dow Jones. |
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Financial Times – Daily newspaper with a global perspective. |
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Investor’s Business Daily – A newspaper tailored to the individual investor. |
| Where can I get a stock report? Analysts’ ratings? Company news? | |
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Business & Company Resource Center Selection of analysts’ opinions. |
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Yahoo! Finance Compilation of analysts’ opinions. |
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Standard & Poor’s Stock Reports S & P analysts’ ratings and company profiles. |
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Value Line Investment Survey Value Line analysts follow companies and make investment recommendations.
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Mergent Equity Research Reports Mergent analysts’ ratings. |
| Where can I find information about a company and its performance? | |
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Business & Company Resource Center. Company and industry reports, news articles. |
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InfoTrac OneFile. News releases and magazine and journal articles. |
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D&B Million Dollar Database Profiles on thousands of U.S. companies. |
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ReferenceUSA. Profiles on millions of U.S. and Canadian companies. |
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Yahoo! Finance |
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Annualreportservice.com Free copies of annual reports of publicly traded companies. |
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EDGAR reports The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s site, with listings of mandatory corporate filings. |
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Lexis/Nexis Corporate Affiliations A multi-volume work covering major public and private companies in the U. S. and the world. |
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Standard & Poor’s Register of Corporations Profiles of over 75,000 U. S. companies |
| How can I find out about new products a company is developing? | |
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The company’s website |
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Business and Company Resource Center |
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InfoTrac OneFile |
| How can I listen to a company’s conference calls? | |
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Company websites – go to Investor Relations area |
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Yahoo! Finance– Scroll down to “Conference Call Calendar” under “Market Events” |
| How do I look up the ticker symbols for a company? | |
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Bigcharts.com (symbol lookup) |
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Yahoo! Finance (symbol lookup) |
| How can I compare companies in the same industry? | |
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Bigcharts.com An easy way to create simple or complex charts to track stock performance and compare similar companies. Also features current articles, analysts’ recommendations, historic stock quotes |
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Standard & Poor’s Industry Surveys Recent developments, industry basics, and company data for 52 industries. |
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Standard & Poor’s The Outlook A weekly newsletter featuring economic and business news trends, ratings of stocks, and sample portfolios. |
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Value Line Investment Survey A full-page industry report precedes the pages of individual company profiles in the same industry. |
| How can I find old stock prices? | |
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Bigcharts.com – Click on “Historical Quotes” |
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Daily Stock Price Record (NYSE, ASE, OTC, NASDAQ) – High, low and closing |
| What are mutual funds? Which ones should I consider? | |
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Yahoo! Finance |
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Morningstar Mutual Funds Bi-weekly assessment and analysis of mutual funds. |
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Value Line Mutual Fund Survey Bi-weekly assessment and analysis of mutual funds. |
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Find other books in the catalog by looking under mutual funds |
| What are ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds)? Where can I find information on them? | |
Similar to an index mutual fund, but grouped by industry and traded like a stock on the stock exchanges.
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Yahoo! Finance |
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Investopedia |
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Motley Fool |
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Morningstar ETFs 100 |
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Barron’s Finance & Investment Handbook |
| Where can I find out about bonds? | |
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investinginbonds.com From the Bond Association of America |
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treasurydirect.gov U.S. Government Treasury bonds, bills and notes. |
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Standard & Poor’s Bond Guide |
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Find other books in the catalog under bonds |
| Where can I look up investment terms? | |
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Investopedia.com |
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Barron’s Finance and Investment Handbook |
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