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See also the library's links to Business.  For additional resources, see the library's list of online Business and Finance Databases.



Bonds
For additional resources in this subject area, see the library's online investment databases:
ValueLine Research Center, available only in library branches, and Morningstar.com Library Edition. See also "State of the Nation" in the STAT-USA database, available only in library branches.
  • Corporate and Municipal Bonds

    • Investing in Bonds.com
      Daily price and yield information can be found for actively traded municipal and corporate bonds on the Bond Market Association's Web site.

  • U.S. Savings Bonds
    TreasuryDirect provides basic information on savings bonds as well as the ability to purchase bonds online. Their savings bond wizard helps bond holders price and inventory their bonds. Also included is a savings bond calculator which enables the user to compute the redemption value for a savings bond.

  • U.S. Treasury Bonds, Notes and Bills

    • T-Bills, Notes and Bonds
      TreasuryDirect provides basic information on Treasury securities as well as the ability to purchase securities online.

    • Treasury Bill, Note and Bond Auction History
      Treasury bills, notes and bonds auctioned since 1980 can be searched online showing interest and discount rates, maturity dates and prices.

      • Selected Interest Rates
        Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 contains daily interest rates for government securities and is published weekly.



Global Investment Sites
For additional resources in this subject area, see the library's online investment databases:
ValueLine Research Center, available only in library branches, and Morningstar.com Library Edition.
  • ADR.com
    Data provided for each international company includes news, quotes, buy/hold/sell analysis, largest investor, brief company description and a list of companies in the same industry.

  • Bank of New York
    Depositary receipts directory includes corporate information, CUSIP, exchange, industry, news and selected financials. Searchable by industry, country, type of deposit receipt and other factors.

  • Financial Times
    The British financial news daily, surveys industries and public companies.



Investor Education

Mutual Funds
For additional resources in this subject area, see the library's online investment databases:
ValueLine Research Center, available only in library branches, and Morningstar.com Library Edition.
  • Good Starting Points

    • Closed-End Funds
      The Closed-End Fund Association Web site provides daily net asset values, performance histories and fund information for closed-end funds.

    • Morningstar.com
      This site provides information about each fund, including Morningstar ratings, a manager profile and performance information.

    • Mutual Fund Cost Calculator
      The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission provides a calculator at its Web site that allows investors to estimate and compare the costs of owning mutual funds.

    • SocialFunds.com
      Provides social and ethical information on socially responsible mutual funds.

    • Yahoo! Finance Mutual Funds Center
      This site provides fund details and performance information.

  • Money Funds

    • iMoneyNet
      Information designed to help individual investors learn about and select money market mutual funds. The site contains lists of money funds, money fund basics and news. It includes both taxable and tax-free funds.

  • Mutual Fund Screeners


Real Estate Investment Trusts
For additional resources in this subject area, see the library's online investment databases:
ValueLine Research Center, available only in library branches, and Morningstar.com Library Edition.



Stocks
For additional resources in this subject area, see the library's online investment databases:
ValueLine Research Center, available only in library branches, and Morningstar.com Library Edition.
  • Historical Quotes

    • BigCharts
      Site contains historical stock closing prices back to the mid 1980s. Input a ticker symbol and a date to look up the price on that date.

    • Silicon Investor
      The historical stock price information includes the open, high, low, close and volume. Enter a ticker symbol and select either the historical tab or choose the historical option from the pull down menu.

    • Yahoo! Finance
      Contains historical stock price information including open, high, low, close, volume, splits and dividends.

  • Investor Information

    • CBS Market Watch
      Provides news, commentary and market data. "Investor Tools" includes stock quotes, a calendar of earnings reports, company profiles, charts, ratings, etc.

    • Daily Stocks
      Offers links to many sites for information about specific companies including quotes, financials, stock-splits, advisor recommendations and insider trading

    • MSN MoneyCentral Investor
      An excellent site for researching investments. This site also provides a research wizard that takes the new investor through the process of studying a security and permits comparison with other stocks.

    • Yahoo! Finance
      This well-designed site includes stock quotes, charts, company news and profiles, recent SEC filings and insider trading information, in a user friendly format.

  • Market Information

  • Specialized Sites

    • IPO Central
      Sponsored by Hoover's Online, this site allows searching by company, industry, state, etc.

    • Options Central
      The Options Industry Council's Web site.

    • Pink Sheets
      Pink Sheets provides free 15 minute-delayed stock price quotations for both Pink Sheets stocks and stocks quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers' Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board. Pink Sheets posts stock quotations for many small, risky, thinly-traded stocks.

  • Stock Exchanges

  • Stock Screeners

    • MSN MoneyCentral's Investment Finder
      MSN's stock screener allows you to search a database of stocks by key financial ratios and industry group.

    • Yahoo! Finance
      Select potential stocks for investment using criteria such as industry group, analyst rating, one year estimated earnings growth, one year stock price performance, price/earnings ratio and other factors.

 

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