LibGuides: Business: Finance/Economics

Financial News/Charts

Bigcharts.com Current and historical stock data.
Bloomberg
CEO Express
Reforming the Nation's Financial System Website designed to help the public keep track of major financial regulatory developments - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
Reuters
Tracking the Global Recession Compares the current recession with past recessions for the United States and other countries - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
Wall Street Journal: Markets Data Center Contains 30 of the most popular tables from the Wall Street Journal including:stocks, bonds, commodities & futures, and currencies For many of the tables there is an archive of past editions.
Yahoo!Finance Company, financial and investment information

Investing Education Sites

Investopedia Learn the basics on investing - dictionary of terms, articles and tutorials.
Motley Fool How-to advice on investing.

Financial Ratios

Reference books with financial ratio information in the MU Library include:

Almanac of Business & Financial Ratios REF HF5681.R25 T68

Industry Norms & Key Business Ratios REF HF5681.R25 I525

RMA Annual Statement Studies REF HF5681.B2 R6

SEC Filings

Public companies are required to file many different forms with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Click on the following link for a description of these SEC public forms as well as their rules, regulations, and schedules.

Edgar SEC Filings Company filings.

MU Library Databases

Monmouth University's subscription databases providing financial market information:

Business (9 ProQuest databases) Searching with this link provides results from 9 business databases from ProQuest, including ABI/Inform, Hoovers, Asian & European sources, and Industry snapshots.

Business Source Premier (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window (Ebsco, including MarketLine reports, industry & country profiles) Business journals.
Value Line(*** LIMITED ACCESS-3 CONSECUTIVE USERS ONLY***) This link opens in a new window Timely information on stocks, mutual funds, special situations, options and convertibles. Simultaneous access for 3 users. Please log off when session is completed.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window Multidisciplinary archive of scholarly journal literature. 1878 + Last several years not included.

Websites

Check the company's website for information about corporate culture, products, and financials.

You can also check the following sites:

Google Finance Up-to-date stock and market data.
Guidestar Source of information on US nonprofits. A searchable database of more than 1.8 million IRS-recognized nonprofit organizations, including Form 990.
Reuters
ThomasNet Find manufacturers, distributors and service providers.
Yahoo!Finance Stock quotes, up to date news, portfolio management resources, international market data, and message boards.