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This bibliography contains major sources of information about stocks and stock exchanges held by Gelman Library and is arranged in the following sections:

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Individual Stocks
Prices
Dividends
Stock Holders
Stock Screeners
Forecasts
Symbols

Depositary Receipts
Industry
Exchanges
Indexes, Averages, and General Data
Statistics Locator
Periodicals
Obsolete Securities

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Individual Stocks

Datastream.
Location: Selected Stations on the ground floor
This provides a wide range of financial data including for stocks. This is best for more in-depth research. There is a manual at the Reference Desk.

Handbook of Common Stocks. Quarterly. 1965-.
Location: REF HG 4905 .M815 (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACKS)
Provides ten year's worth of price ranges and statistics for over 900 stocks. Short discussions of the background, prospects, and recent developments of the companies are also given. There is also a "Condensed Statistical Tabulation," giving selected data on those companies on the New York Stock Exchange which are not given full coverage. Published by Mergent.

Standard and Poor's Stock Reports. Monthly. 1998-2006.
Location: HG 4905 .S446
Quite similar to Handbook of Common Stocks, though covering many more stocks.

American Stock Exchange. Quarterly. 1990-October, 1997.
Location: HG 4905 .S44
Now a part of Standard and Poor's Stock Reports.

New York Stock Exchange. Quarterly. 1990-November, 1997.
Location: HG 4905 .S443
Now a part of Standard and Poor's Stock Reports.

NASDAQ and Regional Exchanges. Quarterly. September , 1989-December, 1997.
Location: HG 4905 .S444
Includes about 1200 stocks traded over the counter or on regional exchanges. Now a part of Standard and Poor's Stock Reports.

Market Guide. Fall 1988, Summer 1989 - Fall 1989, Spring 1990 - Summer 1991, Winter 1991 - Autumn 1992, Spring 1993 - Autumn 1993, Spring 1994 - Spring 1995, Autumn 1995 - Winter 1999, Autumn 1999.
Location: HG 4905 .U545
This contains profiles of a number of over-the-counter stocks. Each profile contains a description of the business, results of operations, and recent developments as well as financial data. The profiles are updated quarterly whenever possible.

Walker's Manual of Micro-Cap Stocks. 2002 -
Location: HG 6041 .W333
This covers selected low-priced stocks. It includes numerous indices to the profiles (e.g. price/earning ratio). Formerly Walker's Manual of Penny Stocks (see below) .

Walker's Manual of Penny Stocks. 1998.
Location: HG 6041 .W35
This covers selected low priced stocks. It includes numerous indices to the profiles contained in the manual (e.g. price/earning ratio, SIC Code).

Walker's Manual of Unlisted Stocks. 1996-1998, 2002/2003
Location: HG 4905 .W25
This includes numerous indices to the profiles contained in the manual (e.g. price/earning ratio, SIC Code).

Value Line Investment Survey.
Location: REF HG 4501 .V26 (MOST RECENT ISSUES IN READY REFERENCE AND AT REFERENCE DESK; EARLIER ISSUES ON MICROFICHE)
There are three parts to this survey: Summary and Index, Selection and Opinion, and Ratings and Reports. It analyzes about 1500 stocks in about 75 industry groups. The statistics and text are updated on a rotating basis, thus giving revised quarterly information on each industry and company included. The Beta, and measures of timeliness and stability are among the more noteworthy information contained in the Survey. Discussions of political-economic factors affecting the stock market and a model investment portfolio are also included. A very important source.

Value Line Investment Survey Small and Mid-cap Edition.
Location: READY REF HG 4905 .V261 (EARLIER ISSUES ON MICROFICHE)
This is a companion publication to the preceding that covers smaller companies. It was formerly entitled the Expanded Edition.

Mergent Equity Research Report. Latest only retained.
Location: REF HG 491 .M7
Similar to Value Line (above).

Prices

Datastream
Location: Selected Stations on the Ground Floor
This provides a wide range of financial data including stock prices. This is best for more in-depth research. There is a manual at the Reference Desk.

Factiva.
Location: ALADIN
In the "Company/Markets" section under "quotes," this provides historical prices for stocks.

Daily Stock Price Records.
Standard & Poor's issues three different records, each divided into two parts. Part I gives market indicators (e.g. price indexes). Part II contains daily and weekly stock price records.

Daily Stock Price Record. American Stock Exchange. Quarterly. 1973-.
Location: HG 4915 .S66

Daily Stock Price Record. New York Stock Exchange. Quarterly. 1973-.
Location: HG 4915 .S664

Daily Stock Price Record. NASDAQ. Quarterly. 1973-.
Location: HG 4915 .S665
Includes coverage of about 4,000 stocks.

Financial History at the International Center for Finance
Location: http://viking.som.yale.edu/
Includes historical price and some other data for stocks on the New York, London, St. Petersburg, and Shanghai stock exchanges.

Dividends

Mergent Dividend Record. Semi-weekly with annual cumulative issue published the first week of January. 1959, 1979-.
Location: HG 4908 .M78
Reports dividends declared, recorded, and/or paid for stocks listed or traded on a variety of exchanges throughout the world as well as those traded over-the-counter. Includes a thrice-yearly tax supplement. The most recent can also be seen at http://www.mergent.com by hovering over Documents and Downloads and clicking on Dividend Reports.

Standard & Poor's Annual Dividend Record. 1979-1986, 1990-2004.
Location: HG 4908 .S7
Similar to the Mergent Dividend Record (above).

Mergent's Dividend Achievers. Annual. 1983-1984, 1994-1997, 2000-.
Location: HG 4050 .M66
Coverage includes over 400 companies whose dividends have increased consistently for the past ten years. In abrition to basic business and financial information, there is given the dividend achiever rank of each company, ten year dividend growth rate, and long-term and short-term "price scores" based upon comparisons of the stock's price performance with the New York Stock Exchange Index.

Stock Holders

ICC Shareholders
Location: Lexis/Nexis (under Business: Company Financial: Stock Reports) on ALADIN
Select Stock Reports in the source box. Type in the name of the database in the Narrow search box.

Mergent Online
Location: ALADIN
Type in the company name and click on Search and then on Research.

Vickers Stock Reports
Location: Lexis/Nexis (under Business: Company Financial: Stock Reports) on ALADIN
Select Stock Reports in the Source box. Type in the name of the database in the Narrow search box.

Stock Screeners

Factiva.
Location: ALADIN
In the "Companies/Markets" section, under "Company Screening," one is able to create a list of companies meeting the criteria one chooses.

Morningstar.com Stock Selector.
Location: http://screen.morningstar.com/StockSelector.html?hnav=stocksSelect

Forecasts

Datastream.
Location: Selected Stations on the Ground Floor
This provides a wide range of financial data including earnings forecasts. This is best for more in-depth research. There is a manual at the Reference Desk.

Nelson's.
Location: Lexis/Nexis (Under Business: Company Financial)
The estimates for companies herein are the average of brokerage firms' forecasts. The consensus reports provide more than the research reports. To retrieve them, type in the company name in the top box, Nelson's in the Narrow search box, and highlight Stock Reports in the Source box.

Zacks Investment Research.
Location: Lexis/Nexis (Under Business: Company Financial)
The estimates for companies herein are the average of brokerage firms' forecasts. To retrieve them, type in the company name in the top box, Zacks in the Narrow Search box, and highlight Stock Reports in the Source box.

Symbols

Common Stock Newspaper Abbreviations and Trading Symbols.
Location: HG 4636. J37 1989
There are three sections each arranged differently: By company name, by newspaper abbreviation, and by trading (i.e. ticker) symbol. In each section, all three items are given, only the arrangement changes. There is a 1991 supplement next to it at HG 4636 .J372 1991.

Ticker Symbol Book. Annual. 1997-1999
Location: READY REFERENCE HG 4513.5.T53 (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACKS.)
Covers stocks on the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, and the American Stock Exchange. There is a listing by ticker symbol and another by company name.

Industry

Analyst's Handbook. Annual with monthly supplements. 1986-.
Location: REFERENCE HG 4905 .A66 (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACKS).
"Composite corporate per share data" for "Standard & Poor's industry group stock price indexes."

Factiva.
Location: ALADIN
Under "Companies/Markets" one can retrieve company/industry comparison reports that provide statistical comparisons of a company with its industry. To do this, click on Company, type in the company name, click on reports to the left and then on ratio comparison report.

Exchanges

American Stock Exchange Annual Report. Annual. 1974, 1976,1978- 1979, 1981-1983,1985-1990, 1992-1993.
Location: HG 4575 .N52 (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACKS).

American Stock Exchange Constitution and Rules.
Location: HG 4575.3.A44 1995. Also at the website listed immediately below.

American Stock Exchange Home Page.
Location: http://www.amex.com

Fact Book. (American Stock Exchange). Annual. 1985-1989, 1991-1998.
Location: HG 4575 .1 .A45
Contains statistics on trading volume, market indices and other information.

Global Stock Markets Factbook. Annual. 1989-.
Location: REF HG4551. E43 (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACKS AND IN WRLC STORAGE)
This contains data on stock markets in developing and underdeveloped countries. Formerly the Emerging Stock Markets Factbook.

Guide to Asian Stock Markets by Robert Lloyd George
Location: HG 5702 .G3 1989
Provides descriptions and historical data.

The IFR Handbook of World Stock and Commodity Exchanges.
Location: HG 4551 .H319 1997
Provides basic information, a short history, and a section on prospective developments for each exchange.

National Association of Securities Dealers.
Location: http://www.nasd.com

National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Annual Report. Annual. 1983-1985, 1986-1989, 1994.
Location: http://www.nasd.com/corp_info/financials.asp from 1996 on.

NASD Inc. Securities Dealers Manual. 1983-.
Location: http://nasd.complinet.com/nasd/display/index.html
This contains the various by-laws, rules, and codes of the National Association of Securities Dealers, as well as such other items as officials, and members.

NASDAQ Fact Book. Annual. 1983, 1987-1990.
Location: HG 4921 .N27
Contains statistics, indices, etc.

NASDAQ-AMEX Fact Book & Company Directory.
Location: HG 4921 .N27 1999
Contains statistics, indices, etc. along with the company directory.

NASDAQ Stock Market Home Page.
Location: http://www.nasdaq.com

New York Stock Exchange Fact Book. Annual. 1980-1984, 1986, 1988, 1991-2001
Location: HG 4571 .N56. (1993-1995 and 1999 also at Burns Law Library). Also at http://www.nyse.com/factbook
Contains statistics, indices, a summary of the year, etc.

New York Stock Exchange Home Page.
Location: http://nyse.com

New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Constitution and Rules. 1995, 1999.
Location: HG 4573.N49 .

Stock Exchanges
Location: http://123world.com/stockexchanges/
This provides links to web sites for many stock exchanges.

World Stock Exchange Fact Book. 1995 - 1996
Location: HG 4551 .W67
Provides historical data

Indexes, Averages, and General Data

Datastream.
Location: Selected Stations on the Ground Floor
This provides a wide range of financial information including for stock indexes. This is best for more in-depth research. There is a manual at the Reference Desk.

EconStats
Location: http://www.econstats.com
Click on Stock Markets

International Guide to Securities Market Indices.
Location: HG 4636 .S52 1996
This provides profiles and some statistical data on each of the many indices covered.

Chase Investment Performance Digest: Performance and Rankings of the World's Major Investments.
Location: HG 4501 .C48
Includes data on U.S and non-U.S. stock markets, for 1960- 1995.

Irwin Business and Investment Almanac. Annual. 1977-1979, 1981- 1996.
Location: HF 5003 .D68
Contains a section on stocks which includes a variety of data (e.g., stock averages).

Dow Jones Averages 1885-1995.
Location: HG 4915. D6434 1996
Contains the daily averages, including highs and lows as well as closing when available. There is also a brief history of the averages.

Irwin Investor's Handbook. Annual. 1986-1996.
Location: HG 4921 .D66.
Contains various data on the Dow Jones Averages, and also on Barron's Confidence Index, the New York Stock Exchange, and U.S. and foreign investment instruments, including some indices.

Standard & Poor's Statistical Service Security Price Index Record. Annual. 1976-.
Location: REF HG 4921 .S65 (EARLIER IN STACKS)
Contains data on the S & P 500 and its various sub-divisions.

Standard & Poor's Index Services.
Location: http://www.spglobal.com
This provides lists of the companies that comprise the various indices of Standard and Poor's. Also provided are descriptions of the indices, methodologies, abritions and deletions, and recent statistics.

S&P 500 Directory. Annual. 1989-1991.
Location: HG 4501.S366
This contains narrative and statistics about the S&P 500 Index itself (e.g. stocks abred to, and deleted from, the index; lists of best and worst performing industry groups and individual stocks) and about the individual stocks.

Longman Investment Companion: A Comparative Guide to Market Performance.
Location: HG 4521. W484 1989
This discusses a variety of investment vehicles (e.g. stocks, bonds, silver, currencies) giving, for each, background and descriptive information and performance data.

Statistical Abstract of the United States. Annual. 1879-1946, 1948-.
Location: REF AND READY REF HA 202 (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACKS). Also at http://www.census.gov/statab/www/
Has a section containing data about stocks including price indexes.

Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Times to the Present
Location: ALADIN and REF HA 202 H57 2006

Stocks, Bonds, Bills, and Inflation Yearbook. Annual. 1987-.
Location: REF HG 4521 .I22. (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACKS).
Presents a narrative of history of returns on stocks, bonds, Treasury bills, and of capitalization of stocks and inflation. There are appendices giving the various data as well.

Stocks, Bonds, Bills, and Inflation: Historical Returns (1926- 1987).
Location: REF HG 4915 .12 1989. Also at the Virginia Campus Library
An historical supplement to the annual (see above).

Statistics Locator

Investment Statistics Locator.
Location: READY REF HG 4910.C47 1995. Also at the Virginia Campus Library
This indicates where investment statistics on various topics (e.g. industries, countries) can be found.

Periodicals

There are a number of periodicals that contain stock prices, averages, volumes, and the like:

Barron's. Weekly. 1956-.
Location: CURRENT PERIODICALS (BACK ISSUES ON MICROFILM)

New York Times. Daily. 1851-.
Location: CURRENT PERIODICALS (BACK ISSUES ON MICROFILM)
Consult the Financial section.

Wall Street Journal. Daily. 1958-.
Location: CURRENT PERIODICALS (BACK ISSUES ON MICROFILM)

Obsolete Securities

Directory of Obsolete Securities
Location: HG 4961 .D56 1985

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