Chapter Four

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Chapter Four

• Sources of Investment Information

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Aggregate Economic Data

• Federal Reserve (http//www.federalreserve.gov)
• Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis FRED
  (http//www.stlouisfed.org)
• Bureau of Economic Analysis (http//www.bea.gov)

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Sources of Finance Info (Part I)

• Free General Web Sources
• Yahoo Finance (http//finance.yahoo.com)
• MSN Moneycentral (http//moneycentral.msn.com)
• TheStreet.com (http//www.thestreet.com)
• CNNMoney.com (http//money.cnn.com)
• CBS Marketwatch (http//cbs.marketwatch.com)

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Sources of Finance Info (Part II)

• Magazines
• Business Week (http//www.businessweek.com)
• Forbes (http//www.forbes.com)
• Fortune (http//www.fortune.com)
• Smart Money (http//www.smartmoney.com)
• Barrons (http//www.barrons.com)
• Wall Street Journal (http//www.wsj.com)

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Sources of Finance Info (Part III)

• Other
• Value Line (http//library.pittstate.edu/db/db-tit
  le.html) -- scroll down the list of available
  databases until you get to Value Line
• Standard and Poors (available at Library)
• Corporate Web Sites
• SEC (Edgar) (http//www.sec.gov)

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Homework

• Find the following information
• FRED
• The 30-year conventional mortgage rate on Oct.
  1st, 1981 Oct. 1st, 1991, Oct 1st, 2001, and
  July 1st, 2006
• Federal Surplus/Deficit Oct. 1st, 1984, Oct. 1st,
  1994 and Oct 1st, 2004
• Finance and Insurance Wages and Salaries in
  Missouri on Jan. 1st, 2001 and Jan. 1st, 2006
• BEA
• Value added by the Securities, commodity
  contracts, and investments industry in 2004
• Value added as a of GDP by the food services
  and drinking places industry in 2004
• Yahoo Finance
• The current price, beta, brokerage
  recommendations, 5-year earnings growth forecast,
  CEOs name, market capitalization, number of
  shares sold short, and closing price on Sept.
  6th, 2000 and Sept 6th, 2002 for XM Satellite
  Radio.
• Using the MSN Stock Screener, screen for a list
  of stocks that meet the following criteria
• Size Micro Current PE Ratio EPS Growth Next
  5 Yr Institutional Ownership
  Margin Industry Average Net Profit Margin
  Relative Strength Increased
• Value Line
• Print a copy of the PDF File for Apple Computers
  and a copy of the PDF File for the Computer and
  Peripherals Industry