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Boston
Public Library
Investment
Resources on the Internet
Kirstein Business Branch
20 City Hall
Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02108
617-523-0860
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Annual Reports &
Company Info.
Bonds
CEO Compensation
Exchanges
Filings
IPOs
Mutual Funds
Pension Fund Information
Stock Quotes
REITs
Stock Market Info.
Investment Newsletters at Kirstein
Annual
Reports & Public Company Information
Corporate Information
Free registration required for use.
Investor Relations Information Network
Current and previous annual reports for over 3000 public companies.
Hoover's Online
Database of basic information on over 10,000 companies in the U.S. Other useful features
include links to SEC filings, various business rankings, and corporate web sites.
Click Here for information on annual reports
available at the Kirstein Business Branch Library.
Bonds
Bonds Online
Research bonds and find prices and yields
of Treasury, Municipal, Corporate and other bonds.
U.S. Savings Bond Values
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
Learn about Bonds and get price data, indexes and indicators, and market commentary.
CEO Compensation
AFLCIO Executive Paywatch
Search by Company Name, Ticker, Industry or Total Compensation.
Stock Exchanges
Features vary with each web site, but features generally include directories of member
companies, links to members web sites, trading statistics, ticker symbol guides, and other
information about trading on each exchange.
New York Stock
Exchange
American Stock
Exchange
NASDAQ
Boston Stock
Exchange
SEC Filings
EDGAR
Database of business filings with the SEC from 1994 to present. Beginning May 1996, all
public companies are required to file electronically.
FreeEDGAR
SEDAR
EDGAR's Canadian counterpart, this site includes public company & mutual fund filings
since January 1997.
Initial Public Offerings ("IPOs")
FreeEDGAR
The Securities and Exchange Commission requires companies intending to go public to file
registration forms. These forms, called S-1, S-2, SB-1, and SB-2, contain useful
information including a business description, financial statements, market price and much
of the same information commonly found in public companies' annual reports.
Hoover's IPO
Express (IPO Central)
Search for information on companies that have either recently gone public or filed to do
so. Browse most recent filings or search by date, with filings back to 1996. This web site
also contains links to S-1 filings with the SEC, a FAQ to IPOs, and a four part guide to
understanding IPOS with a definition of common terms. Also includes statistical
information under the section "IPO Scorecard."
Click
Here for a guide to researching IPO information at the Kirstein Business
Branch.
Mutual Funds
Brill's Mutual Funds Interactive
Offers articles and information on investing in Mutual Funds.
Investment Company Institute
Information on policy, legislation and policy. Click on the Statistics & Research link for detailed statistics.
IMoney.net
Formerly IBC/Donoghue's Money Fund Directory (no longer published in print), this database
provides yield rankings of money market mutual funds.
Morningstar
Provides recent quotes, graphs, and snapshots of the fund performance, largest holdings,
and investment objectives. To use the features similar to the print version of Morningstar
Mutual Funds, select "Ticker Lookup" on the home page, type in the name of
your fund, and press the "return" key.
Pension Fund Information
FreeERISA
Collective bargaining agreements, EIN number lookup, ERISA form 5500 filings. Free
registration required for full access.
Stock Quotes
Yahoo! Finance Historical Quotes.
Enter a ticker symbol and get quotes for one day or a chart spanning many days. Quotes go
back to 1970 and in some cases even earlier. Yahoo! Finance provides unadjusted prices as
well as a split and dividend adjusted close. Historical dividend payments and stock splits
are also shown.
Historical Stock Quotes 1988- present
Provides closing price for any trading day in the past 10 years. The "Interactive
Charting" feature can display intraday prices for the previous 15 days.
Pink Sheets.com
Provides information on Pink Sheets securities including current quotes and price charts that
go back 60 months. It will also tell you if a particular company is in Bankruptcy.
Click Here to see historical stock price
information available at the Kirstein Business Branch.
Real Estate Investment Trusts ("REITs")
Real Estate Investment Trusts
Current indices, news, and listings of REIT's by name, state, and symbol.
Stock Market Information
Bloomberg
Free information includes stock market indices from around the world and recent foreign
exchange rates.
Dow Jones Averages
1896- present
Fidelity Investments Symbol Lookup
This can be used to find the full name, ticker, CUSIP number or fund number for a Stock, Mutual Fund, Index or Annuity.
Global Financial Data, Inc.
Current and historical market statistics.
InvestorGuide
Investment and personal finance tools, resources and content.
MultexInvestor
Contains a variety of information about public companies and American Depositary Receipts.
Includes company profiles, news articles, key financials, earnings estimates, insider
trading, and institutional stock ownership.
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