LibGuides: Business & Economics: Stocks & Investments

Electronic Resources for Investments

Business Source Complete
This is IIT's largest business-subject database. It provides full-text coverage of more than 2,200 scholarly business, management and economics journals. More than 10,150 substantial company profiles from MarketLine are also included, as well as case studies, SWOT analyses, Market research reports.
Newspaper Source
Newspaper Source provides full text for many international and regional newspapers. In addition, television and radio news transcripts are also provided.
Regional Business News
This database provides full text coverage for regional business publications in metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
Wall Street Journal
Access all WSJ content online from the Dow Jones website in the original online layout. Online coverage of the popular business newspaper, including analysis tools and news from the past four years.

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Finding Historical Stock Prices

Yahoo Finance
1. Enter ticker symbol or company name
2. Clink on Historical Data
3. Daily stock prices available from 1/2/1962 - present
4. Data points: Date, Open, High, Low, Close, Volume Adjusted Close
5. Click on the Download to Spreadsheet link at the bottom of your returned results to export data into Excel
CRSP (Ceneter for Research in Security Prices)
Daily and monthly historical data for NYSE, NASDAQ, and AMEX stocks. Indices & Deciles. Daily & Monthly Treasuries. Available Via WRDS.
Who is eligible for a WRDS account?
Stuart School of Business – WRDS Account Policy

General Investing Websites

Investopedia's Dictionary of Financial Terms
Search for terms or browse by category. Investopedia was created by the Forbes company.
Mutual Fund Fact Book
Provides information on how funds operate, regulated under federal law, ownership and transactions. Includes data tables.
Path to Investing
Topic-driven information for the beginning investor.

Bond Websites

CNN's Bond Center
Data and updates for those new to bond trading.
Yahoo! Bonds Center
Yahoo also has a bond information center.

Initial Public Offering (IPO) Websites

IPO Informtation from Investopedia
Learn the whats and whys of IPOs here.
The Street.com
News articles about Fortune 500 companies. Also lists IPOs.
Yahoo! IPOs
Basic information on IPO performances.

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