What is investing?
- Investopedialink to tutorials, site also has articles, tools, even a simulator
Finance investment : is committing money or capital to purchase something with the expectation of gain (additional income or profit)
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Key Components: - analysis of assets, |
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- rate of return |
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- Morningstar Investment Research Center This link opens in a new windowCoverage: current. Up-to-date prices for stocks, mutual funds, and ETFs (exchange traded funds). Analyst reports. Morningstar's strength lies in its analysis of mutual funds. The Portfolio X-Ray tool lets you choose a group of stocks and funds to judge the balance of investments in a portfolio. NOTE: limited to 1 user at a time.
Industry Information
- Top Market Report SeriesEach report ranks future export opportunities within a particular industry based on a sector-specific methodology
Financial Data and Analyst Reports
- Edgar - Securities and Exchange CommissionFinancial reports of U.S. corporations from reports submitted to the SEC -- annual reports, quarterly reports, balance sheet, income statement, security activity and analysis and much more.
- Nexis Uni- business information and financial news, U.S. and international company financial information from government or private sources, market research, industry reports, and SEC filings; and searching features
- Morningstar Investment Research Center This link opens in a new windowCoverage: current. Up-to-date prices for stocks, mutual funds, and ETFs (exchange traded funds). Analyst reports. Morningstar's strength lies in its analysis of mutual funds. The Portfolio X-Ray tool lets you choose a group of stocks and funds to judge the balance of investments in a portfolio. NOTE: limited to 1 user at a time.
- Mergentonline This link opens in a new windowU.S. and International company and industry information. Reports can be downloaded into Excel. DOWNLOADING LARGE DATA SETS? Please use on-campus with this link: https://www.mergentonline.com/compsearch.asp For private company information, please consult Mergent Intellect which incorporates the Dun & Bradstreet Private Companies Database.
Exchange
Stock Exchange = a public entity for trading of company stocks and derivatives.
It facilitates the exchange of securities between buyers and sellers.
- List of stock exchanges(Wikipedia)
Company Sources
- Corp WatchInvestigates and exposes corporate violations of human rights, environmental crimes, fraud and corruption around the world (Non-profit investigative research)
- Mergent Intellect This link opens in a new windowU.S., Canadian and international company information plus census data and White Pages directory. This database can be used not only for business research but also as a job search tool. Incorporates Dun & Bradstreet Private Companies.