1. Sources of Financial Information
The Internet
Newspaper coverage of securities transactions
Common and preferred stocks
Bonds
Mutual funds
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2. Reading Stock Quotations
Source: Wall Street Journal, October 28, 2008, p. C9.
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3. Reading Bond Quotations
Source: The Yahoo! Finance bond website at accessed October 28, 2008.
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4. Reading Mutual Fund Quotations
Source: Wall Street Journal, October 28, 2008, p. C11.
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5. Sources of Financial Information
Other sources of financial information
Investors’ services
Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s, Mergent, Value Line, Morningstar, Lipper Analytical Services, Wiesenberger Investment Companies
Brokerage firm analysts’ reports
UBS PaineWebber, Smith Barney, Merrill Lynch
Business periodicals
Business Week, Fortune, Forbes
Advertising Age, Business Insurance
U.S. News & World Report, Time, Newsweek
Money, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine, Consumer Reports
Corporate reports
A security average (security index) is an average of the current market prices of selected securities
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6. Sources of Financial Information (cont’d)
Security averages
An average of the current market prices of selected securities
Dow Jones Industrial Average
30 leading industrial corporations
Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index
New York Stock Exchange Composite Index
American Stock Exchange Index
Nasdaq Composite Index
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