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V. Securities and Investment


                            General Works


Dun & Bradstreet's guide to your investments. -- New York : Thomas
Y. Crowell Co. -- Annual.
                                                                  
                                                         HG4905.Y6
         Explanations for beginners.


Encyclopedia of investments / editor-in-chief, Jack P. Friedman. --
2nd ed. -- Boston : Warren, Gorham & Lamont, c1990. -- xvi, 964 pp.
: ill.
                                                                  
                                                    HG4527.E5 1990

         Kept current by updates with cumulative indexes.  Includes
bibliographical references.


Dictionary of business terms / Jack P. Friedman ; contributing
authors, Jeffrey Clark ... [et al.]. -- 2nd ed. -- Hauppauge, N.Y.
: Barron's, c1994. -- vi, 692 pp. -- (Barron's business guides).
                                                                  
                                                  HF1001. F78 1994


The Irwin business and investment almanac. -- Burr Ridge, Ill. :
Irwin Professional Pub. -- Annual. -- (Continues: Business One
Irwin Business and Investment Almanac).
                                                                  
                                              HF5003.D68a Ref Desk


Standard & Poor's statistical service: security price index record
/ Standard and Poor's Corporation. -- [New York, N.Y.] : Standard
& Poor's Corp.
                                                                  
                                                       HG4915.S68a

     Gives S&P indexes and averages retrospectively, providing a
record of historical and current figures for stocks, bonds,
municipals, and government securities.


The Dow Jones averages, 1885-1990 / edited by Phyllis S. Pierce. --
Homewood, Ill. : Business One Irwin,
c1991. -- 1 v. (unpaged).
                                                                  
                                                 HG4915.D6433 1991
      Chiefly tables.


                          Directories


Institutional investor directory. -- [New York, N.Y. :
Institutional Investor, Inc.
                                                                  
                                               HG4907.I43 Ref Desk


Security dealers of North America. -- New York : Standard & Poor's
Corp. [etc.]. -- Semiannual.
                                                                  
                                                         HG4907.S4


Nelson's directory of investment research. -- Port Chester, N.Y. :
Nelson Publications. -- Annual.
                                                                  
                                               HG4907.N43 Ref Desk


Securities industry yearbook. -- [New York : Securities Industry
Association]. -- Annual.
                                                                  
                                                       HG4907.S398


Nelson's directory of investment managers. -- Port Chester, N. Y.
: Nelson Publications. -- Annual.
                                                                  
                                               HG4907.N44 Ref Desk


                    Newspapers and Periodicals


         Recent issues of these useful investment newspapers and
periodicals are available in the Business Reading Room:

American Banker

Asian Wall St. Journal

Bank and Quotation Record
         Prices for stocks, bonds, exchange rates; cumulates.

Barron's National Business and Financial Weekly.

Financial Post

Financial Times

Financial World
         Financial data on sixteen hundred companies per month.

Inc
         Tracks and profiles new and small public companies.

Treasury Bulletin
         Statistics and price data for government securities.

The Wall Street Journal
         First place to check for Dow Jones averages, exchange
rates, stock prices, and figures for the previous day.



                            BONDS


Handbook of U.S. government & federal agency securities & related
money market instruments. -- Chicago, IL : Probus Pub. Co. --
Biennial.
                                                                  
                                                         HG4936.F5

         Describes and explains government securities.


KIS dollar bond evaluator. -- New York, N.Y. : Kenny Information
Systems, Kenny Group. -- Annual.
                                                                  
                                                        HG4951.D65

         Provides bond ratings.


Moody's bond survey. -- New York : Moody's Investors Service. --
Weekly.
                                                                  
                                                       HG4905.M785

         Looseleaf bond rating service. Includes Moody's
Convertible Bonds.


Moody's bond ratings and quotations. -- New York : Moody's
Investors Service. -- Monthly.
                                                                  
                                                        HG4905.M78


Municipal registered bond interest record / Standard & Poor's
Corporation. -- New York, N.Y. : The Corporation. -- Annual.
                                                                  
                                                        HG4951.M82



                         COMMODITIES


The Dow Jones-Irwin guide to commodities trading / Bruce G. Gould.
-- Rev. ed. -- Homewood, Ill : Dow Jones-Irwin, c1981. -- xvii, 361
pp. : ill.
                                                                  
                                                   HG6046.G66 1981

         Bibliography: pp. 355-356.


Handbook of financial markets : securities, options, and futures /
edited by Frank J. Fabozzi and Frank G. Zarb. -- 2nd ed. --
Homewood, Ill. : Dow Jones-Irwin, c1986. -- xix, 785 pp. : ill.
                                                                  
                                                   HG4527.H25 1986

         Includes bibliographical references.


The Knight-Ridder CRB commodity yearbook / Commodity Research
Bureau, Knight-Ridder Financial Publishing. -- New York : John
Wiley & Sons. -- Annual.
                                                                  
                                                        HF1041.C56

         Statistics such as production, supply, distribution,
prices, and others, are presented historically.


Commodity prices / Catherine Friedman, editor. -- 2nd ed. --
Detroit : Gale Research Inc., c1991. -- ix, 630 pp.
                                                                  
                                            Z7164.P94 W33 Ref Desk

         Lists commodities and where to locate prices.



                    MONEY MARKET FUNDS


Directory of pension funds and their investment managers. --
Charlottesville, VA : Money Market Directories. -- Annual.
                                                                  
                                                        HG4509.M65


Investing in money market securities / Jeffrey H. Katz. -- Chicago,
Ill. : Probus Pub., c1991.
                                                                  
                                                   HG4941.K38 1990


Money market funds / Barnard Seligman. -- New York, NY : Praeger,
1983. -- xii, 110 pp. : ill.
                                                                  
                                                  HG4910.S396 1983


The Money market fund primer / by Colleen Sullivan. -- New York :
Macmillan, c1983. -- vi, 181 pp.
                                                                  
                                                   HG4910.S76 1983

         Basic explanation and how to follow the market.



                        MUTUAL FUNDS

         Barron's, Business Week, Financial World, Forbes, Fortune,
and Money, each publish special issues (see chapter 3) on mutual
funds. Consult a reference librarian to obtain these from the
special files or stack areas.


IBC/Donoghue's mutual funds almanac. -- Holliston, MA : Donoghue
Organization. -- Annual.
                                                                  
                                               HG4930.D66 Ref Desk


The individual investor's guide to low-load mutual funds. --
Chicago, Ill. : American Association of Individual Investors. --
Annual.
                                                                  
                                                        HG4930.I49


Investing for a lifetime : Paul Merriman's guide to mutual fund
strategies / Paul Merriman. -- Homewood, Ill. : Business One Irwin,
c1992.
                                                                  
                                              HG4530.M479 Ref Desk


Investment companies and their securities. -- New York, N.Y. : A.
Wiesenberger & Co. -- Annual.
                                                                  
                                                         HG4530.I5


Morningstar closed-end fund sourcebook. -- Chicago, IL :
Morningstar, Inc. -- Annual.
                                                                  
                                                        HG4530.M66


Morningstar mutual fund 500. -- Chicago, IL : Morningstar, Inc. --
Annual.
                                                                  
                                                      HG45430.M664


Mutual fund fact book. -- Washington, D.C. [etc.] : Investment Co.
Institute. -- Annual.
                                                                  
                                                        HG4930.M85


The Mutual fund encyclopedia. -- Chicago, Ill. : Dearborn Financial
Pub. -- Annual.
                                                                  
                                              HG4530.M844 Ref Desk

         Provides detailed descriptions of dozens of U.S. and
international funds.


The 100 best mutual funds you can buy. -- Holbrook, Mass. : B.
Adams.
                                                                  
                                               HG4530.A15 Ref Desk


The Value line mutual fund survey. -- New York, NY : Value Line
Pub. -- Biweekly.
                                                                  
                                               HG4530.V35 Ref Desk



                             STOCKS


Moody's industrial manual. -- New York : Moody's Investors Service.
-- Annual.
                                                                  
                                                        HG4961.M67


Moody's OTC industrial manual. -- New York : Moody's Investors
Service. -- Annual.
                                                                  
                                                      HG4961.M7237

         "Companies traded over the counter or on regional
conferences."


Moody's public utility manual. -- New York : Moody's Investors
Service.
                                                                  
                                                      HG4961.M7245

         Provides financial histories including splits, bond
ratings, and yields.


Moody's transportation manual. -- New York : Moody's Investors
Service.
                                                                  
                                                        HG4971.M74

         Provides financial histories including splits, bond
ratings, and yields.


Standard corporation descriptions / Standard and Poor's
Corporation. -- New York : Standard & Poor's Corp. Semimonthly.
                                                                  
                                                     HG4501.S76635

         Daily looseleaf service offering similar data to Moody's,
manuals.


Daily stock price record / Standard and Poor's Corporation. -- New
York : Standard and Poor's Corp.
                                                                  
                                                       HG4915.S664

         Very large set of volumes, one per year per exchange,
giving figures and averages daily.


The SRC green book of 5-trend 35-year charts. -- Boston, Mass. :
Securities Research Co. -- Annual.
                                                                  
                                                        HG4916.S67


Standard & Poor's stock reports: over the counter / Standard and
Poor's Corporation. -- New York : Standard & Poor's Corp.  .
                                                                  
                                                       HG4905.S444

         Updated quarterly.  Gives financial and historical data,
trends, and prospects; two pages per stock.

Standard & Poor's stock reports: New York Stock Exchange / Standard
and Poor's Corporation. -- New York : Standard and Poor's Corp.
                                                                  
                                                       HG4905.S443

         Updated quarterly.  Gives financial and historical data,
trends, and prospects; two pages per stock.

Standard & Poor's stock reports: American Stock Exchange / Standard
and Poor's Corporation. -- New York : Standard and Poor's Corp.
                                                                  
                                                        HG4905.S44

         Updated quarterly.  Gives financial and historical data,
trends, and prospects; two pages per stock.


The Unlisted market guide -- Glen Head, NY : Unlisted Market
Service Corp., c1984. -- 3 v. (loose-leaf). 
                                                                  
                                                   HG4916.U54 1984

         Like S&P Stock Reports, for small OTC companies.


Standard & Poor's stock reports: Nasdaq and regional exchanges. --
New York : Standard & Poor's. -- Quarterly.
                                                                  
                                                       HG4905.S444


Walker's manual of Western corporations & securities. -- Walker's
Western Research : San Francisco. -- Annual.
                                                                  
                                                      HG5128.C2 W2


Moody's handbook of common stocks. -- New York : Moody's Investors
Service.
                                                                  
                                                        HG4501.M59

         Issued quarterly. Financial data on more than eight
hundred stocks for ten years.


The Value line investment survey. -- [U.S. ed.]. -- New York :
Value Line, Inc. [etc.]. -- Weekly.
                                                                  
                                               HG4501.V26 Ref Desk

         Looseleaf.


Analyst's handbook. -- New York, N.Y. : Standard & Poor's Corp. --
Annual.
                                                                  
                                                        HG4905.A66

         Financial data by industry, 1954 to present.  Title varies
slightly. Sometimes called: Annual Edition; Vols. for <1981-1992>
called: Official Series.  Monthly supplement also called: Monthly
Analyst's Handbook.


Fact book / NYSE, New York Stock Exchange / New York Stock
Exchange. -- [New York, N.Y.] : The Exchange. -- Annual. --
(Continues: New York Stock Exchange, Dept. of Public Relations and
Market Development, Fact Book).
                                                                  
                                                        HG4571.N56


European stock exchange handbook / [by C.H. Kent]. -- Park Ridge,
N.J. : Noyes Data Corp., 1973. -- xvii, 567 pp. : illus.
                                                                  
                                                        HG4551.K45
         Includes bibliographical references.


European company information / editor, Julie Scott. -- [5th ed.].
-- London ; Detroit : Gale Research International, c1993. -- x, 318
pp. -- (London Business School sourceguides).
                                                                  
                                              HF54.52.E85 E93 1993


Major stock markets of Europe / Paul Stonham. -- New York : St.
Martin's Press, 1982. -- xv, 244 pp.
                                                                  
                                                   HG4551.S84 1982

         Includes bibliographical references. 
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