How to find the Book Value of a Stock

To find the (tangible) book value of a publicly traded stock use S&P NetAdvantage online.  Click on the Companies tab at the top of the page and then type in the company’s ticker symbol or its name in the Search by  box, and click on the arrow.  

Once you’re on the Company Profile page, click on Stock Reports on the left side of the screen.  Then page down to the ‘Company Financials’ section of the report and look for Tangible Book Value under the Per Share Data ($) category.  Several years of a stock’s annual book value are usually provided. 

Book values for stocks are also found in the Value Line Investment Survey  which is available on Reserve at the Business/SPEA Information Commons’ circulation desk.

Access S&P NetAdvantage here:

http://iubusref.pbwiki.com/Book+Value

Creative Commons

Would you like to find illustrations, videos, photographs and music to use for assignments, Web pages and presentations without the worry of copyright infringement?  

Creative Commons is an organization on the Web that is creating licenses that allow content creators to keep “some rights reserved”, and at the same time allow for their work to be available for use without permissions or fees.  Creators pick from a selection of six licenses that indicate how others can use their work.  For example, a creator may select a license that allows only non-commercial use and requires attribution.  Or, a license that allows both commercial and non-commercial uses, with attribution, but does not allow any changes to be made to the original work.  Use Creative Common’s search page to use Google, Flickr and other services to find available content.

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Where can I find time series data for various stock indices?

Look in the Factiva or the Global Insight database. 

For Factiva:

At the top of the screen click “Companies/Markets”.

Under Select Instrument: click Common Market Indexes. Under Common Market Indexes select your desired Index and edit Historical Quote preferences.

Then click Get Quote at the bottom of the page. When the window shows the historical prices, you can import it to excel by clicking CVS at the top.

For Global Insight:

On the left hand side of the screen click on Datainsight-Web. Next use Keyword Search for a particular index such as the Russell 2000, S&P 500, or the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Highlight the series you want to retrieve and click on Export Selected at the bottom of the screen.

http://iubusref.pbwiki.com/Stock+Exchange+Indices

Holiday-Related Facts & Figures from the U.S. Census Bureau

Here’s a site from the U.S. Census Bureau with reliable holiday retail sales data.   Department store and retail e-commerce sales, manufacturing related statistics, and the annual surveys of manufacturers are all included.

See the entire Census Bureau release and links here….  http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/012876.html

How Do I Find Rates for Commercial Paper?

To find rates for commerical paper see the Federal Reserve Release site here … http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/cp/

It includes time series charts of commercial paper yield curves, discount rate spreads/histories, and amounts outstanding.