The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Finance REF HD30.15.B463 1997 V.8
Volume 8 of the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management provides overviews and brief presentations of the most important concepts, terms and techniques in modern finance, with entries ranging from extended explorations of major topics to short definitions of key terms. The book is international in perspective.
Dictionary of Banking REF HG151.R66 1993
Brief definitions of banking terms.
Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms,4th edition (Barron's) REF HG151.D69 1995
Short definitions of finance/investment and related terms. Also contains a list of related abbreviations and acronyms.
Encyclopedia of Banking and Finance,10th edition REF HG151.M8 1994
This one-volume encyclopedia contains over 4,000 short- to medium- length definitions of banking, business, and financial terms. More in-depth entries may include historical background, analysis of recent trends, illustrative examples, statistical data, and citation of applicable laws and regulations.
Handbook of International Financial Terms REF HG3880.M65 1997
The opening section "Getting Going with the A to Z of Entries" is a helpful overview for the non-specialist to financial markets and instruments. The main section of the handbook is an A-Z dictionary of terms, with formulae provided in the entries where appropriate. Included in the handbook is a listing of abbreviations and acronyms used in international markets, and a list of international currencies and currency codes by country.
The Library of Investment Banking (7 vols.) STACKS HG4534.L537 1990
The six subject volumes address investment, risk management, and the investment banking profession; capital raising and financial structure; corporate and municipal securities; mergers, acquisitions, and leverage buyouts; asset finance and securitization; and international finance and investing. Volume 7 is an index to the set.
New Palgrave Dictionary of Money and Finance (3 vols.) REF HG151.N48 1992
Three-volume set includes over 1,000 essay-style definitions arranged in alphabetical sequence, with 420 cross-references that direct the reader to the essay where a particular topic is discussed. Essays include bibliographies and show equations where relevant.
Wall Street Dictionary REF HG151.S424 1990
Brief definitions of more than 5,000 economic, financial, and investment terms.
Credo Reference A collection of over 275 reference books including dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, books of quotations, as well as subject-specific titles in a broad range of academic areas. The Business collection includes dictionaries in economics, finance, human resources, and manangement.
GUIDES AND HANDBOOKS
Handbook of Financial Market Indexes, Averages, and Indicators REF HG4636.B49 1990
Discusses all of the major financial market barometers--market averages, indexes, and indicators--as well as many minor ones, Serves as a reference to the investor by naming the issues that are the basis of each average or index and describing how it is calculated.
Handbook of Modern Finance REF HG173.H34 1998
Covers major technical, analytical, and theoretical financial issues. Organized around five major subject areas: financial institutions and markets, security analyses and portfolio management, short-term internal corporate financial decisions of long-term consequence.
Handbook of World Stock and Commodity Exchanges REF HG4551.H32 1991
Lists pertinent information for stock/commodity exchanges in over 60 countries. Entries include address and phone/fax/telex numbers, principal officers, a brief history, structure, trading systems, and more. Also contains over thirty articles on various issues written mostly by CEOs of exchanges throughout the world, along with currency abbreviations and a list of related international organizations.
The International Guide to Securities Market Indices REF HG4636.S52 1996
Provides descriptive profiles along with historical performance data on 300 of the world's leading global, regional, and local securities market indices and subindices covering 10 asset classes.
Portable MBA in Finance and Accounting, 2nd edition REF HG4028.P665 1997 Portable MBA in Investment STACKS HG4521.B4443 1995
Two titles from the "Portable MBA" series offer a survey of current thought in finance and investment.
The Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Money and Investing REF HG4910.M67 1993
This user-friendly guide uses plain language and plenty of photos, illustrations, and charts to explain how financial products and service companies work, who the players are, and how to evaluate investment performance.
STATISTICS Facts and Figures on Government Finance (Annual) REF HJ257.T23
Provides data on taxes, expenditures, and debt on federal, state, and local levels. Published by the Tax Foundation, which compiles their data from federal publications such as the Budget of the U.S. Government and the Treasury Bulletin.
Investment Statistics Locator, revised edition Information Desk HG4910.C47 1995
Quick reference resource for finding investment information. Indexed alphabetically by subject.
NASDAQ-Amex Fact Book & Company Directory (Annual) Information Desk HG4905.N3
New York Stock Exchange. Fact Book (Annual) Information Desk HG4571.N56
Contents include the year in review, stock market activity, stock price trends, listed companies, statistics on shareholders, and international transactions. The latest Fact Book may be viewed on the WWW.
Standard and Poor's Analysts' Handbook (Annual with Monthly Supplements) Information Desk HG4905.A66
Contains financial statistics for the past 30 years for industries represented in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. More than 80 broad industry categories are featured. Coverage for each industry includes approximately 20 financial statistics, selected financial ratios, and income and balance sheet items.
Thorndike Encyclopedia of Banking and Financial Tables (Annual) REF HG1626.T492
Contains tables on zero coupon bond price, yield, and accrued interest; present worth of bond coupons; annual percentage yield; compound interest and annuity (monthly and quarterly); invest, reinvest (bonds, savings, mortgages); bond price, simple and compound interest; and yield to maturity from sequential investments. Also includes banking and financial information such as interest rates and investments yields, state interest rate ceilings, bad-check laws by state, taxation, international weights and measures, international interest rates, growth rates for financial data, and a glossary of banking, financial, and foreign trade terminology.
INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook(Annual) REF HG3882.B34
Two-part, annual International Monetary Fund publication contains balance of payments data for approximately 140 countries. Part 1 provides aggregated as well as detailed presentations and explanatory notes for countries. Part 2 provides 5 tables of area and world totals of balance of payments components and aggregates.
International Financial Statistics Yearbook(Annual) REF HG3881.I626
Contains statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance, including exchange rates, international liquidity, international banking, money and banking, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, government, finance, and national accounts. Information is presented in tables for specific countries and in tables for area and world aggregates.
World Economic Outlook (Semiannual) REF HC10.W7979
Projections and analyses made by the International Monetary Fund of economic developments and policies in its member countries and of the global economic system. Contains textual information as well as almost 50 tables on various subjects including output, inflation, financial policies, foreign trade, current account transactions, external financing , external debt and debt service, and flow of funds. Most tables cover at least a ten-year period.
World Stock Exchange Fact Book (Annual) Ref HG4551.W67
Covers 20 years of data for over 45 exchanges.
SECURITIES
Company Finances:
America's Corporate Finance Directory(Annual) REF HG4057.A15647
Lists over 5,000 major public and private U.S. companies. Entries include sales, assets and liabilities, net worth, key financial officers, and outside firms providing financial services. Formerly The Corporate Finance Bluebook.
Moody's Industrial Manual (2 vols.)(Annual) REF HG4961.M81i
Provides detailed financial information and corporate histories.
Standard and Poor's Corporation Records(Looseleaf) REF
HG4501.S77 Comprehensive financial information on over 9,000 companies, updated daily.
Stocks:
Daily Stock Price Record: American Stock Exchange.Standard and Poor's Corporation (Quarterly) REF HG4915.S663
Daily Stock Price Record: New York Stock Exchange.Standard and Poor's Corporation (Quarterly) REF HG4915 .S664
The Records contain daily price information on stocks traded on the NYSE, ASE, and Nasdaq.
Dividend Record. Standard & Poor's (Annual Cumulations) REF HG4908.S77
Provides quarterly information on dividends of stocks and mutual funds, including the amount of dividend, date declared, ex-dividend date, date recorded and date payable.
Mergent Dividend Record formerly Moody's Dividend Record (Semi-weekly, with cumulations) REF HG4961.M81d
Provides current information on the dividends of stocks and mutual funds, indicating amounts of dividend and date declared, recorded, and paid during the last four quarters. Also lists annual dividends for the past two years.
Note: Annual cumulations are available under the same call number.
Moody's Handbook of Common Stocks (Quarterly) REF HG4961.M81H
Provides quick access to financial (10 years) and business information on more than 950 NYSE listed companies.
Moody's Handbook of NASDAQ Stocks(Quarterly) REF HG4501.M58
Provides quick access to financial (7 years) and business information on more than 600 Nasdaq-listed companies.
The Outlook.Standard & Poor's Corporation(Weekly) Information Desk HG4501.S78
Weekly commentary on the economy and current stock market trends. Individual stocks are discussed, with recommendations. The subscription includes an annual issue called Midyear Forecast.
Security Owner's Stock Guide.Standard and Poor's Corporation (Monthly) REF HG4915.S67
Monthly statistical summary of 5,300 common and preferred stocks. A separate section covers mutual funds.
Stock Market Encyclopedia. Standard & Poor's Corporation (Quarterly) REF HG4921.S68
Contains information on a broad array of large, actively traded stocks representing a cross-section of U.S. industry. Info includes a description of the business and ten years' worth of per share, income, and balance sheet data, as well as the latest year's net asset value per share, and dividend data. Lists stocks by area of investor interest, i.e., Growth Selections, Contrarian Selections, Income Selections, etc.
Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys (Quarterly) REF HC106.6.S74
Ongoing economic and investment analysis of major companies in 21 industry groups.
The Ticker Symbol Book. Standard & Poor's Corporation (Annual) Information Desk HG4636.S736 1997
Listing of 10,000 ticker symbols covering stocks traded on the major U.S. exchanges. Arranged alphabetically by company name and ticker symbol.
The Value Line Research Center provides online access to their major
investment publications, including The Value Line Investment Survey,
which covers 1,700 equity issues, and the Value Line Investment Survey – Small & Mid-Cap
edition (an additional 1,800 issues). It is searchable by company name
or ticker symbol. The Surveys may also be searched by industry name,
to retrieve all covered companies in a sector, or to view the current
analyst's report on the sector.
Walker's Manual of Unlisted Stocks(Annual) REF HG4501.W26
Covers 500 publicly traded companies that are not listed on the NYSE, AMEX, or Nasdaq exchanges. Each profile includes a description, per-share information, 4 years of annual financial data, officers, and commentary.
Bonds:
Credit Surveyformerly Moody's Bond Survey (Weekly) REF HG4961.M81 B7
Provides timely data and commentary on the corporate, municipal and foreign bonds.
Mergent Bond Record formerly Moody's Bond Record (Monthly) REF HG4961.M81B6
Provides information on all types of bonds; over 68,000 issues in all. The Annual Bond Record (REF HG4961.M81 B65) provides full-year rating actions on corporate and municipal issues.
Standard and Poor's CreditWeek(Weekly) REF HG4501.S76 CreditWeek provides authoritative coverage of the global credit market. Each issue contains news, feature stories, ratings news and trends, and a sovereign list, as well as periodic special reports with comparative statistics.
Standard and Poor's Bond Guide(Monthly) REF HG4905.S435
Statistical guide on over 5,900 corporate bonds and convertibles, with the S & P bond rating for each.
Mutual Funds:
BusinessWeek's Guide to Mutual Funds (Annual) REF HG4930.B872
Besides the Mutual Fund Scoreboard of 2000 mutual funds and closed-end funds, the Guide provides chapters covering the mutual fund world and investment basics. The BusinessWeek website has selected articles on mutual funds, a glossary, and the Interactive Scoreboard in its Mutual Fund Corner.
CDA/Wiesenberger Mutual Funds Update (Monthly) REF HG4930.C43
Provides monthly performance data on more than 9,500 mutual funds. December issues (1994-) are retained.
Investment Companies Yearbook. CDA/Wiesenberger Investment Companies(Annual) REF HG4530.I5
This 'bible' of the mutual funds industry covers nearly 9,800 mutual funds, 7,000 variable annuity subaccounts and 500 closed-end funds. Full Page Profiles on 500 major funds present burning fund information, such as holdings, management, performance, risk statistics and other pertinent information. The yearbook lists all mergers, name changes, liquidations, new funds and splits that occurred in the past year. The first 9 chapters comprise a textbook on mutual funds and investment companies.
Morningstar Mutual Fund 500(Annual) Information Desk HG4530.M84
Analyzes 500 open-end and closed-end funds, giving a clear, unbiased look at the people running each fund, the securities that drive performance, and the track records posted by each fund.
The New York Times - Mutual Funds Report Thenational newspaper of record. Contains bibliographic information and full text of the New York Times [Eastern edition] from January 1994 to the present. Stock tables, photographs, and other graphic content are not included. Earlier years of the New York Times are available on microfilm. Consult the Library Catalog for holdings details.
Quarterly supplement to the Money & Business section of the Sunday New York Times. Includes summary by sector and category, a listing of the quarter's 'leaders' (strongest performers) and 'laggards' (weakest performers), a quarterly performance table for individual funds, plus related articles.
The latest report (minus the tables) can be found on the NYT website under Business: Special Sections. (Please note: Although the site is free within the U.S., a one-time sign-up is required for access.)
Value Line Resarch Center
The Value Line Mutual Fund Survey provides proprietary ranks on over 7,000 mutual funds, full reports
including analyst commentaries for an additional 1,500 leading equity funds, and profile summary
reports on over 10,000 mutual funds.
COMMODITIES CRB Commodity Yearbook (Annual) REF HG1041.C73
Outlines current commodity trends with articles. Provides an overview of commodities market for the year, along with individual entries for each commodity. Contains textual, statistical, and graphical data for each individual commodity plus articles on market sectors and overall trends.
Handbook of World Stock and Commodity Exchanges REF HG4551.H32 1991
See description under Guides and Handbooks.
RATIOS AND STATISTICS
Advertising Ratios & Budgets Drexel Library Service Desk - Permanent Reserve HF5801.A344 2006 (view catalog record) This detailed report covers over 5,000 companies and 300 industries with historical 2005 advertising budgets, 2006 ad-to-sales ratios and ad-to-gross margin ratios, as well as 2006 and 2007 budget forecasts and growth rates. Use it to track competition, win new ad agency clients, set and justify ad budgets, sell space and time or plan new media ventures and new products. Includes industry and advertiser ad spending rankings and data on over 300 major foreign companies. Bought by major advertising agencies, media companies, advertisers and libraries. Table of ContentsSample of content
Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios (Annual) Information Desk HF5681.R25A45 (Earlier editions in Stacks)
Industry data is classified and presented in 13 categories based on company size so that a more precise benchmark can be pinpointed. Over 180 industries are presented.
Financial Studies of the Small Business (Annual) Information Desk HF5681.R25F55
Smaller companies in 70 industry groups are analyzed, with an emphasis on retail and service firms.
Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios (Annual) InformationDesk HF5681.R25I525 (Earlier editions in Stacks)
Reports on 14 key business ratios for each industry and provides financial norms and key business ratios for more than 800 lines of business with broad categories.
Mergent Online- The Mergent Online service provides financials on over 11,000 US public companies and their real-time Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR) filings. Financials for over 17,000 non-U.S. companies are included..
RMA Annual Statement Studies (Annual) Information Desk HF5681.B2R58 (Earlier editions in Stacks)
Contains composite financial data on over 400 industries including manufacturing, retailing, service, and contracting lines of business. Financial statements on each industry are shown in common size form and are accompanied by widely used ratios. Current data for each industry is presented sorted by sales and sorted by assets. In addition, some comparative historical data is presented.
Standard and Poor's Analysts' Handbook (Annual) Information Desk HG4905.A66
Contains selected income account and balance sheet items and related ratios for S&P industry group stock price indexes from 1964 to date. Composite data is updated quarterly through monthly supplements.
Standard and Poor's Corporation Records (Looseleaf) REF HG4501.S772
Comprehensive source for financial information on American companies with monthly and weekly updates.
The Value Line Research Center provides online access to their major
investment publications, including The Value Line Investment Survey,
which covers 1,700 equity issues, and the Value Line Investment Survey – Small & Mid-Cap
edition (an additional 1,800 issues). It is searchable by company name
or ticker symbol. The Surveys may also be searched by industry name,
to retrieve all covered companies in a sector, or to view the current
analyst's report on the sector.
SELECTED PERIODICALS
Barron's PER Most recent issues in Current Periodicals area (1st fl.) Microfilm 1972 -
Access to back issues available through ABI/INFORM Global.
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Financial Times (North American Edition)
Wall Street Journal(Eastern Edition)
the financial newspaper of record. Stock tables, photographs and other graphic content are not included.
Cynthia H. Slater
Business Reference Librarian
Saint Joseph's University
