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Resources for Business: Bonds
Bond Reports - Locate individual company issues by searching company name or ticker.

Bond Screeners - To receive an S&P Bond Report, enter the Issuer name or CUSIP number below. To perform a search, fill in the additional screening criteria.

Credit Week Focus - Credit Week Focus offers a thoughtful look at the global credit markets, providing credit rating news and analysis. This feature is updated weekly.

Provides background and financials for both U.S. and foreign-based publicly traded companies. Mergent records may include presentation-quality FactSheets (aka TearSheets) and for many (but not all) companies.

Example: FactSheet for General Mills

Standard & Poor's Statistical Service
Drexel Library Reference (1st fl.) HC101.S74a  (view catalog record)
See Basic Statistics - Banking and Finance updated by Current Statistics and Security Price Index Record for Municipal and US Government Bond Yields and Prices.

Bloomberg 
access for SJU Community in the Wall Street Trading Room ONLY (Mandeville Hall Room 295)

To track down bonds issued by a company:
1. Type your ticker symbol and press [F3, Corp.] key and [GO] and a list of corporate bonds appears.
2. Type the number next to the corporate bond that is needed
3. Type HP (for historical prices) or GP (for graphical prices). Page forward to get the prices in tabular form.

For ratings, type DES.
Try also Bloomberg's BOND Search to screen for bonds: SRCH [GO]

In addition, some free information, including bond ratings, are available at Fitch Ratngs
Look under Corporate Finance for issuers and ratings.


Selected Publications with Information on the Bond Market


Barron's (print edition)
Drexel Library   (view catalog record)

Restricted to SJUThe Bond Buyer- (Trade Publication)  Find it! @ SJU
Daily publication focuses on municipal bonds and other fixed income securities. Features comprehensive tables and statistics, news and analysis on instruments and legislation.

Restricted to SJUJournal of Fixed Income- (Academic Journal)  Find it! @ SJU
Daily publication focuses on municipal bonds and other fixed income securities. Features comprehensive tables and statistics, news and analysis on instruments and legislation.

Wall Street Journal (print edition)
Drexel Library   (view catalog record)
Bond Market Data Bank in the Money and Investing Section.


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Cynthia H. Slater
Business Reference Librarian
Saint Joseph's University
Last revision / review:  September 29, 2008
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