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For the Sophomore-Junior Diagnostic Project

  Online Financial Research Sites

The following are examples of information available to investors on Internet.  Please e-mail Dr. Boscia about any additional web sites that should be added to this list.

SEC Filings

  • MSN Money at http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/sec/filing.asp
    An investor can search for all SEC filings by a particular company during the past several years.  This site is most useful for companies that do not provide links to SEC filings on their own way site.

Industry Information:

  • Hoovers’ Industry List at http://www.hoovers.com/free/ind/dir.xhtml
    This site gives a complete list of industry categories.  Click on a category link to view a list of companies that participate in that industry.
     
  • Yahoo Industry Center at http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/
    This site gives industry news, lists of top and lowest performing industries, and current financial ratios such as the P/E ratio, and ROE for all companies participating in an industry segment.  This is a great site to get benchmarks for evaluating a company as an investment.
     
  • MSN Money Research Wizard at http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/research/wizards/SRW.asp
    This wizard steps a potential investor through the process of considering an investment in a company.  It helps you answer five important questions concerning the future potential of a particular stock as an investment.  This web site helps to compare a stock to others in its industry.

Financial Ratios

  • MSN Money at http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/home.asp
    On the right hand side under quote watch, an investor can enter the symbol of the company to view a one-year stock price history.  This history is presented in the form of a chart that shows daily price changes.
     
  • Stock Scout by MSN Money at http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/StockRating/srsmain.asp
    An investor can get a quick analysis of the company along with links to further information from this web site.
     
  • Morningstar at http://www.morningstar.com/Cover/Stocks.html
    Warning star provides several charts under its "Stock" section.  For instance, an investor can see a charge of price earnings ratios for a stock over a one-year period.  Alternately, an investor can chart their stock’s price against an average of large, medium, or small-cap companies over a three-year period.  Morningstar also allows graphing of return on equity and return on assets, and other ratios.