Finance

• A. M. Best publications
  Best's Aggregates & Averages: Property-Casualty; Best's Insurance Reports: Life-Health Best's Insurance Reports: Property-Casualty
  Locations (Willis Library 3rd floor Government Documents / Business):
  Best's Aggregates & Averages: Property-Casualty HG8945. B481;
  Best's Insurance Reports: Life-Health HG8943.B3;
  Best's Insurance Reports: Property-Casualty HG9655.B51

• Bond Guide (Standard and Poor's Corporation)
  Statistical guide on over 5,900 corporate bonds and convertibles, with the S & P bond rating for each.
  Location: HG4921. S618, Willis Library, 3rd floor, Government Documents /Business Reference

• Cost of Capital Yearbook 
  Compiles data from Standard & Poor's Compustat Data. Organized by industries based on Standard Industry Classification (SIC) codes. Provides five separate measures of cost of equity, weighted average cost of capital; detailed statistics for sales, profitability, and capitalization; beta, multiples, ratios, equity returns and capital structure.
  Location: HC110.C3 C67, Willis Library, 3rd floor, Government Documents / Business Reference

• CRB Commodity Yearbook
  Provides critical information on more than 100 domestic and international commodities and includes seasonal patterns and historical data from the past ten years as well as current (as of the last three months) pricing and trading patterns on a monthly and annual basis.
  Location:  HG6046.K651, Willis Library, 3rd floor, Government Documents / Business Reference

• Ibbotson SBBI ... classic yearbook : market results for stocks, bonds, bills, and inflation
  Provides a comprehensive, historical view of the performance of capital markets dating back to 1926. It contains total returns and index values for large and small company stocks, long-term corporate bonds, long- and intermediate-term government bonds, and Treasury bills and inflation.
  Location: HG4905 .S91, 3rd floor, Government Documents / Business Reference

• Mergent bond record 
  This annual publication provides the year's corporate and municipal bond rating activity, including preferred stock ratings, with a guide to bond ratings, new issues, ratings upgrades, downgrades and withdrawals during the year, issues matured, maturing or redeemed in the year, new preferred stock, and upgraded and downgraded municipal bond ratings for the year.
  Location: HG4905. M781, Willis Library, 3rd floor, Government Documents / Business Reference

• Mergent corporate news reports monthly
  Monthly cumulations of Moody's Bank & finance news reports ; Moody's Industrial news reports ; Moody's OTC news reports ; Moody's OTC unlisted news reports ; Moody's public utility news reports ; Moody's transportation news reports--weekly publications.
  Location: HG4961.M65, Willis Library, 3rd floor, Government Documents / Business Reference

• Mergent Dividend Record
  Covers dividend statistics such as stock splits, stockholders rights, tax status of dividends. Updated annually.
  Location: HG4028. D5M61, Willis Library, 3rd floor, Government Documents / Business Reference

• Mergent Industry Review
  Furnishes key financial information, operating data, and key business ratios for approximately 3,500 companies arranged in 137 industry groups. Also included are per share data and industry ranking by 8 standard criteria. The operating statistics are updated twice each year.
  Location: HG4961.M68, Willis Library, 3rd floor, Government Documents / Business Reference

• Mergent Manuals 
  Provides brief historical information and financial information listed on U.S. stock exchanges. Other items of information include lists of subsidiaries, businesses, properties, officers, and directors. Moody's also furnishes the balance sheet, financial and operating statistics, and sometimes "Management Discussion and Analysis."
  Locations: Willis Library, 3rd floor, Government Documents / Business Reference
  Bank and Finance HG4961. M6922
  Corporate News Reports (Monthly) HG4961.M65
  Industrial HG4961. M72
  International HG4009 .M6615
  Municipal and Government HG4931. M582
  OTC Industrial HG 4905. M862
  OTC Unlisted HG4551. M771
  Public Utility & Transportation HG4961. M733

• Mergent municipal news reports monthly
  Furnishes monthly compilations of the weekly News Reports to the Mergent Municipal and Government Manual.
  Location: HG4931.M5821, Willis Library, 3rd floor, Government Documents / Business Reference

• Mergent's handbook of common stocks
  Provides one-page descriptions of more than 900 companies. Each listing includes a 10 year summary of financials and outlines the company's recent developments and prospects.
  Location: HG4905. M816, Willis Library, 3rd floor, Government Documents / Business Reference

• Notable Corporate Chronologies
  Furnishes chronologies (timelines) for over 1,800 of the most significant corporations currently operating in the U.S. and abroad. Includes key dates, major product introductions, tenures of key officers, mergers and acquisitions, and major stock offerings.
  Location: HG4009.N68, Willis Library, 3rd floor, Government Documents / Business Reference

• Security owner's stock guide (Standard & Poor's) 
  Provides common and convertible preferred stock price range, dividend, capitalization and earnings. Mutual fund summaries are also available.
  Location: HG4915. S67, Willis Library, 3rd floor, Government Documents / Business Reference

• Standard & Poor's stock reports. American Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq and regional exchanges  access via Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage [UNT Libraries' Subscription]
  Quarterly stock reports: business summary, short balance sheet, stock beta, analysis and forecasts for 3,000 companies on NYSE, ASE, and NASDAQ.
  Hint:  To find this publication on Standard and Poor's NetAdvantage, use the pull-down menu under "Publication Search" on the right side of the screen.
  Hardcopy for 2001 through January/February 2006 is located on the 2nd floor of Willis Library, call number HG4907 .S72]

• Who's Who in Finance and Industry 
  UNT Libraries have 1974 - 2003.  Location: HF3023.A2W53, Willis Library, 2nd floor. 
  More current biographies of business executives are also available through the UNT Libraries' subscriptions to Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage and Biography and Genealogy Master Index

Need Help?

The UNT Libraries Government Documents staff  is happy to answer your questions! Visit us on the 3rd Floor of Willis Library Government Documents Department, or call us at (940) 565-2870, or email us!