Company Financials
- EDGAR - SEC Filings & Forms This link opens in a new windowAll companies, foreign and domestic, are required to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically through EDGAR. Find corporate annual reports as well as 10K reports here.
- Gale Business: Insights This link opens in a new windowEasily find information on companies, industries and more in the context of timely news, statistical data, and in-depth reports.
Stocks and Mutual Funds
- MSN MoneyAnother source of financial data for markets, stocks, and mutual funds.
- Yahoo FinanceA wide range of statistical data covering financial markets, industries, stocks, mutual funds, etc.
- Reuters Business and FinanceAnother source for information on companies, industries, and financial markets. Includes coverage of mutual funds and small business.
National Economic Data
- FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis) This link opens in a new windowSource of daily, monthly, and historical economic data.
- Economic CensusEconomic Statistics for U.S., states, metro areas, counties, and cities. Published every five years (2002, 2007, 2012, etc.) for every industry (NAICS).
- County Business PatternsPDF formatted data available for 1993 to 2014. This annual series includes a separate report for each State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and a U.S. summary. The divisions of the economy covered are agricultural services, forestry, and fisheries; mining; contract construction; manufacturing; transportation and other public utilities; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services.
- Consumer Price IndexMonthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services.
- Current Industrial Reports (U.S. Census)monthly, quarterly, and annual measures of industrial activity on production and shipments of selected products. The data are used to satisfy economic policy needs and for market analysis, forecasting, and decision-making in the private sector.
- Economic IndicatorsEconomic information on gross domestic product, income, employment, production, business activity, prices, money, credit, security markets, Federal finance, and international statistics.
- Economic Report of the PresidentAnnual overview of the U.S. economic progress using text and extensive data appendices.
- Producer Price IndexPPI data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output.
- What is a dollar worth?Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis site includes the Consumer Price Index from 1913 to the present as well as estimates of the Consumer Price Index from 1800 forward.
Industry Financial Ratios
Each financial ratio benchmark in RMA Annual Statement Studies has three points (Median Upper, Median, Median Lower) that divide an array of values into four equal groups called quartiles. So if a company’s value is equal or above the median upper, then it falls into the upper quartile. If it falls between the median upper and the median, then the company ranks in the upper middle quartile. This helps you analyze how a company compares to others of similar size.
- D&B Hoovers This link opens in a new windowYou can access both the RMA Annual Statement Studies and the D&B Key Business Ratios through this database.
- Yahoo Finance Stock ScreenersThis is a free resource that allows you to browse industries by performance rankings, including ROE, P/E ratio, market cap, price change, price to book value, profit margin, price to book value, long term debt, and more.
International Finance
- globalEDGE This link opens in a new windowA global business knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business issues. Maintained by Michigan State University.
- globalEDGE DIBSA Database of International Business Statistics with over 5000 variables from over 200 countries. Data available from mid-1990s to present. (Free registration is required to access data sets).
- Chicago Board of Options Exchange (CBOE)"Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), the largest U.S. options exchange and creator of listed options, continues to set the bar for options trading through product innovation, trading technology and investor education."
- International Monetary FundAgency responsible to assisting countries in developing sound financial policies and positions as well as loaning countries funds when necessary.
- World Bank This link opens in a new windowA compilation of international development indicators and socio-economic data.
- World Trade OrganizationThe World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations.
