Exam 4: Sources of Investment Information

The Federal Reserve Bulletin contains an abundance of monetary data,fiscal data and banking data.

You can now get 10K statements from the Securities and Exchange Commission on the Internet.

The Survey of Current Business is published by the Conference Board.

_____ is a monthly publication of the St.Louis Federal Reserve Bank containing raw economic data with trend changes over time and compound annual rates of change.

The Survey of Current Business contains a monthly update and evaluation of GNP,business inventories,personal consumption,fixed investment,exports,labor market statistics,financial data,and more.

Morningstar also covers the following besides mutual funds:

Economic information is available on the Internet for a fee on HYPERLINK "http://www.economy.com/freelunch" www.economy.com/freelunch.

Standard & Poor's Analysts Handbook provides a classified index of industrial companies listed by SIC number.

Barron's is a weekly magazine providing comprehensive data on the economy,world and domestic markets,bonds,stocks,options,futures and much more.

The World Federation of Exchanges HYPERLINK "http://www.world-exchanges.org/" www.world-exchanges.org offers links to stock exchanges around the world.