Gale business insights handbook of investment research / Miranda Herbert Ferrara, project editor.

This series centers on the specific projects, tasks, and activities in which businesspeople currently engage. This volume focuses on investment research and analysis.

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Corporate Author: Gale (Firm)
Other Authors: Ferrara, Miranda Herbert, 1950- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Detroit : Gale Cengage Learning, 2013.
Series:Gale business insights
Gale eBooks
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Investment types
  • Finding and using investment research
  • Major economic indicators and investment decisions
  • Indicator-- gross domestic product
  • Indicator-- consumer price index
  • Indicator-- producer price index
  • Indicator-- employment-related statistics
  • Indicator-- construction spending
  • Indicator-- housing statistics
  • Indicator-- durable goods orders (M3 survey)
  • Indicator-- personal income and consumption
  • Indicator-- consumer confidence index
  • Indicator-- retal sales report
  • Sell-side and buy-side research
  • The impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Act on Investment Research
  • Investment advisers
  • The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Broker research
  • Mutual funds
  • Exchange traded funds (ETF)
  • Closed-end funds (CEF)
  • Bonds
  • How to analyze ratings and valuation
  • Global market indices
  • Understanding and using Forex (foreign exchange)
  • Commodities market
  • Alternative investments
  • Sustainable and socially responsible investing
  • How to read a financial statement
  • How to find information about a company's market share.