Research Guides: Financial Literacy: Basic resources for investing

Databasse resources

The Value Line Investment Survey (Large, Small and Mid Cap Equities) is a source of information and advice on stocks, industry, and the economy. The analyst's written commentary, up-to-date statistics and the and the wide variety of stock "screens" are designed to help investors identify attractive stocks for their portfolios. Rice Library database.

Other Rice Library web sites to check out for investing:

Hoover's: Company Capsules & Profiles

ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the U.S.

Online Resources Spotlight:

Investor.gov

This resource from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commision is designed to teach people about the basic tenets of investing. This site has resources for everything from understanding how the markets work to asset allocation and understanding your risk.

Other online resources:

AAII Investor Classroom

The American Association of Individual Investors provides an overview of investment basics to help you get started.
Investopedia

A web-based encyclopedia about investment.
The Investor's Clearinghouse

The Alliance for Investor Education seeks to help investors increase their knowledge and understanding of investing and financial markets.
NYSE Investor Education
The New York Stock Exchange provides a financial education website to help investors understand their personal finances, and make better investment decisions.

Rice Library newspapers and journals

Rice Library has full-text resources for investing that can be found in Journal Finder on the library's web page!

Newspapers:

Financial Times

Investor's Business Daily

Wall Street Journal

Magazines:

Barron's

Business Week

Forbes

Fortune

Kiplinger's Personal Finance

Money

SmartMoney

Useful search terms for investing

Useful search terms!

Bonds
Commodity exchanges
Investments
Hedge Funds
Stocks