Chapter 5 Internet Resources

Correction: The historical returns data for stocks, bonds, and bills contained in chapter 5 come from Triumph of the Optimists: 101 Years of Global Investment Returns, by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton, Princeton University Press, 2002.

• http://www.yahoo.com—One of the best websites for obtaining historical stock return data. Problem 5-8 gives step-by-step instructions on how to download this information into an Excel spreadsheet, but you must do the analysis. This site is also useful for selecting securities based on logical statements.
  
  
• http://www.money.cnn.com/markets (CNN Money)—Useful for obtaining up-to-the-minute market-pricing data
  
  
• http://www.nyse.com (The New York Stock Exchange)—Useful for obtaining up-to-the-minute market-pricing data and general market information
  
  
• http://www.nasdaq.com (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation system)—Useful for obtaining up-to-the minute OTC market-pricing and other market information
  
  
• http://www.londonstockexchange.com (The London Stock Exchange)—Useful in obtaining current London Stock Exchange market-pricing and other market information
  
  
• http://www.marketguide.com/home.asp (Multex Investor)—For information on investing in specific securities
  
  
• http://www.wallstreetcity.com (Wall Street City)—For information on investing in specific securities and programs for searching for securities meeting various criteria
  
  
• http://www.standardandpoors.com (Standard & Poor's [publisher of COMPUSTAT])—For a fee, provides a wealth of data on U.S. and/or international assets
  
  
• http://www.ibbotson.com (Ibbotson Associates)—For a fee, provides a wealth of historical data on various financial assets
  
  
• http://www.datastream.com (Datastream and Thomson Financial)—For a fee, provides a wealth of data on various financial assets
  
  
• http://www.bloomberg.com (Bloomberg)—For a fee, provides pricing, return, and many other types of data on various financial assets
  
  
• Problems 5-10 and 5-11 Go to http://www.yahoo.com, and click the link labeled "Finance."