Standard & Poor's 500 Guide: 1998 (Annual) - Softcover

Standard & Poor's; Alan J. Miller

Softcover

ISBN 10: 007052615X ISBN 13: 9780070526150

Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill, 1997

Synopsis

Based on the world famous S&P 500 index and packed with essential market intelligence and reports on America's most-watched companies, Standard & Poor's 500 Guide delivers: exclusive S&P rankings (from A+ to D) that gauge the growth and stability of each stock's earnings, key income and balance sheet statistics and more-all designed for speedy reference. From executives seeking information on a competitor, to graduates seeking a job, S&P's 500 Guide empowers everyone with key, hard-to-get information.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

From the source trusted by more than 1,000,000 investors! Essential information on the companies of the world's most famous financial index! With an average market capitalization exceeding $10 billion, the companies listed in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index are the most-watched in America. The S&P 500-are the bluest of blue-chips, stocks that grow and generate increasing dividends every year. Whether you're an investor seeking to make a smart stock purchase, an executive researching corporate competitors, or a job-seeker looking for succinct overviews of potential employers, you'll find critical, often hard-to-find information in Standard & Poor's 500 Guide. Easy-to-use and packed with market intelligence on all the companies listed in the S&P 500 Index, this handy reference includes: buy, sell, or hold recommendations for every stock; a summary of each company's business activity, recent developments, and sales history; company addresses, telephone numbers, and names of key corporate officers; earnings, dividends, and 3-year price charts; key income and balance sheet statistics; exclusive Standard & Poor's rankings (from A+ to D). In addition, unique at-a-glance charts highlight: stocks with A+ earnings and dividend rankings; companies with five consecutive years of earnings increases; rapid growth stocks; companies with fast-rising dividends; companies with higher dividends in each of the past 10 years. Standard & Poors, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., is the nation's leading securities information company. It provides a broad range of financial services, including the respected Standard & Poor's ratings and stock rankings, advisory services, data guides, and the most closely watched and widely reported gauges of stock market activity-the S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400, S&P SmallCap 600, and the S&P Super Composite 1500 stock price indexes. Standard & Poor's products are marketed around the world and used extensively by both financial professionals and individual investors.

About the Author:

Standard & Poor's, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., is the nation's leading securities information company. It provides a broad range of financial services, including the respected Standard & Poor's ratings and stock rankings, advisory services, data guides, and the most closely watched and widely reported gauges of stock market activity--the S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400, S&P SmallCap 600, and S&P Super Composite 1500 stock price indices. Standard & Poor's products are marketed around the world and used extensively by both financial professionals and individual investors.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 007052615X
• ISBN 13: 9780070526150
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1028