"... for hard-core market junkies and novices alike... " - Smart Money. Standard & Poor's is the nations leading securities information company - the source for investment information you can trust. Regarded in the industry as the "broker's bible," this updated edition of Standard & Poor's Stock and Bond Guide provides the best data available on more than 14,000 stocks and bonds. And it's packed with facts used by individual investors and professionals to choose profitable sotcks, bonds, mutual funds, and annuities. Praised by Smart Money for its "wealth of information... from past performance numbers to future earnings estimates," the 1999 edition contains: 1998 year-end stock and bond prices; Standard & Poor's renowned rankings for common and preferred stocks; S&P's exclusive earnings estimates for stocks; Detailed data on trading volume and stock splits; Essential information on more than 700 mutual funds; Information on convertible socks and warrants; S&P's closely watched and highly respected debt ratings for more than 7,000 bonds; Performance data on hundreds of variable annuities; Key information on each profiled company. "Here, for hard-core market junkies and novices alike, is a wealth of information on more than 13,000 [now 14,000] stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and annuities. The data include facts and figures of all sorts, from past performance numbers to future earnings estimates. Entries are sorted by name, not ticker symbol, so it's easy to find the security you're searching for. The layout is straightforward and the type legible.
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