Totally updated for 2000, a complete directory and performance guide for over 14,000 stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. This is the latest edition of S&P's stock and bond guide. It includes essential performance data on over 6000 stocks, 7000 bonds, and 700 mutual funds--combining the contents from two of S&P's flagship publications. In the stocks section, investors are given all the vital data they need to make their stock picks. Coverage of convertible and preferred stocks are also included. The bond section contains comparative financial and statistical data on corporate, convertible, foreign, and municipal bonds--including the coveted S&P rating for each fond. The book also contains useful mutual fund and annuities information and performance data.
"For hard-core market junkies and novices alike..."Smart Money
Standard & Poor's is the nation's leading securities information companythe 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 stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and annuities. Praises by Smart Money for its "wealth of information...from past performance numbers to future earnings estimates," the 2000 edition contains:
1999 year-end stock and bond prices. Standard & Poor's renowned rankings for common and preferred stocks. S&P's exclusive earnings estimates for stocks. Essential information on more than 700 mutual funds. Information on convertible stocks 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."Smart Money.