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Stock Market Indexes

Domestic Stock Market Indexes

Barron's (http://www.barrons.com)
Weekly. Current issues (paper copy) at the B. Altman Delivery Desk and Cullman Reading Room browsing area. 1994-date in Quade Microforms Room.. Continues: Barron's National Business and Financial Weekly Library has: vol. 22, no. 32 (Aug.10, 1942) - v. 74, no. 9 (Feb. 28, 1994) in Quade Microform Room. Continues: Barron’s, the National Financial Weekly, v. 1, no. 1 – v. 22, no. 31, May 9, 1921 – August 3, 1942 in Quade Microforms Room.

Bloomberg (EIC)
The interactive network of Bloomberg Financial Markets offers up-to-date pricing information, history, data, analytics, and multimedia news

The Dow Jones Averages
1885 -1995.
*R-SIBL HG4519.D6, latest ed. at McGraw Desk.
Dow Jones Averages… Annual Report
2000 ed. at R-SIBL HG4519.D7 at McGraw Desk.

Dow Jones Indexes
http://www.djindexes.com

Economist
Current issues at the B. Altman Delivery Desk.
and Cullman Reading Room browsing area.
Weekly.
v.1, Sept. 2, 1843 – V. 347, 1998 in Quade Microforms Room.
V. 347, 1998:8074 – date, use call #. JBN 01-68.

Forbes
Current issues at the B. Altman Delivery Desk and Cullman Reading Room browsing area.
Semimonthly.
v. 1 (1917) – V. 166 (2000) in Quade Microforms Room.
V. 167, 2001 – date, use call #JBM 03-33.

Investor's Business Daily
Daily (except Saturdays, Sundays, and general legal holidays). Current issues at the B. Altman Deliver Desk. V. 8, no. 38, June1991 – v. 17, no. 200 (Jan. 17, 2001-date
(incomplete), use Call # *ZAN - B344).
Continues: Investor's Daily, for v. 1, No. 185 (Jan. 4, 1985- v. 8, no. 36, May 29, 1991, use call # *XLE - 382).
v. 8, no. 38-110, June 3 – Sept. 15, 1991 (incomplete), use call #*ZAN-B344.

NASDAQ Market Indices
http://www.nasdaq.com

New York Stock Exchange
http://www.nyse.com
New York Stock Exchange. Fact Book,
1956-1962, 1967-2001 in call # JBL 93-228.
Continues: New York Stock Exchange Yearbook, 1925/26-1938, 1940, 1943 -1949, 1951 - 1953 in call # TGA).

Russell Indexes
http://www.russell.com

S&P 500 Standard & Poor’s Index Focus Monthly Review
Monthly. Latest ed. in *R-SIBL HG4915. S226 at McGraw Desk.
Vol. 1, no. 5, 6 (1998) – date, use call #JBM 98-545). Rankings for S&P 500 companies.
Continues: Standard and Poor’s Corporation. Stocks in the Standard & Poor’s 500 (1989-1997 in call# JBM 91-619), which merged with S& P 100 Information Bulletin and S & P 500 Information Bulletin to form S & P 500 Standard & Poor’s Index> Focus Monthly Review.

S&P Indexes
http://www.spglobal.com

Wall Street Journal (http://www.wsj.com)
(Eastern ed.). Daily (except Saturday, Sunday, general legal holidays).
Library has: July 1889 - date. Latest issue at B. Altman Delivery Desk & Cullman Reading Room browsing area. Earlier issues in microfilm at the Quade Microforms Room on the lower level.

Wilshire Indexes
http://www.wilshire.com/Indexes

Yahoo Finance
http://www.finance.yahoo.com
Historical prices, 10/1/28 to current prices and components.

International Stock Market Indices

Bloomberg (EIC)
Type WEI (World Equity Indices), then press Go.

ISI Emerging Markets (EIC)
Select country, then select Financial Markets from drop-down menu, select Market Indices. Gives last trade, change, and range.

Mergent Online (EIC)
On first menu page, select country and market index.
Lists companies included in index and for each company shows SIC Code, Exchange, and Ticker. Click on company to get more company information.

Shilling, Henry. The International Guide to Securities Market Indices, c1996.
On open shelf at call # *R-SIBL HG4636.S52
Price Performance from 1985 to 1995, value, price return (%), cumulative (%), maximum value, date, minimum value, date.

Site-By-Site! The International Investment Portal & Research Center
http://www.site-by-site.com
Scroll down left hand side, click on stock exchanges, choose the continent and go from there.

Yahoo Finance
http://www.finance.yahoo.com
Under Market Summary in left column, stock market indexes for US are listed, click on an index and get current and historical prices, 10/1/28 to current, components of the index, etc. Click on Europe, for its indexes and same for Asia.