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| Coverage | [Date range: current current and up to 4 years, depending on the industry.] Online version of the Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys. Data gathered comes from nine well-known S&P publications: Stock Reports, Industry Surveys, Corporation Records, Corporation Register, Stock Bond, Bond Guide, Earnings Guide, The Outlook, and Dividend Record. |
| Content | Provides full-text reports, forecast, analysis, statistics and ratios of about 52 major industries.
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| Strengths | Current and very comprehensive industry report and analysis. |
| Weaknesses |
Limited number of industries covered.
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| General Business Search Tips | Follow links Standard & Poor's Market Investment News categories such as Market Snapshot, Economic Insight, or S&P Stock Picks and Pans. |
| Industry Research Search Tips | Under Search, Industry Surveys box. Select Ticker or click on arrow to Company Name; In Enter search box, type in ticker or company name, click on Go. OR on right hand side of screen in Industry Surveys search box, click on arrow to view list of industries. Click on industry selected, click on Go.
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| Company Research Search Tips | For comparative company analysis, under Search, Industry Surveys box, select Ticker or click on arrow to Company Name; In Enter search box, type in ticker or company name, click on Go. Within the survey report, under Comparative Company Analysis click on Revenues, Net Income, or Profit Ratios, etc. |
| Product Research Search Tips | Only some industries provide product information. Within the industry survey report, (as per instructions above), click on "How to Analyze..." and scroll down until you find a product-related
section.
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Geographic Information Search Tips |
No geographic information available.
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Biographical Information Search Tips |
No biographical information available. |
| Boolean | AND, OR |
| Proximity | Not Applicable. |
| Truncation | WILDCARD : * Explanation : "*" takes the place of any other character. Example : 1) Econom* finds "economy", "economics", economical" etc. 2) *ia finds records that end in "ia".
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| Keywords | industry review, industry survey, analysis, forecasts, trends, statistics, ratios, ticker, company, industries, markets, stocks, bonds, funds, economy, bankruptcy, volume, margin, M&A or Mergers & Acquisitions, money market, value, valuation, annuities, debt, derivative, dividend, disclosure, Dow Jones Industrial Average, yield, earnings, equity, exchange, growth, gains, growth.
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| Last Updated: Thursday, 23-Aug-2007 13:41:26 EDT |