MorningStar (only allows 2 users at a time):  Click on the Industries link under the Industries category (see screen shot).  This takes you into an alphabetical listing of industries.  Scroll down until you find the REITS link.   Voila!

Value Line Research Center (only allows 6 users at a time): Left-hand navigation bar- click “Standard Edition”.  Go down to the “Look Up Industry” box and hover your mouse until the entire box turns dark grey and click (see screen shot).  Scroll down the alphabetical industry list until you find the R.E.I.T. link.  

Note: The PDF next to the REIT link provides ValueLine’s overall assessment of that industry.  Once you click the REIT link, you are taken into a listing of companies… Another NOTE- the pdf and html pages next to the each company’s name contain some overlapping but some different info.  It pays to look at both.

Mergent Online (only allows 15 users at a time):  Click the “Enter Mergent Online” tab on the left side.

In the Classification box in the center of the page, select “Prim. NAICS” and enter 531 into the search box.  This basically takes you into a listing of companies in the Real Estate industry.

Let me know if you find any other resources or if I need to add anything else to this entry!

In response, IBISWorld has developed a special “Recession Insights” macro-economic study.  From this high level study, we have developed new “Recession Update” chapters for all industry reports – including quarterly forecasts for all 700 industries. 

The ramifications of the recession and length of time until recovery are just a few of the many unknowns plaguing the nation.  While many industries are suffering, some are actually benefiting from the economic downturn.  The turning point of recovery for every industry is different therefore there is no single answer.  Used together, this new research will provide a comprehensive review of long and short-term economic implications.  

To see their economists’ report titled “Economic Crisis: When will it End?”, go to http://www.ibisworld.com/recession2009/

(It may ask for your TCU user name/password).

Here’s a link into the database CQ Researcher with a synopsis of what has occurred- very brief, easy to read.

Here’s a link to the bill that is currently in legislation.

To get to the report, click on the ‘Industries’ tab at the top of the page.  The report link will be on the bottom, left-hand side of the page (see screen shot below).  Note: Our subscription only allows 2 simultaneous users in the database, so be sure to click ‘end session’ when you exit to allow others in more quickly.