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REITs

dboerner — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:34:06 +0000

Looking for Real Estate Investment Trust information? Here’s some of the TCU databases that provide that information:

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!

Morningstar’s Guide to Green & Socially Responsible Investing

dboerner — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:55:54 +0000

Morningstar Rocks! They keep sending free investment reports and giving permission for those reports to get posted onto blogs. SO- here a Morningstar report on how to invest in “green” and “socially responsible” companies. Reports within the pdf include: 1) Socially Responsible Investing, 2) Going Beyond the Hype of Green Investing, 3) Carbon Regulation, 4) Energy Investing in a Carbon-Conscious America, and 5) Can you Build an Excellent All-SRI Portfolio?.

Here’s the report: Guide to Green and Socially Responsible Investing

Enjoy!

Morningstar’s Where to Invest 2009

dboerner — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:43:35 +0000

One of our database vendors, Morningstar, sent their analyst’s investment report for 2009 with permission to put on a website. So I am. There are 4 different reports in the pdf file: 1) 10 Best Companies in the World, 2) The Best Funds for 2009, 3) Retirees’ 2009 Survival Guide, and 4) Clip and Save: 20 Common Investing Mistakes. Enjoy!

Morningstar Report: wheretoinvest09

SBBI

dboerner — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:24:47 +0000

The TCU database, Morningstar, contains the Ibbotson Stocks, Bonds, Bills, and Inflation (SBBI) Classic Yearbook which contains historical market information. This report provides data and analysis of both domestic and international markets. The report in the database is for 2007, but does contain some historical data within it.

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.