Library: Corporate Finance: Stocks

Stock ownership

To find major stock ownership, go to:
Yahoo! Finance

Look up the stock ticker in the search box.
Scroll down to the middle of the page.
Among the links across the page, select Holders
You'll see Major Holders Breakdowns.
Beneath that, you'll see Top Institutional Holders and Top Mutual Fund Owners

Insider Trading
The federal securities laws require certain individuals (such as officers, directors, and those that hold more than 10% of any class of a company’s securities, together we’ll call, “insiders”) to report purchases, sales, and holdings of their company’s securities by filing Forms 3, 4, and 5.
http://www.sec.gov/answers/form345.htm

For search instructions see:
https://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/edgarguide.htm#P329_34526

Splits

Yahoo! Finance - Stock Splits Calendar
Provides a general list of stock splits by date.

IPOs

IPO Data
Prepared by Prof. Jay Ritter, University of Florida.
Yahoo! Finance IPOs

Stock Exchanges and Indexes

Stock and Commodity Exchanges This is a research guide from Rutgers University. It lists international stock and commodity exchanges, including those dealing in futures, options, and derivatives, as well as electronic communications networks (ECN) and alternative trading systems (ATS), and sources for market and stock prices and reports.
Markets Data Center Provided by the Wall Street Journal, this website provides current data on US stocks, international markets, ETFs, mutual funds, bonds, credit markets, commidities, futures, currencies, and earnings.
Econstats Provides over 1,000 economic indicators for the roughly 250 countries and geographic, economic or political country blocs that exist. These indicators are tracked on an annual, quarterly or monthly basis for the most part, although some indicators such as stock market valuations and currency exchange rates fluctuate continuously during market opening times. Figures tracked range from GDP, inflation and debt levels to number of Facebook users, transparency, and the price of uranium!
Big Charts

Old Stock Certificates/ Obsolete Securities

Directory of Obsolete Securities by Financial Information, Inc.
Call Number: Must consult in another library
Publication Date: 2011
Antique Stock Certificate Almanac 2014 by Fred Fuld This almanac is a reference source for both beginning and advanced collectors of old and antique stock and bond certificates, and a great resource for those who are new to the hobby. This edition includes collecting tips and definitions. There are over 6,000 listings, which include company name, whether issued or cancelled, date, state or country, vignette (the picture on the certificate), signatures, and value.
ISBN: 9781492748557
Publication Date: 2013-09-19

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Obsolete Securities
Check out this list of books from the Library of Congress. You can search our catalog to see if libraries in this area own any of them.

Goldsheet mining directory - Obsolete Securities Site which will help you trace old mining companies and their stock certificates.
SEC - Old stock and bond certificates
"What to do with an old stock certificate" Guide prepared by the Enoch Pratt Public Library.

Wall Street Journal article:

Wealth Management (A Special Report) --- The Value of Old Money: Those long-ago-issued stock and bond certificates you've discovered may actually be worth something; Here's how to find out Rosenthal, Rachel . Wall Street Journal , Eastern edition; New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]10 June 2013: R.4.

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