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Standard & Poor's Stock and Bond Guide, 1997 Edition. Forgoing commonplace details and elementary advice, this is a bare-bones but exhaustive compilation of critical data on more than 14,000 stocks and bonds from the top securities information company in the U.S. Among its features are 1996 year-end stock and bond prices, information on some 700 mutual funds, rankings for common and preferred stocks, and debt ratings for 7,000 bonds. Finding entries is simple because they are classified by name, and all of the tables are easy to read.
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From the Back Cover
"... for hard-core market junkies and novices alike... "-Smart Money. Standard & Poor's is the nation's leading securities information company-the source for investment information you can trust. Regarded in the industry as the "broker's bible," this updated edition of Standard & Poor's Stock and Bond Guide provides the best data available on more than 14,000 stocks and bonds. And it's packed with facts used by individual investors and professionals to choose profitable stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and annuities. Praised by Smart Moeny for its "wealth of information... from past performance numbers to future earnings estimates, "the 1998 edition contains: 1997 year-end stock and bond prices; Standard & Poor's renowned rankings for common and preferred stocks; S&P's exclusive earnings estimates for stocks; detailed data on trading volume and stock; essential information on more than 700 mutual funds; information on convertible stocks and warrants; S&P's closely watched and highly respected debt ratings for more than 7,000 bonds; performance data on hundreds of variable annuities; key information on each profiled company.
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