Thursday, October 27, 2016

Credit Ratings of A Company

Financial research firms rate the credit of publicly traded companies. Some of the most famous are Standard and Poor's, Moody's, Fitch, and Morningstar.

You can find Standard and Poor's credit ratings of a company using our Standard and Poor's Netvantage database.

Once you're in:

1. Enter the company's name or ticker
2. Choose stock reports over on the right side of the screen
3. scroll down and you'll see their credit rating.


See below:

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Featured Book: Thinking Fast and Slow

Our copy here.

Should you think fast or slow? Some people say your Zen like first instinct reaction is the correct one. And that's a legitimate point of view.

Some people say no – saying that your first instinct is almost always wrong and you should stop and think carefully.

Thinking Fast and Slow is the title of this book by Daniel Kahnemann. He delights in pointing out how simple tricks like anchoring bias affect people's cognition. The book lists several other cognition failures that produce incorrect short-term judgment. It's worth reading to get an idea of these pitfalls.

Both schools of thought - be Zen, be cautious - probably have merit.

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

New Marketline Video

I made a new video about getting market share, size, and company/brand shares in Marketline.

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Texas Exports


See specifically what Texas exports and to where. You can search by industry and where the products end up.
Exports by metropolitan area.

Also check out our database USA TRADEONLINE (available only in the library unfortunately).