Investment
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KPL Website and Catalog Topics
Company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals.
Provides marketing information on both public and private companies.
Full text articles, plus maps and pictures and TV and radio transcripts
Magazines, journals, newspapers, reference books, ebooks available in the library or at home with your KPL library card or with your Michigan Driver's License or ID by going to Mel.org
Includes Computer Database; Custom Newspapers; General Reference Center Gold; Grand Rapids Press; Expanded Academic ASAP; General Business File ASAP; Legal Trac; InfoTrac Onefile; Health Reference Center Academic ASAP
A collection of approximately 900 full text newspapers from around the country and the world. Includes the last 12 months of the New York Times and the Grand Rapids Press (1996-current).
Selected full text articles from the following Michigan newspapers: Detroit News, Grand Rapids Press, and Lansing State Journal.
Investment center for stocks and mutual funds.
Michigan eLibrary collection of ebooks.
Industry analysis, statistics, business development and market research
Evaluations, updated quarterly, of the financial strength of life, health, and annuity insurers, property and casualty insurers, HMO's, banks and savings and loans. In addition, they track the risk-adjusted performance of over 20,000 mutual funds and more than 6,000 stocks.
Home Access
(enter your library card barcode number plus a zero to access)
Community Resources
Phone 269-385-4454
AAII Journal and publications on investment topics free to members; access to online investment guides and tools; discounts on products and seminars; meetings and interaction with other investors.
Phone 269-344-0688
Legal, medical, educational, and social needs as specified by social and governmental agencies; fiscal management services.
Phone 1-269-381-4416
Allocates funds to nonprofit organizations that address four community investment priorities: Individuals and Families, Economic and Community Development, Community Engagement and Youth Development, and Early Childhood Learning and School Readiness; assists donors with tools and resources to make giving easy, flexible, and effective.
Phone 517-373-0220
Assist Michigan residents in their dealings with banks, credit unions, insurers, commercial finance lenders and securities, brokers/dealers, HMOs, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield; examine the financial solvency of the above; review insurance industry.
Phone 269-381-5382
The Kalamazoo Chapter of SCORE offers free counseling, workshops, and other resources to entrepreneurs and small business owners. If you are looking for assistance with the preparation of a business plan, accounting and taxes, marketing, and loan applications, SCORE can help.
Phone 269-349-1533
Administers federal and state funded programs/services to assist employers and job seekers with employment needs, including Workforce Investment Act (Youth, Adult and Dislocated Worker), Employment Services, Work First, Trade Act Assistance, School to Work, and incumbent Workers. Direct services provided by subcontractors. Direct services can be accessed at the Michigan Works Service Centers located at 1601 S. Burdick in Kalamazoo and 218 Enterprise Drive in Three Rivers.
Websites
Company Information
Locate company financial information online.
Search company reports, browse company profiles, examine analysis summaries, and look over research reports.
Resources on global business activities created by the International Business Center at Michigan State University.
A searchable database that provides comprehensive company, industry, and market information.
Search for company information here.
Internet-based access to a detailed, accurate and comprehensive global company database.
Comprehensive online resource for finding companies and products manufactured in North America.
Stocks, Bonds, and Mutual Funds
All about the American Stock Exchange.
Online version of Barron's magazine includes information regarding markets, technology, investment, and more.
An online investing guide that includes information about new and historical stock quotes, mutural funds, and business news.
Site functions to seek out, analyze, and disseminate information that is helpful to, and provides a forum for the ideas, ambitions, and expressions of African American business people.
Information, education, and direction in making bond and fixed income investment decisions.
Online magazine includes an array of links to information about investment, marketing, the global economy, trade, technology, and much more.
Links to a complete list of company SEC filings available through EDGAR and instructions for searching the EDGAR database.
This site will educate, enrich and amuse individual investors around the world.
Better Investing Community - Teaches individuals how to become successful strategic long-term investors.
Everything you need to know about the New York Stock Exchange.
Find what your bond is worth or build an inventory here, using an online calculator.
Examine the laws and rules that govern the securities industry in the United States here, at the official web site of the SEC.
Get stock quotes, includes historical information.