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Career Guide: Finance & Investing

See also:
The Feld Virtual Career Center Undergraduate Careers in Finance and Graduate Careers in Finance.

Company Directories & Information

Corporate Finance Sourcebook
Pardee Reference - Career: Finance
X HG 4057 .A1565

Financial Yellow Book
Pardee Reference - Career: Finance
X HG 65 F52

Mergent Online [About] Works best with Internet Explorer.
Information on larger publicly traded companies.  Search by name or ticker symbol.

Reference USA [About]
Contains information on over 10 million businesses and organizations in the United States. The database can be searched by geographic area, SIC code, industry or product names, headquarters, location, employee size, and estimated sales.
Sample SIC codes and yellow pages headings:

6211-01 Stock and Bond Brokers
6211-04 Mutual Funds
6211-05 Investment Securities
6211-09 Investment Bankers
6211-11 Investments
6282-02 Investment Management
6282-03 Financial Advisory Services

SEC Investment Advisor Search
Search for an Investment Firm's Form ADV. Investment Advisors file Form ADV to
register with the SEC and/or states. The form includes information about an investment firm and its business operations.

Vault Premium Employer Profiles
Available through the Vault Online Career Library [About] at the Career Services web site.  Scroll down and select Vault Access under Quick Links.  Available to SMG majors, minors and alums only.

For industry specific directories see special topics: Commercial Banking, Insurance, Investment Banking, Investment Management, Real Estate, and Venture Capital.

For more information on companies see "Pre-Interview Research" in Databases by Subject: Careers, and News in this guide.

Industry Overviews

Vault Guide to Investment Banking
Vault Guide to Investment Management
Vault Guide to Private Wealth Management
Vault Guide to Venture Capital
Available through the Vault Online Career Library [About] at the Career Services web site.  Scroll down and select Vault Access under Quick Links.  Available to SMG majors, minors and alums only.

Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys:
Banking, Investment Services, and Financial Services Diversified
Pardee Reference - Reference Desk
X HG 4501 S74

Vault Guide to the Top Finance Firms
Pardee Reference - Career Resources
X HG 181 P79 2001

Wetfeet.com Insider Guides
Pardee Reference - Career Resources
Careers in Investment Banking X HG 4930.5 C37 2001
The Goldman Sachs Group X HG 4534 G65 2001
Merrill Lynch  X HG 4928.5 M47 2001
Warburg Dillon Read  X HG 4930.5 W48 2000

For books on Investment Banking, consult the BU Library Online Catalog; use the subject terms "Brokers", "Investment Banking", "Stock Exchanges", and "Wall Street".

Interviewing for Finance and Investment Banking Positions

Vault Guide to Finance Interviews
Available through the Vault Online Career Library [About] on the Career Services web site.  Scroll down and select Vault Access under Quick Links. Available to SMG majors, minors and alums only.
Also available, Pardee Reference - Career: Interviews
X HG 173 B479 2001

The Fast Track: The Insider's Guide to Winning Jobs in Management Consulting, Investment Banking, and Securities Trading
Pardee Reference - Career: Job Search
X HD 69 C6 N33 1997
(this book circulates)

Beat the Street:Investment Banking Interviews (Wetfeet Insider Guide)
Pardee Reference - Career: Interviews
X HG 4930.5 I585 2001

Heard on the Street: Quantitative Questions from Wall Street Job Interviews
Pardee Reference - Career: Interviews
X HF 5549.5 I6 C72

For Company Information see "Pre-Interview Research" in Databases by Subject: Careers, Company Directories & Information and News in this guide.

News - Magazines & Journals

The following databases index articles from finance and investment related journals and magazines:

ABI/INFORM Global [About]
Covers over 1,500 publications including general business magazines and leading industry-specific trade journals. Select "Guided Search" and enter "Investment Banking". For articles on a specific company, enter the name of the company and highlight "Company/Org." in the field option.

Factiva [About]
Provides articles from vast numbers of business and trade publications.

The list below includes finance & investment related journals & magazines:

Barron's (weekly)
National business and financial weekly with excellent articles on prospects for industries and individual companies, and a wide range of other business and financial topics of interest to investors, including numbers from various national and international stock exchanges.

Institutional Investor (monthly)
A practical journal of interest to money managers, includes such topics as money management, banks, pensions, corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, investor relations, portfolio strategy, and profiles of specific money managers. January issue features "deals of the year". One month delay.
Current issue available in Current Periodicals at Pardee Library.

Institutional Investor: International Edition (monthly)
The international version of Institutional Investor. Several Month Delay.

Investment Dealers' Digest (weekly)
A weekly news magazine for the securities industry includes newly registered securities, new issues, and more. First January issue features rankings and year in review.

Investor's Business Daily
Current issues can be found in periodical section of Pardee Library. Can also be searched in Lexis-Nexis.

New York Times
Comprehensive coverage of national, foreign, business and local news. Business section considered the most comprehensive of any US daily general circulation newspaper. Current issues at Reserve Desk until superseded by microfilm.

Pensions & Investments (biweekly)
The international newspaper of money management. Includes special issues; Top 1,000 Pension/Employee Benefit Funds (January) and Directory of Investment Advisors (May). 

Wall Street Journal
Covers news and trends relating to business, industry, finance, the economy, and international commerce. Provides extensive price and other data for the securities, commodity, options, futures, foreign exchange, and money markets. Current issues at Reserve Desk until superseded by microfilm.

See also, Newspapers and Periodicals in the Investing Research Guide.

Investment Related Organizations and Associations

CFA Institute
http://www.cfainstitute.org
An international, nonprofit organization of more than 49,000 investment practitioners and educators in over 100 countries.

New York Society of Security Analysts
http://www.nyssa.org
Educational forum for investment professionals. Good career information.

Securities Industry Association
http://www.sia.com
Trade association for North American Security firms, includes list of members with Web links, articles, and issue briefs.

United States Securities and Exchange Commision
http://www.sec.gov
U.S. regulatory agency responsible for administering the federal securities laws. Web site includes the EDGAR Database and other relevant information.

See also, Stock Exchanges in the Investing Research Guide.

Job Listings

Bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com

Wall Street Journal
http://www.careerjournal.com

Jobs in the money
http://www.jobsinthemoney.com