Go to www.mhhe.com/edumarketinsight (Have you remembered to bookmark this page?) and link to Company, then Population. Select a company of interest to you and link to the Company Research page. Observe the menu of company information reports on the left. Link to the Recent News and review the most recent Business Wire articles. What recent event or information release had an apparent impact upon your company's stock price? (Review the Key Items Chart under Excel Analytics, Daily Adjusted Prices).
Go to www.mhhe.com/edumarketinsight and link to Industry. From the pull-down menu, link to an industry that is of interest to you. From the menu on the left side, select the S&P 500 report under GICS Sub-Industry Financial Highlights. How many companies from this industry are in the S&P 500? What percentage of the Main Industry Group does this Industry Group represent in the S&P 500? Look at the ratios provided for the industry and their comparisons to the GICS Sub-Industry Benchmarks. How did the industry perform relative to S&P 500 companies during the last year?
