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The 10K report is

A) A quarterly report to the Securities Exchange Commission providing financial statements,changes in stockholders,and other significant corporate changes
B) A monthly report to the SEC of insider stock activity by officers and directors as well as large stockholders owning more than 5% of the companies shares outstanding
C) An annual report to the SEC providing a company's detailed annual financial statements.While it has the same information as the annual report to stockholders,there is often more detail in the 10K
D) Issued to the SEC any time a significant corporate event occurs such as change of control,bankruptcy,change of officers,etc

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One would expect to find information on motor vehicles,banking,national income and inflation statistics in the Survey of Current Business.

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Which of the following is not a source of economic data published by the government?

Which journal has both academic and practitioner articles that deal with mainly analytical tools,new laws and regulations,and financial analysis?

You can find the same economic data on any of the 12 Federal Reserve Bank's Internet Site.

The National Bureau of Economic Research has successfully used economic indicators to identify peaks and troughs in the business cycle.

While the SEC requires the l0-K report to be filed annually the 8-K,which covers important events of which stockholders should be aware,is filed quarterly.

_____ would probably be used to compare the financial ratios of a company with those of the industry.

The Business Periodicals Index references subjects in approximately 170 periodicals in fields of accounting,advertising,banking,communications,economics,finance etc.

Compustat is PC based system aimed at the individual investor and provides comprehensive information on financial data for over 3,000 companies.

Year-end Corporate Reports for NYSE stocks are selected and bound in an annual publication called Standard & Poor's Stock Guide.

Morningstar Inc.is best known for its data on mutual funds.

Morningstar is one of the largest mutual funds in the U.S.

Standard & Poor's Bond Guide is a monthly booklet providing information to investors on corporate and convertible bonds.

Robert Morris Associates provides the majority of data on international stock markets.

A cross index of companies which provides names,addresses,phone numbers and sales is Dun's Marketing Services Billion Dollar Directory.

The primary advantage of using Compustat over using the S&P manuals is that Compustat

Dun and Bradstreet is known for its comprehensive data on no-load mutual funds.

The World Wide Web has become very important to investors mostly because they can now access EDGAR-online.

The Federal Reserve Bulletin would least likely contain information on