Compiled by Chet Bunnell and maintained by
Kevin Connor, Business Liaison Librarian
Updated: October 17, 2006

This guide identifies resources for Bonds found primarily in the Reference Department of the Pius XII Memorial Library.  Call numbers pertain to locations within Pius XII Memorial Library. This guide is not comprehensive; rather it should be supplemented with several other guides for Pius Library such as International Business, U.S. Marketing, and Insurance.
 

Clark, John Owen Edward.  International Dictionary of Insurance and Finance.  Chicago:  Glenlake; New York:  AMACOM, 1999.
     Ref. HG8025 .C53 1999

Downes, John.  Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms.  5th ed.  Hauppauge, NY:  Barron's Educational Series, 1998.
     Ref. HG151 .D69 1998

Glossary of Bond Terms
     http://www.investinginbonds.com/story.asp?id=52 
From the Bond Market Association.

Glossary of Municipal Bond Industry Terms
     http://www.emuni.com/glossary.html

investorwords
     http://www.investorwords.com/
"The biggest, best investing glossary on the Web " this site has over 5,000 definitions and 15,000 links between related terms.

Municipal Bond Terminology
     http://invest-faq.com/jq/bonds-muni-terms.html

Shook, R. J. (Robert James).  The Wall Street dictionary.  Franklin Lakes, NJ:  Career Press, 1999.
     Ref. HG151 .S424 1999

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ABI/INFORM.  1971- .  ProQuest.  In-library and remote access.
     Indexes and abstracts over 1,300 journals and trade publications in all areas of business and management, many with an international focus.  Full text is available for over 600 titles.

LexisNexis Academic.  Date varies by publication.  LexisNexis.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated continuously.  Covers news, business, and legal information.  Excellent for News and company information.

Business & Company Resource Center.  1980-  .  Gale.  In-library and remote access. 
     Updated daily except Sunday.  Formerly General Business File ASAP.  Indexes approximately 1,000 business journals and trade/industry publications as well as 200,000 full-text company directory profiles and over 50,000 full-text investment reports.  Approximately half of the journals and trade/industry publications are full text.  Also includes brief industry profiles, company histories, company financial statements, performance ratings, rankings, product and brand listings, and association listings.

Business Periodicals Index.  1958-2001.
     Ref. Z7164.C81 B983 1997-2001; Earlier Level 5 East Z7164.C81 B983
A print subject index to approximately 350 periodicals in all areas of business.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch.  1988-  .  NewsBank.  In-library and remote access.
     Index and access to the full-text of the newspaper.  Useful for local economic and company information.  For articles between 1975 and 1987, use 

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Index.  1975-  .
     East Index Wall Ref. AI21.S25 S25

Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition).  1986-  .  ProQuest.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated daily.  This U.S. newspaper "is the financial newspaper of record.  It offers in-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as first rate coverage of hard news."  [text from site]  Indexing, abstracting, and full text is available from 1986 forward.  For 1958 - 1985 coverage, see

Wall Street Journal Index.  1958-2001. 
     Ref. HG1 .W26 1997-2001; Earlier Level 4 East HG1 .W26
Index and abstracts to all articles in the 3-Star Eastern Edition of the Wall Street Journal.

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Bond Guide.  New York:  Standard and Poor's Corporation.
     Ref. HG4651 .S67

Mergent Bond Record.  New York:  Mergent FIS, 1999-  .
     Ref. HG4905 .M78 

Earlier title:  Moody's Bond Record.  New York:  Moody's Investors Service, 1936-1999.
     HG4905 .M78 

Standard & Poor's Creditweek.  Ephrata, PA:  Standard & Poor's Corp., 1981-  .
     Ref. HG4501 .S7662

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Search the Saint Louis University Libraries Catalog, the SLU electronic library catalog, and MOBIUS, the Missouri Union Catalog, by author, title, keywords, author-title, subject, etc.  Use in the library or by remote access.  The Saint Louis University Libraries Catalog is available from the Libraries' Home Page.  Tip:  Always search Saint Louis University first.  If needed item(s) is/are not found, extend the search to MOBIUS.

Some helpful subject headings:

BONDS
DEBTS, PUBLIC
MUNICIPAL BONDS
STATE BONDS
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES

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GENERAL

Bloomberg.com:  Markets
     http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/

International Bonds - US
     http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/rates/index.html

Key Rates & Mortgage Rates
     http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/rates/index.html

Muni Bond Yields
     http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/rates/index.html

US Treasuries
     http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/rates/index.html

Bond Market Commentaries
     http://www.agedwards.com/public/content/sc/marketmon/bondmktcmnt/bondmktrpt.html
From A. G. Edwards, this site provides their Midday Bond Market Comment and their Closing Bond Market Comment.

Bond Markets.com
     http://www.bondmarkets.com/
From the Bond Market Association.

BondsOnline
     http://www.bondsonline.com/
A good source for information and education about bonds.

Bureau of the Public Debt online
     http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/

Credit Market Page of the Wall Street Journal
     http://interactive.wsj.com/bin/login?Tag=/&URI=/articles/CreditMarkets.htm
Requires a subscription to either the print Wall Street Journal or Barron's to obtain access to WSJ.com and Barron's for an annual fee of $29.  Cost is $59 for nonprint subscribers.  Password protected.

InvestinginBonds.com
     http://www.investinginbonds.com/
From the Bond Market Association.

An Investor's Guide to MUNICIPAL BONDS:  Investing to maximize after-tax income.
     http://www.investinginbonds.com/info/igmunis/what.htm

MarketWatch:  Market Data
     http://www.marketwatch.com/tools/default.asp?siteid=mktw

MBA (Mortgage Bankers Association of America) On-line
     http://www.mbaa.org/

MuniAuction Information
     https://www.grantstreet.com/perl/bond.pl

Municipal Marketplace ONLINE
     http://www.munimarketplace.com/mmo/

Selected Interest Rates:  Daily Update 
     http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/H15/update/
Interest Rate Release by the Federal Reserve Bank.

Smart Money.com:  Economy & Bonds
     http://www.smartmoney.com/bonds/

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RATINGS

Fitch, Inc.
     http://www.fitchibca.com/

Moody's Investors Service
     http://www.moodys.com/

Standard and Poor's Ratings Services
     http://www2.standardandpoors.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=sp/Page/HomePg

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GOVERNMENT AND QUASI-GOVERNMENT BONDS

Economic Statistics Briefing Room:  Prices
     http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/prices.html

Mortgage Pass-through Agencies:

Fannie Mae
     http://www.fanniemae.com/

Ginnie Mae
     http://www.ginniemae.gov/

Freddie Mac
     http://www.freddiemac.com/

T- bills, Notes and Bonds online 
     http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/sec/sec.htm
From the Bureau of the Public Debt online.

Upcoming Auctions, Results, Debt Buyback Operations and Historical Information
     http://www.treasurydirect.gov/instit/annceresult/press/press.htm

Yahoo!  Bond Center
     http://bonds.yahoo.com/
Provides bond market news, bond quotes, bond screener and more.

30-Year Bond
     http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=^TYX&d=3m

10-Year Note
     http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=^TNX&d=3m

5-Year Note
     http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=^FVX&d=3m

13-Week Bill
     http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=^IRX&d=3m

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