Careers in Investment Banking - Keeping Up and Tracking the Industry
Industry magazines, newspapers and newsletters are excellent sources for current news, industry trends and hot issues, company profiles, league table rankings, and more.
The following titles are available in print (P) at the Woodruff Library, Periodical Department on Level One and/or electronically through Factiva (F) ; many of the titles are also available on Business Source Premier (BSP) and ABI Inform.
Factiva Search Tips
To browse a specific title in Factiva, in the Search box, type: sn=name of publication.
- sn=wall street journal
To search for industry trends or outlook:
- sn=institutional investor and hd=(trend or outlook or forecast* or future)
To search for rankings or top lists
- sn=investment dealers digest and hd=(rank* or top or list)
To locate company-specific focused articles
- sn=(wall street journal or financial times) and hd=goldman sachs
Factiva NewsPages
- quickly scan the most recent news stories on Investing/Securities,
Financial Investing, Venture Capital, Trusts and Funds, and
Insider Transactions
- browse investment/securities headlines from The Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and Barrons
- From the Factiva home page, click on the NewsPages tab at the
top of the page
- Select "Investing/Securities" from the pull-down menu
directly below the Personal Pages/Group Pages tabs on the right
side of the page
- Investing/Securities News content will display
Top Three "Must Read" by Investment Bankers
Investment Dealer's Digest (P/F) - covers industry news and feature stories, plus listings of newly registered securities, new issues, and more; quarterly rankings and Out Takes listings; weekly (NOTE: as of Sept. 9, 2002, contains content from The IPO Reporter)
Institutional Investor (P/F) - covers events, issues, and people in finance, spotting emerging trends as they relate to pension funds, corporations, financial institutions and professional investors worldwide; monthly
Corporate Financing Week (F) - covers corporate capital raising, M&A and investment banking in the U.S., latest financial innovations and trends, insights into the "in and outs" of the securities market; weekly
Other Key Publications
Barron's (P/F) - features analyst investment advice, stock recommendations, reports on companies and major market news; weekly
Investor's Business Daily (P/F) - covers corporate and market information and other news of interest to investors; daily
The Wall Street Journal (P/F) - U.S. leading financial daily newspaper; daily
The Financial Times (P/F) - Britain's leading financial daily newspaper with comprehensive coverage of corporate and other business issues; daily
Securities Industry News (F) - global coverage of securities operations and processing services with special emphasis on technologies for banks, brokerages and institutional investment firms; weekly
Equities Magazine (BSP) - offers business-related and financial news on promising public companies; includes stock prices, quotes and profiles; monthly
Investment News (F) - covers current industry news, companies and trends; biweekly
Mergers & Acquisitions: The Dealmaker's Journal (P/F) - newsletter on mergers and corporate policy; each issue contains a list of merger activity for different industry sectors; weekly
Pensions & Investments (P/F) - covers current news and developments within the pensions industry; weekly
Traders Magazine (F) - in-depth analysis of securities and bond markets and trends; monthly
Buyouts (F) - newsletter covering management buyouts; contains interviews and articles about successful buyouts, restructurings and leveraged acquisitions; biweekly
Venture Capital Journal (F) - covers issues and trends affecting the venture capital investment process; monthly
The IPO Reporter (F) - tracks the entire IPO market from registration through pricing; coverage includes offering data and news on filings and pricings with a calendar of upcoming issues; includes the IPO 100 ranking; weekly (NOTE: As of Sept. 9, 2002, this newsletter merged into Investment Dealer's Digest, also available on Factiva)
BusinessWeek (P/F) - reports on current business activities and events impacting the American economy; weekly
