Searching for information on the Internet about US stock exchanges

### Information about companies in the US – Until a few years ago, the main information about companies traded in the US came from the newspaper and the trading departments of investment houses.
– Today, a great deal of information can be retrieved from the Internet: financial reports, news about the company, company profiles, stock prices, and more.
– All that is required is knowledge of the addresses of the main websites and the company’s “ticker”. ### Yahoo! Finance – **Website address:**[http://finance .yahoo.com] (http://finance.yahoo.com)
– **Homepage:** Displays the main indices of the US stock exchanges: the Dow Jones, the Nasdaq and the S&P 500.
– On the left side of the page, there is an option to enter the ticker of the company for which information is requested. #### Sample data 1. **Prev close** – The price before the last price displayed (in dollars). 2. **BID price** – The highest price at which someone is willing to buy the stock at a given moment. 3. **ASK price** – The lowest price at which someone is willing to sell the stock at a given moment. 4. **Day range** – The range of prices at which the stock was traded on that trading day. 5. **52 Week Range** – The range of prices at which the stock was traded in the past year. 6. **Volume** – The number of shares that have changed hands up to that moment. 7. **Market Capital** – The company’s market value according to its last price. 8. **P/E** – The company’s earnings multiple. 9. **ESP** – Earnings Per Share – Earnings per share. 10. **Div & Yield** – The return that accrued to the investor as a result of a dividend distribution. #### Stock graph – A graph of the stock price is displayed to the right of the table. The default is the daily graph, but you can get information about stock prices in different time periods. #### Analysts section – Includes important data from research papers published about the company. – The information includes earnings in the last quarter and year, projected earnings for the following quarters and years, as well as a summary of the various analysts’ recommendations. #### Company profile – Under the **Profile** section, the company profile appears, including a description of its business activities. **For example – Teva Company Profile:** – Address: 5 Basel Street, PO Box 3190, Petach Tikva 49131, Israel
– Phone: (972) 3 926-7267
– Sector: Healthcare
– Industry: Biotechnology & Drugs
– Website:[http://www .tevapharm.com] (http://www.tevapharm.com)