Finding Investor Information
A good place to start is a company's website. If you can't find information on your company's website, try some advanced Google searching to find the information buried in different websites.
You can use Google to search websites using search operators.
site: inurl: intitle: filetype:
E.g. "annual report" site:blackberry.com
E.g. telus inurl:sustainability
E.g. inurl:report intitle:westjet environment
When searching for information about your company, think about who might publish this information:
trade associations, private research firms, government departments or agencies, academic researchers, journalists
Also think about where this information might be found:
trade or industry magazines, newspapers, academic journals, government reports
Explore the sources below to find company, market and industry information
Financial Information Sources
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Business Source Complete (Ebsco) This link opens in a new windowFull text journal articles, covering business management, economics, banking, finance, accounting.
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Canadian Business & Current AffairsFull text for Canadian publications on a broad range of subject areas including CBCA Business, CBCA Education, and CBCA Reference & Current Events.
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Business InsightsA resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and periodicals.
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Canadian Business & Current AffairsFull text for Canadian publications on a broad range of subject areas including CBCA Business, CBCA Education, and CBCA Reference & Current Events.
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Reference Solutions: Canadian BusinessAccurate phone-verified information on Canadian Businesses. Criteria include: employee size, sales volume, ticker symbol, etc.
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Statista
Statista is a database containing statistics on various topics across multidisciplinary categories. It includes dossiers, industry reports, studies & reports from third parties, forecasts featuring various industries and countries.
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SEDAR: System for Electronic Document Analysis and RetrievalOfficial site that provides access to most public securities documents and information filed by issuers with provincial and territorial securities regulatory authorities ("Canadian Securities Administrators" or "CSA")
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EDGARU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission database of company filings in the US, including operational and financial documents.
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ABI/INFORM CollectionKey business and economics journals, and country and/or industry focused reports, and downloadable data.
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Globe InvestorGlobe and Mail
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InvestopediaFinancial education website
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Financial TimesOur access has a one month delay, but this is still a great source of information.
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The EconomistSuper source of economic information.
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Cision Newswire ServicesNews releases from publicly held Canadian companies. Aggregates information from website feeds, blogs, and social media.
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Canadian NewsstreamAccess to the full text of Canadian newspapers, newswires, newsmagazines, and television and radio transcripts.
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Canadian Business & Current AffairsFull text for Canadian publications on a broad range of subject areas including CBCA Business, CBCA Education, and CBCA Reference & Current Events.
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Social SearcherSearches across multiple sources including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Reddit.
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Social BearingSearches Twitter
Your Library Assignment
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PUBR 2845 - Library Research ActivityPlease save a copy to work on and then submit to D2L.
