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Find Investment Information

The State Library of Western Australia provides access to print and electronic resources which can assist you in monitoring and tracking existing investments or potential investments. Industry and company information and analysis can be obtained from a variety of sources.  More information may be found in our Guides to Money Mangagement and Australian and Overseas Company Information.  We can help you to find Country Information, Industry Information, Industry Associations and Regulators, Telephone Numbers and Postcodes, Organisations, and much much more.

Resources for investors include:

Newspapers

Journals

Books

Keyword search our catalogue or try some of these subject search terms from the list below:

  • Banks and banking dictionaries
  • Corporations valuation
  • Economics dictionaries
  • Estate planning
  • Family trusts
  • Finance dictionaries
  • Finance personal
  • Home ownership
  • House buying
  • House selling
  • Housing Australia finance
  • Inheritance and succession
  • International finance
  • Investments
  • Mortgage loans
  • Pensions
  • Postemployment benefits
  • Prepayment of debts
  • Real estate business
  • Real estate investment
  • Retirement income
  • Saving and investment
  • Securities
  • Stock exchanges
  • Stocks
  • Wills

Electronic Resources

There are a number of electronic resources available for business research in the State Library. Search results from these resources may be printed; downloaded to a thumb drive or CD-ROM;  or emailed your own computer (subject to the licence agreements and software functionality of individual databases).   Of particular use to personal investors are:

  • Datanalysis
    Produced by Aspect Huntley.  Contains full corporate details of Australian listed and delisted companies including company history and listing details, management, capital history, dividend history, major shareholders, stock quotes, company announcements and annual reports.
  • ABIX (Australian Business Intelligence Index)
    An index to Australian business information including daily newspapers, current business magazines and other assorted business literature. Useful for monitoring latest company and industry developments.
  • Business Source Premier (EBSCOHost)
    Contains information from the international business literature relating to all aspects of business and industry. It includes full text articles, industry reports and company profiles.
  • Business Who’s Who of Australia (Dun and Bradstreet) 
    Provides information on large and medium sized public and private Australian companies including company history, personnel, annual revenue, industry classification and line of business, product range and tradenames.

Our Databases from Home service provides access to resources that can help you with business research.  All you need is your public library card number and you can begin accessing a world of information from your home computer.

Internet sources

Business Spectator latest business and finance news online and updated daily. Registration required. Includes industry blogs.

Bristlemouth Blog hosted by Intelligent Investor. Issues and tips are dscussed and offered by active investors.

Australia

  • Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) Includes information on listed companies, markets and shareholder education.
  • fido (ASIC) The consumer website of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Offers financial tips and safety checks.
  • Sharity Sharity works with Australian companies to facilitate gifting shares to charity.
  • ShareGift Australia ShareGift Australia provides Australian shareholders with the opportunity to sell their shares without brokerage fees and donate the proceeds to charity.

Much more information on Australian Companies can be found in our Guide to Australian Company Information. More information on the Finance Industry's regulators and professional associations can be found in our Guide to Industry Associations and Regulators.

International

  • Investopedia Useful online stock and financial dictionary with clear definitions of most terms. Offers related articles with search results.
  • World Federation of Exchanges Provides a central point for the world securities industry and for the exchanges themselves. It provides details on all exchanges and links to each exchange site.

Much more information on overseas companies can be found in our  Guide to Overseas Company Information.

Social Responsibility Ratings

  • Corporate Responsibility Index The Index is a proven business tool, ensuring a systematic approach to managing, measuring and reporting upon the various impacts that companies have upon society and their environment
  • Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) Global indexes tracking the financial performance of the leading sustainability-driven companies worldwide.
  • Reputex The foremost source of climate change intelligence, applying its extensive emissions, water and physical risk databases for a range of advisory and investment applications including environmental equity indices.  

Commercial Internet Sites

There are many commercial Internet sites that allow you to monitor  your investments.  Most provide fee based services to track your investments and provide their latest information and analysis however some also provide a limited amount of free information. Examples of commercial Internet services include:

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