Moody's Analyses of Investments is published in four parts as follows:
Part I—Steam Railroads.
Part II—Industrials.
Part III—Public Utilities.
Part IV—Government and Municipals.
These volumes cover much the same ground as the manuals just noted with the addition of ratings. They are published by John Moody, 35 Nassau street, New York City, at $15.00 per volume.
The Manual of Statistics Stock Exchange Handbook, similar in contents to the Poor & Moody volumes but not as full, is published annually by The Manual Statistics Company, New York City, at $12.00 per volume.
Investment Bankers and Brokers of America, issued annually by Sites Publishing Company, 441 Pearl Street, New York City, $17.50 per volume, is a useful directory to be used to supplement Rand McNally Bankers' Directory, issued semi-monthly in January and July, Chicago, price $25.00 per year, or the Bankers' Encyclopedia, issued semi-annually in March and September, New York, price $10.00 per volume.
Money and Investments, by Montgomery Rollins, "a reference book for the use of those desiring information in the handling of money or the investment thereof," is an excellent dictionary of financial terms, published by Financial Publishing Company, Boston, Mass., edition 4, price $3.00.
For the business firm who wishes to keep up to the minute on the latest information of what is going on in the world as affecting trade and finance, the Standard Statistics Company, 47 West street, New York City, issues Standard Daily Trade Service at a cost of $120.00 per year, which delivers each morning by first class mail a conveniently indexed and itemized digest of the important news regarding crops, commodities, countries, legislation, taxation, Federal trade regulation, transportation, etc., and in addition gives the subscriber the benefit of a Personal Service department for special information of value to him individually which does not appear on the daily report sheet.
In addition to the Daily Trade Service, the Standard Statistics Company also issues a similar daily service entitled Corporation News Service, which summarizes all the corporation news of the country. It also issues a Corporation Card and Bond Card Service which furnish daily revised card descriptions of corporations and bond issues.
The Federal Trade Information Service, 31 Nassau street, New York City, is similar in frequency and form of issue to the standard Daily Trade Service but is not as comprehensive in scope, as it covers only the activities of the Federal Government.
There is scarcely any industry which has not put out a reference handbook or directory covering its special field, and it is impossible in a brief treatise to list all of the reference books which pertain to a large number of industries. The best printed list from which to determine what directories and handbooks have been issued for certain industries is 2400 Business Books, which has been previously noted. Consult also the trade journals, and above all, do not forget to use the reference facilities to be found at the public library.