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Module 3: PRIMARY (company-derived) INFORMATION

Locating Financial Information

Getting Information from the Company Itself

Getting Information from the SEC

Interpreting Financial Information

Assessment


Interpreting Financial Information

Hands On

Take a virtual tour of Mergent, Inc.'s FISonline, an Internet-based research tool.

Go There



So now you have some leads on finding financial information about your company, but what will you do with it once you have it? In this section, we'll help you find the resources to make heads and tails of all those numbers we've been talking about.

Using reformatted SEC information

Commercial Services such as Mergent Online provide a value-added service to the user by reformatting the information in the EDGAR filings for more efficient access. To view it, go to the Hands on section of this page.

For additional help with unfamiliar investment terms you may come across when looking at financials, consult any of the free online glossaries listed in the Resources section."



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