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BUSI 3405U: Fixed Income - Fall 2010
- 1. Resources for Bond Reports BUSI 3460U Kim Stymest, Business Librarian [email_address] 905.721.8668 x 2962
- 2. Steps Covered in Class Step One Find the Prospectus for your bond Use EDGAR search on SEC Website Step Two Get further detail and CUSIP number Use Mergent Online database Step Three Get more current rating information for your bond Use 珂看看糸霞s website (requires free registration)
- 3. STEP ONE
- 5. Library Homepage Access your Subject Related Guides by clicking on Subject Guides
- 6. We need to first find our companys filings, in order to find the bonds it has issued
- 7. Company Research Filings go to a government department (the SEC), so the link is in the Government section of the subject guide
- 8. Government Information, Legislation and Legal Cases
- 9. Securities & Exchange Commission
- 11. It is best to use the companys ticker symbol to search for its filings
- 12. Filtering Results To find any prospectus for a bond issue for this company, look at the filings 424B
- 13. Filtering Results Select one of the filings to see the bonds prospectus and click on Documents
- 15. Note that this prospectus is for two bond issues. One has expired. Record the information for the one that is still active
- 16. STEP TWO
- 17. Company Research Mergent Online is in the Indexes and Databases section of the subject guide
- 18. Mergent Online
- 19. Mergent Online Again, it is best to search using the ticker symbol for the company
- 20. Mergent Online Long Term Debt will show you a listing of the companys bonds
- 21. Use the information you noted from the prospectus to match the bond in the list. In this case, 5.25%, with a Maturity date of 2013. Click on the CUSIP number at the left to see details
- 22. Mergent Online Details for the same bond issue in the prospectus. Note the CUSIP number from this screen since we will use it in step three
- 23. STEP THREE
- 24. 珂看看糸霞s You must register for Moodys.com But its free!
- 25. 珂看看糸霞s
- 26. Once you have registered and agreed to the terms and conditions, enter your CUSIP number in the search box
- 27. Results in 珂看看糸霞s A listing of bond issues from Kraft is provided, but note that our specific bond is highlighted. Rating details below the listing are for our specific bond
- 28. Results in 珂看看糸霞s You can also see a peer group comparison by clicking this tab