How to Read the Financial Pages

Peter Passell

Revised Edition

Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog
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Introduction
Getting Started

PART ONE: The Tables

New York and American Stock Exchange
     Composite Transactions
American Stock Exchange Emerging Issues
NASDAQ Over-the-Counter
     National Market Issues
New York and American Exchange Bonds
U.S. Treasury Bonds and Notes
U.S. Treasury Strips
Government Agency Bonds
Treasury Bills
Tax-Exempt Bonds
Mutual Fund Quotations
Money Market Mutual Funds
Closed-End Bond Funds
     and Publicly Traded Mutual Funds
Stock Options
Long Term Options
Stock Index Options
Commodity Futures
Financial Futures
Foreign Exchange

PART TWO: The Numbers

Stock Market Indexes
     Dow Jones Industrial Average
     Dow Jones Utility Average
     Dow Jones Transportation Average
     Standard and Poor's 500 Index
     New York Stock Exchange Composite Index
     American Stock Exchange Market Value
     Index
     NASDAQ Over-the-Counter Composite
     Index
     Wilshire 5000 Index
Interest Rates
     Federal Funds Rate
     Broker Call Loan Rate
     Prime Rate
     Foreign Prime Rates
     Treasury Bill Rates
     The Other Numbers
Output
     Gross National Product
     Industrial Production
Productivity
     Capacity Utilization
     Labor Productivity
Employment
     Unemployment Rate
     Employment-Population Ratio
Average Workweek and Factory Overtime
The Money Supply
Inflation
      The Consumer Price Index
      The Producer Price Index
      Unit Labor Costs
Economic Indicators
     Corporate Profits
     Personal Disposable Income
     Inventories
     Orders for Nondefense Capital Goods
     Orders for Machine Tools
     Index of Leading Indicators
International Finance
     Merchandise Trade Balance
     Current Account Balance
     Capital Account Balance