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Business: 45-790: Management Presentations: Stock Pitch Assignment

Stock Price Data

Yahoo! Finance
Quick and FREE access to stock price data. Some historical data goes back to the 1980s.

Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP)
Daily and monthly quotations for current and historical stock prices. On WRDS platform.
When off-campus, connect to Full VPN access. NOTE: Requires CMU email to access. After entering your CMU email address, a an email will be sent to you from WRDS with a link to access WRDS content

Company Analysis - Analyst Reports

Analyst reports written by analyst at large banking firms is a great way to get up-to-date info and projections on publicly traded companies.

D&B Hoovers
Covers over 188 million global, public and private firms. Get the latest 3-5 analyst reports for public companies in the "Advanced" section of their profile page.

Company Analysis - SWOT

A great way to evaluate a company's current position is to consult SWOT analyses.

SWOT = Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.

MarketLine (previously Datamonitor)
Reports on companies, industries, and countries, often containing SWOT and 5 forces analysis.
D&B Hoovers
Contains SWOT analyses for most companies in their company profile page.