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Find Industry Investment Reports in Investext® PDF Fulltext?

TOPIC: INVESTEXT® PDF Fulltext is an index to company, industry, and geographic research reports written by analysts at more than 600 leading investment banks, brokerage houses and consulting firms worldwide. Records containing citations to reports are put online as soon as the reports are received by Investext and are available in PDF format; the citation records are updated a few days later with the full Table of Contents.

In addition to the in-depth financial investment analysis reports on more than 60,000 publicly traded companies worldwide, other Investext reports analyze specific industries, products and businesses in geographic regions. The reports are particularly useful for market research, strategic planning, comparative analysis, and financial planning.

This example shows how to locate information on the U.S. food industry, specifically concerning trends and forecasts.

 

COMMAND SUMMARY

BEGIN 745
SELECT FOOD?/TI,IN
SELECT S1 AND SF=INDUSTRY
EXPAND GN=U
SELECT E10:E11 OR E14
SELECT S1 AND S2 AND S3
SELECT S4/2007:2008
TYPE S5/8/1-3

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HOW TO...


1. BEGIN File 745 to search Investext® PDF Fulltext.

2. SELECT industry terms on the Title (/TI) OR the Industry (/IN) fields. The comma between fields acts as OR.

To view a list of industries indexed on the Industry field, enter EXPAND IN=.

3. Combine Set 1 (S1) with the Subfile (SF=) for Industry reports only.

Note: You can also limit the search to company (SF=COMPANY) or topical (SF=TOPICAL) reports.


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4. EXPAND the Geographic Name (GN=).

5. SELECT the appropriate “E” Reference number(s).


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6. Combine the industry and the subfile (S2) and the geographic location (S3).

7. Limit retrieval to reports published in specific years. Use the colon to search for a range of years.


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8. TYPE the first several records in Format 8 to browse titles, publishing analysts, report numbers, pagination, descriptors, publication dates and document type: whether citation or table of contents.

9. Select the record you want to view and click Links > Table of Contents so you can view the entire report or individual pages.

Note that each page is a separate record at a per record cost.

Note: Some records have been omitted from this display.


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10. Click on a hyperlinked page number to obtain that page or section of the report. Or, you can buy the whole report, if you wish, by clicking on the link to the full report.

Pricing for the full report is based on the number of pages in the report.



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