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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 S5/8/1-5
TYPE S5/9/2


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.


?B 745  

File 745:Investext(R) PDF Fltxt 1999--2007/Dec W4
       (c)2007 Thomson Fin. Networks

      Set  Items  Description
      ---  -----  -----------
?S FOOD?/TI,IN
      S1    6659  FOOD?/TI,IN

?S   S1 AND SF=INDUSTRY
            6659  S1
          106117  SF=INDUSTRY
      S2    1709  S1 AND SF=INDUSTRY



4. EXPAND the Geographic Name (GN=).

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


?E GN=U 

Ref   Items  Index-term

E1     1814  GN=TURKEY
E2        5  GN=TX
E3        0 *GN=U
E4      223  GN=UAE
E5    11226  GN=UKD
E6      172  GN=UKRAINE
E7      223  GN=UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
E8      175  GN=UNITED KINGDOM
E9    11051  GN=UNITED KINGDOM/GREAT BRITAIN/BRITISH ISLES
E10    1557  GN=UNITED STATES
E11  204950  GN=UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
E12       4  GN=URU
E13       4  GN=URUGUAY
E14  206507  GN=USA
(...;)
Enter P or PAGE for more

?S   E10:E11 OR E14
           55317  GN=UNITED STATES:GN=UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
           55317  GN=USA
      S3   55317  GN='UNITED STATES':GN='UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'
	              OR GN='USA'



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.


?S   S2 AND S3
            1709  S2
           55253  S3
      S4     850  S2 AND S3

?S S4/2007:2008
             850  S4
          814706  PY=2007 : PY=2008
      S5     354  S4/2007:2008



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.

To select the appropriate record number, look at the range of records in the TYPE command (e.g., 5/8/2).

Note: Some records have been omitted from this display.


?T S5/8/1-5 
          
  5/8/1 
DIALOG(R)File 745: Investext(R) PDF Fltxt
(c)2007 Thomson Fin. Networks. All rights reserved.
      
09144552
KATZMAN'S KITCHEN - DEMAND ELASTICITY: AGFLATION = AGGRAVATION
      
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
KATZMAN, ERIC, ET AL
      
Date:December 11, 2007
Record Type: CONTENTS
INVESTEXT(tm) Report Number: 12936476  Pages: 20 
Cost: $9.60 per page Full Report $192.00 
This is a(n) Original PDF Industry Report. To view PDF reports, 
you will need  Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 or higher (available 
free from Adobe) installed on  your computer. 
      
Headquarter Geographic Area: 
    * UNITED STATES 
    * NORTH AMERICA 

Geographic Codes: 
    * USA 
    * NORA

Industry: FOOD PROCESSING; 
Industry Symbol: FOODPR
          
Investext(R) PDF Index (Dialog® File 745): (c)2004 Thomson Fin. 
Networks. All  rights reserved.
          
  5/8/2 
DIALOG(R)File 745: Investext(R) PDF Fltxt
(c)2007 Thomson Fin. Networks. All rights reserved.
        
09121728
FOOD - OUR WEEKLY  COMMODITY "CHEAT" SHEET 12-7-2007
        
SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY CAPITAL MARKETS
CHAPPELL, WILLIAM, ET AL
        
Date:December 10, 2007
Record Type: CONTENTS
INVESTEXT(tm) Report Number: 12935394  Pages: 7 
Cost: $9.60 per page Full Report $67.20 
This is a(n) Original PDF Industry Report. To view PDF reports, 
you will need  Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 or higher (available.... 
        
Headquarter Geographic Area: 

* UNITED STATES * NORTH AMERICA Geographic Codes: * USA * NORA Industry: FOOD PROCESSING; Industry Symbol: FOODPR Investext(R) PDF Index (Dialog® File 745): (c)2004 Thomson Fin. Networks. All rights reserved.



9. TYPE selected records in Format 9 to see the Bibliographic Citation and the Table of Contents.

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.


?T S5/9/2

  5/9/2 
DIALOG(R)File 745: Investext(R) PDF Fltxt
(c)2007 Thomson Fin. Networks. All rights reserved.

09121728
FOOD - OUR WEEKLY  COMMODITY "CHEAT" SHEET 12-7-2007

SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY CAPITAL MARKETS
CHAPPELL, WILLIAM, ET AL

Date:December 10, 2007
Record Type: CONTENTS
INVESTEXT(tm) Report Number: 12935394  Pages: 7 
Cost: $9.60 per page Full Report $67.20
This is a(n) Original PDF Industry Report. To view PDF reports, 
you will need  Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 or higher (available 
free from Adobe) installed on  your computer. 

Section/Table Headings
Pages
TABLE OF CONTENTS Overview 1
Table/Chart: Price Check: 1
Table/Chart: The Weekly Commodity "Cheat" Sheet - Price Data 2
Graph - Base Mkt Hog Carcass (Year over Year Comparison) 3
Graph - Chicken Breast (Year over Year Comparison) 3
Graph - Soybeans (Year over Year Comparison) 4
Graph - Corn (Year over Year Comparison)

4
Table/Chart: Food Universe - Price, Market and Earnings Data 5
Analyst Certification 6
Disclosure 6
Graph - Hormel Foods Corp. - Rating and Price Chart Dec 6, 2004-Dec 7, 2007 6
Graph - Smithfield Foods Inc. - Rating and Price Chart Dec 6, 2004-Dec 7, 2007 7
Table/Chart: Rating And Price Target History (HRL) 7
Table/Chart: Rating And Price Target History (SFD) 7
Disclosure (CONT)

7
Table/Chart: Report Key (No charge for this page) 8
Disclosure (CONT) (No charge for this page)> 8
Headquarter Geographic Area: 

    * UNITED STATES 
    * NORTH AMERICA 

Geographic Codes: 

    * USA
    * NORA

Industry: 
FOOD  PROCESSING;

Industry Symbol: FOODPR

Investext(R) PDF Index (Dialog(R) File 745): (c)2004 Thomson Fin. 
Networks. All  rights reserved.

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