Value Line Investment Survey
Recommended supplement
One could guess that if a college library has only one investment service, it is most likely to be the Value Line Investment Survey. The service was founded in the 1930s, and has appeared in its present format since the mid-60s. The service provides in-depth coverage of 1,700 stocks, grouped into approximately 90 industries. For sheer volume of information, few sources can compare with the magnitude of this publication.
Value Line is issued weekly in three parts. Part I, the "Summary and Index," serves as a cumulative index to the entire set. The index leads the reader to the page on which each company report appears, as well as summarizing key data for all 1,700 stocks. This section lists the Value Line ratings, recent price, EPS, dividends, and other measures for each stock. The second section of Part I consists of about 20 screening lists that rank stocks by various characteristics such as "best performers," "lowest P/E," "highest dividend yield," and "widest discount from book value."
