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Check Yourself — Lesson 4

Answers to Exercise 4

Use Investext PDF Fulltext (File 745) for the following questions:

  1. Find industry reports which contain stock price data for the telecommunications industry. Qualify to Table of Contents records as opposed to those containing citations only.
    [Hint: SF=industry. Check the Bluesheet for Limit qualifiers.]

    begin 745
    select stock(w)price(w)data and sf=telecommunications
    select sl and sf=industry
    s s2/contents
    type s3/full


  2. Find analyst reports by Larry Gandler of Credit Suisse — Europe on the beverage industry. Qualify to Table of Contents records as opposed to those containing citations only.
    [Hint: EXPAND AU=gandler. Check the Bluesheet for Limit qualifiers.]

    begin 745
    expand au=gandler
    select e4:e6
    select in=beverages
    s s1 and s2
    s s3/contents
    t s4/full


  3. Locate an investment report for Toyota Motor Company from Morningstar. Qualify to Table of Contents records as opposed to those containing citations only.
    [Hint: CS=morningstar (publishers are on the Corporate Source (CS=) field. Check the Bluesheet for Limit qualifiers.]

    b 745
    select sf=company
    expand co=toyota
    select e12:e13
    e cs=Morningstar
    s e4:e5
    s sl and s2 and s3
    s s4/contents
    t s5/full/1

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