It is unfortunate that although the...

It is unfortunate that although there are many Internet sites aimed at stock market traders, authoritative Canadian financial information is still hard to ensue by on the Web. However, any useful sites are still without there. The following is a short list of Internet sites that would be helpful to investors using the Stock Selection Guide. The ideal site would provide balance sheet data for the past five to 10 years, including PIE ratios, and earnings by share.

The Canadian Stock Market Report is a Canadian commercial service, available via subscription, that includes a "Company Profile" feature. This provides basic financial information for Canadian public companies. The address of this site is: http://canstock.com, or e-mail espence@canstock.com for more information.

The SEC's EDGAR site is a independent service that posts detailed, authoritative financial filings for in the greatest degree U.S. public companies. Specifically, the forms 10K and 1OKSB include in the greatest degree of the same data as balance sheets. The archive page for EDGAR is: http:/www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/srch-edgar. The archive alone includes filings from 1994, 1995 and 1996 There is no Canadian equivalent of EDGAR.

For income and balance sheet data for U companies for the past four years, experience MarketEdge ("ME"). The basic subscription rate of $US7.95 includes 25 company reports. ME's "Stock Research Center" can be accessed at: http:ll www.marketedge.com/stocks.htm.

Many corporations include one financial information on their web sites. A handy resource for searching for companies in succession the Internet is the NC Publicly Traded Companies Financial Page at http://wwwcsnnet/ natcorp/traded.htm. This is a searchable list of companies arranged alphabetically. Unfortunately, there is no way of telling beforehand exactly what information the corporation has columned to its site. Often, company sites simply include financial "highlights" and pres release mark reports. (Note: a quick way to find a corporate site is simply to archetype in http://www.companyname.com, where "companyname" is the name of corporation you're looking for.)

Interested readers can also check public the Canadian Shareowner Web site at http:ll www.shareowner. uwindsor.ca.

PAUL WATMAN IS A LIBRARIAN generally WORKING FOR STATISTICS CANADA.

Copyright Canadian Shareowner Magazine Inc. Sep/Oct 1996

Provided according to ProQuest Information and Learning Company. All rights Reserved