Partners were required to present their ideas for investments using the Stock Selection Guide and the
Value Line Investment Survey, publications printed by the National Association of Investors Inc.
You can get a solid overview of a company's financial health by using the annual report together with resources such as Standard & Poor's Stock Reports and
Value Line Investment Survey. You'll learn about the company's current standing as well as its future prospects.
Financial newsletters and publications that will become required reading include:
Value Line Investment Survey (800-833-0046) a weekly newsletter that evaluates some 1,700 companies, Morningstar Mutual Funds (312-697-4305), a biweekly newsletter that rates over 1,300 mutual funds and The Moneypaper (914-381-5400), a monthly newsletter that covers the dividend reinvestment plans of more than 400 companies.
Also, Value Line Investment Surveys [1983] reported that the price of Tylenol had not returned to its premium level over the prices of other pain relievers.
According to Value Line Investment Surveys [1982], the estimated annual profits for the Tylenol line for 1982 were $80 million.
According to Value Line Investment Surveys [1982], Johnson & Johnson was also supposed to have stretched out its lead in the drug market by means of the introduction of a dozen or more new drugs by the mid-1980s.
Morningstar and
Value Line investment surveys (available in your local library) list an approximated statistic for this value, which can also be found in annual and semiannual reports from the funds themselves.