Financial & Insurance Industry Guide, NAICS Code 52

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Scope of This Guide:

The Finance and Insurance sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in financial transactions, involving the creation, liquidation, or change in ownership of financial assets, and/or in facilitating financial transactions. Three principal types of activities are identified: raising funds by taking deposits and/or issuing securities and, in the process, incurring liabilities; pooling of risk by underwriting insurance and annuities; providing specialized services facilitating or supporting financial intermediation, insurance, and employee benefit programs. In addition, monetary authorities charged with monetary control are included in this sector.

Industry Definitions: Description by NAICS Sector / Sub-Sector


CODE	NAICS Sector (WHAT is NAICS?)
5211	Monetary Authorities--Central Bank
5221	Depository Credit Intermediation
5222	NonDepository Credit Intermediation
5223	Activities Related to Credit Intermediation
5231	Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage
5232	Securities and Commodity Exchanges
5239	Other Financial Investment Activities

Databases for Industry Research

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage

Industry surveys
Bond ratings
Company profiles and corporation records
Stock, bond and fund research

Plunkett Research Online (Industry Information)

Industry sector analysis and research
Industry trends and statistics
Market research and trends
Company profiles

Reuters Research On-Demand

Real-time full-text investment research
Reports cover companies and industries
Over 750 contributing firms

ValueLine

Aggregate data and analysis on industries
Reports, articles, and company highlights

ABI/Inform (via ProQuest)

Indexes over 1000 business periodicals
Trade journals, business magazines, academic journals and other news sources
Most articles full text

IBISWorld

Over 700 full-text industry reports
Over 700 US industry risk rating reports
Information on over 8000 Publicly Traded Companies
Hundreds of economic and demographic profiles

For additional database choices, see:

Selected U.S./World Industry Data & Company Sites

U. S. Data


American Stock Exchange (AMEX) Boston Stock Exchange (BSE) Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)	The U.S. Government Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) The Social Science Research Network Financial Markets Center Provides research and education resources about Federal Reserve records

World Data


Asian Economic News Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation (TSEC) Tokyo Stock Exchange - Japan	The Japanese Stock Market and Economy International Investment Portal & Research Center Global market data including Asia and Europe International Monetary Fund

Selected Companies

American Express

Bear Stearns

Citigroup, Inc.

Credit Suisse First Boston LLC

Deutsche Bank AG

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

JPMorgan Chase

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

MBNA

Merrill Lynch

Morgan Stanley

Royal Bank of Scotland

U.S. Bancorp

Resources for Identifying Companies in the Industry

Hoover’s Online

Proprietary company overviews
Industry breakdowns and explanations
Competitor listings
Financial synopses

Lexis/Nexis Corporate Affiliations
Business Library, Reference: HG4057.A219

U.S. corporate directory
Holding company directory

Mergent Online

Information on 11,000 U.S. public companies and 17,000 non-U.S. Public companies
Detailed, standardized financial statements
Searchable by company name, industry codes, revenue levels, and other characteristics
Comparative analysis among companies
Access to SEC reports

Ward’s Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies
Business Library, Reference: HG4057.A56

Listings organized by NAICS code
Ranks public and private companies by revenues/sales

Library Collections: Selected Reference Titles & Call Number Ranges

Selected Reference Titles

For additional materials, contact the Schreyer Business Library.

American Stock Exchange: A Guide to Information Resources
3rd Floor Paterno: HG4575.2.W86

New York Stock Exchange: A Guide to Information Sources
3rd Floor Paterno: HG4572.H43 1992

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: A Research and Information Guide
3rd Floor Paterno: HG4910.G73 1993

Accounting Research Directory
Arts & Humanities Library, Reference: Z7164.C81B884

Directory of Dissertations in Accounting
Arts & Humanities Library, Reference: Z7164.C81S77

Index to Accounting and Auditing Technical Pronouncements
3rd Floor Paterno: HF5635.I44

Plunkett's Financial Services Industry Almanac
Business Library, Reference: HG65 .P58

Call # Ranges

HG 201 – 1496 Money
HG 1501 – 3550 Banking
HG 4501 – 6051 Stocks, Investment, Speculation

Trade Associations: Selected Industry Associations Web Sites

Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR)

National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD)

Investment Company Institute

National Association of Investors Corporation

National Futures Association

Securities Industry Association

See also Associations Unlimited for association listings by subject or keyword.
See also ABI/Inform for articles reporting trade association data.

Career Information: Selected Sources for Employment Information

Careers in Finance

Careers in Business

Vault Online Career Library (Currently, Vault Guides are facing problems opening in Adobe Reader 8.x. Please see here for using FREE Adobe Digital Editions to access these guides)

Vault provides full-text career and industry guides
Includes company profiles, occupation descriptions, and career-related articles

Career Guide to Industries (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Business Library, Reference: HF5382.5.U5 C3162

Occupational Outlook Handbook (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
CAT record for print copies
Business Library, Reference: HD8051.A623

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