Research Guides
- University of Washington Libraries
- Library Guides
- UW Libraries
- Historic Business
- Historic Stock Prices
Historic Business: Historic Stock Prices
Information on historic business practices and company records
Historical Stock Prices
- Global Financial Data This link opens in a new window
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Economic and financial data covering 150 countries and 6,500 different data series.
Commodities
- Global Commodities This link opens in a new window
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History and development of 15 major commodities through manuscripts, printed and visual primary source materials.
Web Resources
- U.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionShort, concise article referencing several resources for assessing the value of stock certificates.
- Washington State Department of Financial InstitutionsThis web page provides information pertaining to stocks issued by Washington State corporations.
- Goldsheet Obsolete SecuritiesExtensive list of print resources, state agencies, and commercial services relating to obsolete securities.
- ScripophilyThe hobby of collecting old stocks and bonds is called scripophily. This site specializes in the selling of old stock and bond certificates. It also contains a notable collection of images of obsolete securities.
- Yahoo! FinanceThis site is a good source for company and investment information as well as an excellent source for historical stock prices. Search for stock by ticker symbol and chose the option for historical stock prices. For expired ticker symbols, this site is not useful; in such cases, print resources may be the only recourse.