If you are an investor who wants to know more than just the ticker symbol of your stocks, and want to do more than just watch the price rise or fall on the stock exchange, you can dig in and find out a lot about the companies in which you have your money invested.

Stock Exchange Web Sites

A good place place to start might be the web sites of the major stock exchanges.  For example, on the New York Stock Exchange website you can find a Listed Company Directory.  There you can look at all companies listed on the exchange, both national and international.  If you pinch on the company name from the alphabetical listing you can find a profile, data, and news about the company.  And there is a link to the company’s website.  Likewise, on the NASDAQ website, you will find the listed companies, with a description of the company, as filed with the SEC, and a link to the company’s website.

Company Websites

Once you get into the company’s website, you can learn about what the company does, by looking under the About Us tab, for example.  Each company’s website is unique, but you can generally find information about its industry and market, its products and services, production facilities, organization, and news releases about the company.  There  may also be a special section for investor information and relations.  And you may be able to access the company’s annual reports and earnings releases.