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ValueLine Investment Service
Beyond the Basics
What You Will Learn
How to navigate through the service. What each of the six publications cover. What type of investments ValueLine
covers. How to customize reports. How to use the Help and FAQs
ValueLine Research Center
ValueLine Investment Survey
ValueLine Mutual Funds Survey
ValueLine Daily Options Survey
ValueLine Electronic Convertibles
ValueLine Special Situations Service
Navigation
When viewing one of the publications, you can use the options, on the left, under Research to navigate to another area.
Support offers FAQs, how to guides, and a glossary to help you use the Research Center.
ValueLine Investment Survey
Stock Reports With All Features of the Print Version Plus Full Search
Capabilities, Sort Options, and Customizable Reports.
What Is a Stock?
The certificates representing ownership in a corporation.
Common stock– Class of corporate ownership usually entitled to vote
for the board of directors and other issues of importance.
Preferred Stock– A class of stock on which a company must pay a
dividend before any dividend can be paid on the company's common stock.
From Ebsco Business Source Premiere
Survey Issues
Reports on approximately 260 companies per issue.
Selection and Opinion - a newsletter with ValueLine’s opinions on stocks.
All other features of the standard and Small & Midcap editions of ValueLine.
Searching the Survey for Companies
To search for a company, click Lookup company on the left side of the screen.
Enter your search term(s) and select Company, Industry or Ticker to search.
Searching the Survey for Industries
An alphabetical list of all 100 industries in the survey comes up.
To search for an industry, click Lookup Industry on the left side of the screen.
Ratings and Reports The default sort
option is by company name.
Click on Ticker, Industry, or Timeliness to re-sort by those options.
Viewing Reports
PDF HTML
To view reports, click on either PDF or HTML for that report.
PDF will give you a representation of the print version of the report.
HTML gives you custom report print options. Choose one option at a time.
Rank Changes
Investors can view stocks whose timeliness or performance rank has changed in the past week.
Stock Screening Investors can locate stocks by specifying
criteria in the stock screener.
Top 100
View stocks by a variety of top rankings including relative price performance (below) safety, and growth.
ValueLine Mutual Funds Survey
Ratings and Reports on Over 2000 Mutual Funds With Expert Analysis
and Ratings Based on Risk and Reward.
What Is a Mutual Fund?
An investment company that sells shares in itself to the public and uses the proceeds to purchase common stocks, bonds, and/or money market securities.
From Ebsco Business Source Premiere
Survey Issues
Each issue reports on approximately 150 funds.
Performance and Index has news about mutual funds as well as the print index.
Searching for a Fund Family
To search for a fund family, click Lookup Fund Family on the left side of the screen.
Enter your search term(s) and click Search.
Searching for a Fund
To search for a fund, click Lookup Fund on the left side of the screen.
Enter your search term(s) and select Fund Name or Ticker.
Fund Screening
Users can identify funds by specifying search criteria.
Daily Options Survey
Updated Daily, the Options Survey Offers Investors Advice on
Purchasing Options.
What Is an Option?
Options give investors the privilege to either buy or sell 100 shares of a common stock within a period of time for a set price.
Investors buy call options, those giving you a right to buy stock, if they expect the price to rise.
They buy put options, those giving you the right to sell, if thy expect the price to fall.
Interactive Options
Enter a ticker symbol to look up options and click submit.
Results
Select result(s) to view by checking the boxes
Option Profile
Gives detailed information on the selected option.
Click Option Profile Definitions to find out about each item.
Interpreting Ticker Codes
From http://www.online.msdw.com/cgi-bin/Help/optionSymbol
Month Code Strike Price Call Put Month
A M Jan A 5 105 205 305 --->
B N Feb B 10 110 210 310 --->
C O Mar C 15 115 215 315 --->
D P Apr D 20 120 220 320 --->
E Q May E 25 125 225 325 --->
F R Jun F 30 130 230 330 --->
G S Jul G 35 135 235 335 --->
H T Aug H 40 140 240 340 --->
I U Sep I 45 145 245 345 --->
J V Oct J 50 150 250 350 --->
K W Nov K 55 155 255 355 --->
L X Dec L 60 160 260 360 --->
M 65 165 265 365 --->
N 70 170 270 370 --->
O 75 175 275 375 --->
P 80 180 280 380 --->
Q 85 185 285 385 --->
R 90 190 290 390 --->
S 95 195 295 395 --->
T 100 200 300 400 --->
U 7.5 37.5 67.5 97.5 --->
V 12.5 42.5 72.5 102.5 --->
W 17.5 47.5 77.5 107.5 --->
X 22.5 52.5 82.5 112.5 --->
Y 27.5 57.5 87.5 117.5 --->
Z 32.5 62.5 92.5 122.5 --->
Month Code Strike Price Call Put Month
A M Jan A 5 105 205 305 --->
B N Feb B 10 110 210 310 --->
C O Mar C 15 115 215 315 --->
D P Apr D 20 120 220 320 --->
E Q May E 25 125 225 325 --->
F R Jun F 30 130 230 330 --->
G S Jul G 35 135 235 335 --->
H T Aug H 40 140 240 340 --->
I U Sep I 45 145 245 345 --->
J V Oct J 50 150 250 350 --->
K W Nov K 55 155 255 355 --->
L X Dec L 60 160 260 360 --->
M 65 165 265 365 --->
N 70 170 270 370 --->
O 75 175 275 375 --->
P 80 180 280 380 --->
Q 85 185 285 385 --->
R 90 190 290 390 --->
S 95 195 295 395 --->
T 100 200 300 400 --->
U 7.5 37.5 67.5 97.5 --->
V 12.5 42.5 72.5 102.5 --->
W 17.5 47.5 77.5 107.5 --->
X 22.5 52.5 82.5 112.5 --->
Y 27.5 57.5 87.5 117.5 --->
Z 32.5 62.5 92.5 122.5 --->
Month Code Strike Price Call Put Month
A M Jan A 5 105 205 305 --->
B N Feb B 10 110 210 310 --->
C O Mar C 15 115 215 315 --->
D P Apr D 20 120 220 320 --->
E Q May E 25 125 225 325 --->
F R Jun F 30 130 230 330 --->
G S Jul G 35 135 235 335 --->
H T Aug H 40 140 240 340 --->
I U Sep I 45 145 245 345 --->
J V Oct J 50 150 250 350 --->
K W Nov K 55 155 255 355 --->
L X Dec L 60 160 260 360 --->
M 65 165 265 365 --->
N 70 170 270 370 --->
O 75 175 275 375 --->
P 80 180 280 380 --->
Q 85 185 285 385 --->
R 90 190 290 390 --->
S 95 195 295 395 --->
T 100 200 300 400 --->
U 7.5 37.5 67.5 97.5 --->
V 12.5 42.5 72.5 102.5 --->
W 17.5 47.5 77.5 107.5 --->
X 22.5 52.5 82.5 112.5 --->
Y 27.5 57.5 87.5 117.5 --->
Z 32.5 62.5 92.5 122.5 --->
Month Code Strike Price Call Put Month
A M Jan A 5 105 205 305 --->
B N Feb B 10 110 210 310 --->
C O Mar C 15 115 215 315 --->
D P Apr D 20 120 220 320 --->
E Q May E 25 125 225 325 --->
F R Jun F 30 130 230 330 --->
G S Jul G 35 135 235 335 --->
H T Aug H 40 140 240 340 --->
I U Sep I 45 145 245 345 --->
J V Oct J 50 150 250 350 --->
K W Nov K 55 155 255 355 --->
L X Dec L 60 160 260 360 --->
M 65 165 265 365 --->
N 70 170 270 370 --->
O 75 175 275 375 --->
P 80 180 280 380 --->
Q 85 185 285 385 --->
R 90 190 290 390 --->
S 95 195 295 395 --->
T 100 200 300 400 --->
U 7.5 37.5 67.5 97.5 --->
V 12.5 42.5 72.5 102.5 --->
W 17.5 47.5 77.5 107.5 --->
X 22.5 52.5 82.5 112.5 --->
Y 27.5 57.5 87.5 117.5 --->
Z 32.5 62.5 92.5 122.5 --->
Month Code Strike Price Call Put Month
A M Jan A 5 105 205 305 --->
B N Feb B 10 110 210 310 --->
C O Mar C 15 115 215 315 --->
D P Apr D 20 120 220 320 --->
E Q May E 25 125 225 325 --->
F R Jun F 30 130 230 330 --->
G S Jul G 35 135 235 335 --->
H T Aug H 40 140 240 340 --->
I U Sep I 45 145 245 345 --->
J V Oct J 50 150 250 350 --->
K W Nov K 55 155 255 355 --->
L X Dec L 60 160 260 360 --->
M 65 165 265 365 --->
N 70 170 270 370 --->
O 75 175 275 375 --->
P 80 180 280 380 --->
Q 85 185 285 385 --->
R 90 190 290 390 --->
S 95 195 295 395 --->
T 100 200 300 400 --->
U 7.5 37.5 67.5 97.5 --->
V 12.5 42.5 72.5 102.5 --->
W 17.5 47.5 77.5 107.5 --->
X 22.5 52.5 82.5 112.5 --->
Y 27.5 57.5 87.5 117.5 --->
Z 32.5 62.5 92.5 122.5 --->
Month Code Month Code Strike Price Strike Price Call Call Put Put Month Month
A A M M Jan Jan A A 5 5 105 105 205 205 305 305 ---> --->
B B N N Feb Feb B B 10 10 110 110 210 210 310 310 ---> --->
C C O O Mar Mar C C 15 15 115 115 215 215 315 315 ---> --->
D D P P Apr Apr D D 20 20 120 120 220 220 320 320 ---> --->
E E Q Q May May E E 25 25 125 125 225 225 325 325 ---> --->
F F R R Jun Jun F F 30 30 130 130 230 230 330 330 ---> --->
G G S S Jul Jul G G 35 35 135 135 235 235 335 335 ---> --->
H H T T Aug Aug H H 40 40 140 140 240 240 340 340 ---> --->
I I U U Sep Sep I I 45 45 145 145 245 245 345 345 ---> --->
J J V V Oct Oct J J 50 50 150 150 250 250 350 350 ---> --->
K K W W Nov Nov K K 55 55 155 155 255 255 355 355 ---> --->
L L X X Dec Dec L L 60 60 160 160 260 260 360 360 ---> --->
M M 65 65 165 165 265 265 365 365 ---> --->
N N 70 70 170 170 270 270 370 370 ---> --->
O O 75 75 175 175 275 275 375 375 ---> --->
P P 80 80 180 180 280 280 380 380 ---> --->
Q Q 85 85 185 185 285 285 385 385 ---> --->
R R 90 90 190 190 290 290 390 390 ---> --->
S S 95 95 195 195 295 295 395 395 ---> --->
T T 100 100 200 200 300 300 400 400 ---> --->
U U 7.5 7.5 37.5 37.5 67.5 67.5 97.5 97.5 ---> --->
V V 12.5 12.5 42.5 42.5 72.5 72.5 102.5 102.5 ---> --->
W W 17.5 17.5 47.5 47.5 77.5 77.5 107.5 107.5 ---> --->
X X 22.5 22.5 52.5 52.5 82.5 82.5 112.5 112.5 ---> --->
Y Y 27.5 27.5 57.5 57.5 87.5 87.5 117.5 117.5 ---> --->
Z Z 32.5 32.5 62.5 62.5 92.5 92.5 122.5 122.5 ---> --->
Month Code Strike Price Call Put Month
A M Jan A 5 105 205 305 --->
B N Feb B 10 110 210 310 --->
C O Mar C 15 115 215 315 --->
D P Apr D 20 120 220 320 --->
E Q May E 25 125 225 325 --->
F R Jun F 30 130 230 330 --->
G S Jul G 35 135 235 335 --->
H T Aug H 40 140 240 340 --->
I U Sep I 45 145 245 345 --->
J V Oct J 50 150 250 350 --->
K W Nov K 55 155 255 355 --->
L X Dec L 60 160 260 360 --->
M 65 165 265 365 --->
N 70 170 270 370 --->
O 75 175 275 375 --->
P 80 180 280 380 --->
Q 85 185 285 385 --->
R 90 190 290 390 --->
S 95 195 295 395 --->
T 100 200 300 400 --->
U 7.5 37.5 67.5 97.5 --->
V 12.5 42.5 72.5 102.5 --->
W 17.5 47.5 77.5 107.5 --->
X 22.5 52.5 82.5 112.5 --->
Y 27.5 57.5 87.5 117.5 --->
Z 32.5 62.5 92.5 122.5 --->
Month Code Strike Price Call Put Month
A M Jan A 5 105 205 305 --->
B N Feb B 10 110 210 310 --->
C O Mar C 15 115 215 315 --->
D P Apr D 20 120 220 320 --->
E Q May E 25 125 225 325 --->
F R Jun F 30 130 230 330 --->
G S Jul G 35 135 235 335 --->
H T Aug H 40 140 240 340 --->
I U Sep I 45 145 245 345 --->
J V Oct J 50 150 250 350 --->
K W Nov K 55 155 255 355 --->
L X Dec L 60 160 260 360 --->
M 65 165 265 365 --->
N 70 170 270 370 --->
O 75 175 275 375 --->
P 80 180 280 380 --->
Q 85 185 285 385 --->
R 90 190 290 390 --->
S 95 195 295 395 --->
T 100 200 300 400 --->
U 7.5 37.5 67.5 97.5 --->
V 12.5 42.5 72.5 102.5 --->
W 17.5 47.5 77.5 107.5 --->
X 22.5 52.5 82.5 112.5 --->
Y 27.5 57.5 87.5 117.5 --->
Z 32.5 62.5 92.5 122.5 --->
Month Code Strike Price Call Put Month
A M Jan A 5 105 205 305 --->
B N Feb B 10 110 210 310 --->
C O Mar C 15 115 215 315 --->
D P Apr D 20 120 220 320 --->
E Q May E 25 125 225 325 --->
F R Jun F 30 130 230 330 --->
G S Jul G 35 135 235 335 --->
H T Aug H 40 140 240 340 --->
I U Sep I 45 145 245 345 --->
J V Oct J 50 150 250 350 --->
K W Nov K 55 155 255 355 --->
L X Dec L 60 160 260 360 --->
M 65 165 265 365 --->
N 70 170 270 370 --->
O 75 175 275 375 --->
P 80 180 280 380 --->
Q 85 185 285 385 --->
R 90 190 290 390 --->
S 95 195 295 395 --->
T 100 200 300 400 --->
U 7.5 37.5 67.5 97.5 --->
V 12.5 42.5 72.5 102.5 --->
W 17.5 47.5 77.5 107.5 --->
X 22.5 52.5 82.5 112.5 --->
Y 27.5 57.5 87.5 117.5 --->
Z 32.5 62.5 92.5 122.5 --->
Month Code Strike Price Call Put Month
A M Jan A 5 105 205 305 --->
B N Feb B 10 110 210 310 --->
C O Mar C 15 115 215 315 --->
D P Apr D 20 120 220 320 --->
E Q May E 25 125 225 325 --->
F R Jun F 30 130 230 330 --->
G S Jul G 35 135 235 335 --->
H T Aug H 40 140 240 340 --->
I U Sep I 45 145 245 345 --->
J V Oct J 50 150 250 350 --->
K W Nov K 55 155 255 355 --->
L X Dec L 60 160 260 360 --->
M 65 165 265 365 --->
N 70 170 270 370 --->
O 75 175 275 375 --->
P 80 180 280 380 --->
Q 85 185 285 385 --->
R 90 190 290 390 --->
S 95 195 295 395 --->
T 100 200 300 400 --->
U 7.5 37.5 67.5 97.5 --->
V 12.5 42.5 72.5 102.5 --->
W 17.5 47.5 77.5 107.5 --->
X 22.5 52.5 82.5 112.5 --->
Y 27.5 57.5 87.5 117.5 --->
Z 32.5 62.5 92.5 122.5 --->
Month Code Strike Price Call Put Month
A M Jan A 5 105 205 305 --->
B N Feb B 10 110 210 310 --->
C O Mar C 15 115 215 315 --->
D P Apr D 20 120 220 320 --->
E Q May E 25 125 225 325 --->
F R Jun F 30 130 230 330 --->
G S Jul G 35 135 235 335 --->
H T Aug H 40 140 240 340 --->
I U Sep I 45 145 245 345 --->
J V Oct J 50 150 250 350 --->
K W Nov K 55 155 255 355 --->
L X Dec L 60 160 260 360 --->
M 65 165 265 365 --->
N 70 170 270 370 --->
O 75 175 275 375 --->
P 80 180 280 380 --->
Q 85 185 285 385 --->
R 90 190 290 390 --->
S 95 195 295 395 --->
T 100 200 300 400 --->
U 7.5 37.5 67.5 97.5 --->
V 12.5 42.5 72.5 102.5 --->
W 17.5 47.5 77.5 107.5 --->
X 22.5 52.5 82.5 112.5 --->
Y 27.5 57.5 87.5 117.5 --->
Z 32.5 62.5 92.5 122.5 --->
Month Code Month Code Strike Price Strike Price Call Call Put Put Month Month
A A M M Jan Jan A A 5 5 105 105 205 205 305 305 ---> --->
B B N N Feb Feb B B 10 10 110 110 210 210 310 310 ---> --->
C C O O Mar Mar C C 15 15 115 115 215 215 315 315 ---> --->
D D P P Apr Apr D D 20 20 120 120 220 220 320 320 ---> --->
E E Q Q May May E E 25 25 125 125 225 225 325 325 ---> --->
F F R R Jun Jun F F 30 30 130 130 230 230 330 330 ---> --->
G G S S Jul Jul G G 35 35 135 135 235 235 335 335 ---> --->
H H T T Aug Aug H H 40 40 140 140 240 240 340 340 ---> --->
I I U U Sep Sep I I 45 45 145 145 245 245 345 345 ---> --->
J J V V Oct Oct J J 50 50 150 150 250 250 350 350 ---> --->
K K W W Nov Nov K K 55 55 155 155 255 255 355 355 ---> --->
L L X X Dec Dec L L 60 60 160 160 260 260 360 360 ---> --->
M M 65 65 165 165 265 265 365 365 ---> --->
N N 70 70 170 170 270 270 370 370 ---> --->
O O 75 75 175 175 275 275 375 375 ---> --->
P P 80 80 180 180 280 280 380 380 ---> --->
Q Q 85 85 185 185 285 285 385 385 ---> --->
R R 90 90 190 190 290 290 390 390 ---> --->
S S 95 95 195 195 295 295 395 395 ---> --->
T T 100 100 200 200 300 300 400 400 ---> --->
U U 7.5 7.5 37.5 37.5 67.5 67.5 97.5 97.5 ---> --->
V V 12.5 12.5 42.5 42.5 72.5 72.5 102.5 102.5 ---> --->
W W 17.5 17.5 47.5 47.5 77.5 77.5 107.5 107.5 ---> --->
X X 22.5 22.5 52.5 52.5 82.5 82.5 112.5 112.5 ---> --->
Y Y 27.5 27.5 57.5 57.5 87.5 87.5 117.5 117.5 ---> --->
Z Z 32.5 32.5 62.5 62.5 92.5 92.5 122.5 122.5 ---> --->
Each ticker symbol is followed by codes indicating month and strike date.
Option Templates
Pre-defined Excel templates to track options and make calculations. Instructions are in the Reports.
Rankings for Stocks and Options
Stocks and options are ranked from the buyer’s perspective by ValueLine.
1 Best – Best for Buyer, Worst for Seller 2 Above Average – Good for Buyer, Worst
for Seller 3 Average – Neutral 4 Below Average – Good for Seller, Worst
for Buyer 5 Worst – Best for Seller, Worst for Buyer
ValueLine Electronic Convertibles
Evaluation and Analysis of Over 600 Convertible Securities with Buy, Hold and Sell Recommendations.
What is a Convertible?
Convertibles are bonds or preferred stock which can be converted to another security such as a company’s common stock.
The option to convert usually lasts the lifetime of the bond or preferred stock and can be exchanged at anytime, usually without cost.
Convertibles Survey
View current, Daily, or back issues on convertibles.
Daily Convertibles
Enter your search term(s) and select Ticker or Convertible Name. Alternately, Click Show All Convertibles.
Convertible Profile
Provides information and statistics for the convertible.
Especially Recommended
Part of the Convertibles Survey is a list of Especially Recommended convertibles. As with most of the convertible information, this is in PDF format.
Especially Recommended Groups
All convertibles and warrants on the list are ranked 1 (Highest) and are divided into four groups based on profit potential and risk:– Warrants – High Risk– Above Avg. Profit Potential – Above Avg.
Volatility– Modest Profit Potential – Modest Volatility– Modest Profit Potential – Low Volatility
ValueLine Special Situations Service
Profiles of High-Risk, Fast Growing, Small Companies Recommended for
Investment.
ValueLine Special Situations Service
Emphasizes small fast-growing companies with the ability to generate strong earnings growth over 3-5 years.
Special Situation investing is considered high risk.
Features
Published twice a month it includes:– A four page new recommendation report at
least once a month where a new company is profiled.
– A summary-index with recommendations on current situations.
– Supervisory reviews on previous recommendations.
Current Special Situations
Click to view the PDF of the issue you wish to view.
New Recommendation
New companies receive a four page review which includes company financials.
Supervisory Reviews
About 10 previously reviewed companies have their reviews updated in each issue.
Ratings
Each situation receives one of four ratings:– Especially Recommended – Buy– Buy/Hold – Hold the stock if you own it. Some
investors may wish to purchase.– Hold – If you own the stock, hold it. Do not
buy.– Switch - Sell
Calculators
Plan Your Investments.
Offers a number of options to help plan investing.
Support
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FAQs
Information on print and electronic products including explanations of ranks and coverage.
How to Invest Guides
Guides for investors on using the ValueLine publications.
How to Read the ValueLine Pages
Explains the print version pages of the Stock surveys and the Mutual Fund Survey.
Glossary of Investment Terms
A technical glossary explaining common investment terms.
ValueLine University
An in-depth instructional system for learning investing. Covers the basics, strategies, building a portfolio and studying stocks.
Available by clicking the Education tab.
Conclusion
If you have further questions, please contact Grace Lillevig, Training Librarian.
[email protected] 713-749-9064