1. Assessment 2: Report
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For Assessment Two you will need to write a report which describes a substantive application, or applications, of learnings from the course. Please see your course outline and course site for the full assessment details and for the report format. This assignment help has been created to assist you in finding resources to support your report. |
2. Financial information
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ASX websiteFind market index data.
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Market IndexMarket Index is a financial portal for the Australian stock market. From here you can find an index of the top listed companies.
Financial Databases
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DatAnalysis Premium - MorningstarProvides comprehensive information for all Australian Stock Exchange listed companies.
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EikonA comprehensive investment tool used by financial and investment analysts, providing information on, among others, global markets, equities, equity indices, and historical equity data.
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StatistaThe statistics portal for market data, market research, and market studies.
For more information on these databases, including search tips please use our Company Financials page.
3. Other financial data resources
Australian sources:
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Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Chart PackUpdated monthly, the RBA Chart Pack provides a summary of financial market trends, a summary of macroeconomic information and trading partner developments.
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ASX Historical Market StatisticsLists the end-of-month values and the number of listed companies and securities on ASX from today to 2010.
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Australian Market StatisticsMarket Index publishes Australian stock market information, tracking performance over time.
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RBA Financial Stability ReviewContains the RBAs assessment of risks to financial stability and the condition of the financial system. Includes topics of interest and articles.
International:
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Monthly Monetary and Financial Statistics (MEI)Monthly statistical dataset covering monetary aggregates, interest rates, exchange rates, and share prices across 36 OECD member countries and selected other countries.
4. Company and industry information
Further details about relevant key databases that can assist with analysing company performance can be found in the Company and Industry Information guide.
5. Business Source Ultimate and ABI/INFORM
Business Source Ultimate is the world's definitive scholarly business database, covering all things business.
An example search in Business Source Ultimate:
| ABI/INFORM collection |
The ABI/INFORM Collection contains articles covering all aspects of the broad area of business, applied economics and law.
6. Plan your search
Before you start searching you should:
- Identify the main concepts within your topic or question
- Think of alternative words or synonyms you could also search for
This Video will guide you through this process
Learn more about searching with the below resource
7. What are academic sources?
Academic references can be referred to scholarly sources or peer reviewed (refereed). These can include journal articles, books, book chapters, reports and other sources. To find out more about academic references look at the below resources
- Find Scholarly Sources
This document will show you how to identify and find scholarly and peer reviewed articles.
Tip: When searching in the library catalogue you can filter your results to show only 'peer reviewed'
8. How to write a report
Now that you have done your research it is time to put all of your information together.
Study Help is an online hub packed with resources to help with assignments and study skills. Watch the below short video on report writing
Referencing support
Need help referencing? Follow the roadmap!
Referencing Roadmap (Harvard)
Help with the Harvard UniSA referencing style. Find in text-citations and reference examples, from different sources such as articles, books & chapters, websites, and more.
Other referencing support tools:
Discuss referencing, exchange advice and post questions and answers about referencing (facilitated by Student Engagement Unit).
Referencing software (EndNote)
What do you do with all those references you have found?
Use a bibliographic management software to store, organise and cite your references. The Library supports the bibliographic management tool EndNote. There are also many free systems available.
