Study Ranks Ford Equity Research Top-Performing Stock Selection Provider
San Diego, CA, March 23, 2006 – Ford Equity Research, a leading independent investment research firm, has been ranked number one in a study of the top-performing research providers in the April 2006 issue of Kiplinger’s Magazine.
The study, conducted for Kiplinger’s by Investars, a New York-based company that specializes in the analysis of stock research providers, places Ford Equity Research at the top of a list of companies that includes Standard and Poors, Raymond James, Wachovia Securities, Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch.
“Over its 35 year history, Ford Equity Research has built on its vision of becoming the leading independent equity research firm as measured by its ability to help its clients achieve superior investment performance,” said Tim Alward, President and CEO of Ford Equity Research. “Recent independent evaluation of the performance of Ford’s stock ratings demonstrates our commitment to realizing that vision.”
Ford Equity’s strategy is unique among independent investment firms. It combines timely, accurate collection of data with the development and implementation of successful stock selection models and decision making tools to give a comprehensive understanding of the drivers of equity performance.
Since becoming part of Mergent, Inc.’s Equity Business Unit in 2004, Ford’s vision remains, but has broadened in its strategy. The acquisition has provided Ford with substantial data collection scale, an increasingly important advantage in the competitive equity research market. With Mergent’s wealth of global fundamental, corporate action and pricing data, Ford Equity is focused on improving its domestic research by adding line item financial statement data and analysis. In addition, investment research on American Depositary Receipts and China will be released later this year, followed by enhanced global research offerings in 2007.
Ford will also be complementing Mergent’s Index Group, which has licensed a series of indices and Exchange Traded Funds based on Mergent’s Dividend Achievers.
About Ford Equity Research
Helping Clients Improve Returns for Over 35 Years
For over 35 years, Ford Equity Research has provided professional investors with high-quality equities data, proven stock selection models, value-added research and useful analysis applications. This multifaceted product approach gives Ford a depth of perspective that is unique among independent equity research firms. Whether through working with clients to design and implement effective investment strategies, delivering an as-reported historical database, producing stock selection models, designing analysis applications to facilitate research, or rating individual stocks, Ford prides itself on helping its clients improve their investment returns.
Ford Equity Research is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mergent, Inc. For more information visit our website at www.fordequity.com.
About Mergent
Mergent, Inc. is the preferred provider of business and financial data on global publicly listed companies. Currently headquartered in Charlotte, NC, with sales offices in key North American cities, Mergent also has a strong global presence, with offices in London, Shanghai, Tokyo, Toronto and Sydney. Mergent’s databases contain detailed equity, debt and corporate action information on over 15,000 U.S. public companies, 20,000 non-U.S. public companies and all U.S. municipal bonds.
For more than a century Mergent has been providing solutions to clients in the investment management, academic, research and corporate information fields. Today, that unique experience is combined with leading-edge technology to form a robust, diverse product line that operates under Mergent’s umbrella. These include; Mergent’s Dividend Achievers Indices – the premier benchmark for long-term returns; Ford Equity Research – a leading independent investment research firm; Mergent Online – a powerful web-based research portal that provides critical business information to support daily research and analysis; Mergent Manuals, Handbooks and Investment Guides; BondSource – which offers in-depth municipal and corporate fixed-income data, as well as end-of-day evaluation pricing; EventsData – providing real-time information on corporate actions, dividend payouts, news and updates directly to clients desktops. For more information, visit our websites, www.mergent.com and www.dividendachievers.com.
Contact:
Tim Alward
Ford Equity Research
11722 Sorrento Valley Road, Suite 1
San Diego, CA 92121
(858) 755-1327
alward@fordequity.com
San Diego, CA, March 23, 2006 – Ford Equity Research, a leading independent investment research firm, has been ranked number one in a study of the top-performing research providers in the April 2006 issue of Kiplinger’s Magazine.
The study, conducted for Kiplinger’s by Investars, a New York-based company that specializes in the analysis of stock research providers, places Ford Equity Research at the top of a list of companies that includes Standard and Poors, Raymond James, Wachovia Securities, Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch.
“Over its 35 year history, Ford Equity Research has built on its vision of becoming the leading independent equity research firm as measured by its ability to help its clients achieve superior investment performance,” said Tim Alward, President and CEO of Ford Equity Research. “Recent independent evaluation of the performance of Ford’s stock ratings demonstrates our commitment to realizing that vision.”
Ford Equity’s strategy is unique among independent investment firms. It combines timely, accurate collection of data with the development and implementation of successful stock selection models and decision making tools to give a comprehensive understanding of the drivers of equity performance.
Since becoming part of Mergent, Inc.’s Equity Business Unit in 2004, Ford’s vision remains, but has broadened in its strategy. The acquisition has provided Ford with substantial data collection scale, an increasingly important advantage in the competitive equity research market. With Mergent’s wealth of global fundamental, corporate action and pricing data, Ford Equity is focused on improving its domestic research by adding line item financial statement data and analysis. In addition, investment research on American Depositary Receipts and China will be released later this year, followed by enhanced global research offerings in 2007.
Ford will also be complementing Mergent’s Index Group, which has licensed a series of indices and Exchange Traded Funds based on Mergent’s Dividend Achievers.
About Ford Equity Research
Helping Clients Improve Returns for Over 35 Years
For over 35 years, Ford Equity Research has provided professional investors with high-quality equities data, proven stock selection models, value-added research and useful analysis applications. This multifaceted product approach gives Ford a depth of perspective that is unique among independent equity research firms. Whether through working with clients to design and implement effective investment strategies, delivering an as-reported historical database, producing stock selection models, designing analysis applications to facilitate research, or rating individual stocks, Ford prides itself on helping its clients improve their investment returns.
Ford Equity Research is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mergent, Inc. For more information visit our website at www.fordequity.com.
About Mergent
Mergent, Inc. is the preferred provider of business and financial data on global publicly listed companies. Currently headquartered in Charlotte, NC, with sales offices in key North American cities, Mergent also has a strong global presence, with offices in London, Shanghai, Tokyo, Toronto and Sydney. Mergent’s databases contain detailed equity, debt and corporate action information on over 15,000 U.S. public companies, 20,000 non-U.S. public companies and all U.S. municipal bonds.
For more than a century Mergent has been providing solutions to clients in the investment management, academic, research and corporate information fields. Today, that unique experience is combined with leading-edge technology to form a robust, diverse product line that operates under Mergent’s umbrella. These include; Mergent’s Dividend Achievers Indices – the premier benchmark for long-term returns; Ford Equity Research – a leading independent investment research firm; Mergent Online – a powerful web-based research portal that provides critical business information to support daily research and analysis; Mergent Manuals, Handbooks and Investment Guides; BondSource – which offers in-depth municipal and corporate fixed-income data, as well as end-of-day evaluation pricing; EventsData – providing real-time information on corporate actions, dividend payouts, news and updates directly to clients desktops. For more information, visit our websites, www.mergent.com and www.dividendachievers.com.
Contact:
Tim Alward
Ford Equity Research
11722 Sorrento Valley Road, Suite 1
San Diego, CA 92121
(858) 755-1327
alward@fordequity.com
