looking for a stock history database

kjkjk said: "I recently purchased PowerInvestor, which gives me 10 years worth of 11,000 stocks and mutual fund technical information. This is really nice, but I would like to see the history reports of the stocks profiled, such as what the news was at that time and what was happening with the company fundamentally, vs. technically. PowerInvestor does not have that, and I've been trying to find something that does. If anyone has a stock database, or at least something in mind, please let me know. Thanks, Joehn"

Harry said: "[QUOTE=kjkjk]I recently purchased PowerInvestor, which gives me 10 years worth of 11,000 stocks and mutual fund technical information. This is really nice, but I would like to see the history reports of the stocks profiled, such as what the news was at that time and what was happening with the company fundamentally, vs. technically. PowerInvestor does not have that, and I've been trying to find something that does. If anyone has a stock database, or at least something in mind, please let me know. Thanks, Joehn[/QUOTE] What good is having information on the last 10 years?????"

thezster said: "I was going to ask the same thing... but figured he must have some sort of reason for it... maybe a doctoral thesis......"

Rickster said: "It would be worth a lot if it existed."

kjkjk said: "You mean nothing like this exists? Damn. My reasons are my own. I hate having all this technical data without the fundamentals to back it up. Aren't there any online databases that house archived news files?"

buy2gain2 said: "I am not sure how much this helps but on google finance chart you can see the company news attached to the stock price."

thezster said: "[QUOTE=kjkjk]You mean nothing like this exists? Damn. My reasons are my own. I hate having all this technical data without the fundamentals to back it up. Aren't there any online databases that house archived news files?[/QUOTE] I'm sure you could dig deep enough to put together something - perhaps from the WSJ backfiles or something similar...."

Rickster said: "I forgot about that. I used to subscribe to WSJ online and they do have a fairly good archive. Another option, which might work if summaries would work, would be to check old copies of the S&P Stock Encyclopedias. They have been issued every year for decades. They give a business summary for each stock. That would give you a feel for what was happening with the company on a yearly basis. They are hard to come by though. It has taken me years to accumulate a set going back into the 50s. You might be able to find them at a big library though."