Accessing information on economies of countries

When researching for statistical information on countries for various assignments, I found it quite hard to find particular economic statistics for China that didn’t require paying a large fee for huge documentation complied by independent firms. I came across a website called CIA Factbook:

https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ch.html#Econ

This provided me with lots of useful information about the countries I was researching. Although on this website there was a lot of information, some of it had not been regularly updated, this could be down to many reasons such as countries declining to disclose certain information, or could be a political reason.

I also came across another website called Nation Master which has a large number of statistics for countries, many of them taken from other websites, but the information is updated often.

http://www.nationmaster.com/country/ch-china

The website also offers a feedback feature that allows researchers and opportunity to say what they think of the website, also to put recommendations, almost like a warning to potential researchers.

The website has a statistics area that tables all countries in ranking order of any chosen stat so it allows you to compare and analyse for assignments and for general interest.

For example it shows how much money in Aid is given per $1000:
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/eco_eco_aid_don_pergdp-economic-aid-donor-per-gdp

I was surprised to see Denmark as the top country, also considering its size and wealth to see the USA at 23rd is quite amazing. This website really helped me in my assignment and allowed me to support my ideas with recent statistics and quality presentation on the website aided that as well.

How I access information about my shares in Tottenham Hotspur

Using a great share website I found whilst browsing on Google, I came across this company called Hemscott who publish and update all PLC firms in the UK.

Last year I was given 200 ordinary shares in Tottenham Hotspur, from recent club success over the last 2 years I have been interested in how the success of the club relates to differences in share prices.

Using the link I have now saved to my computer:

http://www.hemscott.com/companies/company-summary.do?companyId=634

My shares are currently to date 86p per share, compared to 27p when I purchased them, this shows a £118 profit.

I can now access what the prices of my shares are, also it shows me reliable key financial information such as revenue generated by the company and profit, so I can tell if my club is achieving off the pitch too.

However when I want to look at charts and see how trends in my share prices change I use:

http://www.advfn.com/p.php?pid=qkchart&cb=1173056096&symbol=L%5ETTNM

Although the ADVFN website comes across as very basic looking and very drab, its very reliable and is a great source of information also the graphs show me that my shares are at one of their highest points for some time.

As you can see in this diagram there is a good positive increase in the value of the shares.