Consider this... Research did not begin on the day the WWW was invented in 1989.  

Obvious? Sure. But most of us (myself included) are so addicted to the easy access, downloading, and manipulation of online data, that we have blinders on when it comes to older data -- we assume it doesn't exist, will be too hard to transcribe from print, or will be impossible to find.

Now available! ... A couple more of the Plunkett Industry Almanacs that we bought for you earlier this spring.  

Since these sorts of resources are at their very best when they are fresh and new, I thought I'd send out an alert...

Plunkett's Investment & Securities Industry Almanac 2016