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Databases: Financial Markets

Licensed for the Stanford (or GSB) community for academic use only

Your best choices (in select order)
 
Database / Access Restrictions Description / Guide
Global Financial Data

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[icon - global coverage] World economic data on over 150 countries. Quick Guide [icon - pdf]

CRSP (via WRDS)

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[icon - U.S.] Stock price, volume, and return data for NYSE, ASE, and NASDAQ. Produced by the University of Chicago's Center for Research in Securities Prices. Details
Quick Guide[icon - pdf]

[icon - Special Password] Bloomberg

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       Access in Trader's Pit


[icon - global coverage] Real-time and historical market data, news, technical analysis.  Quick Guide [icon - pdf]

[icon - Special Password] Datastream

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       Access in Trader's Pit
 


[icon - global coverage] Easy-to-download historical data on stocks, bonds, commodities, and economic indicators.
Jump Start Guide

[icon - Special Password] LehmanLive  (IE Browser only)

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       Registered users: Use Personal Account
       No new accounts accepted as of 1/5/09
       Also available in Trader's Pit
 



[icon - global coverage] Lehman Brothers' fixed income and equity research.

NYSE TAQ (via WRDS)

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[icon - U.S.] The Trade and Quote database includes intraday transactions data for securities listed on NYSE, AMEX, Nasdaq National Market System (NMS) and SmallCap issues.
Quick Guide
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Thomson Reuters (via WRDS)

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[icon - U.S.] Mutual fund holdings (CDA/Spectrum s12), 13f institutional holdings (CDA/Spectrum s34), and Insider filing data. Data from 1986  Quick Guide [icon - pdf]

[icon - Special Password] SDC

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       Access in Trader's Pit
 


[icon - global coverage] Data on M&A, IPOs, and VC funding (VentureXpert), from Securities Data Corporation.  Quick Guide[icon - pdf]

CISDM (via WRDS)

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[icon - global coverage] Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets, covering hedge funds, CTAs, and CPOs. Includes investment strategy/style, historical monthly returns, assets under management, leverage, minimum initial investment, and fee structure.

Mergent FISD (via WRDS)

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[icon - U.S.] Mergent Fixed Income Securities Database, covering data on publicly-offered U.S. bonds.

OptionMetrics (via WRDS)

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[icon - U.S.] Historical price and implied volatility data for the US equity and index options markets.

Berkeley Options

       Access via AFS directory details


[icon - U.S.] Real-time and historical market data, news and technical analysis.

PHLX (via WRDS)

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[icon - U.S.] Provides any combination of 10 currencies for a possible 100 currency pairs.

CRSP Mutual Funds (via WRDS)

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[icon - U.S.] Open-ended U.S. mutual fund data from 1961-  (quarterly updates). Quick Guide [icon - pdf]

Mutual Fund Links (via WRDS)

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[icon - U.S.] Joins data from CRSP Mutual Fund Database (MFDB) to data in the Thomson Mutual Fund Holdings Database.
First Call (via WRDS)

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[icon - U.S.] A history of First Call's Real Time Earnings Estimates.
Quick Guide [icon - pdf]

Eventus (via WRDS)

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[icon - U.S.] Event studies using data directly from the CRSP stock base.

Dow Jones (via WRDS)

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[icon - U.S.] Dow Jones Averages & Total Return Indexes. Includes daily and monthly data.

[icon - Special Password] Special Password | Content Coverage:  [icon - global coverage] Global    [icon - U.S.] U.S.

 

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