Database type/name |
Description |
Location |
Acquired by |
Data platform |
Wharton Research Data Service (WRDS) |
Platform allowing for easy extraction and download of data from a variety of databases |
Web access (For UAlbany faculty, staff, and students), Account request: http://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu) |
School of Business Dean’s Office |
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Hedge funds, mutual funds, and other institutional investors |
CISDM Hedge Funds |
Monthly returns and other characteristics of hedge funds, 1995-2008 |
Local drive and WRDS |
CIIM |
CRSP Mutual Funds |
Daily mutual fund returns and other characteristics, 1982-2008 |
WRDS (Account request: http://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu) |
CIIM |
Morningstar Principia |
Annual performance and other characteristics of U.S. mutual funds, annual 1992-2008 |
Local drive, folder: Mutual Fund Data from Morningstar 1992-2007\ |
CIIM |
PSN |
Monthly returns and other characteristics of privately managed institutional portfolios, 1975-2008 |
Local drive, folder: PSN data from Informa\ and online (see Prof. David Smith) |
CIIM |
TrimTabs |
Daily mutual fund returns and flows, 1998-2004/02 |
Local drive: V:\Finance\TrimTabs |
Prof. Bill Ding |
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Financial statements, stock returns, company and industry analysis, and other info (U.S. & international) for stock and bond investors |
Business Source |
Reports on business conditions, trends, corporate strategies and tactics, management techniques, competitive and product information. Detailed company profiles. |
Library IMC
Accessible online |
Library |
CRSP |
Daily stock prices, returns, and trading volume, 1926-2008 |
WRDS (Account request: http://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu) |
Library |
| Datastream International |
International financial and economic data |
Library IMC, and accessible through dedicated terminal; single site license |
Library |
| IBES |
Individual analyst forecasts of quarterly and annual earnings |
Local drive: V:\ drive (Acclaw\tam) |
Accounting Department |
| Investext Plus |
Company financials, analyst reports, industry analyses |
Library IMC
Accessible online |
Library |
| Lexis/Nexis Academic |
Company financials, SEC filings, press reports |
Library IMC
Accessible online |
Library |
| Mergent Online |
Comprehensive background and financial information for 35,000 US and foreign firms, from Moody’s and SEC filings. |
Library IMC
Accessible online |
Library |
| Compustat |
Quarterly (annual) financial statement information for over 20,000 live and defunct U.S. companies, 1962 (1950)-2008 |
WRDS (Account request: http://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu) |
Library and School of Business Dean’s Office |
| S&P Net Advantage |
Information on US companies, securities, bonds and mutual funds, as well as the full text of S&P Industry Surveys |
Library IMC
Accessible online |
Library |
| Thomson Research |
Financials for 25,000 US and International firms, downloadable and full-text searchable. |
Library IMC
Accessible online |
Library |
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Methodological |
Eventus |
Software for running event studies and extracting stock returns data from CRSP |
WRDS (Account request: http://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu) |
CIIM (through Prof. Rita Biswas) |
Note: Local drive is V:\DATA and RESEARCH incl. CIIM/name of folder here
