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A guide to Finance & Investment resources available through MIT Libraries.
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Analyst Reports

  • Investext via Thomson One  Icon
    Investment analysts' research reports on industries and publicly-traded companies. NOTE: You MUST use Internet Explorer. Thomson One will NOT work in Firefox, Safari, or other browsers at this time. Copy and paste the following URL into the address bar of IE: http://libraries.mit.edu/get/thomsonone
  • OneSource
    Easier to use than Investext but coverage not as extensive. Provides access to 3 recent analyst reports per company.
  • ISI Emerging Markets
    News, reports, and company/financial data from emerging markets around the world
  • S&P Stock Reports (via S&P NetAdvantage)
    Company and industry reports and financials. Includes online access to S&P Industry Surveys and S&P Stock Reports.
 

Bond Prices & Indices

 

Capital/Financing

  • SDC Platinum  Icon
    Includes the following modules from ThomsonReuters: Mergers & Acquisitions, VentureXpert, Global New Issues, Syndicated Loans, and Project Finance International. Data on mergers, venture capital, and initial public offerings. Requires client software; also available on a workstation at Dewey Library.
  • Capital IQ
    Financial and descriptive information on public and private companies and executives. Available on a workstation at Dewey Library. MIT Sloan MBA, MFin, MSMS, and Sloan Fellows students and faculty may contact the Sloan Career Development Office to obtain a personal account.
  • VentureXpert via Thomson One  Icon
    Database of venture capital and private equity information. Also available via SDC Platinum. NOTE: You MUST use Internet Explorer. Thomson One will NOT work in Firefox, Safari, or other browsers at this time. Copy and paste the following URL into the address bar of IE: http://libraries.mit.edu/get/thomsonone
  • Project Finance International via SDC Platinum  Icon
    Data on worldwide project financing and infrastructure deals. Early 1990s-present; most recent 30 days are excluded.
 

Commodities, Derivatives & Hedge Funds

  • Global Financial Database
    Historical financial data from markets and exchanges around the world.
  • CISDM Hedge Fund/CTA Database via WRDS  Icon
    Qualitative and quantitative information for hedge funds, funds of funds, CTAs and CPOs. Includes investment strategy and style, historical returns, assets under management, fee structure, and other data.
  • Datastream Advance  Icon
    International financial and economic information on equities, bonds, market indices, exchange rates, interest rates, and derivatives.
 

Company Financials

  • Compustat via WRDS  Icon
    Provides financial and market information about US and Canadian publicly-held companies. Compustat North America: 1950 to date; Compustat Global: 1987 to date.
  • S&P NetAdvantage
    Company and industry reports and financials. Includes online access to S&P Industry Surveys and S&P Stock Reports.
  • Capital IQ
    Financial and descriptive information on public and private companies and executives. Available on a workstation at Dewey Library. MIT Sloan MBA, MFin, MSMS, and Sloan Fellows students and faculty may contact the Sloan Career Development Office to obtain a personal account.
  • ISI Emerging Markets
    Basic financials on select firms in emerging market countries. Select a country, then select the "Companies" button.
  • Datastream Advance  Icon
    International financial and economic information on equities, bonds, market indices, exchange rates, interest rates, and derivatives.
  • FDIC Call Report via WRDS  Icon
    Financial data and history of commercial banks, savings banks, and savings and loans filing the Report of Condition and Income (Call Report) or the OTS Thrift Financial Report (TFR).
  • Bank Regulatory Database via WRDS  Icon
    Accounting data for bank holding companies, commercial banks, savings banks, and savings and loans institutions.
 

Directories

 

Journal Articles

  • Business Source Complete
    Leading source for scholarly articles in business and management.
  • ABI/Inform Global
    Leading source for scholarly articles in business and management. 1971 - present.
  • SSRN: Social Science Research Network
    Working papers (fulltext or abstracts) for research in economics, management, and other social sciences. 1993 - present.
  • EconLit
    Find literature in all fields of economics. Includes journal articles, working papers, essays, books, dissertations, and book reviews. 1969 to present.
  • Web of Science  Icon
    Index to high-impact science, social science, engineering, arts and humanities research journals. Includes cited reference searching.
  • JSTOR Scholarly Journal Archive
    A collection of scholarly journals in many fields. Includes deep historical coverage but current years are excluded.
  • arXiv.org
    E-print service covering Quantitative Finance & Statistics and other topics in physics and mathematics.
 

Mergers & Acquisitions

  • SDC Platinum  Icon
    Includes the following modules from ThomsonReuters: Mergers & Acquisitions, VentureXpert, Global New Issues, Syndicated Loans, and Project Finance International. Data on mergers, venture capital, and initial public offerings. Requires client software; also available on a workstation at Dewey Library.
  • Strategic Transactions Database (Elsevier Business Intelligence)
    Biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices. Summaries of deals by type, industry, and sector. 1995 to date. Click on Browse tab or Search tab to launch Deals searches. Formerly produced by Windhover.
  • GSIOnline via WRDS  Icon
    Contains mergers & acquisitions filings and new securities registration statements and prospectuses.
 

Mutual Funds

  • CRSP Mutual Funds via WRDS  Icon
    Data on open-ended mutual funds: returns, net asset values per share, types and amounts of distributions, security holdings. 1961 - present.
  • Value Line Research Center
    Investment information, analysis and advice on stocks, mutual funds, options, and convertibles.
  • Morningstar Principia Pro Plus for Mutual Funds
    Provides current and historical information on mutual funds.Includes securities holdings and fund comparisions/rankings. Sept. 2002 - present. Available on a workstation at Dewey Library.
 

Private Equity

  • SDC Platinum  Icon
    Includes the following modules from ThomsonReuters: Mergers & Acquisitions, VentureXpert, Global New Issues, Syndicated Loans, and Project Finance International. Data on mergers, venture capital, and initial public offerings. Requires client software; also available on a workstation at Dewey Library.
  • Capital IQ
    Financial and descriptive information on public and private companies and executives. Available on a workstation at Dewey Library. MIT Sloan MBA, MFin, MSMS, and Sloan Fellows students and faculty may contact the Sloan Career Development Office to obtain a personal account.
 

Stock Prices & Indices

  • CRSP via WRDS  Icon
    Collection of security price, return, volume data for NYSE, AMEX, and NASDAQ stocks; stock indices; treasury bond market data.Via WRDS. 1925 to date.
  • Global Financial Database
    Historical financial data from markets and exchanges around the world.
  • NYSE TAQ via WRDS  Icon
    Contains intraday trades and quotes for securities listed on the NYSE, ASE, and Nasdaq NMS and SmallCap issues.
  • I/B/E/S via WRDS  Icon
    Summary and individual analyst forecasts of company earnings, cash flows, and other financial items.
  • Value Line Research Center
    Investment information, analysis and advice on stocks, mutual funds, options, and convertibles.
  • Datastream Advance  Icon
    International financial and economic information on equities, bonds, market indices, exchange rates, interest rates, and derivatives.
  • ISI Emerging Markets
    News, reports, and company/financial data from emerging markets around the world.
  • Bloomberg (link to access details)
    MIT Sloan only; available in E52-010. Contains world financial data including pricing for stocks, bonds, indices, money markets, currency, and mortgages 15 minutes after actual trading.

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