Databases

Data

Thomson One Banker (with Investext)
Brings together multiple sources including Worldscope, Thomson First Call, NewsEdge, Datastream and Extel to provide current financial and market information for U.S. and international public companies.  Deal information covers mergers & acquisitions, equity & bond issues, and major loans.  Price and constituent information on major indices and government economic data is also included.  Additionally, contains the full text of over 3,000,000 analysts’ reports, ranging from brief financial snapshots and morning meeting notes to lengthy, extensive analysis, covering more than 11,000 companies in over 50 industries.  A good source of information on the strengths and weaknesses of individual companies, as well as larger industry trends.  

Mergent Online
Provides current and historical financial data, links to extensive lists of SEC filings, and several years of annual reports for over 10,000 U.S. companies and 17,000 non-U.S. companies.  Special strengths of this database include its detailed company histories, discussions of debt and equity structure and hard-to-find annual reports for international companies.

Datastream Advance
One of the largest historical numerical financial databases in the world, with data on stock prices, market indices, bonds, interest and exchange rates, commodities, options and futures going back, in some cases, as far as 1950. Data are available on approximately 170 countries. Updated continuously. NOTE: Some Excel macro features only available in the West Campus Library, Barclay Reference Center. Remote users must download a Citrix client program to access this database.

Economist Intelligenc Unit (EIU)
EIU provides country profiles and reports for 200+ countries. Also allows access to key economic and market data for the countries of your choice. Country Data package provides a comprehensive database of macroeconomic indicators and forecasts. 

Mergent Horizon
Provides comprehensive financial data on US public companies. Key features of this database include the ability to create analyses based on industry classification, products, services and competitors and suppliers. Enhanced detail is available for the Healthcare, Technology, Media and Finance industries.

Morningstar
Mutual fund and stock database updated continously that offers information on approximately 16,000 mutual funds and another 6,000 stocks. Includes Morningstar fund and stock screeners, fund and stock Analyst Reports, Portfolio X-Ray and other interactive features.

Articles

Offers flexible searching of a collection of news and business information from over 14,000 authoritative sources from more than 150 countries. This collection includes the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Dow Jones and Reuters news wires, and the Associated Press. Factiva is the only database in the library that offers Dow Jones and Reuters news wire stories.

Business Source Complete
Full text articles and abstracts from leading peer-reviewed journals, trade publications and conference proceedings in management, MIS, marketing, economics, finance, and accounting. Includes the Harvard Business Review and MIT's Sloan Management Review in full text. The "Company Profiles" section provides access to Datamonitor reports on thousands of companies worldwide, many with SWOT analyses. In addition, one can find Country Reports and Industry Profiles. Also contains author profiles for the 20,000 most-cited authors in the database.

Class & Subject Guides

FINC 422 - Investment Analysis II
FINC 435 - Managerial Finance II, Valuation
FINC 460 - Money & Capital Markets
FINC 630 - Valuation

Equity Investment Research

Quick Links

Mays Business School Department of Finance
Mays Business School Department of Accounting
American Finance Association
Association for Financial Professionals