Description: WRDS is a warehouse of financial, accounting, banking, economics, management, marketing, and public rule databases accessible through a single Web-based interface. SAIF & CAFR Faculty, students, staff and authorized visitors can request a WRDS account for remote access.
WRDS is maintained by the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Its particular strengths include deep archives of historical data, a common web interface for access to all WRDS databases, and a variety of output file formats. File formats include fixed-format, tab-delimited, comma-separated-values (csv), d-Base (dbf), SAS data sets and transport data sets, and HTML tables. WRDS also permits logons, via SSH, to its UNIX servers for direct analysis of data files with SAS, FORTRAN, or C.
WRDS:
Data delivery platform. Comprehensive data research service. Handles all data management and provides the user with one location to access over 60 terabytes of data across multiple disciplines including Finance, Marketing, and Accounting.
NYSE TAQ:
Fundamental and market information for Global companies, include annually, quarterly, monthly & daily data (Go back to 1950)
CRSP:
NYSE/NASDAQ/AMEX intraday transactions data.(Back to 1993)
Compustat:
Provide security price, return, and volume data for the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ stock markets; provide stock indices, beta-and cap-based portfolios, treasury bond and risk-free rates, REIT database, and mutual fund databases(back to 1962)
Content Type: Company Financials & Filings, Financial Markets Data, Biographies
Subject: Bankruptcy, Companies, Fundamentals, Equities, IPO, Joint Ventures, Mergers And Acquisitions, Private Equity, Venture Capital
How to Register:
1. Go to: https://wrds-web.wharton.upenn.edu/wrds/
2. Click 'Register'.
3. For Institution Field, choose 'Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SAIF)'.
4. For Email Field, should use your SAIF mail address, eg. saifID@saif.sjtu.edu.cn.
