Datastream

About

An integrated database of online global financial and economic information containing over 1 billion items, with 1 million items updated daily. Covers equities, indices, economics, FOREX, interest rates, fixed incomes, and derivatives. Use is limited to currently enrolled UC Berkeley students, faculty and staff. Dates covered: up to 40 years of data included, depending on the field.

This database may only be accessed from the Library Data Lab workstations and the Datastream terminal in the Business Library.

Links

• About Thomson Datastream
• Datastream Guides

Data Overview

The following are examples of just some of the types of data in Datastream:

• Individual equities and equity indices, including market and industry indices
• Individual bonds and bond indices
• Interest rates, including rates on benchmark corporate and sovereign debt
• Corporate financials (company accounts), including Worldscope data items
• Currencies and exchange rates
• Macroeconomic indicators
• Commodity prices
• Derivatives, including futures, warrants, and options
• Mutual funds (investment trusts and unit trusts)
• Over 200 national and regional markets

Categories: E-Resource, Business, Economics