Subject Guides

CQS 112 Statistics for Management

For Professor Chatterji's section.

Guide Contents

Stock Price Resources

In addition to CRSP and Datastream (see right), the following resources have historical stock prices:

Yahoo Historical Prices
Daily data with split/dividend adjustments. Does not cover delisted stocks. Downside is that the data is not 100% accurate.

QuantQuote Historical Stock Data
Click on the Free Data tab to access historical data. At present, covers 1988 through mid 2013 for all symbols currently active in the S&P 500. Less errors than Yahoo but covers fewer stocks.

Daily Stock Price Record American Stock Exchange Library Annex HG4915.I22 1969-2002
Daily Stock Price Record New York Stock Exchange Library Annex HG 4915.I23 1972-2001

Article Databases

Business Source Ultimate
Journals in all disciplines of business. Includes industry reports, market research, and SWOT analysis.
Also includes financial data, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, and SWOT analyses. Coverage: 1866-present.
EconLit
Provides citations for journal articles, books, working papers and dissertations on economics. Also see the short tutorial.
Coverage: 1969-present.

Statistical Databases for Individual Company and Industry Data

Business Insights: Essentials
Click on the "Financials" link in the Companiy Informaiton section of the company record to get up to 6 years of financials
Coverage: 1980 - present.
MarketLine Advantage
Covers company financials and ratios. For the industry statistics, search under Databases>Industry>Industry Data (or >Consumer Data Analytics).
Covers industry and company profiles, case study reports, financial deals articles, and country reports.
Nexis Uni
For company statistics, click on the Company Info link and put in the company name. On the results page, put in 10K or 10Q in the Search Within Results box.
Includes full-text access to thousands of news sources in the U.S. and abroad back to the 1970s; articles and data on businesses, corporations, industries and markets in the U.S. and abroad; magazines and trade journals; biographical information and special directories; legal documents, including U.S. Federal and State court cases, and law reviews from the late 18th century to present.
Morningstar Investment Research Center
This database provides real-time access to comprehensive data and independent analysis on thousands of investments, spanning mutual funds, stocks, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and closed-end funds. Use Internet Explorer.
Limited to two simultaneous users.
Bloomberg
Bloomberg is a major global provider of 24-hour financial news and information, including real-time and historic price data, financials data, trading news and analyst coverage, emerging market data and more.

Located on data computer in the Government Documents area. Restricted to current BU faculty & students only, and terminal can be reserved using the Libraries' online system.. Use requires registration.
See the How to: Bloomberg Terminal guide for more information.

Statistical Databases for Large Company Data Sets

Compustat
Items reported by companies in standard financial reports, such as quarterly and annual income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements. Both current and historical data are available. Accessed via WRDS.

CRSP (Center for Research in Security Prices)
Has price data for the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ stock markets. For research requiring large datasets. Accessed via WRDS.
Wharton Research Data Services
Located on data computer in the Government Documents area of Bartle Library. Restricted to current BU faculty & gradutate students only. Provides historical coverage of major securities from worldwide markets, plus increasing data coverage on emerging markets and new instruments. Includes equity, index, commodity, currency, bond, economic data, and more.
Coverage: varies, with some data going back 30 years. Includes equity, index, commodity, currency, bond, economic data, and more. Data is available in daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly formats. Output easily transfers into Excel.