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Introduction toDatastream
Jiaxin LowResearch Librarian, Finance
Singapore Management University
What is Datastream?
• Finance and economic database from Thomson Reuters
• Historical time-series data, global coverage
• Equities, bonds, indices, unit trusts, investment trusts, commodities, derivatives, constituent lists, exchange rates, interest rates, economic data, statistics…
• Does not include qualitative data and data on private companies
Where can I retrieve data?
Access information via:
• Datastream 5.1
• Datastream Advance for Office
(“Excel Add-In”)
Datastream 5.1
• Request Screen
Datastream 5.1
• Step 1: Select Data Category
• Step 2: Select Analysis type
Datastream 5.1
• Step 3: Find Series
What is "Series”?
Datastream 5.1
• Step 3: Find Series and use the DatastreamNavigator
Click on symbol to select
Datastream 5.1
• Step 4: Select Datatype
Click on symbol to select
Datastream 5.1
• Step 5: Select Time Period (click on blue button to customise), Currency, Settings (frequency of data, etc)
• Step 6: Run Now!
Datastream 5.1
• Data retrieved in main window
Datastream Advance for Office
• Go to Add-Ins tab or Datastream tab
Datastream Advance for Office
• Step 1: Select type of request: Static Request or Time Series Request
Datastream Advance for Office
• Time Series Request Screen:
Datastream Advance for Office
• Step 2: Find Series
• Step 3: Select Datatype
Tip: To use multiple series or datatypes, check the boxes at each row and click “Use”
Check and click “Use”
Datastream Advance for Office
• Step 4: Configure settings
• Step 5: Submit request
Datastream Advance for Office
• Data retrieved:
HELP?!?!?
Research Guide
• http://researchguides.smu.edu.sg/datastream
Stay updated!
• Twitter (tiny sample)
– @FinancialTimes
– @WSJ
– @BloombergNews
– @TheEconomist
– @HarvardBiz
– @YahooFinance
(also: @smubizlib)