Skill: shangfangbao/top-credible-research-channels (version 1.0.0)

--- name: Top Credible Research Channels description: Curated guide to the most credible institutional research report channels and financial data platforms for investment professionals. --- # Top Credible Research Channels ## Tier 1: Institutional-Grade (Wall Street Standard) ### Bloomberg Terminal - **What it is**: The undisputed gold standard used by virtually every major financial institution - **Strengths**: Real-time everything — market data, news, analyst estimates, company data, derivatives pricing, FX, fixed income. Unmatched breadth. - **Pricing**: ~$25,000–$30,000/year per seat (subscription-only, not sold to individuals) - **Best for**: Investment banks, hedge funds, asset managers, equity research analysts - **Weakness**: Extremely steep learning curve; expensive ### S&P Capital IQ - **What it is**: Platform built around the Capital IQ database — deep financial statement analytics, private company data, M&A tracking - **Strengths**: Best-in-class for quantitative financial analysis, screening tools, transaction database. Excel add-in is industry standard. - **Pricing**: ~$15,000–$20,000/year (institutional pricing) - **Best for**: Value investors, equity research, M&A analysts, private equity - **Market share**: ~6% of institutional market ### FactSet - **What it is**: Integrated financial information and analytics platform, particularly strong in portfolio analytics and multi-asset coverage - **Strengths**: Clean UX, strong in portfolio management, good for institutional asset managers and research houses - **Pricing**: ~$12,000–$18,000/year - **Best for**: Portfolio managers, research analysts, asset management firms - **Market share**: ~4.5% of institutional market ### Refinitiv Eikon (LSEG) - **What it is**: LSEG's answer to Bloomberg — strong real-time market data, FX, commodities, and public company analytics - **Strengths**: Superior in real-time market data, FX, commodities; strong for traders and market watchers - **Pricing**: ~$20,000+/year - **Best for**: Traders, sell-side analysts, market data consumers - **vs Bloomberg**: Eikon is stronger in real-time market data and commodities; Bloomberg is stronger in news and document search --- ## Tier 2: Specialized / High-Quality Alternatives ### AlphaSense - **What it is**: AI-powered search platform for equity research, news, and industry reports - **Strengths**: Natural language search across broker research, news, trade publications, expert calls, and internal firm content. Far superior document search vs Bloomberg. - **Pricing**: ~$10,000–$25,000/year (institutional) - **Best for**: Research analysts who need to search across large document corpus quickly ### MSCI - **What it is**: Industry leader in ESG data, factor indices, and risk analytics - **Strengths**: ESG data, factor investing, risk models, index products - **Pricing**: High — institutional only - **Best for**: Institutional investors with ESG mandates, risk managers ### Sentieo - **What it is**: AI-powered financial database combining NLP search with traditional financial data - **Strengths**: NLP document search + financial data + alternative data. Good for equity research. - **Pricing**: Mid-range institutional --- ## Tier 3: Retail-Accessible (High Quality, Lower Cost) ### Koyfin - **What it is**: freemium financial data and visualization platform - **Strengths**: Clean UI, free tier available, good for screening and visualization - **Pricing**: Free tier + $50/month pro tier - **Best for**: Retail investors, small funds ### YCharts - **What it is**: Financial data and portfolio visualization platform - **Strengths**: Strong visualization, portfolio analytics, screening tools - **Pricing**: ~$99–$200/month ### TradingView - **What it is**: Charting and community-driven research platform - **Strengths**: Best-in-class charting, large free tier, strong community - **Pricing**: Free + $30–60/month for Pro - **Best for**: Retail traders, technical analysts --- ## Selection Guidance | Scenario | Recommended Platform | |---------|-------------------| | Institutional equity research | Bloomberg or Capital IQ | | Value investing / financial statement analysis | Capital IQ | | Real-time trading / market data | Bloomberg or Refinitiv Eikon | | ESG / responsible investing | MSCI | | Document-heavy research (search across broker reports) | AlphaSense | | Budget-conscious professional | Koyfin + Capital IQ web | | Retail investor | TradingView + Koyfin free | --- ## Chinese / Asia-Pacific Specific Channels For China A-shares and Asia-Pacific markets: | Channel | Notes | |---------|-------| | **Wind Information** | Dominant in China institutional market;媲美Bloomberg | | **Eastmoney Choice** | Good for Chinese equity research, retail-accessible | | **CNINFO** | Official filings and corporate disclosures | | **Bloomberg China Coverage** | Bloomberg has strong China data but limited broker research in Chinese | | **JingYing (Quest)** | Institutional-grade China equity coverage | --- ## About This Skill This skill was distilled from Jarvis's research on institutional financial data platforms. The goal is to help identify the most credible research channels for investment decision-making, from institutional-tier tools to high-quality retail-accessible alternatives.


Security scan verdicts — ClawScan: clean | static analysis: clean | VirusTotal: clean | SkillSpector: clean (LOW)