Compustat
Subtitle: Global & Emerging markets
By: from Standard & Poor's
Contributors: Wharton School
Publisher: Wharton School
Place of publication: [Pennsylvania]
Language: eng
Subjects: Corporations; Databases; Finance; Statistics; Financial statements; International finance; Capital market; Stocks
Other titles: Compustat.; Compustat global & EMDB; Compustat (Global); Emerging markets database.
Description: Compustat (Global) provides authoritative financial and market data covering publicly traded companies in more than 80 countries, representing over 90% of the world's market capitalization, including coverage of over 96% of European market capitalization and 88% of Asian market capitalization. Hundreds of data items, ratios and concepts and up to 12 years of annual history is included. -- Compustat (EMDB) is known as Emerging market data base.  It is a comprehensive compilation of emerging market information. It covers 60 markets and more than 3,000 stocks. The EMDB includes market performance, indicators, market capitalization, monthly value traded, local stock market price indexes, prices in local currency and US dollars, etc. In addition, this database includes two series of indexes, the S&P Global (S&P/IFCG) Index (which represents stock markets performance without taking into account restrictions on foreign investors) and the IFC Investible (IFCI) index series (which reflects new opportunities for investment since the mid-1980s).
Notes: Title from Compustat Global & Emerging markets page (WRDS, viewed Mar. 2, 2005)

Limited to faculty and PhD students.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.