Stock exchange data
 

Yahoo! Finance


Free of Charge

Stock exchange data, particularly U.S. companies, investment funds, bonds, indexes.

Strengths/weaknesses
 

  • Good search function
  • Historical stock exchange data, many links
  • Graphical representation possible
  • Focus on U.S. companies
     

Lycos Finance


Free of Charge

Stock exchange data, particularly U.S. companies, investment funds, bonds, indexes.

Strengths/weaknesses
 

  • Good search function
  • Graphical representation possible
  • Focus on U.S. companies
     

BigCharts


Free of Charge

Stock exchange data, particularly U.S. companies, investment funds, bonds, indexes

Strengths/weaknesses
 

  • Search function
  • Graphical representation possible
  • Historical data (10 years)
  • USA and Canada only
     

Bloomberg


Payment required for Bloomberg station

Separate Bloomberg station

Very comprehensive, specialized databank with real-time market data, covers all quoted companies worldwide; historical data available.

Strengths/weaknesses
 

  • Very good, current information
  • High level of service, efficient help desk
  • Difficult to use, requires training
  • No information on non-quoted companies
     

Factiva


Payment required for entire article

 

Joint of Dow Jones and Reuters.

Strengths/weaknesses
 

  • Current reports, worldwide
  • Individual and company report profile available
  • Well catalogued
     

Reuters


Free online data
Payment required for professional solution

Very comprehensive, specialized data base with real-time market data, covers all quoted companies worldwide.

Strengths/weaknesses
 

  • Good starting database, very targeted search
  • 10-year archive
  • Requires training
     

Thomson Financial Datastream


Marginal information for free
Payment required for professional solution

Thomson Financial Datastream offers the widest range of well known and respected financial information products and services in the industry.

Strengths/weaknesses
 

  • Historical analytic services
  • Comprehensive market information
  • Research by Extranet
     

 

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Accenture, Zurich/Switzerland
June 2002