Datastream: Datastream Overview

Datastream is a databank of international securities market data

Content

• equities & indices

• bonds & indices; credit default swaps

• futures, options & warrants

• interest & exchange rates

• commodities

• unit & investment trusts

• economics

Coverage

• 100+ markets/countries

• time series starting late 1960s

• frequency: daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly & yearly

• updated daily

Software choices

MS Excel - Datastream add-in

• Download directly into Excel
• Retrieve multiple time series & datatypes (variables)
• Use constituent lists or create custom lists to retrieve data for larger groups of time series

Advance

• Disconnect to enable other users to access Datastream
• View a one-page current/recent overview or a graph of a single security
• Create comparison charts of recent data about several series
• Perform other specialized functions

Access

Data Services workstations in the Main Library Reference room
M-F, 8:30-12:00 noon
UGA users only!
one connection at a time!