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LSEG Workspace (formerly Refinitiv) provides financial data, news, analytics and productivity tools, as well as investment research reports from most major brokers/investment banks.
Access to LSEG Workspace is by self-registration and is limited to Marshall students, faculty and staff.
Students are limited to 150-page downloads daily.
Bloomberg terminals are located here:
Terminal use is limited to current USC students, staff and faculty. Non-USC patrons and alumni are not allowed access.
USC students outside of Marshall may only use the terminals located in the Business Library. Non-Marshall students can request a daily guest password from the Circulation desk. This password allows access to the computers; simply click the Bloomberg icon and login using the username and password listed at the base of the monitors.
Note that the Bloomberg Market Concepts course is is available through the Bloomberg terminal by typing BMC<GO>
Getting Started with Bloomberg
Functions Cheat Sheets
Datastream is a global financial database which contains current and historical data on stocks, indices, bonds, funds, futures, options, interest rates, commodities, and economic indicators.
Data is derived from national governments, central banks, the International Monetary Fund, OECD, major investment houses, stock exchanges, and a team of researchers.
Datastream is limited to Marshall students, faculty and staff and is provided through LSEG Workspace.
SDC Platinum is a historical financial transactions database that provides detailed data on new issues, M&A, bonds, syndicated loans, private equity, project finance, poison pills and more.
SDC Platinum is limited to Marshall students, faculty and staff and is provided through LSEG Workspace.
Virtual Lab access to SDC has been discontinued.
Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) is a collection of databases designed for standardized quantitative analysis. See current and available third party datasets here.
Undergraduate students may acquire a Day Pass by entering their USC email under 'Connect to WRDS'.
Graduate students and faculty are eligible to register for personal accounts here, which allows for saving data on the WRDS server.
Note that WRDS suspends access for all students during the summer.
Getting Started with WRDS
FactSet is a financial markets data platform that provides global company and industry data, analytical tools and data feeds. It is used by financial professionals worldwide. Request an account with your USC email. Within 7-10 business days you will receive an email with directions to setup your account.
FactSet Web is issued by default for all undergraduate students.
Graduate students and those involved with the Marshall Student Investment Fund can have access to the desktop application if needed.
All other desktop requests are determined by FactSet on a case-by-case basis.
Getting Started with Factset
Capital IQ is the research division of S&P Global, one of the world's largest providers of ratings, data, research, and the S&P Dow Jones Indices. Cap IQ provides detailed research and analysis of the stock market to a variety of investing stakeholders.
Use Cap IQ to access detailed financials and transactions data on public and private companies. Users can screen for companies by defined criteria; e.g. those in a specific industry with an market cap over $1 billion; recent M&A deals; or any criteria for which you need a list of comparable companies, or "comps".
Instructions: If you are accessing remotely, you must download and use the VPN. Once on the main page, register with your USC email under 'New User' at upper right.
To download the Excel plug-in, go to My Capital IQ/Downloads. This allows you to build and manipulate financial models and spreadsheets by accessing company financials, estimates, market data, transactions, ownership, and fixed income data, directly within Excel.
Capital IQ Pro
USC subscribes to the ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) product which provides company scores as well as data visualization and analytical features. Instructions: register for Capital IQ and use those credentials to login to Pro.
Getting Started with CapIQ