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Financial Engineering

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Adriana Popescu
Office: Engineering Library
Phone: 609-258-6567

Todd Hines
Office: Firestone B-17-P-2
Phone: 609-258-4459

Financial Engineering Research Guide

Core Resources

EconLit  (1886+)
Indexes international economic literature. Includes major journals, articles in collective volumes (essays, proceedings, etc.), books, full-text book reviews, dissertations, and working papers.
Extensive bibliographic database of engineering research. Indexes journal papers and conference proceedings. The broad subject areas of engineering and applied science are comprehensively represented.
ABI/Inform  (1971+)
Worldwide business periodicals. In-depth coverage of business & economic conditions, management techniques, theory, & practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, & taxation.
Collection of citations & full text from ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) journals, newsletters & conference proceedings. A major resource in the field of computing research and education.
MathSciNet  (1941+)
Bibliographic database with reviews of journals, conference proceedings, and books of mathematics research
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses: Full Text  (1861+; full text 1997+)
Access to citations and abstracts for every title in the Dissertation Abstracts database. Dissertations written from 1997 forward are available full text. The database includes citations to dissertations from 1861 to those accepted last semester. Citations for dissertations and master's theses published from 1980 forward have abstracts.

Important Resources

Note: Registration is required. See description.
(formerly Lehman Live) Includes data as well as research and reports on fixed income markets. Each user must register for an account. It is very difficult to open an account. Email the Finance Librarian to discuss your possible research need. Include your name, email (must be @princeton.edu), telephone number, status (junior, senior, faculty, PhD, etc.). Restricted to academic purposes only.
Capital IQ  (1994+: public data. 1998+; United States private equity data. 2000+; international private equity data.)  
Note: Restricted to academic research by Princeton University faculty and students.
Private equity and venture capital.
Note: Restricted to academic research by Princeton University faculty and students.
Data on stocks trading on the NYSE, AMEX, and NASDAQ as well as U.S. government bonds. Also includes index-level data. Mutual funds data back to 1962.
Datastream International    
Access: Firestone Library, Social Science Reference Center - A Floor or Stokes Library
Note: Restricted to academic research by Princeton University faculty and students.
Current and historical international data on stocks, indices, bonds, commodities, futures, options, earning forecasts, economic conditions, interest rates, exchange rates, and economic forecasts. For more information see http://firestone.princeton.edu/econlib/ds/index.html.
EIU Country Finance  (1996+)  
Guide to changes in financial services, operating conditions, tax laws and investment opportunities in the world's 45 principal financial markets.
5-year forecasts and news analysis for the international financial services industry.
Global Financial Data  (Economic data: 1624+ ; Stock Market data: 1693+; Real Estate Data 1830+)  
Note: Restricted to academic research by Princeton University faculty and students.
Historical data on bonds, commodities, interest rates, stock markets and indices, futures, exchange rates, GDP, prices, and unemployment.
Note: Restricted to academic research by Princeton University faculty and students.
Best source for United States national, state, and metropolitan data. International data includes IMF's International Financial Statistics, Direction of Trade, and Balance of Payments as well as OECD's Main Economic Indicators and National Accounts. Data for interest rates, government bond yields, commodity prices, exchange rates, select futures and options. Limited data coming directly from other countries are also included. Also includes market research on the health care and pharmaceuticals and telecommunications industries. Includes subnational forecasts for the United States.
GovPX  (1991+)  
Note: Restricted to academic research by Princeton University faculty and students.
Treasury benchmark intraday prices for all active and off-the-run treasury issues.
Note: Restricted to academic research by Princeton University faculty and students.
Historical prices of options and their associated underlying instruments, implied volatilities, and option sensitivities. Contains data on all U.S. exchange-listed and NASDAQ equities and market indices, as well as all U.S. listed index and equity options
Note: Restricted to academic research by Princeton University faculty and students.
Leading authority on socially conscious investment research.
Morningstar Direct  (1990+)  
Access: Firestone Library, Social Science Reference Center, A Floor.
Note: Restricted to academic research by Princeton University faculty and students.
Includes international open-ended and closed-end mutual funds; hedge funds, exchange traded funds, UK pension funds, variable annuities, variable life, and insurance product funds. Requires passwords and codes.
Note: Restricted to academic research by Princeton University faculty and students.
Tick data for equities traded on the New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, and NASDAQ. Additional data for the NYSE and AMEX are available for 1983-1992 and for the NASDAQ for 1987-1992 through ISSM (also available on WRDS).
OSIRIS    
Note: Restricted to academic research by Princeton University faculty and students.
Financial information on globally listed public companies from over 140 countries for up to 20 years on over 52,000 companies. Also covers major non-listed companies when they are primary subsidiaries of publicly listed companies. Ownership data is also provided.
Tick-by-tick Intraday Data    
Access: Social Science Reference Center. Use on Workstations 9 and 10.
Note: Restricted to academic research by Princeton University faculty and students.
Provides intraday data. Princeton subscribes to Futures, Cash Indices, VIX (under Market Indicators), London Equities, Euronext Equities. Dates of coverage vary. User's manual includes many helpful tips.

Related Resources

General science and technology articles from English-language periodicals published in the United States and elsewhere; non-English language articles are included if English abstracts are provided.

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