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COMMERCE 4AF3 - Accounting Theory

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Stock Prices

  • Best Bet!McMaster Users OnlyBloomberg available on-site only in the DeGroote Trading Centres located in DSB-B106 and RJC-126
    Find your company and use the code HP for a table, GP for a graph. Bloomberg can export quotes for lists of companies. Use the Excel add-in to download a time series of the data.
     
  • Best Bet!McMaster Users OnlyCRSP (Center for Research in Security Prices) via WRDS, 1925 to the present
    NOTE: To access this data set in WRDS, you must register for a personal or individual WRDS account or WRDS day pass [more details in the Notes of this record].
    Contains daily and monthly market and corporate action data for securities with primary listings on the NYSE, NYSE Amex, NASDAQ. Covers active/listed and inactive/delisted companies. 
     
  • McMaster Users OnlyCFMRC TSX via CHASS
    Includes historical prices for Canadian companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
     
  • McMaster Users OnlyFactiva
    Select Companies/Markets in the top navigation menu to get Quotes and Market Data Charts. Retrieve daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly data for the past 5 years.
     
  • open accessGoogle Finance, 1980s to the present, but varies by company
    Use the search box to find a company. When viewing the company's profile, pick your date range above the chart (1D, 5D, 1M, 6M, YTD (Year to Date), 1Y, 5Y, MAX (Maximum dates available).
     
  • Best Bet!McMaster Users OnlyLSEG Workspace (formerly Refinitiv Workspace)
    Available on-site in the DeGroote Trading Centres located in DSB-B106 and RJC-126 or remotely with registration via the web or via the DSB Virtual Lab (VPN required) NOTE: First time user? Registration is required for access outside the trading centres. For remote access and instructions, contact your instructor or the DeGroote School of Business at dsbhelp@mcmaster.ca.
     
  • Best Bet!McMaster Users OnlyMergent Online
    Search for a company (active/listed or inactive/delisted) using the Basic search or Advanced search tabs. While viewing a company profile, click on the Equity pricing tab. Adjust the Controls (i.e., Time Period 1 week to 30 years ago, Date range (specify month/day/year), select Daily, Weekly or Monthly, etc.), pick an index from the drop-down menu (e.g., TSX Group, New York Stock Exchange, etc.). Display data in a Chart (default) or Report (select link to view Open, High, Low, Close, Volume, Price Move %).
     
  • open accessYahoo Finance, 1960s to the present, but varies by company
    Use the search box to find a company, then select the Historical Data tab in the company profile. Pick criteria from the drop-down menus - Time Period: (Month/Day/Year), Show: (Historical Prices, Dividends Only, Stock Splits, Capital Gains) and Frequency: (Daily, Weekly, Monthly). 
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