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The class has the ability to monitor current and past performance of stocks and
the portfolio using real-time online information systems. Bridge Information
Systems has donated the use of its financial information service.In addition,
the library has several financial information terminals, including Bloomberg,
available.
Students use these terminals to view market information in and out of class.
Furthermore, the SIM class has set its portfolio up on Yahoo! Finance and can
consequently easily monitor any recent news on the holdings in the portfolio.
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Standard & Poor's Compustat (SPC) is a division of McGraw-Hill, Inc. SPC is
the premier supplier of financial information and produces a variety of
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Compustat is a database of financial, statistical, and marketing information.
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The Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) maintains the most
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