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Current Awareness

Financial Times - FT.com This link opens in a new window
NOTE: Individual registration expires annually at the end of August, and must be renewed.
The full text, online version of the Financial Times
Economist Intelligence Unit This link opens in a new window
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Provides full-text to the Economist magazine.
ProQuest One Business This link opens in a new window
Full text access to the Wall Street Journal
US Major Daily Newspapers This link opens in a new window
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Full text coverage of the New York Times, 1980-, the Wall Street Journal, 1984- , the Washington Post, 1987- , the Chicago Tribune, 1985- and the Los Angeles Times. 1985- .
New York Times - NYTimes.com This link opens in a new window
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The complete Digital version of The New York Times. Content also available via NYT apps, with the following exceptions: E-reader editions, Premium Crosswords, Times Insider, and The New York Times Crossword app. Access to archived articles from 1923 to 1980 is limited.
Canadian Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Access Globe & Mail, National Post.
Coverage extends to a large number of newspapers, including the following:
- Calgary Herald (December 7, 1988- )
- Edmonton Journal (March 10, 1989- )
- Financial Post (January 5, 1985 - October 1998)
- Globe and Mail (November 14, 1977 -)
- Regina Leader Post (January 1, 2000 - )
- Montreal Gazette (January 2, 1985- )
- National Post (October 27, 1998- )
- Ottawa Citizen (September 3, 1985- )
- St. Catharines Standard (October 1, 1997- )
- Saskatoon Star Phoenix (May 27, 1996- )
- Vancouver Province (March 20, 1989- )
- Vancouver Sun (January 2, 1987- )
- Victoria Times Colonist (January 4, 1993- )
- Windsor Star (October 20, 1986- )
Contains text in English and French / Français.

Finance Databases

Refinitiv This link opens in a new window
Refinitiv is a Financial and Economics information platform. Refinitiv Student Workspace covers market data in a wide range of asset classes: equities, fixed income, FX, and commodities. UofA users have access to two add-ons: After-Market Research, and Datastream, a comprehensive financial time series database.
Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
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Also known as: |Mergent Horizon|
Provides copies of annual reports and profiles for public U.S. and non-U.S. based companies. Profiles include: History, Business, Property, Subsidiaries, Officers, Directors, Long term debt, Capital stock, Annual income statement and Annual balance sheet. Also provides copies of annual reports, links for EDGAR filings, corporate profiles and recent news for U.S. public companies.
Global Financial Data This link opens in a new window
Historical price data for stocks traded on US exchanges. Historical returns for global stock and fixed income (bond, t-bill etc.) indices.
NetAdvantage This link opens in a new window
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Company financials/valuations, stock/bond data;
CRSP Database (WRDS) This link opens in a new window
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The Center for Research in Security Prices Database provides access to NYSE/AMEX/Nasdaq Daily and Monthly Security Prices and other historical data related to several thousand companies.
The month-end data begins in December 1925 for NYSE. The end-of-day data begins in 1962 for NYSE and AMEX and 1972 for Nasdaq. CRSP (the Center for Research in Security Prices) maintains the most comprehensive and accurate databases of standard and derived historical data for NYSE, AMEX and Nasdaq common stocks. It is maintained by the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
CRSP Databases (CHASS) This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to CRSP US Stock and CRSP Historical Indexes.
Canadian Financial Markets Research Center This link opens in a new window
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Also known as: |CFMRC-TSX database| Contains Toronto Stock Exchange data (prices, returns, volume, etc. for Canadian common and preferred equities).
Orbis (Bureau van Dijk) This link opens in a new window
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Company financials and peer comparisons for public and private companies.
Orbis provides information on close to 400 million companies (both private and public) and entities across the globe. 41 million of these have detailed financial information. There are three additional modules hosted on the Orbis platform:
- EDGAR Filings are US SEC documents available for publicly quoted companies on US stock exchanges, banks, and insurance companies. Examples would be 8-K, 10-K, Proxy, and information statements.
- News Service aggregates news pieces from several sources, including Acquire Media, Dow Jones, and Thomson Reuters. Access includes full articles and tags for topics, industries, and countries.
- Zephyr is the most comprehensive database of deal information, and it is updated hourly, and is useful for corporate finance research. It contains information on M&A, IPO, private equity / venture capital deals, rumors, and other transaction-level details.
FP Advisor (Financial Post) This link opens in a new window
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FP Corporate Analyzer Reports provide ready access to the most popular data items. These include financial statement aggregates, current financial statistics, ratios and share price information for the top 1,500 publicly traded Canadian companies.
EMIS This link opens in a new window
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Current and historic data. Covers equities, stock indices, macroeconomic series and forecasts, and corporate finances. Focus is on emerging markets.
Mergent Archives This link opens in a new window
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Provides corporate information dating back as far as the early 1900's. Corporate histories & financial statements searchable by company name, year, & report type. Contains all of Mergent & Moody's Corporate Manuals.
Contains PDF copies of corporate annual reports for American and International companies (Including Canadian) going as far back as 1874.
Datastream (via Refinitiv) This link opens in a new window
Datastream is a module within the Refinitiv database platform that provides access to comprehensive financial time series information

Alpha Vantage Public Stock API
Includes Canadian, US, European, and other global financial and economic datasets including stock/ETF prices, company financials, forex data, and quantitative industry/market signals. Multiple access methods are supported, including web-based HTTP access, Microsoft Excel, and Google Sheets. Additional technical resources for University of Alberta members and affiliates: (1) official documentation, (2) data guide, technical support is available from Alpha Vantage directly.
Yahoo Finance
Current and historical data for equities, stock indices, commodities, currencies and cryptocurrencies.

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