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Access

The Thomson Datastream is both a standalone application and a Microsoft Excel plug-in. The database is available on all workstations at the Rotman Financial Research & Trading Lab. To access the standalone application, simply open the Advance 4.0 shortcut on the desktop. To access the database through Microsoft Excel, click on Datastream-AFO or Thomson One/Datastream under the Add-Ins menu, and select your data request from there. Professors at the Rotman School may request to have the software installed on their office computers.

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Overview

Widely known as the number one historical financial data provider offering the most comprehensive coverage in the industry, it includes: worldwide equity prices, indices, unit trust pricing, dividend coverage, international macroeconomic time series, foreign exchange, bonds, derivatives and commodities.

Datastream Advance:

DataStream Advance

Datastream as an Excel Add-In:

DataStream Excel Add-In