Researching Fixed Income (Bonds)

Please note the Appropriate Use of Electronic Resources Policy.

FIXED INCOME
Fixed income instruments including mortgage-backed securities, high-yield bonds, municipal and global bonds, corporate bonds etc.

Bloomberg (onsite access at the library)
Real-time data, news and analytics on financial securities trading in the global markets

- Corporate Debt = Hit the Yellow Market Sector Key <CORP>, <GO>
- Government Bond = Hit the Yellow Market Sector Key <GOVT>, <GO>
- Mortgaged-backed = Hit the Yellow Market Sector Key <MTGE>, <GO>
- WB <GO> for a listing of major Government bonds in the World

DataStream (onsite access at the library)
Provides current and historical time series data on bonds & indices.

- Launch DataStream Advance, select Bond or Bond Index

Investopedia.com (Website)
Provides investing education. Includes investing dictionary as well as articles and tutorials on stock investing, bonds, options & futures, mutual funds, and more.

Thomson ONE Banker (SMU access only)
Current & historical corporate bonds data

- Make sure you are on Companies Mode, Deal tab OR
- Deal Mode, Bond tab for detail bond search

TRACE (SMU access only via WRDS)
Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine is NASD's over-the counter (OTC) corporate bond market real-time price dissemination service. The TRACE Historical Time and Sales data is available through WRDS. The information collected and disseminated for all publicly traded corporate bonds by TRACE includes the time of execution, price, yield, and volume.

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