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WRDS - Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) is the award-winning research platform and business intelligence tool for over 40,000+ corporate, academic, government and nonprofit clients at over 400+ institutions in 30+ countries. WRDS provides the user with one location to access data across multiple disciplines including Accounting, Banking, Economics, Finance, ESG, and Statistics. GVSU’s subscription includes access to S&P Global Market Intelligence/Capital IQ and CRSP U.S. Stock database. CRSP contains end-of-day and month-end prices on primary listings for the NYSE, NYSE MKT, NASDAQ, and Arca exchanges, along with basic market indices.

Capital IQ - To access content within the CapIQ database users must create an account using their GVSU email. The S&P Capital IQ platform combines deep and broad global financial intelligence with an array of tools for analysis, ideation, and efficiency. This platform includes profiles for over 62,000 public companies and 4.4 million private companies, in-depth global data for 17 industries, and data related to inflation, employment, GDP, trade, currency and more.

Valueline Research Center - Investment information for companies and brief industry overview.

Mergent Intellect - Mergent Intellect combines Key Business Ratios, D&B Million Dollar Database, and additional content like Hoover's to feature a deep collection of worldwide business information that enables companies to generate insightful business intelligence. Mergent Intellect offers access to private and public U.S and international business data, industry news, facts and figures, executive contact information, the ability to access industry profiles and much more.

Mergent Online - Full company details, annual reports, 15 years of financials, company history, long term debt, SEC filings, country reports. Private Companies: use Private Company Search tab.

Plunkett Research Online - Industry statistics, trends, & in-depth analysis of top companies.

Free Resources

SEC Filings - The best resource for primary, accountable, and unbiased financial information on all publicly traded companies in the US.

Seeking Alpha - Seeking Alpha is a crowd-sourced content service for financial markets. Articles and research covers a broad range of stocks, asset classes, ETFs and investment strategies. In contrast to other equity research platforms, insight is provided by contributor base of investors and industry experts rather than sell side.

FinViz - Stock screener for investors and traders, financial visualizations.

Wallmine - Information on stock quotes, stock screener, stock charts, insiders trading, market news, portfolio tracking, and cryptocurrencies.

Yahoo Finance - Yahoo! Finance provides financial news, data and commentary including stock quotes, press releases, financial reports, and original content. It also offers some online tools for personal finance management.

Investopedia - Investopedia provides investing and finance education along with terms & definitions, reviews, ratings, and comparisons of various financial products.

MarketWatch - MarketWatch provides financial information, business news, analysis, and stock market data.

Wall Street Prep - Articles & courses on Investment Banking and Corporate Finance.

WallStreetMojo - Courses on Investment Banking, Financial Modeling, Equity Research, Private Equity & more.