Data Feeds
The Exelon Trading Center utilizes a variety of financial products and services. The Center is equipped with 22 Dell Desktops with dual monitors and Dell server hardware. The PCs are set up individually for student use or can be controlled by an instructor to coordinate in class exercises. Reuters and Bloomberg provide access to historical and real time data on stocks, bonds, commodities, futures, currencies, real estate, options and other derivative products. These systems also provide a variety of analysis both fundamental and technical. On the walls are 4 flat screen monitors and 2 tickers running along the ceiling. This equipment is being fed with real time data from RiseVision. The Center is also equipped with an audio video conferencing system so that we can connect with guest speakers located globally.
Reuters 3000 Xtra and Trader – Reuters 3000 Xtra is a high-speed, integrated information and transaction service. It gives users a commanding view of the global real-time financial arena and provides a combination of news, information and insight as well as access to the global Reuters trading community. Its integrated price discovery and trading capabilities across all asset classes mean that decisions can be made and executed from a single desktop. Reuters 3000 Xtra reflects Reuters vast experience in global financial markets; functionality is continually upgraded and content enriched.
Bloomberg – The BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL® service integrates real-time and historical information on approximately 5 million bonds, equities, commodities, currencies and funds. Its electronic library also comprises data on almost every publicly traded company and biographies of more than 1 million people. Bloomberg provides on-demand multimedia content, extensive electronic-trading capabilities, and a superior communications platform. The BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL community comprises approximately 250,000 subscribers from the world's central banks, investment institutions, commercial banks, government offices and agencies, law firms, corporations and news organizations in over 150 countries. Virtually every leading bank, brokerage, insurance company, financial regulator and corporation is a subscriber.
Rotman Interactive Trader – Rotman Interactive Trader (RIT) is an application that simulates a stock exchange and allows users to transact financial securities with each other on a real-time basis. The user-friendly and transparent interface has been designed specifically to facilitate the learning experience. Users will be able to see each step of transaction process occur as they submit their orders to the market and trade with one another.
@Risk - @Risk performs risk analysis using Monte Carlo simulation to show you many possible outcomes in your Microsoft Excel spreadsheet – and tells you how likely they are to occur. This means you can judge which risks to take and which ones to avoid, allowing for the best decision making under uncertainty. With @Risk, you can answer questions like, “What is the probability of profits exceeding $10 million?” or “What are the chances of losing money on this venture?”
EViews - EViews offers students access to powerful statistical, forecasting, and modeling tools through an innovative, easy-to-use object-oriented interface.
Microsoft Office 2007 - Access, Excel, Groove, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, InfoPath, OneNote.
SAS - SAS is an integrated system of software products that enables the programmer to perform statistical analysis, data warehousing, data entry, retrieval, management and mining.
WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services)- is a comprehenisve economic and financial data management system intended solely for research purposes. The data, licensed from various sources, cover a wide range fo databases across multiple disciplines such as Finance, Marketing , Management , Accouting, Economics, Banking and Insurance.
