Introducing a new premium global backtesting database from Capital IQ-Compustat Global Point-In-TimeTM
With Global Point-In-Time you can:
- Identify Population — Gain access to 4,000 financial and supplemental data items for over 41,000 active public companies representing the majority of the world’s market capitalization, as well as over 27,000 inactive companies.
- Explore Comprehensive Data — Obtain income statement, balance sheet and cash flow data with Annual, Quarterly and Year-to-Date periodicities in Industrial and Financial Services industry formats, and updated via intraday transactions.
- Access Expansive Coverage — Get Preliminary and Final data that shows all values obtained in the data collection, including Original and Changed data - with observation dates starting in 1986 for North American companies and 1996 for international companies.
- Manage Biases — See data without look-ahead or survivorship bias. Recognize when data was available to the database and marketplace, and use an inactive population of companies that were active during your analysis.
Capital IQ-Compustat, the premier financial data source, creates one powerful backtesting solution.
Global Point-In-Time data packages include:
International data, powered by the Capital IQ Fundamentals database. The data is normalized and goes through extensive quality checks to ensure it is of the highest quality. The data also covers thousands of detailed items per company that are not in competitive databases. Collected by over 3,500 financial professionals, we offer industry-leading turnaround time on public company filings, news and events.
North American data, originating from the Compustat database, the most comprehensive North American fundamental financial database in the industry, which truly allows you to test your theories without the fear of survivorship bias. Our research team rigorously examines original company sources by carefully extracting financial information, removing reporting biases and reconciling data discrepancies.
Capital IQ-Compustat Global Point-In-Time represents the latest in data collection and the next step in our commitment to providing top-quality data and industry-leading products.
For more information on Point-In-Time, please call 800.357.0769 or email us at investment_services@standardandpoors.com.
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