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Author Nikolas Breitkopf in Databases Aalto Department of Finance Posted on February 8, 2021February 8, 2021
Office hours during the pandemic

Office hours during the pandemic

During the pandemic, there will be no regular in-person office hours. Support will be provided through individual on-demand Zoom calls or by email.

For database related questions or to

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Author Henri Blomster in Databases Aalto Department of Finance Posted on March 17, 2020November 30, 2020
Dataroom Q301 is currently closed. Here you will find current alternatives

Dataroom Q301 is currently closed. Here you will find current alternatives

Dataroom Q301 is closed due to the corona pandemic. Meanwhile remotely accessible sources of data are listed here.

WRDS data is available remotely.

Free

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Author Henri Blomster in Databases Aalto Department of Finance Posted on July 29, 2019August 28, 2019
All available databases at Aalto University Department of Finance in a single glance

All available databases at Aalto University Department of Finance in a single glance

By clicking the link below you get an single page overview of all the databases available for finance students at Aalto University.

Overview of

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Author Henri Blomster in Uncategorized Posted on November 24, 2020November 24, 2020

Refinitiv capacity constraint

We do have limited capacity regarding Eikon and Datastream. As a rule of thumb, get your data and analyse it elsewhere.

Also, we have new options in terms of

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Author Henri Blomster in Uncategorized Posted on October 28, 2020

This is what you should do in case Eikon gets stuck

NOTE: Save your Eikon workspace files and Eikon Excel files then close your Eikon program.

How to Clear the Internet Explorer Cookies and Files:

1. Open your

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Author Henri Blomster in Databases Aalto Department of Finance Posted on October 26, 2020October 26, 2020
Getting that list of companies through Eikon

Getting that list of companies through Eikon

Unfortunately SCREENER  application in Eikon has several issues including the issue of yielding results that are simply put incorrect.

Although Refinitiv has been contacted numerous times about

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Author Henri Blomster in Uncategorized Posted on August 31, 2020September 3, 2021
How to make empowered charts for great presentations using think-cell

How to make empowered charts for great presentations using think-cell

Yes, you can make different kind of charts with the basic features of PowerPoint. However, creating effective charts can be difficult without specialized tools.

think-cell is a 

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Author Henri Blomster in Uncategorized Posted on August 18, 2020August 18, 2020
Get started using API’s: Using CodeCreator and Codebook to retrieve Eikon data

Get started using API’s: Using CodeCreator and Codebook to retrieve Eikon data

 

Those of you having little experience in Python and in retrieving data through API’s, might find Codebook useful.

For example the CodeCreator has the same user

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Author Henri Blomster in Uncategorized Posted on August 10, 2020August 10, 2020
WRDS stopped working, who to contact?

WRDS stopped working, who to contact?

In case your WRDS account stops working and thus you do not gain access anymore, contact Henri Blomster. Do not contact anybody else.

Aalto Department of finance has several

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Author Henri Blomster in Uncategorized Posted on July 23, 2020

How to get started using WRDS

Behind this link, you will find education videos by WRDS, covering topics on Compustat and CRSP.

WRDS is widely used and you can find useful videos

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Author Henri Blomster in Uncategorized Posted on November 13, 2019November 13, 2019
The issue for duplicated dates on low trading stocks in Eikon Excel add-in

The issue for duplicated dates on low trading stocks in Eikon Excel add-in

 

Often we need not only stock prices, but also dividend and splits -including total returns.

In Thomson Reuters Formula builder we add the stock(s)

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