Sample Search: Provide a comprehensive statistical summary of the
current trading value of a 7 year, 6 3/8% interest bond
issued by the IBM Corp. on June 15, 1993.
Finding the Code:
Step 1 - Looking for Bond codes in Datastream is very similar
to looking up
equity codes. To find Bond codes, enter CODE into the "Program
Number" area in the main Datastream window. In the resulting
new program window, you will be prompted to enter keywords
to describe the item code you are looking for. Enter IBM
and press tab to skip down to the following lines. Next,
indicate that you are looking specifically for bonds by
entering B, and only U.S. currency series by entering U$.
When you have pressed the enter key an alphabetical list
of matching items will appear in a new screen from which you will
select the item, IBM Corp. 1993 6 3/8% 15/06/00, with the code
390817.
Finding the Program:- To find a concise statistical summary of
Bond information, select Reports as your type of request. Next, choose
bonds as your type of data and select the first of the available programs
under these headings: Key items for one bond. Press Enter. Upon selecting
this item, you will be prompted to enter the code for your specific bond
price series. Enter 390817 and press enter. Summary data for your IBM
bond should appear in tabular form, including current price, clean price,
gross price, redemption yield, interest yield, etc. If you accidentally
entered an improper code, the program will pause and allow you to enter
your code again.
Things to Remember:- The Bonds section is a combination
of corporate bonds and governmental bonds. Many governmental bonds can be
found under the section for Interest Rates.
- Datasteam divides its bonds into two sections: bonds coming directly
from a country and those covered by other organizations. The
following countries have direct bond information: Australia, Austria,
Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan,
Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Slovakia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United
States. Datastream also obtains data from organizations such as
JP Morgan, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Paribas, Salomon Brothers, and
Societe Generale. Brady bonds are included.
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