Access to Financial Data Platforms

Information about remote access to FactSet for purposes of research and curriculum.

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FactSet offers comprehensive real-time and historial data and analytics on global financial and economic markets and securities. This includes core private and public company data and other securities, event and market-driven information, news, analytics, and portfolio management capabilities.

 

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FactSet Learning Portal

Education Icon Students and faculty may augment their learning experience or curriculum via the FactSet Learning portal. FactSet Learning offers live training, and archived eLearning Courses on a slew of financial and market-driven topics, as well as using theFactSet system.

If you have registered to access FactSet remotely, you can login and view their course catalog and live training calendar here: https://learning.factset.com/

Certification in FactSet Learning

  • Core Certification will teach students how to use FactSet’s analyze tools for multiple asset classes. There are five components. Each component contains an eLearning module and a quiz. The final exam covers content across all components and must be successfully completed to earn the Core Certification.
    1. Navigating FactSet,
    2. Staying on Top of the Markets,
    3. Equities,
    4. Fixed Income,
    5. and completion of the FactSet Core Certification Exam

 

  • Financial Modeling Certification requires 40+ hours of self-paced study of web-based content and practice materials. This includes 19 chapters covering the basics of Excel, accounting, and finance and culminates with the construction of complex financial model. Each chapter ends with a quiz, the results of which must achieve a 70% or higher to be considered a passing score. 

Ryan Phillips | Business Librarian

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Ryan Phillips | Business Librarian & Associate Professor                                                                  
Newman Library, Baruch College,
CUNY
​ryan.phillips (at) baruch.cuny.edu

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