How to find data on Reuters quickly and easily

1 How to find data on Reutersquickly and easily 2nd edition ed. Marcus ReesHow to find data on Reuters quickly and easily 2nd edition ed. Marcus ReesJust what you were looking world s financial markets generate awesome amounts of dataceaselessly, and Reuters brings it straight to you. If you want to makesure that you re benefiting from the full breadth and depth of what savailable, this book will tell you s the quickest way to find an instrument or a display in your assetclass? .. What search tools can you use?.. How are the codesstructured?.. Which codes do you need to know?

2 What news formatsare available? .. How do you control the news you get for your marketor region?In other words, you want specific figures and relevant analytical is just what you were looking second edition of the book that made sense of dataHow to find data on Reutersquickly and easily 2nd edition ed. Marcus ReesSECOND EDITIONThe production of this Second Edition wasmade possible by the kind assistance andinput provided by colleagues who areexperts in their respective disciplines. A special thank you goes to the followingpeople who have helped ensure that theinformation here is as accurate andcomprehensive as possible.

3 Stephen Cassidy, Stephen Connor, CiaranDoody, Marian Hall, Elliott Hann, DesmondHannon, Elaine Herlihy, Marcus Herron,Jutta Werner-H bert, Trudy Hunt, IanMattinson, Barbara Miller, Vincent Nunan,Richard Pembleton, Tony WarrenA further thank you to Elke Behrend andJohn Hendry who provided the structureand format of this guide through theirwork on the first TO THE SECOND EDITIONThe first edition of this guide clearly hit the mark. We knew that a lot of people wanted a generalexplanation of code structures and specific guides for each asset class. That s what you got, and theresponse was extremely second edition simply brings the guide up to date.

4 The underlying code structures for data remain verymuch as they were, but the markets, of course, constantly change. We have added details that point you tothis information and we have removed some things that are no longer the first edition, Reuters displays have developed quite remarkably. As a rule, you can now find marketdata in context much more easily . Equity Views and Bond Views, for example, make it much simpler to get atfundamental data , reports, independent estimates and even electronic trading directly from a web News also uses web technology to present news and pictures in a visually clear format.

5 At the sametime, more speed-guides, intuitive chain displays and better search tools mean that you can get to what youwant quicker than this time, Reuters 3000 Xtra has taken major steps forward. The Get Going screen now presents anintuitive area where you can select the display that suits you best. New objects, such as the differentNASDAQ viewers, the Intraday Viewer with VWAP, and the Index Movers, give real market insight Rees, John HendryCONTENTSINTRODUCTIONT here s a lot of information waiting for 1 How this guide is organised 1 Symbols2 CHAPTER 1 Getting started with Reuters data3 What do we mean by real-time data ?

6 3 Exchange-traded real-time data3 Where can you find historical data ?4 Specialist data4 CHAPTER 2 Simple ways of finding data5 Reuters 3000 Xtra Search facilities for version 3000 Xtra Search facilities for version directory11 Xtra Menu12 Reuters data Encyclopaedia (RDE)13 How to keep track of data that has changed13 The ALERTS service14 New data14 CHAPTER 3 The structure of Reuters data15 What are RICs and pages?15 When to use upper or lower case15 Reuters Instrument Codes (RICs)16 Advantages of RICs16 Full quotes16 Chains and tiles17 Pages19 Speed-guides19 Field Identifiers (FIDs)20In brief: RICs and pages21 ConfidentialiCONTENTSCHAPTER 3 >CONTINUEDThe general RIC structure22 The RIC root22 What is the advantage of knowing about RIC roots?

7 23 Period or time intervals23 Delimiters24 Source codes25In brief: general RIC structure26 CHAPTER 4 Equity markets27 Tools for finding data27 Speed-guides, RICs and pages28 Full quotes for equities29 Equity RICs incorporating brokerage characters29 Equity indices30 Company news32 Top News32 Global Press Watch33 Second-level (Order Book or Market Maker) chains33 Time and Sales34 Equity views35 Background pages36 Delayed equities and indices37 Field names for quote lists38In brief: equity markets39 CHAPTER 5 Bond markets41 Tools for finding data41 Speed-guides, RICs and pages42 Navigating by chains42 The general structure of bond RICs43 Super RICS44 Chain contributed price for a secondary (OTC) market45 ConfidentialiiCONTENTSCHAPTER 5 >CONTINUEDC ompeting Market Maker chains46 Chain by Market Maker47 Country chains48 Benchmark constituents49 Local codes49 Eurobonds51Z-codes54 Yields54 Cheapest to deliver55 Conversion factors55 Credit ratings55 Debt indices56 Related services57 Field names for quote lists57In brief.

8 Bond markets58 CHAPTER 6 Foreign exchange and money markets59 Tools for finding data59 Speed-guides, RICs and pages59 Spot rates59 Cross-rates60 Deposits and forwards62 Forwards62 Deposits64 Forward Rate Agreements (FRAs)64 Swaps65 Zero curves65 Volatilities66 Fixings67 Current list of all currency codes for spot rates68 Field names for quote lists70In brief: foreign exchange and money markets71 ConfidentialiiiCONTENTSCHAPTER 7 Futures73 Speed-guides, RICs and pages73 Futures contracts73 Continuation RICs74 Serial futures contracts75 Futures chains75 Delayed futures data76 Expired futures76 Field names for quote lists77In brief: futures78 CHAPTER 8 Options79 Tools for finding data79 Equity cash options80US options traded on OPRA81 Monthly option chains85At-the-money chains85 The structure of single-option contracts86 Field names for quote lists87In brief.

9 Options88 CHAPTER 9 Commodities and energy markets89 Navigation by chains89 Navigation by speed-guides89 Cash instruments90 Cash commodities chains92 Energy cash price chains93 Metals Production Database (MPD)96 Field names for quote lists97In brief: commodities and energy markets98 ConfidentialivCONTENTSCHAPTER 10 Delayed data99 Delayed equity and indices full quotes99 Closing runs99 Delayed chains99 Delayed foreign exchange quotes100 Cross-market package100 CHAPTER 11 Contributed data101 RICs and FIDs102 Restricted data Sets (RDS)104 Super RICs105 Contributed pages106 Updating your pages and RICs107In brief.

10 Contributed data108 CHAPTER 12 News109 How to search for news110 News speed-guides111 Codes112 Keywords112 RICs112 Global Press Watch113 News topic codes114 Other useful pages117 Language codes117 Third-party news sources117 CHAPTER 13 Error messages/permissioning118 CHAPTER 14 Help desk numbers119 INDEX123 ConfidentialvConfidentialviINTRODUCTIONC onfidential01 But how do you know that you are making the most of everything you havesubscribed to? If you find it difficult to get hold of the information you need, read information that Reuters provides is constantly growing and constantlychanging.