Software Resources
While most of the software products in the MIL are used by industry professionals in the world of finance, many of them are used in other business fields as well, such as Supply Chain Management, Marketing, Accounting, and Management.
The Department of Finance offers several Programs of Study in the areas of Corporate Finance, Risk Management, and Wealth Management. Each software product complements one or several of these areas.
| Software | Programs of Study |
|---|---|
| Argus DCF | Real Estate, Risk Management; Commercial Banking, Wealth Management |
| Bloomberg | Corporate Finance, Derivatives & Trading, Commercial Banking, Investment Banking, Insurance and Risk Management, Financial Engineering, Real Estate, Security Analysis, Wealth Management |
| Capital IQ | Investment Banking, Corporate Finance, Private Equity, Portfolio Management, Security Analysis |
| Crystal Ball | Corporate Finance, Financial Engineering, Portfolio Management, Real Estate, Insurance & Risk Management |
| Matlab | Financial Engineering, Portfolio Management |
| Moody's KMV | Commercial Banking, Corporate Finance, Portfolio Management, Security Analysis |
| Morningstar Direct | Portfolio Management, Wealth Management, Security Analysis |
| Morningstar Encorr | Portfolio Management, Wealth Management |
| X_Trader | Derivatives and Trading |
Argus DCF: ARGUS Valuation – DCF is an industry standard commercial real estate cash flow projection, transaction analysis and asset valuation solution. For over 20 years, Argus DCF has been used globally by real estate appraisers, brokers, developers, managers, investors, lenders, and other real estate professionals. Some of its most prominent client firms are Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, GE Capital, Morgan Stanley, and Credit Suisse. Visit http://www.argussoftware.com/en/products/argusdcf/default.aspx for more information.
Bloomberg Professional: Real-time and historical financial news and information on individual equities, stock market indices, fixed income securities, currencies, commodities, and futures for both international and domestic markets. Visit the Bloomberg website for more information.
Capital IQ is a web- and Excel-based research platform that combines information on companies, securities, and markets worldwide with tools for fundamental analysis, surveillance, and trend analysis, financial modeling, market analysis, screening, and targeting. Capital IQ is deployed at over 4,200 client firms including many of the world's most successful investment banks, hedge funds, private equity firms, consultants, and corporations. Visit the Capital IQ website for more information.
Crystal Ball: Since 1986, Oracle's Crystal Ball has been providing decision analysis software and solutions that help analysts, managers, engineers, and other professionals to make better business decisions. The software is used by 85% of the Fortune 500. Crystal Ball is a graphically oriented forecasting and risk analysis program that helps deliver better outcomes by defining risk and uncertainty. By applying Monte Carlo techniques, Crystal Ball transforms spreadsheets into dynamic models that address almost any problem involving uncertainty and risk. Visit the Crystal Ball website for more information
Matlab is a technical computing software that allows you to solve complex mathematical problems, optimize systems with thousands of variables, and plot statistical, probabilistic and regression models. Matlab is used in a wide range of fields including, finance, economics, biology, and communications. Visit the Matlab website for more information.
The Moody’s KMV RiskCalc and CreditEdge are advanced credit analysis tools. CreditEdge assesses counterparty risk associated with publicly traded companies from around the world. It provides lenders and investors with an objective calculation of a firm's probability of default over a given time period. In addition, the CreditEdge mainframe offers comprehensive portfolio coverage management, historical credit changes, and detailed scenario analysis to determine the credit worthiness of any company or industry in the economy. RiskCalc enables greater precision and accuracy in evaluating private firm credit risk by combining financial statement and equity market-based information. Visit Credit Edge or visit RiskCalc for more information.
The Morningstar Encorr software offers tools to research, create, analyze, and implement optimal asset allocation strategies within a single platform. The software provides support to anyone who develops in-depth asset allocation strategies including investment consultants, fund of fund managers, and portfolio managers. Visit the Encorr website for more information.
Morningstar Direct is a web-based research platform with global coverage of performance and holdings analysis of mutual funds, exchange traded funds, hedge funds, money market funds, offshore funds, and stocks. Visit the Morningstar Direct website for more information
Trading Technologies’s X_Trader 7, is an advanced derivatives trading software designed for high frequency trading. With TT Trainer (a trading simulation tool) the exchanges are real, the products are real, price feeds and market depth are real - and live within milliseconds. Visit the X_Trader website for more information.
The Market Information Lab also offers access to Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WRDS provides instant access to important databases in the fields of finance, accounting, banking, economics, management, marketing and public policy. Visit the WRDS website for more information.
