The library has multiple resources you can use for bonds searching: Mergent Online, Bloomberg, and WRDS.
Mergent Online provides current and historical bond data, searchable by various identifiers and data ranges.
Bloomberg
Bloomberg also has current and historical bonds data for from both corporate and governments.
1. Corporate Bonds:
- Search by Issuer:
- Ticker Symbol <CORP> <GO> (This will list all bonds issued by the equity. Choose a specific bond for more information.)
- To search for specific bond: <SRCH> <GO> OR Ticker Symbol Coupon Rate Maturity <CORP> <GO>
2. Government Bonds:
- 1) Enter: WB <GO> for a listing of benchmark government bonds around the world
- 2) US Treasury Bonds directly enter: CT10 <GOVT> <GO> for the 10 year bond or CT5 <GOVT> <GO> for the 5 year (This formula can be used for any US benchmark bond)
- 3) US Generic Bonds enter: USGG5YR <INDEX> <GO> for the 5 year or USGG10YR <INDEX> <GO> for 10 years.
Bloomberg guide and Terminal locations
WRDS
1. Find it in the library database list: http://research.library.gsu.edu/az.php?a=w&q=wharton
2. You will need to create your own account on the login page.
3. Once you get the account and logged in, go to GET DATA button (on the top right) -> ALL DATA (at the bottom of the drop-down list) -> TRACE (last link of the Third Party Subscriptions section). There you should be able to search bonds information.
For more help, ask the business librarian.
reviewed 10/07/2020 dle
