(NYSE:FDS) has carved out a niche for itself beside Bloomberg, targeting research analysts more so than portfolio monitoring, according to discussions on. It was only last September that it added macroeconomic data in a calendar format.įactSet Research Systems Inc. It is a seriously low-cost alternative: One month of use runs at $310, while a yearlong subscription costs a mere $3,335.īut SunGard certainly seems slow to launch services deemed crucial to analyzing the global economy. If you watch the video testimonial from brokerage firm TradeKing on SunGard’s website, one word is repeatedly uttered: “Value.”

MarketMap’s main competitive advantage is its price. Though it lacks the behemoth databases Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg have accumulated, its performance attribution analysis examines managers’ relative under- or over-performance based on region, sector, style, market-cap weightings and security selection, making it ideal for manager research.

The dual gray-and-white backgrounds of Morningstar’s data software is an aesthetic departure from Eikon and Bloomberg, but it isn’t the only difference. Still, it remains the Bloomberg terminal’s leading rival with about 30 percent of the financial data market’s share – about the same size as Bloomberg’s slice.

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