New from CRSP - september 2010
CRSP FORUM 2010 - Register Now!
Plans are falling into place for the CRSP Forum 2010 on November 4-5 at the Gleacher Center in downtown Chicago. Sam Stovall of S&P, Mark Kiesel from Pimco, and Chicago Booth's John Heaton and Lubos Pastor have all signed on as Keynotes. Our panel moderator will be Jason Zweig from the Wall Street Journal. Click here for more information and to register for this can't-miss event!
CRSP Customs and Media support
Did you know that CRSP's Custom group can assist you with you data needs? Custom solutions include data extractions and recurring or one-time projects.
Newspapers and other periodicals can request permits for CRSP data for use in stories and articles. CRSP has stream-lined our media permit process in order to facilitate the quick turnaround needed to meet deadlines.
For more information, email custom@crsp.Chicagobooth.edu, call 312-263-6400, Option 5, or use the on-line request form at http://www.crsp.ChicagoBooth.edu/products/custom.htm.
Important Information for CRSPSift Version 2.3 Users
The CRSPSift 2.3 software expired on June 30, 2010. Please click here for more information.
Sunil Kumar Named Dean of Chicago Booth
Sunil Kumar, the Fred H. Merrill Professor of Operations, Information, and Technology and senior associate dean at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, was named dean of Chicago Booth. Read more here >>
50 year Milestone!
CRSP was formally organized in March 1960, under the direction of Professors James Lorie and Lawrence Fisher.
You may find more information about the early developments of CRSP, and some of the key historical events in our CRSP 50th Anniversary pages. Find out how an advertising executive’s question resulted in the creation of one of the most widely recognized research-quality databases ever assembled.
Learn why 1926 is the starting point for long term charts. Uncork the mystery on which company paid out a dividend in whiskey.
CRSP is growing!
CRSP is expanding again, with a talented staff soon reaching nearly 70 who are all committed to the delivery of quality data products. To learn more about career opportunities at CRSP and to see current open positions, visit our Career page.
In the Press
CRSP
1926 marks beginning of time
Why 1926? The significance of 1926 is related to a landmark 3-½ year study that was initiated in 1960 at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (formerly Chicago GSB). For the past 50 years, CRSP has been building on and expanding the initial 35 years of data used in the Fisher Lorie Study of 1964. Read more here >>
CRSP Board Members
Professor Steve Kaplan on Sports Investing: Notoriously tough investments, sports teams take massive amounts of capital, patience, and timing. "With sports, some owners are doing it for fun and some will overspend in order to win," said professor Steven Kaplan. Read more here >>
CRSP Board Chairman and Professor Eugene Fama, has published a new paper entitled My Life in Finance, which looks back at some of his most important contributions to the field of financial research.
| September 17 | Monthly US Stock and Indices Database Ship Date |
| September 29 | Monthly CRSP/Compustat Merged Database Ship Date |
| September 30 | Monthly CRSP/Ziman Real Estate Data Series Ship Date |
| October 18 | Monthly US Stock and Indices Database Ship Date |
| October 21-22 | FMA 2010 Annual Meeting, New York City |
| October 28 | Monthly & Quarterly CRSP/Compustat Merged Database Ship Date |
| October 29 | Monthly & Quarterly CRSP/Ziman Real Estate Data Series Ship Date |
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