Global Insight Equities and Indices

LIM Data Warehouse - October 1, 2003 - Global Insight Exchange Composite Prices and Indices are now available in your MIM as a replacement for the old symbols scheduled to be removed by November 1, 2003. This is a necessary step in the evolution of the LIM product line to allow for further expansion of the MIM hierarchy. LIM has increased its equities pricing coverage by including active and retired symbols from Global Insight, as well as optional OTC equity pricing, mutual funds and Canadian equities. A new optional service is now available to receive the Close of Market Updates for equity pricing. In addition, the MIM hierarchy has been enhanced to provide greater ease of use and organization.


Increased Equities Pricing Coverage and Indices from Global Insight

The core package includes pricing coverage for AMEX, NASDAQ, and NYSE. Optionally, OTC can be purchased in an "all equities" package. The following shows the sheer quantity of symbol coverage for each of the exchanges for both active and retired symbols:

• Amex - Active (830), Retired (966)
• Nasdaq - Active (3,573), Retired (4,462)
• Nyse - Active (3,183), Retired (3,668)
• Otc - Active (11,041), Retired (11,147)

Global Insight Optional Data

New optional pricing data from Global Insight includes:

• US OTC - Available October 1, 2003
• Canadian Equities - Available 4Q2003 - Contact LIM to be a beta tester!
• Mutual Funds - Available 4Q2003

Enchanced Hierarchy for Equity Pricing and Indices from Global Insight

The new Global Insight database includes 2 folders under the Equities folder, one for active symbols (GlobalInsight) and one for retired symbols (GlobalInsightRetired).



The symbols are further organized by exchange.



As an added convenience, symbols are further organized into separate ticker and cusip folders:



Also available are indices from Global Insight. The Global Insight indices are organized in the same manner as the pricing equities. Under the "Indices" folder there are 2 folders, one for active indices (GlobalInsight) and one for retired indices (GlobalInsightRetired). Under these folders the symbols are organized into 2 separate folders: "Cusips" and "Tickers".




Symbol Naming Standard

In addition to organization enhancements, there is a new symbol standard implemented. Note that the exchange is the primary listing exchange:

New ticker symbol format:
  GII.ticker.exchange



Examples:
  IBM is now GII.IBM.NYSE
  MSFT is now GII.MSFT.NASDAQ

As an added convenience alias MIM symbols have been provided with their 8 digit cusip number:

New cusip symbol format:
  GII.cusip



For example, the cusip for IBM is:
  GII.45920010


Discontinued MIM Symbols

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The discontinued MIM equity pricing and indices symbols (i.e. IBM, MSFT, etc.) will be removed from the MIM databases as of November 1, 2003.



Contact Information

Please contact a LIM sales representative for more information on the Global Insight data offerings.

Global Insight website: www.globalinsight.com

Previous Global Insight Data Announcement (July 2003)

End of Market Early Update of US Equities

LIM now offers Early Exchange Composite Pricing from IDC Comstock. This optional dataset is available as of October 1, 2003.

The data for the NYSE and AMEX equities will update after market close at approximately 5:00 p.m. Central Time.The data for the NASDAQ equities will update at approximately 6:15 p.m. Central Time.

Please note that the MIM symbology used for the early updating pricing will be in the same format as the equity pricing and indices symbology described in detail in the Global Insight section above:

  GII.ticker.exchange

In addition to the equities pricing data, the following early updating select indices are also available:

NASD
DJIA
SPX
NYSE
OEX
CAC40
DAX


IDC Comstock website: www.cmstk.com

New Symbols for Intra-day Series

The new intra-day series have been separated from their counterparts for daily data due to conflicts with 5 and 7 day trading calendar periods in the MIM. The OLD symbols will continue to represent the "daily data". The NEW symbols will represent the "intra-day minute bar data".

The following list shows the intra-day symbols that will be removed as of November 1, 2003. Next to the discontinued symbol is the new symbol followed by its symbol description:

Contact information:
Logical Information Machines
Attention: Sales Department
email: sales@lim.com
1.800.LIM.XMIM (1.800.546.9646)


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