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CHAPTER 4<br />

EQUITY MARKETS<br />

GLOBAL PRESS WATCH<br />

As a research <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ol, use Global Press Watch (which is available <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> all <strong>Reuters</strong> 3000<br />

Xtra users). This c<strong>on</strong>tains news from more than 550 different publicati<strong>on</strong>s, including<br />

The Ec<strong>on</strong>omist, The Washing<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n Post <strong>and</strong> The Financial Times. When building your<br />

own screens, insert the Global Press Watch object. Most news codes are the same<br />

as those for <strong>Reuters</strong> news, for example, E for equity news. So, DRU AND BE <str<strong>on</strong>g>find</str<strong>on</strong>g>s<br />

headlines of articles relating <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> pharmaceuticals in Belgium.<br />

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SECOND-LEVEL (ORDER BOOK OR MARKET MAKER) CHAINS<br />

Some order-driven exchanges offer market-maker or depth-of-market informati<strong>on</strong>.<br />

The depth of the market can be viewed by simply typing the RIC <strong>and</strong> c<strong>on</strong>firming<br />

with the Chain key F3. For the order book <strong>on</strong> Vodaf<strong>on</strong>e, you’d type VOD.L F3.<br />

C<strong>on</strong>fidential

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