Over 1,000 years of financial market data, curated for institutional clients who need more than recent history to make consequential decisions.
Inquire About LicensingGlobal Financial Data has spent decades compiling and curating the deepest historical financial database in existence. Our data powers long-horizon research, risk modeling, and strategic analysis at institutions around the world.
We go further back than any comparable source, giving clients the context to understand not just what markets are doing today, but the structural forces that have shaped them across centuries.
"To understand where markets are going, you first have to understand where they have been."
History Is New. History Is Now.™
Stock prices, returns, and indices for global equity markets going back centuries, including pre-market and reconstructed historical series.
Government and corporate bond yields, spreads, and total returns across dozens of countries, with long-run series unavailable elsewhere.
Exchange rates and currency history spanning the gold standard era through modern floating regimes and emerging market currencies.
Prices for energy, metals, and agricultural commodities with historical depth that captures multiple commodity supercycles.
GDP, inflation, interest rates, and economic indicators for countries worldwide, enabling cross-country and long-horizon macro analysis.
Property price indices and real estate return data across major markets, including long-run residential and commercial series.
Long-only and multi-asset managers who need historical context to build resilient, forward-looking portfolios.
Quant teams backtesting strategies across full market cycles, including pre-electronic data periods.
University departments and research centers producing peer-reviewed financial history and economics research.
Monetary authorities and policy institutions requiring long-run economic and financial series for policy modeling.
Global macro and systematic funds relying on historical data depth to develop and stress-test investment theses.
Financial advisors and consulting firms incorporating long-run historical context into client research and reporting.
We work exclusively with institutional clients on a licensing basis. Get in touch to discuss your research needs and data requirements.