[R-SIG-Finance] CUSIP Numbers

[Daniel Cegiełka]

2015-01-21 16:45 GMT+01:00 Anshul Pandey <anshul.bits at gmail.com>:
> Hi All,
>
> I am moving some of my backtesting logics to CUSIP from tickers.
> How do I download the CUSIP number of US stocks?
>
> I know S&P has a paid subscription, but I read that CUSIP is publicly
> available at a few resources.
>
> Any suggestions are highly welcome.

You may be interested in Bloomberg Open Symbology, as an alternative to CUSIP.

http://bsym.bloomberg.com/sym/

Best regards,
Daniel

>
> Thanks
> Anshul
>