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CDA Investment Technologies was a Maryland based financial research firm founded by Robert A. Levy. It was a pioneer in early financial databases, but was best known for its mutual fund rankings, whose quarterly release would attract national attention in the 1980s and 1990s. After being bought by the Thomson Corporation in 1987, it was an independent subsidiary until 1998, when it was blended in with Technimetrics to become Thomson Financial Investor Relations. ==Founding and independence== CDA Investment Technologies was founded in 1966 by Robert A. Levy, who had just received his Ph.D. in Business from American University. CDA was one of the first financial research companies to effectively harness computing databases. Its two main products were Spectrum and Cadence Universe. Spectrum reported the holdings and transactions of investment banks, mutual and hedge funds, industry insiders and other institutional investors. Cadence Universe, for which it would become most well known, used portfolio analysis to measure the performance of those same money managers.〔"Md. Data Base Firm Acquired." The Washington Post. May 4, 1987. PAGE F38〕 By 1985, national newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times were reporting on its rankings of mutual funds and money managers.〔"Average Adviser's Stock Portfolio Outdid Market Slightly Through 3rd Quarter." ''Wall Street Journal''. October 7, 1985. Section 2; Page 45. By Linda Sandler.〕〔"Wall St. Rediscovers the Thrift Stocks." The New York Times. December 1, 1985. Section 3, Page 10. By Nathaniel C. Nash〕 CDA grew to have offices in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Tokyo and London in addition to its home office in Rockville, Maryland.〔("Lawyer Who Wiped Out D.C. Ban Says It's About Liberties, Not Guns" ) by Paul Duggan, ''The Washington Post'', March 18, 2007〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「CDA Investment Technologies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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