SQX, Securities Quote Xchange

Ever seen an okapi? No, they’re not a jackalope-type hoax. Okapi are rare mammals native to the dense rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa. Though Okapi look like a hybrid of different animals, they’re most closely related to the giraffe. They look pretty unusual though. Since tomorrow is World Okapi Day, this is the perfect chance to honor these weird and wacky creatures. The only thing more unusual than Okapi? Alternative investments. REITs. DPPs. Liquidating Trusts. LPs. LLCs. Private Equities. Unregistered Securities. And more. Securities in the alts world see regular name changes, merges, closures, and conversions. Securities can update annually, quarterly, monthly, or even daily. Talk about the wild west. But no matter how unusual the securities, SQX will track them down. We specialize in pricing even the most hard-to-price alts. Privately-issued securities? No problem. Tangled files? We’ll clean them up. Outdated info? We’ll give you up-to-date issuer-quoted data. With SQX, even securities as unusual as the Okapi are our specialty. Curious? Contact SQX, Securities Quote Xchange today! #alternativeinvestments #data #finance

Our Q3 Newsletter is live! We're excited about the progress we've made over the last three months, including reaching a very important milestone...

Many banks have a fear of changing data vendors. In many ways, this fear is completely rational! There are few things more difficult and intimidating than changing your sources of data. However, not reevaluating your data provider can be pretty scary too. Many of the big data vendors will charge you a vastly inflated price, while providing vastly subpar service. Over time, big data vendors can sap the lifeblood out of any bank. That’s frightening. Luckily, National Face Your Fears Day is this week. This is the perfect opportunity to bite the bullet and make a positive difference for your organization. SQX will be by your side every step of the way, helping you boldly confront what’s holding you back. We’ll give you all the resources you need: 💸 Fair, affordable prices 😀 World-class customer service 🔎 Full informational transparency 🤸♂️ High flexibility 🤝 Low redistribution rates Making a major change is intimidating. But when you face your fears, you often find that there isn’t as much to be scared of as you’d worried. When you switch to SQX, Securities Quote Xchange, you’ll find that it’s a lot brighter on the other side. Want to learn more? Contact the SQX team! #data #fixedincome #marketdata

You’ve heard not to take candy from strangers? Forget everything you think you know. This week, Adam Hammond will be at the ADISA conference in Las Vegas, and he’s got a snack for you. He’ll be walking the floor, eager to chat and ready to hand out Snickers bars (full-size, not mini. We aren’t savages). If you’ve got a minute, Adam would love to talk about SQX Alts, our new platform for alternative investments news and information. We’re looking for news content—we’re on the hunt for alts issuers, influencers, and writers. If you’re looking for a platform to post your content about alts, Adam would love to chat. If you’re curious (or just hungry), come find him! SQX Satisfies. #alternativeinvestments #ADISA #data

How many muni bonds does SQX price? Four Score and 999,920. One thousand millennia. 10 x 105. The number of dollars in 100 million pennies. 25% of the light years to the nearest star. 1/7th of the fire ants in an acre of a single-queen colony. How many dollars you need to be called an “-aire”. The number you can count to in 23 days. The estimated number of hairs on 10 human heads. The population of Djibouti. How many times you blink in 74 days. The calories in 2,222 double cheeseburgers. The seconds it takes to sing “Happy Birthday” 100,000 times. The number of spiders within an acre of you. How many angels can dance on the head on the head of a pin. Or, in laymen’s terms, roughly one million. That’s a LOT of muni bonds. Why not see for yourself? Contact SQX, Securities Quote Xchange today! #municipalbonds #muniland #data

Comprehensive. Customizable. Customer-centered. In this edition of the The SQX Bulletin, we'll take a look at how our structured note pricing stands out from the rest. #structutednotes #fixedincome #data

Corporate Bond of the Day: Goldman Sachs A pot of gold is the best pot to find. Recently, archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable hoard of gold coins, known as darics, in a terracotta pot during excavations at Notion, an ancient city in modern-day Turkey. The coins date back to the 5th century BC, a tumultuous period marked by war between Greek city-states and the Persian Empire. Buried under a Hellenistic-era house, the coins likely represent mercenary soldiers' savings, never retrieved due to their possible deaths. The coins, depicting Emperor Darius I with a bow and spear, are rare due to Alexander the Great’s policy of melting them down after his conquests. In honor of this ancient gold, today’s Security of the Day is a corporate bond for Goldman Sachs! Corporate Bond of the Day: Goldman Sachs Group bond, 30yr zero-coupon SQX-Evaluated Price: $119.150 Did you know that SQX, Securities Quote Xchange provides prices for the universe of corporate bonds every day? #corporatebonds #fixedincome #bonds

The best kind of stack? A pancake stack. The second-best kind? A muni bond bid/offer stack. There’s no doubt, pancakes are awesome. Light and fluffy. Slathered with butter. Drizzled with syrup (or drowned—we won’t judge!) Paradise. It’s a pity that September 26th—National Pancake Day—only comes once a year! The second-best stack doesn’t have its own day, but it’s still pretty great. If you’re getting muni bond data from SQX, our pricing methodology incorporates the bid/offer stack from our partner MBIS, Municipal Bond Information Services. If a bond hasn’t traded recently, we look at the recent bids and offers made on the bond, giving us a much more accurate picture of what the bond is worth. A stack that lets us price bonds more accurately than ever before? That’s as tasty as a pancake stack. Well, almost. Pancakes are pretty outstanding. Contact SQX, Securities Quote Xchange today, and we’ll make sure you get both! If you partner with SQX for muni bond data in the next 24 hours, we’ll send you a steaming stack of pancakes. On the house. #munibonds #bonds #data

If an evil villain is about to destroy the world… If a monster is rampaging through downtown… If you need to get your cat out of a tree… …You call a comic book superhero. Especially today (Comic Book Day). Comic book superheroes are pretty good at saving the world from catastrophes. At SQX, we’re glad comic book superheroes exist (they do, don’t they?), because they inspire us to cover catastrophe bonds. Whether the catastrophes end up involving destructive tornados, flaming meteors, or giant tidal waves (or even less interesting disasters), SQX has the cat bond data for you. We’re proud to offer both detailed pricing data and dynamic reference data on the full universe of catastrophe bonds. We can’t reverse time by flying around the world really fast, but our cat bond file does update every single day. You’ll always know price changes and field updates as soon as we do. What’s more, we respond (almost) as quick as the swiftest hero. We resolve most issues in under 24 hours, and usually get back to you within a single hour. Want to hear more? Reach out to SQX, Securities Quote Xchange today! #bonds #bondmarket #fixedincome

Have you heard what day it is?!?!?!?!? It’s Punctuation Day!!! Whether you prefer periods, exalt exclamation points, or commend commas, today is your chance to celebrate!! There’s a reason why the written language has so many unique punctuation marks: punctuation helps us clearly understand the meaning of what we’re trying to say. It’s the difference between “let’s eat, Grandma” and “let’s eat Grandma.” Communicating clearly is very important. At SQX, we value clear communication very highly!!! For instance, we always offer full informational transparency—no matter what. If you’re getting data from a big data vendor, you won’t be told a lot of key information. What’s up with that?!?!?! But with SQX, you can rest easy; you’ll know the “how” and “why” behind every piece of data. What’s more, we respond so quickly that there’s no room for miscommunication. How does less than a business day sound?? Clear communication’s pretty nice, eh? So don’t wait! Punctuate your day by partnering with SQX, Securities Quote Xchange!!! We’re your best bet, period. #alternativeinvestments #data #marketdata