Platform for EDGAR Filing Management
Description
In the USA, firms file different forms with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis,
and Retrieval system). EDGAR automated system collects all the different
necessary filings and make it publicly available. Secondly, it validates
collected filings, then perform indexing and accepting of these submitted
forms. Investors, regulators, and researchers often require these forms for
various purposes. "edgar" R package helps various individuals in data gathering,
management, and visualization. This package downloads SEC EDGAR quarterly master
index, daily master index, filings from SEC.org site and perform sentiment
analysis of filing.