Bloomberg Keyboard Functions: A Comprehensive Guide, Study notes of Economics

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Table of Contents

 - Sign Up Instructions Pg. - Keyboard Functions Pg. - Bloomberg News Pg. - Equities Pg. - Equity Markets Pg. 

• Fundamental Analysis Pg. - Technical Analysis Pg. - Fixed Income Pg. - Economics Pg. - Commodities Pg. - Currency Pg.
• Trainings/Certifications Pg.

5.) Check No under “Have you ever been a Bloomberg Client?”

6.) Click Continue 7.) Please enter your information a. Important to know that a work number is required and it must be different than your mobile number. If no work number, put in a phone or University of Scranton main number. (570) 941- b. You must have your cell phone with you. An automated text will be sent to your phone c. Use your Scranton.edu email. 8.) Click Continue

9.) Next to Mobile Number Select One option SMS Text or Automated Call. (Only select one). Click Send Code

11.) Enter New Password

12.) You will be given a Login Name 13.) Under Getting Started – “Click here to return to login screen” (or you can change your Login Name)

17.) From there you can start typing in Bloomberg Functions on the top left where the Blue Curser is blinking

Ex. Type Menu then Enter button

Displays Menu

Click < GO> to Save

Important keys on the Bloomberg keyboard

Yellow Keys

Indicate the different classes of Securities:

F2 Government

F3 Corporate Bonds

F4 Mortgages

F5 Money Markets

F6 Municipal Bonds

F7 Preferred Stocks

F8 Equities

F9 Commodities

F10 Index

F11 Currency F12 Portfolio Management

Search Button Search any topic within Bloomberg

News Button Sends to the current news page of the day

Message Brings you to your Bloomberg Inbox Signups have Bloomberg email [email protected]

Menu : Navigates back to previous page

Bloomberg Main News Page

To get to the main news page

1.) News button on Keyboard 2.) Or type Top into upper right hand corner

Events Calendar EVTS

 Displays upcoming events such as earnings, conference calls, corporate events etc.  These can be filtered by a single security, single index (ex. SP500)  Daily, weekly and Monthly views

Other news functions

Function Description READ Most Read/Popular News NI ERN Scrolling news monitors only on earnings CN Company News TOP BON Top Bond News TOP ECO Top Economic News Top CMD Top Commodity News NYT/WPT New York Times/Wash. Post TWEE Tweets^ selected by Bloomberg MTWE Tweets from Major Media TV Bloomberg TV RADI Bloomberg Radio LIVE Live Broadcasts

Bloomberg Intelligence

One of the most important and powerful functions on Bloomberg. Bloomberg Intelligence breaks downs industries, sectors and topics. This is the most efficient way to perform a macro and micro analysis of an industry and company.

Covers topics such as

 Earnings  Industry Trends  Key Industry metrics etc.

The Main Bloomberg Intelligence Page

BI

If you simply type in BI, an auto-complete will appear. Click more choices to see the full line of Sectors that Bloomberg Intelligence covers

Equities

Equity Markets

WEI

 World Equity Index show all global markets, broken down by the Americas, Europe and Asia.