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Bloomberg
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Citing Articles
| Bloomberg information must be attributed as follows: MLA Style Example: - Bloomberg L.P.; Babson College Horn Lib., Babson Park, MA.
- 29 May 2003.
For additional MLA examples, visit the MLA site. | 
Bloomberg Quick Tutorials
Basic Steps
| Bloomberg information is organized by market sectors. Provided below are the yellow market keys for each sector. Within which market sector are a series of menus that help you get to the information you are looking for. You can get detailed information about the menus by pressing the function key [Go] HELP. When logged on, 2 windows open automatically, user can toggle between them by using Alt-Tab keys or Panel key (located on number pad). | 
| Yellow Market Keys | | F1 | HELP | Useful when you are not sure where to start looking for information. Type keyword or phrase, HELP, then GO.* or intrapren*) and interviews | | F2 | GOVERNMENT | Displays list of bonds that match a ticker symbol, coupon, and/or maturity that you select. U.S. government bonds (such as T Bonds) and international | | F3 | CORPORATE | Use for finding corporate debt, corporate bond prices & yields by company | | F4 | MORTGAGE | The mortgage menu includes information about pools and generics. | | F5 | MONEY MARKETS | Includes programs which are records that contain the specific issue info. Money markets are for borrowing and lending money for three years or less. The securities in a money market can be U.S. government bonds, Treasury Bills and commerical paper from banks and companies. | | F6 | MUNICIPALS | Municipal markets menu contains info about bonds issued by municipalities in the United States. | | F7 | PREFERRED | Pre-markets covers both public and private securities offered by countries (most US and UK). Types include fixed rate issues, zero coupon issues, floating rate notes, variable rate issues, convertible and warranties. | | F8 | EQUITY | Displays actual trades and information about US and global stocks (listed and OTC). U.S. equity data goes back to 1980. | | F9 | COMMODITY | The commodities menu has all exchange listed futures & options contracts of underlying financial & physical products such as gold, wheat, etc. | | F10 | INDEX | All indicative and/or statistical data and market monitor function are grouped here under specific categories. Two main sections include: markets and leading economic indicators. | | F11 | CURRENCY | Current markets/monitors for global currencies. | #6 KEY of
number keypad | NEWS | Use the #6 key on the number pad for the News menu. Access to timely general and financial news stories. |  | | Navigation Options | | MENU key | Previous MENU | Use the MENU key (where the END key is on normal keyboards) to move back to a prior menu. | | PAGE FORWARD/ PAGE BACK keys | PAGE FORWARD/ BACK | Use to navigate/scroll through pages of data, or when viewing charts, to see the data/numbers used to create the chart | | PRINT key | PRINT | Prints the screen you are currently on, or press # print (type in # from top right hand corner) to print all pages available. | | Show Last 8 Steps | NEWS | Use this to bring up a listing of the last eight steps performed. |
Using the Equity Menu
| The EQUITY menu is the most popular at Babson College. To use the EQUITY menu, press F8 then Go to access the main menu. If you wish to research a stock, type the ticker symbol, then press Equity, then GO, for example:
bud [F8 Equity] [Go] If you are not sure of a symbol, go to the EQUITY menu then choose number 1 for Finding Securities, then 1 for Ticker symbol lookup, then choose the appropriate line # then Go to view the menu/quote for that specific stock. To print screen, hit GREEN PRINT key, or to email screen, type GRAB then follow on screen instructions. To move back a menu, hit the MENU key on the keyboard or type MENU and press [Go]. Some of the screens will have ORANGE INPUT BOXES. These are areas where you can click and change the dates or criteria. Press [Go] after any changes you make. Useful analytics/functions or shortcuts for equities used most often at Babson follow in the table below. To use, follow this syntax:
TICKER [F8 Yellow Equity Key] SHORTCUT | | Shortcut | Description | | ANC | Nelson's Analyst Coverage | | ANR | Analyst Recommendations and Ratings | | BETA | BETA page for your equity | | CACS | Corporate Action Calendar lists company events, stock splits, divestitures, corporate meetings, etc. | | CN | Company news | | COMP | Comparative returns | | DES | DEScription, profile, and financial summary | | EDGR | Edgar filings | | EE | Earnings Estimates | | HDS | Displays a list of the company's biggest institutional investors | | HP or GP | Historical Prices or Graphical Historical Prices | | MGMT | Management profiles | | RV | Relative Value of the company compares to others within the same industry | | TRA | Total Returns with dividends |
Using the Index Menu to Find Members of Index
| If you are looking for a major world index, like the S&P500 or DAX, type WEI [Go] for the World Equities Indexes menu. To find companies of the Russell 1000 (or other indexes): - Hit yellow [F10 Index Key] then [Go]
- Choose number 1, ticker symbol lookup, then type in your INDEX name
- Choose INDEX from list
- Ticker for INDEX will appear in upper left corner of screen
- Type in TICKER [F10] MEMB [Go] to view INDEX description screen, which lists members with wieghtings.
- To find more information about the INDEX, type TICKER [F10] DES [Go]
- To find Total Return Spreadsheet for Indices & Equities, type IDOC Clouser [Go]
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Comparing Two Equities or an Equity to an Index
| To compare BUD to SAM, type:
BUD [F8 - Equity key] SAM [F8 - Equity key] [Go- Enter key] To compare BUD to the S&P500, type:
BUD [F8 - Equity key] SPX [F8 - Index key] [Go- Enter key] Choose type of comparison you would like to do from menu. |
Other Useful Bloomberg Functions/Analytics
| We use the following functions often. Syntax to use:
SHORTCUT [GO] | | SHORTCUT | DESCRIPTION | | ECST | Global Economic Statistics | | BU | Menu of Bloomberg tutorials | | JOBS | Listing of employment opportunities | | MA | Mergers & Acquisitions search | | NEWS | News search options | | WEI | Monitor World Equity Indexes |
Generic and Specific Government Bond Information
| To find generic government bond information such as the US 30 Year Treasury Bond: - Type [F2 GOVT Key] [Go]
- Type GGR
- Click on flag
- Choose type of bond you are interested in and then follow menu options
To find historical prices for a specific government bond/note: - Type [F2 GOVT Key] [Go]
- Go to Finding & Creating Securities (#1)
- Go to Ticker Symbol Lookup (#1) and choose #14 (USA) from the country list
- Choose T (#8)then scan the list for the specific bond you want and follow menu options
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Printing and Downloading
| Printing Screens:
Use the green print key to print the information page by page. The PRINT KEY prints only the screen you are currently on, unless you use # print (type in # of pages available from top right hand corner) to print all pages available in the report you are viewing. You cannot easily download the data from Bloomberg unless you are in the corporate world, but you can download some screens as images to incorporate into your Word documents. Saving Screenshots:
To Save Screens, right-click with the mouse in the screen, click Save Screen, then type in a filename (use the A:\drive and save to a disk). Also, you can type GRAB, and then email the image to yourself as a GIF file. The image can be inserted into Word, Powerpoint, or other compatible software programs. Downloading Data:
You can use Bloomberg's API wizards to dowload data into Excel applications. After opening Excel, you can use the Bloomberg toolbar or drop-down menu to access the API wizards. - Table Wizard: used to download current data ranging from ticker symbols and stock prices to complex calculations such as duration and risk.
- History Wizard: helps retrieve historical prices and fundamentals or create charts.
- Bulk Wizard: used to download blocks of data, such as the members of an index, the cashflows of a bond, or the dividend history for a stock.
For an online tutorial on how to use the API function of Bloomberg, type BBXL <Go> on any Bloomberg workstation. Here you can learn more about advanced functionality such as writing formulae to download the data you want. |
Scope
| Market professionals around the world depend on BLOOMBERG© as their source for real-time market data and news for all market sectors. Bloomberg seamlessly integrates data, news, analytics, multimedia reports, e-mail and trading capabilities into a single platform. Why Use Bloomberg? - To monitor the news of a paricular company, industry or topic
- To download historical stock prices
- To compare two stocks or a company to an index
- To review historical corporate actions of a company
- To monitor the financial markets around the world
- To view live news events that are impacting the markets
- To find members of S&P500 or other equity indexes
- To create and maintain stock/bond portfolios
| | Access Restrictions: | Students, Faculty, Staff, and Walk-In Alumni and Visitors may use for non-commercial research only. | | Years of Coverage: | 1980 - Present | | Number of Simultaneous Users: | Three | | Durable links: | Not Available | | Not connecting? Check out our troubleshooting tips. Questions or continued problems, call the Library Information Desk at 781-239-4596 or submit a Problem Report. |
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