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Introduction to Bloomberg Professional
Bloomberg Professional is a key financial source for current and historical information on equities, fixed income securities, foreign exchange, derivatives and commodities. Also included are company profiles and financial statements, analysts' forecasts, market news and global economic data. Excel Add-in is available for data extraction.
Five Bloomberg (BBG) terminals are located at the Information Commons on the Library G/F. Use your ITSC username and password to log in to the station. You will also need to provide BBG username and password to access the database. Generic BBG logins are attached to the terminals.
All stations are available for online booking. Bookings are limited to 2 hours per session. You may book at most one session per day, two sessions per week.
The tutorials in this Bloomberg Series will show you how to navigate Bloomberg. You may access Bloomberg using the dedicated terminals available at the Library (Information Commons, G/F).
- Tutorial 1: How to log on to Bloomberg
- Tutorial 2: How to read Bloomberg ticker symbols
- Tutorial 3: What online support and learning resources are available on Bloomberg
- Tutorial 4: How to find the market capitalization and financial ratios of a company
- Tutorial 5: How to find research reports and analyst recommendations on a company
- Tutorial 6: How to find the stock prices of multiple securities over a period of time
- Tutorial 7: How to find the constituents of a stock index
- Tutorial 8: How to find and download the last price and P/E ratio for the constituents of a stock index over a period of time in Excel
- Tutorial 9: How to create a list of companies with the desired criteria
- Tutorial 10: How to find information on mergers and acquisitions
Bloomberg Keyboard Basics
Bloomberg (BBG) keyboard is a specialized and color-coded keyboard that helps users navigating through the system. The look of the BBG Keyboard is very similar to the standard computer keyboard, but there are several unique features including:
- Color-coded keys
- Biometric sensor
- Built-in speakers
Color Hot Keys
The color keys are function keys with different commands:
<Red Keys>
| CONN DFLT | Log in / Log out |
| CANCEL | Cancel a command |
<Green Keys> - green keys are "Action" keys
| ENTER/GO | Execute your command |
| HELP |
- Press "once" to get assistance on a particular page/function |
| MENU | Press to return to previous screen |
| Pg UP/BACK | Press to scroll backward in a multiple-page screen |
| Pg Dn/FWD | Press to scroll forward in a multiple-page screen |
| MESSAGE | Bloomberg Message |
<Blue Key>
| PANEL | To move between screens. |
<Yellow Keys> - yellow keys are "Market Sector" key
| LAW (F1) | Global laws, regulations and related news |
| GOVT (F2) | Securities by governments (e.g. Treasury) |
| CORP (F3) | Corporate bonds |
| MTGE (F4) | Mortgage market instruments |
| M-MKT (F5) | Money market instruments |
| MUNI (F6) | U.S. municipal bonds |
| PFD (F7) | Preferred securities |
| EQUITY (F8) | Common stocks, derivatives, ETFs, etc |
| CMDTY (F9) | Commodities and related derivatives |
| INDEX (F10) | Equity indices and economic indices |
| CRNCY (F11) | Currency information (e.g. FX) |