BLOOMBERG is a major financial information product that is widely
used by traders around the globe. It includes delayed exchange
feeds from the world's exchanges, currency feeds from top inter-bank
trading floors, dozens of different news wires, and descriptive
information, research and financial statistics on over 52,000
companies worldwide.
Coverage also includes global securities markets, including
equities, money markets, currencies, municipals, corporate/Euro/Sovereign
bonds, commodities, mortgage-backed securities, derivative products
and governments. Bloomberg Business News covers companies, industries
and markets with over 3,000 stories/day.
The Bloomberg is available in room B66 at SOM; use is restricted
to currently enrolled SOM students and faculty for classroom assignments.
The Bloomberg in B66 has a link to Excel. Bloomberg is also available
for all currently enrolled Yale students and faculty for classroom
assignments at the Social Science Library (SSL), 140 Prospect
St. The SSL machine does not have an Excel link.
While vitally important to Wall Street, the Bloomberg doesn't
provide all of the information one needs for effective business
research. Complementary financial products include Datastream
and Compustat Research Insight. Onesource, Business Source Premier,
Factiva and Multex are major competitors in the business news
arena. To connect to these resources click on the Library link
on CampusNet.
Getting Started:
.
Keyboard basics:
(turn the scrolling headlines on/off by typing NO, and
pressing [GO].)
Red System Keys:
Press the red [CANCEL] key
to get back to the introductory screen.
Press the red [DFLT] key
to log on.
SSL:
Userid: Yalesom
Password: Yale
SOM:
Userid: ICFyale
Password: Yale
Green Keys Action Keys:
Press the green [GO]
key after entering any command. Press the green [MENU]
key to back up through the system to the previous menu. Press
the green [PRINT] key to print.
Bloomberg prints only to SOM
printing accounts at SSL and SOM. Press the
green [HELP] key for context sensitive
help. Press [HELP] twice to send
a message to Bloomberg.
Blue Cursor Control
Keys : Press the blue [PANEL]
key to move between screens,Press the
[HOME] key to return to command line at the top of the
screen.
Yellow
Market Sector Keys : Questions about
what each market sector includes can be answered by pressing
a [YELLOW KEY],[GO], [HELP]. For
example, press the yellow [EQUITY]
key for searching for information on stocks, mutual
funds, etc.
Capturing Data:
Bloomberg at SOM has a link to Excel. At SSL only copying and
pasting can capture data into Excel. Make the screen smaller
by pressing the right mouse button, select Size, and Normal.
Then use copy and paste as you normally do in Windows. You can
also copy and paste data into Excel one row at a time, or paste
entire screens into Word. You can e-mail a screen shot to yourself
by typing GRAB, pressing [GO] and following the prompts or e-mail
yourself an entire news article by typing 66 and pressing [GO].
Sample
Searches:
Online help:
1. Type the term you are looking for in the upper left hand corner
of the screen.
2. Press [HELP] (a
green key) key. Example: TYPE stock options, PRESS
[HELP] (a green key) . Type BU
(Bloomberg univ.) <GO> for an online tutorial.
Sample Search #1: How can I use Bloomberg
to find information on America Online ?
1. To look up the ticker symbol: Press [EQUITY]
(a yellow key), Type tk America Online, Press
[Go] (a green
key)
2. Use [QUOTE 2] (a green key:
) Provides you with a snapshot of both current and historical
information on any equity.
3. A shortcut if you know the ticker: TYPE aol, Press
[QUOTE 2] (a green key)
Sample Search #2: How can I compare the
price of a stock to the Dow and FTSE?
1. Type ticker, Press [EQUITY]
(a yellow key) , Type comp, Press [GO]
(a green key)
2. Press [PANEL], (a blue
key). To look up the index symbol: Press [INDEX]
(a yellow key)
3. Type TK Dow [GO], write
down the ticker (it's INDU)
4. Type TK FTSE [GO], write
down the ticker (it's UKX)
5. PRESS [PANEL] (a
blue key), point to the box labeled securities.
6. Tab to line 2, type INDU, press [INDEX]
(a yellow key) Press [GO]
7. Tab to line 3, type UKX, press [INDEX]
(a yellow key) press [GO]
8. Use [PAGE FWD](a green key)
to convert from graphical to tabular data.
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