Getting Started with your Bloomberg Account You will need: [checklist icon=”check” iconcolor=”#dd9933″ bg_icon=”square”] Access to the Bloomberg Terminal and A mobile phone (to receive a text during the registration process).[separator top=”30″ style=”none”] [/checklist] Terminal Login The terminals are usually switched off when you start. [checklist icon=”check” iconcolor=”#2ba14b” bg_icon=”square”] Hit the power button on the computer […]
Bloomberg: Accessing Financial Data
Accessing Financial Data Bloomberg is a very comprehensive data source and is used by most financial services firms both small and large. There are approximately 310,000 terminals in use worldwide. Given the large amount of data available on the system it is necessary to be familiar with the tools that are provided to manage this […]
Bloomberg: Downloading Financial Statement Data
Downloading Financial Data After you have logged into the terminal, start Excel from the start menu in Windows. You may need to move your mouse to the bottom of the screen or minimise some of the Bloomberg windows in order to see the start menu. [alert type=”error” title=”Caution!” animation_type=”0″ animation_speed=””] Make sure you do not […]
Bloomberg: Accessing Asset Data
Accessing Asset Data In this tutorial we will focus on Bloomberg functionality for: accessing asset data, plotting it and saving it to an Excel fi le. A basic function of the Bloomberg system is to display and analyse data such as current or historical asset prices. Assets include government bonds, commodities such as precious metals, or equities (stocks) […]
Bloomberg: Downloading Asset Data to Excel
Downloading Asset Data After exploring some different price histories, it’s time to save some data. Open Excel [accordion] [acc title=”BLOOMBERG MENU IN EXCEL” icon=”menu-1″] [separator top=”30″ style=”none”] If the Bloomberg application is full-screen, you can make it smaller (so you can access Excel and other programs) using this menu. You also use this menu to […]
