Interactive Bloomberg Keyboard
To enhance your experience, Bloomberg provides a specialized keyboard. Use of the special keyboard provides colour-coded keys specially programmed to execute common actions.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What do the coloured keys on the keyboard represent?
A:
RED keys are stop keys: they abort a function or log off the system.
GREEN keys are your actions keys: the return or key, printing, page back, etc.
YELLOW keys are the function keys: they are the market sector keys.
Common Currencies Codes
ECTR – Interactive trade-flow map
FXCA – Currency conversion calculator
PEG – Table of currencies linked to other currencies
WIRA – World currency resources
GP – Price chart used to identify trends and market patterns
FXTF – Library of all worlds currencies
FXC – Matrix of currency exchange rates
WBG – Big Mac index identifying potentially overvalued or undervalued currencies
IFMO – World inflation monitor
WEI – World equity index monitor
FXFC – Displays foreign exchange rate forecasts
WGO – Gold resources of major countries
FXFM – FX rate forecast model which displays a bell curve of implied volatility
FRD – Displays FX forward rates for currency pairs
Common Fixed Income Codes
WCAP – Displays stock market capitalization’s of entire country stock markets around the world
SRCH – Encyclopedia of bonds
BUDG – Data and analytics on the US federal budget
YAS – Yields and spreads on government bonds
DEBT – Statistics of sovereign debt for select countries
STNI-FOMC – Side by side comparisons of official statements from the FOMC
CAST – Visualization of issuer capital structure
DDIS – Visualization of debt repayment schedules
GY – Historic yield chart for a selected bond
YA – Yield Analysis
YAS – Yield and spread analysis
WB – Monitors major sovereign bond yields and spreads
WCDM – Country debt monitor analyzing the financial condition of countries for debt investors
WIRP – Probability ascribed by the market to future interest rate decisions
RATD – Credit rating scales and definitions from various debt rating agencies
CSDR – Real time credit ratings for sovereign borrowers
CRPR – Displays current and histrical credit rankings by issuer from various rating agencies
SOUR – Monitor of global soverign credit default swap spreads
GC – Real time and historical yield curves
FXFC – Foreign exchange rate forecasts
IFMO – Inflation trading and data (rates, targets, forecasts)
ECFC – Economic forecasts
ILBE – Breakeven inflation rates derived from inflation protected securites
FOMC – Policy decisions, news and analysis of the Federal Open Market Committee
BYFC – Government bond yield estimates for various points in the future[/acc]
Common Equities Codes
EQS – An encyclopedia of all the equities listed on world stock markets
MEMB – Shows the constituents of an index along with key data points on each member
DES – Shows a tearsheet and factbook for a company
EM – Shows actuals and estimates for a chosen equity
WACC – Shows the weighted average cost of capital
GF – Enables the graphing of financial data for a company or index
IPO – Monitors equity offerings by stage, region, industry and other criteria
TRA – Shows index returns including reinvested dividends
CCB – Breaks down a company’s revenue along industry lines
SURP – Shows the impact of surprise announcements on a stock’s performance by comparing historical announcements for the stock against consensus estimates
CRP – Provides the current and historical risk premiums for individual countries and regions
WPE – Monitors key fundamental ratios, such as P/E, across major equity indicies
GIP – Shows price trends during one or several trading days
MRR – Shows the best and worst performers in a given index over a given period
ICS – Shows companies by industry including revenue estimates
EA – Provides an overview for earnings season performance for a specific industry
BETA – Applies a regression analysis to an equity against it’s benchmark to assess relative volatility
PEBD – Overlays a share price onto P/E ranges
WEI – World equity index monitor
FA – Provides historic financial statements and select future estimates for an equity or an index
SPLC – Quantifies the key suppliers, customers and competitors of a company
NI – Displays news stories on a specific topic
EV – Depicts the breakdown of a firm value into it’s component parts
RV – Provides a table of comparable valuation metrics for peer group companies
SECF – A search tool that enables the discovery of securities by certain criteria
EVTS – Displays a calendar of corporate happenings for a security or index
BI – Provides analysis and data on a series of tailored industry dashboards
EEG – Shows charts of the evolution of estimates over time
DVD – Shows historic dividend payments for a company
RVC – Generates a bubble chart of valuation measures for a set of peer group group companies
Development of the Bloomberg Keyboard
