Bloomberg Terminal Shortcuts
We illustrate our experience using the Bloomberg terminal in an equity-focused analysis. Our goal is to enable users inexperienced with the terminal to do a proper analysis. We identify the most significant challenges we face and provide a useful bloomberg cheat sheet.
Shortcut | Business Summary |
|---|---|
| DES: Description | Company’s Background Information |
| HH: Hoover’s Handbook | Company’s Background Information |
| FA: Financial Analysis | Fiscal Year Revenues |
Shortcut | Economic and Industry Trends |
|---|---|
| ECFC: Growth Rates | Real GDP Growth |
| ECOW: Economic Data Watch | Country Specific Macro Info |
| BI: Bloomberg Industries | Industry Trends |
| CN: All News | News Search on Specific Stock |
| NSE: News Search | News Search on Industry |
Shortcut | Valuation |
|---|---|
| DDM: Dividend Discount Model | Calculation of intrinsic value |
| DVD: Dividend/Split Summary | Historical Dividends/Splits |
| BI: Bloomberg Industries | Industry Trends |
| FA CF: Cash Flow Analysis | Estimate of Free Cash Flow |
| BETA: Beta Calculations | Estimate Adjusted Beta |
| WACC: Weighted Av. Cost of Capital | Obtain Risk-free Rate |
Shortcut | Company Overview |
|---|---|
| CF | Company Filings |
| HH | Hoover’s Handbook |
| CRPR | Credit Profile |
| MGHL | Management Holdings |
| DES | Description |
| OWN | Ownership Summary |
| DVD | Dividend/Split Summary |
| RSKC | Company Risk |
| GPTR | Insider Transactions |
Shortcut | Company Analysis |
|---|---|
| BETA | Beta Calculations |
| FA | Financial Analysis |
| DDM | Dividend Discount Model |
| WACC | Weighted Average Cost of Capital |
Shortcut | Research & Estimate |
|---|---|
| ANR | Analyst Recommendations |
| EE | Earnings Estimates |
| CN | All News/Research |
| SURP | Surprise Analysis |
Shortcut | Comparative Analysis |
|---|---|
| COMP | Comparative Total Returns |
| RV | Relative Value |
| PC | Peer Correlation |
| RVR | Relative Value Ranking |
Shortcut | Charting & Reporting |
|---|---|
| FG | Fundamentals Graph |
| HP | Price Table w/Avg Daily Volume |
| GIP | Intraday Price Graph |
| IGPO | Intraday Bar Graph |
| GP | Price Graph w/Volume |
| TECH | Technical Study Browser |
| GPO | Price Bar Graph w/ Moving Avg |
Shortcut | Security Surveillance |
|---|---|
| BQ | Bloomberg Quote |
| QR | Trade Recap |
| EVT | Event Calendar |
| LITI | Company Litigation Summary |
Shortcut | Economic Analysis Functions |
|---|---|
| ECFC | Economic Forecasts |
| ECST | World Economic Statistics |
| ECO | World Economic Calendar |
| FED | Federal Reserve Portal |
| ECOF | Economic Data Finder |
| FOMC | FOMC Activities |
| ECOW | Economic Data Watch |
Shortcut | Portfolio Construction |
|---|---|
| ALPM | Alpha Menu |
| PBEN | Portfolio Benchmarks |
| PLST | Portfolio List |
| PDIS | Portfolio Distribution |
| PRTU | Creating and Updating Portfolios |
| PTT | Portfolio Trade Ticket |
| PFST | Portfolio Update |
Shortcut | Ongoing Management |
|---|---|
| EVTS | Event Calendar |
| PDSP | Portfolio Display |
| NPH | Portfolio News and Research Headlines |
| PRT | Equity Portfolio Real Time Monitor |
Shortcut | Performance Reporting |
|---|---|
| PDVD | Portfolio Dividend/Split Report |
| PSD | Portfolio Slice and Dice |
| PREP | Portfolio Distribution Reports |
| PVAR | Portfolio Value at Risk |
| PRPT | Custom Report Writer |
| RPT | Retrieve and Monitor Reports |
Shortcut | Performance Evaluation |
|---|---|
| BBAC | Bloomberg Portfolio |
| HPA | Historical Portfolio Analysis |
| BBAT | Performance Attribution |
| LRSK | Liquidity Risk |
| BRSK | Bloomberg Market Risk Platform |
| RSKF | Portfolio Risk based on Factor |
| FSTA | Fund Style Analysis Model |
| HFA | Historical Fund Analysis |