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 .
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Business Summary
DES: Description
Company’s Background Information
HH: Hoover’s Handbook
Company’s Background Information
FA: Financial Analysis
Fiscal Year Revenues
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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
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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
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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
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Company Analysis
BETA
Beta Calculations
FA
Financial Analysis
DDM
Dividend Discount Model
WACC
Weighted Average Cost of Capital
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Research & Estimate
ANR
Analyst Recommendations
EE
Earnings Estimates
CN
All News/Research
SURP
Surprise Analysis
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Comparative Analysis
COMP
Comparative Total Returns
RV
Relative Value
PC
Peer Correlation
RVR
Relative Value Ranking
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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
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Security Surveillance
BQ
Bloomberg Quote
QR
Trade Recap
EVT
Event Calendar
LITI
Company Litigation Summary
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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
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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
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Ongoing Management
EVTS
Event Calendar
PDSP
Portfolio Display
NPH
Portfolio News and Research Headlines
PRT
Equity Portfolio Real Time Monitor
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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
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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
The Institute
February 29, 2016