Bloomberg Terminal Cheat Sheet

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