Business Tutorial:
Bloomberg Equity <F8>: General
DERIVATIVES |
| Function |
Shortcut
<GO> |
Description |
Where can I find today's most
active options by volume? (MOSO)
How can I see the underlying securities of a
single stock future? (SFUT)
Where can I monitor equity index futures contracts
in North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, and the Pacific
Rim? (WEIF) |
MOSO |
Most active option |
| SFUT |
Equity Stock Futures |
| WEIF |
World Equity Index Futures |
DIVIDENDS
|
| Function |
Shortcut <GO> |
Description |
What German companies
have stock going ex-dividend in the next two weeks? (EX) |
EX |
Ex-date calendars,
Dividend calendar |
EARNINGS
ANALYSIS |
| Function |
Shortcut <GO> |
Description |
What
companies had their rating downgrade today? (BBSA)
What European companies reported higher or lower
earnings per share (EPS) today? (BBEA)
How can I trace quarterly earnings by industry
sector in the S&P 500? (SPXE)
|
BBEA |
Earnings analysis
by sector by country & index, profit warnings, positive
& negative surprises, etc. |
| BBSA |
Equity analysis survey ratings
by region, action (upgrade, downgrade) and by type (buy, sell,
hold) |
| WPE |
World price/earnings |
| ACDR |
Earnings announcement calendar
|
| SPXE |
S&P 500 earnings by sector
|
ECONOMICS
|
| Function |
Shortcut |
Description |
What
are the economic releases this week for the U.S. ? (ECO or
WECO)
What are the current world oil reserves? (STAT)
What is the GDP of China? (ECST)
How does the Germany 's purchasing power compare
with the United Kingdom 's? (OECD) |
WECO |
World economic calendar |
| ECST
|
World economic statistics |
| ESNP |
Economic statistics snapshot |
| ECMX |
Global economic matrix |
| EUST |
Eurostat |
| IMF |
International monetary fund |
| OECD |
OECD |
| AGRI |
Agriculture/livestock releases
|
| LECO |
Economic statistics by type |
| ECOR |
Complete us economic releases
|
| ECO |
Local economic releases |
| STAT |
Bloomberg global view |
| Where
can I find consumer confidence and cost of living in France
and Greece? |
<EQUITY>
<GO> Choice #8 |
Provides global data on Agriculture, CPI/PPI,
Consumer Attitudes, Cyclical Industry's, Housing/Construction,
Industrial Production, Labor, Manufacturing/Trade, Money Supply,
National Income, Sales, World Statistics. |
FUNDS
|
| Function |
Shortcut <GO> |
Description |
Which
hedge fund had the highest total return as of the last close
of trading? (HFND)
What are the top Islamic funds ranked by assets?
(FSRC)
What is the Pioneer Group's estimated asset
under management for the month of May 2005? (FUND) |
FPC |
Fund performance chart by country
and fund family |
| FSRC |
Fund search |
| FUND |
Funds & portfolios home (fund
flows by net money flow, assets, etc). |
| HFND
|
Hedge fund home page |
| EXTF |
Exchange traded funds |
INDICES |
| Function |
Shortcut <GO> |
Description |
|
Where can I find a major list of stock indices
for North & Latin America, Europe , Africa and the Pacific
Rim ? (MEM)
How can I find out what groups are within the
Russell 1000? (GMEN) |
IMEN |
List 500 major equity indices
traded on Bloomberg. |
| GMEN |
Indices by group |
| RMEN |
List 35 real estate indices of
the world. |
| MEM |
Equity Index and industry group
moves |
| LSIM |
Lists 119 local stock indices
of North America |
INDUSTRY
INFORMATION |
| Function |
Shortcut <GO> |
Description |
How
many mobile phone subscribers are in Japan vs. Taiwan ? (WMP)
What airlines had the most consumer complaints
in last month? (AIRS)
How does Molson's performance compare against
the market? (IBQ) |
AIRS |
U.S. Airline statistics |
| WMP |
Mobile phone subscribers |
| IBQ |
Industry analysis current market
monitors |
INITIAL
PUBLIC OFFERINGS
|
| Function |
Shortcut<GO> |
Description |
| What
new IPO's have been announced since June 1, 2005 ? (ECDR) |
ECDR |
New Issue Calendar, IPO's, ranking
by return, monthly summary, etc. |
INSIDER
TRADING |
| Function |
Shortcut<GO> |
Description |
What stocks saw
the most insider trading from direct officers in May 2005?
(INSD) |
INSD |
Insiders monitor |
MARKET
MONITORS |
| Function |
Shortcut <GO> |
Description |
Which
companies were suspended from trading? (HALT)
What company hit a new high and what company
hit a new low in trading. ( HILO )
What's happening in the world major equity markets?
(WEI)
|
ADRM |
Depository receipt monitor |
| EMI |
Equity market indicators |
| HALT |
Halts and suspensions by exchange
and date |
| HILO |
New highs/lows by exchange |
| IMOV |
Equity index movers by country
and exchange |
| LVI |
Largest volume increase by exchange
|
| MOSO |
Most active options by exchange
|
| MOST |
Most active up/down by exchange
|
| MOSV |
Most active/ by value by exchange
|
| WAD |
World advance/decline indices
|
| WEI |
World equity indices |
| WEIS |
World equity index rankings |
MARKET
RETURNS |
| Function |
Shortcut<GO> |
Description |
Within
the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong , which industry group had
the highest return?
What stocks were added or deleted from the S&P
500 in 2003? (ADD)
How does the P/E of the U.K. FTSE 100 Index
compare against the DAX Index in Germany ? (WPE) |
IRR |
Index ranked returns by industry,
group members, etc. To retrieve the report type RPT <GO>.
|
| LSIS |
Local Index ranked returns (i.e.
Philadelphia , San Diego , etc). |
| WPE |
World price earning (P/E) by country
and exchange. |
| ADD |
Historical index provides the
security additions and deletions to the S&P 500, S&P
Midcap 400 S&P Smallcap 600, and DAX, index, Nikkei 225
index and HDAX-DAX 100 Index. |
MERGERS
& ACQUISITIONS |
| Function |
Shortcut <GO> |
Description |
| What
financial advisor completed the most global merger & acquisitions
deals in 2004? (MA) |
MA |
Mergers and acquisitions |
MULTIPLE
SECURITY ANALYSIS |
Function |
Shortcut <GO> |
Description |
I
want to create a price graph with 4 separate securities, (i.e.
GE, PG, S&P 500 and S&P 1500. (HMS)
I want to run a regression analysis. (MRA)
I want to see if there is a positive or negative
correlation between Interest rates and securities. (CORR) |
HMS |
4-1 price graph |
| MRA |
Multiple regression analysis |
| CORR
|
Correlation Matrix
|
NEWS
|
|
Function
|
<Equity>
Shortcut<GO> |
Description |
What's
happening in the labor unions today? (CPNY or BBNI)
What companies released registration statements
or other SEC filings today? (BBNF)
What are the tops stories of today? TOP)
What's today's top news from Asia ? (BBNR) |
NN |
All Equity News |
| TNI |
Subject Search |
| NMST |
Most Active |
| BR |
Bloomberg Research |
| TOP |
Top Stories |
| BPO |
Page One |
| BBCO |
Columns |
| BBSR |
Special Reports |
| CPNY |
News by Topics then Company |
| BBNF |
SEC Filings |
| BBNI |
Industry News |
| BBSE |
Economic News |
| BBNG |
Government & International Organizations
News |
| BBNR |
Geographic News by Region |
| SUMM |
Press Summaries |
| CAL |
Calendars of Events, Economic Releases, Earnings
by Region and by Function (new equity or debt offerings, etc.) |
| NI |
News by Subject |
| NH |
News Headlines |
| ERR |
Corrections |
| TLA |
Real Estate Alerts and News of the Institutional
Real Estate Market. |
SECURITY
SCREENS & CUSTOM SEARCHES |
Function |
Shortcut <GO> |
Description |
How
can I find all stocks on the NYST with a BETA between .5 and
1.0? (QSRC)
I think the company I'm looking for has Hillcrest
as part of its name. How can I find the right company? (DSRC)
How can I see a list of direct marketing firms in the world,
as classified by Bloomberg Economic Sectors? (TKI)
Displays the largest weekly and monthly money inflows and
outflows for stock on various global exchanges? (MF)
How can I search for convertible securities
based on criteria that I specify? (CVMN)
How can I generate a list of options based
on a set of criteria I select? (OSCN) |
QSRC |
Custom Search |
| DSRC |
Keywords in the company's name.
|
| FSRC |
Fund search |
| CVMN |
Convertible search |
| OSCN |
Option scan |
| SRCM |
Equity search functions |
| LOAN |
Syndicated bank loan menu |
| TKI |
Ticker Symbol Lookup by Industry |
| MF |
Money Flow Recap |
| CVMN |
Convertible Search |
| OSCN |
Option Scan |
UNDERWRITER
LEAGUE TABLES & RANKINGS |
Function |
Shortcut <GO> |
Description |
|
How many U.S. syndicated loans did GE Capital
do last year? Who did the most? (LMX)
Who were the top 5 underwriters in 2004? (LEAG)
|
LEAG |
Bloomberg underwriter rankings
|
| LMX
|
Underwriter rankings matrix |
| UNDW
|
Underwriter tables |
| MF |
Money flow into stocks recap
positive and negative flows |
Farha Hasan (fhasan@bu.edu)
