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Bloomberg Equity <F8>: Security Specific

Finding a Security

Intraday Technical's/Graphs

Options-Warrants-Convertibles

Fundamental & Earnings Analysis

Today's Quotes & Trade Recap

Historical Prices

News-Research

Relative Performance - Total Return

Company Information - Description

Historical Technical's/Graphs

Holders/Insiders

Risk-Volatility

 

Finding a Securities Identifier/Ticker

To retrieve the information listed below for your security you must have the security identifier.  For equities the ticker is the most common identifier.   

1. To find the identifier/ticker choose the market sector <F8 Equity>

2. Type in the shortcut TK <GO>

3. Enter your securities name and choose the ticker matching your security.

Finding information for your Security or Company once you have the Ticker

Type in your ticker, hit the <F8 Equity> market key then the green <GO> key
For example:  IBM <F8 Equity> <GO>

Once within a security's universe use the shortcuts listed below to obtain data on your security
For example: DES <GO>


Or go directly to the information you are looking for like Corporate Actions
For example:  IBM <F8 Equity> CACS <GO>


 

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TODAY'S MARKET - QUOTES & RECAPS

Function

Shortcut <GO>

Description


How did my company's stock perform yesterday?  Where can I get a summary of its performance in the past 2 days? (BQ)

BQ



Equity Summary/Bloomberg Quote Screen

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COMPANY INFORMATION DESCRIPTIONS

Function

Shortcut <GO>

Description

Where can I see a comprehensive overview of my company? (DES)

In which index is my stock in and what weight of the index does my company make up? (WGT)

What dividends has my company paid out this year if any? (DVD)

Has my company acquired any companies this year? (CACS)

What credit rating has S&P, Moody's, Fitch and Duff & Phelps assigned to my company? (CRPR)

Does my company hold and energy assets (NRGA)

What equities are related to my company, especially wholly-owned subsidiaries? (REQ)

DES

Company Tearsheet (10 pages)

MGMT

Company Management Profiles

DVD

Dividend Summary

CACS

Corporate Actions Calendar

DRP

Dividend Reinvestment

WGT

Equity Weightings

CRPR

Credit Profile

ISSD

Issuer Information

DDIS

Debt Distribution

DLIS

Syndicated Bank Loan Distribution

PHDC or HDS

Custom Holdings Search

NRGA

Energy Assets

REQ

Related Equities

RELS

Related Securities

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INTRADAY TECHNICALS/GRAPHS

Function

Shortcut <GO>

Description

What were the money flows in and out of my security today? (MFR or GIM)

How can I graph the intra-day relative strength index for my security? (IRSI)

How can I get a graph of my securities intra-day price trends? (GIP)

GIP

Intraday Price Graph

IDMI

Intraday Directional Movement Indicator

IGPF

Intraday PX Fibonacci Graph

GIM

Intraday Money Flow Graph

MFRB

Intraday Money Flow Table

IRSI

Intraday Relative Strength Index

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HISTORICAL PRICES

Function

Shortcut <GO>

Description

How can I graph my company's stock price for the past 5 years on a monthly basis? (GP)

Where can I get the stock prices for my company for the past 6 months on a daily basis? (HP)

GP

PX Graph w/Volume

HP

Px Table w/Avg Daily Volume

GPA

Graph Price Average

HCP

Historical % Change

HCPI

Historical % Movers

HPTC

Historical Price Traded Currency

HRH

Historical Return Histogram

SI

Short Interest

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HISTORICAL TECHNICALS/GRAPHS

Function

Shortcut <GO>

Description

How can I graph my company's stock price and include moving averages? (GPO)

How can I back test and calculate profit/loss (P/L) based on studies based on the following technical indicators: Bollinger Bands, Commodity Channel Index, Directional Movement Indicator, Moving Average Converge/Diverge, Relative Strength Index, Stochastic's, Williams %R, Parabolic Time/Price System and Buy/Hold strategies? (BSTS)

 

How can I graph the Hurst Exponent for my security? (KAOS)

How can I display the McClellan Oscillator along with a historic price graph for my security? (MCCL)

GPO

PX & Volume Graph W/Mov Avg

GPCT

Percent PX Graph

PFP

Point and Figure Graph

GPMA

Price Graph Moving Average

BTST

Back Testing

CNDL

Candlestick Patterns

DMI

Directional Movement Indicator

GPF

PX Fibonacci Graph

GOC

General Overview Chart

KAOS

Hurst Exponent

GM

Money Flow Analysis

PTPS

Parabolic Systems

GPCA

Corporate Action Price Graph

BOLL

Bollinger Bands

CHKO

Chaikin Oscillator

CMCI

Commodity Channel Index

MCCL

McClellan Oscillator

MACD

Mov Avg Converge/Diverge

MAE

Moving Average Envelopes

OBV

On-Balance Volume Indicator

PIVG

Pivot Graph

GP3

PX Oscillator

ROC

Rate of Change

RSI

Relative Strength Index

TAS

Stochastic Bar Graph

TASC

Stochastic Candle Graph

WLPR

Williams %R

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OPTIONS WARRANTS & CONVERTIBLES

Function

Shortcut <GO>

Description

Where can I find a list of options for my equity security? (OTD)

 

Where can I see a summary of my security's calls? (CALL)

Where can I see a summary of my security's puts? (PUT)

OCM

Options Custom Monitor

OMON

Option Monitor

GMON

Option Monitor with Graph

OMST

Most Active Options

OTD

Option Description

OCME

Euro Option Custom Monitor

OPDF

Option Set-Up Screen

WRNT

Warrant Valuation

WCM

Warrant Custom Monitor

CVM

Convertible Information Table

CVMN

Convertible Search

OV

Option/Warrant Valuation

OVX

Exotic Option Valuation

OHT

Option Horizon Analysis

OVM

Option/Warrant Matrix

CWS

Covered Call Write Scan

PWS

Covered Put Write Scan

CALL

Call Options

PUT

Put Options

COAT

Call Analysis Table

POAT

Put Analysis Table

EOPT

Executive Option Analysis

OSA

Option/Wrnt Scenario Analysis

ZCCR
Zero Cost Dollar Valuation

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NEWS/ RESEARCH / CHAT

Function

Shortcut <GO>

Description

Where can I find the latest news about my company? (CN)

What Wall Street Analyst cover my company and how are they rating my company (i.e. buy/outperform, hold/neutral, sell/underperform)? (ANR)

What earnings estimates are available for my security? (EE)

(I/B/E/S, Nelson's, Zacks)

CN

All News/Research

TCNI

Subject Specific Company News

GPCA

Corporate Action Price Graph

BRC

Research by Company

ANR

Analysts Recommendations

EE
Earnings Estimates

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HOLDERS - INSIDERS

Function

Shortcut <GO>

Description

Where can I find institutional and insider stockholders of my company by size of holding, alphabetically and insiders only? (PHDC or HDS)

 

PHDC or HDS

Holdings Search

GPTR

Insider Transactions Graph

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FUNDAMENTALS & EARNINGS ANALYSIS

Function

Shortcut <GO>

Description

Where can I find a listing of financial analysis data available for my security (i.e. ratios, debt structure, enterprise value)? (FA)

How can I get a summary of my securities dividends/splits? (DVD)

Where can I find historical and estimated earnings per share data for my security? (ERN)

What is the weighted average cost of capital for my security? (WACC)

What is the equity risk premium for my security? (EQRP)

How can I find my security's dividend discount model? (DDM)

FA

Financial Analysis

CH1

Financial Summary

CH2

Income Statement

CH3

Balance Sheet

CH4

Fundamental Graph

CH6

Cash Flow Statement

CH7

Energy Industry Data

DVD

Dividend Summary

DFC

Dividend Franking Calculator

CF

Company Filings

RV

Relative Value

EE

Earnings Estimates

ERN

Earnings Summary

GE

P/E Graph Valuation

HE

P/E Table

SURP

Surprise Analysis

EEG

Estimates Graph

EM

Estimates Matrix

DDM

Dividend Discount Model

AZS

Altman's Z-Score Model

WACC

Weighted Average Cost of Capital

EQRP

Equity Risk Premium

CRP

Country Risk Premium Table

RIV

Residual Income Valuation

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RELATIVE PERFORMANCE/TOTAL RETURN

Function

Shortcut <GO>

Description

How can I graph my security's performance against my benchmark index and or an industry group or two other securities? (COMP)

How can I do a peer group analysis of my security versus its industry? (RV/RVP)

COMP

Comparative Total Returns

RG

Relative Graphs

TRA

Total Return Analysis

POD

ADR Premium/Discount graph

SI

U.S. Short Interests

NAV

Premium/Discount Graph

RV

Relative Value

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RISK VOLATILITY ANALYSIS

Function

Shortcut

Description

What is my company's beta? (BETA see also Pardee 's Beta Tutorial)

How can I calculate the number of futures contracts needed to hedge my equity security from a calculated beta?(HEDG)

How can I graph historical data for a selected futures contract and or equity? (FHG)

How can I graph historical implied volatility and prices/yields for a security? (HIVG)

How can I graph a historical price volatility graph for my security? (HVG/HVT)

BETA

Beta calculation

HEDG

Equity Hedge Screen

HVT

Historical Volatility

HVG

Volatility Graph

HIVG

Historical Implied Graph

SKEW

Volatility Skew Graph

TRMS

Term Structure

FHG

Futures History Graph

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