The Bloomberg Terminal is a dedicated computer terminal for accessing financial data electronically. It seamlessly integrates real-time and historical information on about 5 million bonds, equities, commodities, currencies and funds. It also comprises data on almost every publicly traded company and biographies of more than 1 million people.
Location:
Bloomberg Terminals are available in the Johnson Investment Lab in Lindner Hall 3210.
Hours:
Monday-Thursday 7am-10pm
Friday: 7am-5pm
Saturday: 8am-5pm
Sunday: Noon-5pm
Help Using the Terminal:
Please consult one of the following online guides:
Help From Bloomberg
If you are logged into Bloomberg as a "professor" (based on a user survey that is done when you register), you will have access to live chat. If you are using a logon where you identified as a "student", you will not get live change but an email form and questions will be answered in 24 hours.
Using the API Function:
Type BBXL [GO]
Learn more about advanced functionality such as writing formulae to download the data you want.
Use BMC Bloomberg Market Concepts for video tutorials on Economics, Currencies, Bonds and Equities by registering for the self paced video training on the Bloomberg terminal. Create your personal login for Bloomberg, then type BMC to go to the Market Concepts self paced video tutorial.
For further details on the BMC modules and how to access the program, see the 'Online Training' tab.
