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