The Library's terminal is available to use (and to reserve). It is near the Info. Desk, Ground Floor, of the Price Gilbert building.
Reserve it at:
https://gatech.libcal.com/reserve/bloomberg
There are also several Bloomberg "terminals" on campus, within Colleges and Departments (yet - labs may not yet be re-opened). We have confirmed that there are:
2 terminals outside of classroom 200 in the Scheller College of Business. We do not know when access to the building is limited to Scheller-affiliated people.
Other campus terminals are restricted to the students and faculty with access to those buildings/labs
Scheller: Grad Commons and on the Trading Floor.
At the CODA building, the QCF lab.
Who can use Bloomberg:
current Georgia Tech faculty, staff, and students
for academic purposes -- Library's eResource policies
At the terminal, you will need to set up a Bloomberg account. Instructions - linked below - also in the notebook kept at the table for the terminal. A validation code is required; you will need your cellphone with you (a text message with the code will be sent within 1 minute)
The guide listed below links to Bloomberg training materials, explains the color-coded keys, and has an excellent "getting started" keyboard navigation chart.
Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC) - self-paced, certificate at completion - has 4 required modules, each about 1 hour - Economic Indicators ; Currencies ; Fixed Income ; Equities. There are also 4 additional optional modules: Terminal Basics ; Commodities ; Equity Options ; Portfolio Management
after logging in: BMC <GO> -- create separate account for BMC . Please use headphones.
Bloomberg is offering 30-45-minute webinars, fall 2022.
| Date | Topic | Sign Up |
| 01/Nov/22
11am NYC
3pm LON
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Commodities How Corporations hedge and lock in future prices for the world's resources. 30m |
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| 02/Nov/22
11am NYC
3pm LON
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Equities How to Analyze the Key Macro Data Driving Markets 45m |
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| 08/Nov/22
11am NYC
4pm LON
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Economics How are Financial Decision Makers looking at Inflation? 30m |
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| 10/Nov/22
11am NYC
4pm LON
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Bonds How can we find and invest in profitable bonds on the Terminal? 45m |
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| 15/Nov/22
11am NYC
4pm LON
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Equities Earnings across the Market; which sectors are performing best? 30m |
SIGN UP |
| 16/Nov/22
11am NYC
4pm LON
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Behavioral Finance Do energy, metal and agricultural markets always move rationally? 45m |
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| 22/Nov/22
11am NYC
4pm LON
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Environmental & Social Governance What metrics ensure you are investing Sustainably? 30m |
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| 23/Nov/22
11am NYC
4pm LON
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Charts 10 Critical Charts to Understand the Markets 45m |
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| 29/Nov/22
11am NYC
4pm LON
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Equities How Investors use Style Factors to Position Their Portfolios 45m |
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| 30/Nov/22
11am NYC
4pm LON
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Commodities When Energy Prices Heat Up... 45m |
SIGN UP |
| 06/Dec/22
11am NYC
4pm LON
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Recruitment Working At Bloomberg with Phoebe Aaron A Special Feature for those who are interested in what we do, and how we do it. |
Bloomberg was founded in 1981 as Innovative Market Systems. In 1985, it became Bloomberg Business News. Per the company's website, Bloomberg "delivers data, news, and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately, to individuals and across enterprises". It also "provides real-time and historical pricing, indicative data, reporting, research, estimates, analytics, portfolio management tools". Current company name is Bloomberg L.P. Source: Journal of Business Strategy, Sept./Oct. 1995 (p.28); Hoover's Company Profiles.
