The Bloomberg Terminal is a service for financial professionals, from Bloomberg Finance L.P. News is updated throughout the day. Information on public companies includes many charts, to spot trends. It has real-time as well as historical financial information. Note: downloading is extremely limited.
You may make a reservation to use the Bloomberg Terminal in the Library (Ground Floor, of the Price Gilbert building)
There are also several Bloomberg "terminals" on campus, within Colleges and Departments:
Who can use Bloomberg:
At the terminal, you will need to set up a Bloomberg account. Instructions are noted on this page, and 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 from the University of Florida links to Bloomberg's 36-page Getting Started Guide and more.
Additional help sheets listed below explain the color-coded keys for types of searches, and also the 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.
