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Bloomberg User Guide

This guide is designed to help you navigate the Bloomberg Terminals.

Bloomberg Keyboard

Red Keys = Stop Functions 

Green Keys = Action Functions

Yellow Keys = Different market sectors

Typically when using Bloomberg, your command might look something like this: 
TICKER <MARKET> FUNCTION CODE <GO>

Market Sectors Keys

GOVT/F2/Securities issued by national governments and securities by quasi-governmental agencies CORP/F3/Corporate bonds MTGE/F4/Mortgage market instruments M-MKT/F5/Money Market Securities MUNI/F6/U.S Municipal bonds PFD/F7/Preferred securities EQUITY/F8/Common stocks, American Depository Receipts (ADRs), mutual funds, rights, options, warrants COMDTY/F9/Commodities & associated futures and options INDEX/F10/Equity indices and economic indices CURNCY/F11/Foreign currencies PORT/F12/Portfolio & risk management

Source: Investopedia

Helpful Keys

Esc/cancel: The escape or cancel key allows you to exit the current function and cancels the current activity on the screen. F1/Help: click on the help button once to access a help page; click on it twice to access the Help Desk Search:Enables keyword search of the entire Bloomberg database F8/Equity: The yellow market sector keys enable you to: Load securities: Example - IBM - US <Equity><Go> or Access market sector menus: Example: <CORP><GO>. MENU: The menu key opens a menu of related functions. ENTER/GO: The <GO> or enter key executes the command typed in the command line.

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