FI 305Bloomberg Training Questions and Answers

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Equity Essentials NGO: Main news function and platform for real­time news from tens of thousands of sources 90Go to save default top news category White = last 15 minutes NSEGo – News Search ...  Basic search  Advanced search: filter by keywords, ticket lists, topics, people, etc. NI ERN: scrolling news monitor of news only on earnings RSE Go: Real time delivery of reports Source à Equity Index à custom date range à GO EQS GO: identify investment ideas with advanced analytical functionality  Build/Edit Screen  My Screens  Example Screens GP Go: shows historical prices and wide range of customization options HP Go: Historical Pricing à customize currency, date range, and period  Can continue graphical analysis in Graph Go FA Go: financial history  Key stats  Financial statements  Ratios EEO Go  Earnings and Estimates  Adjust reporting period, consensus type, and currency ANR Go: Analyst recommendations**  BARR: Bloomberg Absolute Return Risk Relative Value (RV Go): perform customized group analysis Equity Exam Which function will allow the user to chart the consensus analyst rating against the stock price? ANR <GO> While EQS allows you to screen for companies with revenue streams based on product segmentation, which tool on Bloomberg allows you to analyze competitors, side­by­side, based on these product breakdowns of revenue? PPC<GO> Which Function on Bloomberg displays all 4 of the following: (I) Shares Outstanding, (II) 1 Yr. Total Return, (III) company address, (IV) Company Description? DES <GO> Which of the following functions give you direct access to company filings for full transparency to the financial statements? CF<GO> and FA<GO> Which classification system is available within EQS<GO> as a criteria for your screen of equities? All of the above: BICS, SIC, GICS How does one pull up top news headlines only related to equities? N<GO> and click on stocks Which of the following functions allows you to view historic end of day pricing for a security? GP<GO> and HP<GO> Within the equity screening functionality, it is possible to create and use custom formulas as part of a screening search. True Bloomberg’s Consensus Rating system offers an convenient way for users to get a quick understanding of sell­side analyst expectations of a company’s future stock movement. If a company shows a consensus rating of 4.7 on the function {ANR}, what can this tell us about sell­side expectations of the stock? Very Bullish Which functions, of the following, give you the flexibility to compare a list of companies side­by –side, using a customizable list of rations, fundamentals, and pricing information? RV<GO> and EQS<GO> On what page can I create a custom template to display specific line items and rations for a fundamental­focused analysis of a company? FA<GO> What option on FA<GO> gives you the ability to view each of the financial statements as a percentage of a specific line item to enhance a fundamental analysis of a company? “Common Size” sub­tab under financial statement tab It is possible to access company specific sell­side research on the Bloomberg. True On which of the following functions are you able to set up alerts to notify of updates for the data provided? All of the above: EEO<GO>, EVTS<GO>, N, EQS<GO> On which function is it possible to export company earnings reports for a list of different securities into your Microsoft Outlook to ensure that you stay on top o earnings releases, shareholder meetings, and other significant corporate events? EVTS<GO> On what screen is it possible to generate a printable report detailing background information and basis financial data for a specific company? DES<GO> Fixed Income Essentials N BON: Bond news ECO: Economic calendar  Focus on releases à government options  Compare yield now to average  Spreads relative to different countries BYFC: overview of bond yield forecasts for multiple points on the curve, 3 month benchmark rates, and spreads. Can change countries  6 quarters worth of forecasts BTMM: treasury and money markets monitor CRVF: curve finder Security Finder SRCH: advanced search for corporate and government bonds DES: core information including issuer, type of issuer, sector, coupon, navigation, bond ratings, Exam BYFC contains forecast for 6 month libor: false On ECO what color indicates the releases occurring on the current day? White On DDIS, you can narrow the GROUP ot see debt form the parent company and al subsidiaries EXCLUUDING SPVs and SPEs? True What function can I use to find a company’s issuer rating? DES If we can load IBM7.5 CORP <YAS> which dropdown wil allow us to get view the pricing providers for this bond? ALLQ The homepage where all Bloomberg curves can be found is: CRVF [Show More]

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