Bloomberg Training Questions and Answers

Bloomberg Training Questions and Answers Bloomberg Training Questions and Answers Equity Essentials NGO: Main news function and platform for real-time 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  Equity Index  custom date range  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 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? While EQS allows you to screen for companies with revenue streams based on product segmentation, which tool on Bloomberg allows you to analyze competitors, side-by-side, based on these product breakdowns of revenue? Which Function on Bloomberg displays all 4 of the following: (I) Shares Outstanding, (II) 1 Yr. Total Return, (III) company address, (IV) Company Description? Which of the following functions give you direct access to company filings for full transparency to the financial statements? Which classification system is available within EQS<GO>as a criteria for your screen of equities? How does one pull up top news headlines only related to equities? Which of the following functions allows you to view historic end of day pricing for a security? Within the equity screening functionality, it is possible to create and use custom formulas as part of a screening search. Bloomberg’s Consensus Rating system offers an convenient way for users to get a quick understanding of sell-side 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 sell-side expectations of the stock? Which functions, of the following, give you the flexibility to compare a list of companies side-by –side, using a customizable list of rations, fundamentals, and pricing information? On what page can I create a custom template to display specific line items and rations for a fundamental-focused analysis of a company? 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” sub-tab under financial statement tab It is possible to access company specific sell-side research on the Bloomberg. 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: 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? On what screen is it possible to generate a printable report detailing background information and basis financial data for a specific company? Fixed Income Essentials N BON: Bond news ECO: Economic calendar • Focus on releases  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 monthlibor: 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? If we can load IBM7.5 CORP <YAS> which dropdown wil allow us to get view the pricing providers for this bond? The homepage where all Bloomberg curves can be found is: Which function will allow you to graph the USD US Industrial A BVAL curve? What screen would you use to isolate the Debt Distribution of a given company? On BTMM, rates are not available for Kazakhstan? From the advanced search option on SRCH how can we specify a price level? Inventory and analytical data What was the yield for the 5 year point on the USD US Industrial A BVAL Curve form april 12, 2012? From SRCH how many results can be exported into excel? Which function will show you how to see relative value among credit default swap spreads? On BYFC projections are available up to 6 quarters Which of the following functions allows you to easily browse/search Bloomberg’s universe of securities and statistics? How can you see news that’s specific to the bond markets? Which company is notincluded in the Corporate Structure of Disney? For the US, which rate is not available on BTMM? FX Essentials FXIP – launches homebase for all fx rates Exam Where do we find forecasts for currencies? Cross rate forecasts for cross currency pairs are available in FXFC? Where can I compare the current market FX forwards vs. analyst forecasts? Where can I quickly rank currencies pairs by performance? How can one rank currencies by different criteria? When you pull up EUR <Curncy> ALLQ <GO>, on the ALLQ<GO> screen, what is the composite source “CMPN”? Only currency spot tickers can be found on FXFT<GO>? What is the Currency home page? An FX trader may want to monitor the FX market in real-time with a focus on technical analysis via: Bloomberg takes closing prices for currencies at: The rates on BFIX<GO> are a snapshot of the BGN price at 30 minute intervals throughout the day. The ability to rank currencies by purchasing power parity is available on WCRS<GO>: Where can one find forward rates on Bloomberg? All BGN (Bloomberg Generic) prices are available 24 hours. The numbers under the broken dates section on FRD<GO> are derived using a linear interpolation. The chart for the forward term structure of FX rates are accessible under: Option 21) What screen would show me a real-time monitor of spot rates including Open/High/Low/Close? Where can I find all the contributors pricing a currency? Where are all the currency identifiers on Bloomberg located? How can you set your currency price provider default? What screen(s) provide(s) all contract tickers and prices for a given future’s series in a table format? DOE crude oil inventory statistics are released on what day and time? What screen provides a menu for crude oil spot tickers as well as refined products and swap benchmarks? CCRV allows you to view a price curve over multiple historical periods on a single chart. The NRGZ screen allows you to create custom alerts for specific energy releases. Contango occurs when the spot price is more expensive than the outlying contract in a forward curve? The best way to find all of the tickers available throughout the Bloomberg system that track global crude oil production would be via FDM. Which screen provides all exchange traded futures contracts on Bloomberg? Futures contracts are non-standardized contracts to buy or sell a commodity at a future date? What screen provides details on the currency and unites in which a product is quoted? For example, where would you see that NYMEX Crude Oil is quoted in USD/bbl? What screen charts the ‘forward curve’ for a contract series? Backwardation is not considered the ‘normal’ yield curve. What is the real-time US energy release calendar on Bloomberg? Where do we find forecasts for commodities?