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Corporate bond issuers go bankrupt more frequently than governments, as they do not have a tax base to fall back on in hard times : Why did the corporate spread significantly widen during the 2008 market crash? what does it mean when a company's corporate spread tightens? : the company's bonds are outperforming the benchmark yield what are the three main transmission mechanisms by which the yield curve affects the economy? : corporate impact, global impact, consumer impact What is th...

Which of the following qualities of economic indicators do investors prize the most? : timeliness of release Why is the release of GDP statistics less interesting to investors than the release of other economic indicators? : because GPD statistics are released well after other economic indicators Which of the following important US economic indicators is only available on a quarterly basis? : GDP Which economic indicator is most directly linked to unemployment? : nonfarm payrolls How...

Which Bloomberg Excel tool, wishing the Real-TIme/Historical wizard, would you select to download historical weekly close data on a rolling basis of a security : Historical End of Day What function allows you to create custom news pages for the topics, regions and markets that are important to you? : MYN <Go> Where can you find important contact information and support resources for Bloomberg in one place? : <Cancel> key While on a function like WEI <Go>, how can yo...

How accurately do GDP statistics portray the economy and why? : Inaccurately because the scope of GDP measurements can change Consider the formula GDP=C+I+G+(X-M). A country is undergoing a boom in consumption of domestic and foreign luxury goods. In one year, the dollar growth in imports is greater than the dollar growth in domestic consumption. Assuming nothing else has changed, what happened to GDP> : It went down Here is the most important economic data for Australia and Sweden....

Why do companies do IPOs? : IPOs incentivize entrepreneurs to innovate as IPOs provide a way for entrepreneurs to monetize their work. Why do company manager-owners smile when they ring the stock exchange bell at their IPO? : An IPO reveals the value of the manager-owners' stake. In 1999, James Glassman and Kevin Hassett published a book called "Dow 36,000". At the time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index was just under 12,000. Which of the following is a potential substitute ...

gross domestic product (GDP) : market value of all final goods and services produced within a country GDP = C + I + G + (X-M) C= personal consumption I = private investment G = government spending X = exports M = imports (C = 2/3 of US GDP) provides backdrop for investing bc is a measure of all economic activity "actual GDP growth has entirely lost its capacity to surprise... leading indicators... PMI garners disproportionate attention" 2 nominal GDP vs real GDP : nominal GDP...

DES : P/E Ratio, Market cap, revenue, earnings per share RV : compare valuation to specific companies within industry COMP : Stock performance comparison in graph; price change, total return; remember to change time frame WEI : Global stocks; you can change currencies, time period WB : Global bonds 2 WCRS : World Currencies CRR : Commodities ECO : Economic calendar ECST : Economic statistics around the world, choose by country EM : Earnings trends, growth history and foreca...

How accurately do GDP portray the economy and why? : Inaccurately because the scope of GDP measurements can change. Consider the formula GDP = C+I+G+(X-M). A country is undergoing a boom in consumption of domestic and foreign luxury goods. In one year, the dollar growth in imports is greater than the dollar growth in domestic consumption. Assuming nothing else has changed, what happened to GDP? : It went down what is the meaning of each letter in the GDP formula, C+I+G+(X-M). : C= Con...

Another term for bond market : Fixed income What was the worth of the global bond market at the end of 2016 : 101 Trillion What was the worth of the global stock market at the end of 2016 : 65 Trillion Amount of government bonds in existence at the end of 2016 : 2.1 million How much of the 101 trillion of bonds does the U.S. account for? : 14 trillion 2 Largest segment of world bond market : Sovereign debt market A shortfall of tax revenue from government spending : Budget deficit ...

MAIN : main menu PDFU : Set personal defaults BIO : manage your personal profile BLP : Bloomberg launchpad FAVE : bookmark your favorite functions 2 SECF : Security Finder DES : security description EIS : list of exchange products MAG : bloomberg markets magazine EASY : essential tips and shortcuts BREP : sales and installation representative