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Bloomberg Professional

This guide is designed to cover the basics of navigating through Bloomberg Professional, and retrieving financial news and information.

Equities & Indices

Function codes are shortcuts that provide specific information and functions for different instruments. The following tables provide some commonly used mnemonics.

 

BBG Ticker + Function Code + <GO>

DES – description WEI - world equity indices
ANR - analyst recommendations  GWGT - group weightings (index)
BETA - beta calculation MEMB - index weightings
BRC - analyst reports MOST - most active stocks (index)
CF - SEC filings (EDGAR) MRR - member returns (index)
CN - company news  
COMP - compares security's return with benchmark index  
EE - earning estimates  
EQRP - equity risk premium  
EQS - equity screening  
FA - financial analysis  
FLDS - field search  
HP - historical prices  
MA - merger and acquisition  
PPC - peer product comparison  
QRM - bid/ask quotes  
TRA - total return analysis  
WACC - weighted average cost of capital  

Economic Indicators

Function Code + <GO>

WBGR - World Bank Data
CRP - country risk premium
ECO - calendar of economic releases
WECO - world economic calendar and economic indicators
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