Bloomberg Vs Thomson Reuters
hi,
I posted this in the Asset Management forum will repost here also, Thank you!
Hello everyone,
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
I just needed the opinion of the buy side peeps (PMs and research analysts) regarding the Bloomberg platform vs the Thomson Reuters one.
I hear and read that the Bloomberg terminal offers more complex tools but could you please give some examples of the advantages the more expensive platform offers.
Thanks again
It does depend slightly on what your looking for, but Bloomberg is simply better in every way. If you can think of it, most likely you can do it on Bloomberg. If you do the same with Thomson Reuters, you will end up on the phone with support and they will say they can do it, but it will be a half-ass job (e.g. incomplete dataset, 6 different functions for the same number and one is needed for various companies). To put it in perspective on why is this is just an unfair comparison, Thomson is $300 a month, Bloomberg is $1500. It is like comparing Allen Edmonds to John Lobb Paris bespoke shoes.
My friend worked at UBS PWM and at the office he was at they only had Bloomberg Terminals, it depends on whether you can afford it or not.
This question was asked a few years ago and the best response (can't remember by who) was "Reuters is fugazi." Couldn't agree more, Bloomberg is pretty incredible.
I just can't imagine a financial firm not using bloomberg... I like the excel functionality the most, but the news filters are exceptional as well. So is the sports betting info ;)
Reuters suck big hairy balls. Datasets are incomplete, can't find what I'm looking for, going full retard on functions and terrible logic behind it all.
Bloomberg is porn for everyone with a business degree.
some people says that reuters is better but more expensive because they offer data/news separately for each area so if you need all it will be more expensive than bloomberg as bloomberg only charge one price for all.
but some says reuters a bit slow becuase it has more data. but not sure whether it's because of the connection problem for certain area.
Bloomberg Vs Thomson Reuters: opinion of the buy side peeps (PMs and research analysts) (Originally Posted: 11/15/2011)
Hello everyone,
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
I just needed the opinion of the buy side peeps (PMs and research analysts) regarding the Bloomberg platform vs the Thomson Reuters one.
I hear and read that the Bloomberg terminal offers more complex tools but could you please give some examples of the advantages the more expensive platform offers.
Thanks again
Thompson Baseline is much more intuitive than Bloomberg. User friendly and easy to navigate. I haven't been exposed to Thompson One which I believe is more geared towards portfolio analytics. Bloomberg is bar none however the best platform. Better depth of research, more sell side research access etc. Only con's are that the subscription is close to 25-30 k a month and most of the functions are command based so it is difficult to navigate for first time users.
lol??????
anyway, I like factset and bbg
Hello Bullbythehonrs,
I did hear the same , however what would specific reasearch tool or functionality do you enjoy @ bloomberg, if you can, please be precise. Is it possible to filter stocks with specific criterias (eqs)
thanks the help !
It's only ~1500/month... plus I believe large corporations get group discounts so it's even cheaper than that...
(Source: friend who works at Bloomberg)
Could you ask you friend to tell you what are the main functionalities that you dont have and miss at Thomson Reuters :) Thank you nytrader
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Bloomberg/Reuters (Originally Posted: 10/23/2006)
I've heard that it is possible to search a job database with Bloomberg software. I wasn't aware they had such a thing. Do they? And if so, what would be the search code for it?
Does Reuters has the same thing, again if so, how would i go about finding it?
Thx
For Bloomberg, type JOBS > GO
I take it Reuters does not offer this service?
Bloomberg and Reuter (Originally Posted: 04/25/2010)
Hi guys, I am tyring to improve my cv by including skills like using bloomberg and Reuter. Is there any ways i can learn it by myself ? Why do the bankers use both terminals ? what is the differences between them and its advantage over one another ?
If you are still in college/university, usually you have access to Reuters/Bloomberg via sth. like a Citrix-client. You should easily find out about that on your university's website. At my university, Reuters is made available via such a remote client.
my uni doesnt has bloomberg or resuters...
Make sure your CV doesn't have as many spelling mistakes as your thread and you should be in much better shape.
As for Bloomberg/Thomson I know some libraries have subscriptions to the latter service, and you can always try to find someone who has a login ID
i dun think it is possible for Bloomberg...you cant use it at home .
what is the adv of Bloomberg compared with Reuter and vice versa ?
IMO, Bloomberg is easier to use for about everything, except for FX, where Reuters still prevails.
If someone went out of their way to learn how to use Bloomberg before a summer internship, I'd think they were an overeager douche. Just sayin...
Absolutely not. I'm not saying you need to know ever short cut and cheat, but you should be able to work comfortable with it and do simple tasks.
The Admirals Club at LGA airport has a 4-screen Bloomberg Terminal. Baller.
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