Besides on the job experience, anyone have tips on how to get proficient at bloomberg (particularly fixed income section)?

i did that certification test and it was useless. Would love to hear about anything in a 'crash course' format too if it exists

Is Thomson Reuters Eikon an Acceptable Substitute for Bloomberg?

Thoughts on this?

It seems like depending on which news source you're reading, the story is definitely tilted one way or another.

For example, the Daily Beast makes it seem like Michael Bloomberg was directly involved in this alleged scandal, and that he and his constituents were "spying" on Wall Street banks and The Fed.

From a very high-level perspective, it seems to me that the only information that was actually obtained by the Bloomberg reporters was typical log-in statistics, such as times logged on, times a certain function was used, how many help-desk requests were input, etc. I doubt these reporters had in-depth, specific information that could be used for illegal purposes.

How much say did you get in tools you use for your job? When do you actually get a say? Post-MBA? Later?

My firm puts all the analysts on the cheap stuff. How senior will I have to be to convince them otherwise?

Hi guys…long time reader, first time poster.

I’ll be heading to top 10 US B-School in the fall, coming from a role outside of financial services. I’m interested in finance and hope to transition into the field after graduation.

I know I’ll need to know my way around a Bloomberg on day one of a finance job. It’s a tool I’ve never used before. Do B-schools generally offer training on the tool? Do Bloomberg reps come on campus to give training?

Also, other than Bloomberg, are there any tools I’ll need to know before hitting the workforce (outside of the Office Suite?) Factset? CapIQ? Is training offered on those products?

How useful is this certification?

I wonder how would the name Dealogic sound on my resume in the future if I'm switching to larger firms such as MoodyAnalytics, S&P, Reuters, and Bloomberg. Thank you.

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never used it for deal research, besides some of the basic news areas, are there any databases/functions that you'd recommend?

thanks,

I'll be writing the BAT at my school this Friday, March 15th. I was wondering if anyone knew of any good preparatory resources that may be useful in reviewing/studying for the test. I would have preferred to have left myself more than 4 days but unfortunately, I was busy with other exams. Also, if anyone has other previous experience with the test, any tips would be greatly appreciated.

I can't post a link but if the BAT sounds interesting to you Google "Bloomberg Assessment Test" and click the first link for an explanation of what it is.

I have access to Bloomberg at school, but I haven't used it much. Is there a way to see a list of investment banks in certain cities via bloomberg?

Hey guys my school already has Bloomberg and is looking into getting Capital IQ. What is the main discrepancy between the two? Is it worth getting Capital IQ since we already have Bloomberg? Thanks in advance for your help?

So, I'm working on a report for my school's investment club and got most of my data from a Bloomberg terminal. After realizing I needed a few more numbers while already back in my dorm, I logged on to ThomsonOne. Many of the numbers are different between the two services for apples to apples comparisons such as EBITDA shown annually. Which data set should I use?

Does anyone know the email format for Bloomberg? Really need to connect with an alum but I cannot find his address anywhere..

It is no secret that the sales reps for different databases are cute girls in their 20s. Capital IQ, Bloomberg, and Factset all employ good looking girls to help sell their products to a bunch of overworked and sex deprived wall street nerds. Getting off the subway at 59th in the morning if I see a cute girl on the train I would say there is a 90% chance she's heading into the Bloomberg building. So I would like to open the floor for the debate of which company has the hottest girls. As a side note, what bars do these girls hang out at after work?

-CEEB

I currently do most of my reading on the free Bloomberg iphone app where there are tons of free articles updated daily and I was wondering is this enough for a sophomore in college to stay up to date with the markets? I was thinking of maybe doing a WSJ subscription and wanted to hear your guys' feedback on whether or not its worth the added cost. Would an WSJ subscription be worth the cost or is reading/watching bloomberg on a daily basis enough to stay up to date on the markets?

I'm bored at work so figured WSO.

Who would you prefer out of these fine ladies?

Kayla Tausche (CNBC)
Linzie Janis (Bloomberg)
Sara Eisen (Bloomberg)
Margaret Brennan (CBS)
Stephanie Ruhle (Bloomberg)
Kelly Bit (Bloomberg)

Tausche and Janis run away with it for me. Followed by Eisen. Ruhle intrigues me though.

Thoughts?

I'll keep this short. Currently I'm a sophomore in the process of trying to obtain an equity research internship. I'm getting a few serious looks, but I'm looking for ways to set myself apart. I'm apart of the investment group at my school which gives me access to a bloomberg terminal. Here's my questions: 1) Is it worth putting in extra time to become very familiar with bloomberg? 2) Are there any good guides that I could read to get me started? 3) Do you have any advice you'd like to pass along on your experiences with Bloomberg?

I appreciate the read, and any response.

One question guys,

I see lots of kids here mentioning their IT skills on their resumes.

Now I understand that some of them know bloomberg or capIQ basics, but it is impossible that every single kid here had an access to the Bloomberg or even capIQ (or mergermarket, etc.) or even used them properly and had a "real" training.

Most of them did some random internship positions, its not like im talking about BB summer analysts.

My question - are these skills ever checked during the interview, or they can all just list them and perhaps get an advantage by doing so?

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*I was personally never asked anything about bloomberg/capIQ during any of my interview, although I had them listed (and had a proper training for both)

I searched up some analysts (alumni) but their names don't show up on the Bloomberg terminal at my school. Are analysts usually in the database? or is it just the higher-ups?

Hey there, guys. New chimp monkeying around. Got my S7 and S66 this year. Was wondering about all these other side exams, not from FINRA. Such as those by the Bloomberg Institute. What's on that free exam and are they worth taking? Would employers even care about the results?

So if you found out your coworker was talking shit about you over Bloomberg to other employees in the company in other offices, what would you do? I printed the messages while I am considering what to do, if anything. For the record they're not saying that I'm doing a bad job, more along the lines of personal attacks about my looks and personality. I logged as them a few days ago, with their permission and there were all sorts of messages to coworkers in other offices about me.

1) Confront them privately
2) Confront them in front of your department (embarrass them)
3) Report to manager
4) Report to HR
5) Do Nothing
6) Something else?

My lease is up at the end of the month, and I need to get rid of my bed this weekend. Bought in Sept/Oct 2010 and moved away from NYC after a year and a half. Barely used (worked in banking, so averaged 4-5 hours per night of use).

Pick-up only in SoHo. Again, FREE bed. Just need to get rid of it, and don't want to throw it away. Extremely comfortable plush Simmons BeautyRest.

This is the link to the mattress on Sleepys (it's a different name from last year model when I bought it, but same bed. Standard box spring): http://www.sleepys.com/en/Simmons-Beautyrest-Josly...

Available for pickup Sunday, August 26 or Monday, August 27 before 1:00PM.

PM me if interested, and I will give you the details to come get it.