Handy Bloomberg Tips

Hi all!

Current IB analyst, prospective L/S equities analyst, and Bloomberg noob here (we use FactSet and I only recently discovered we had BBG).

Getting a refresher from the horse’s mouth next week, but I don’t usually find these tutorials overly helpful.

In the interim, I would love to learn about some handy functions from you lot to help with both recruiting prep (eg fund info, help with developing pitches etc.) and the role itself.

Given my inexperience with the software, it will be better for all of us if you treat me like a golden retriever when responding.

Thanks in advance, - Oz

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QMGR - bid ask quotes 

PRTU - can make custom porfolios

ALRT - can set up custom alerts 

DSCO - document search 

FLDS - find fields for excel 

CRPR - rating history 

GRIB - screen grab for sharing in IB

IBSR - search IBs 

SRCH - can make customer screens 

NIM - new issue monitor 

CCB - industry classification 

FLAGS - codes for emojis in IB

BRC - if you have broker research enabled, pulls up research reports 

EQRV - equity comps

YAS - yields

JOBS - job postings 

 

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