Bloomberg Terminal Experience

Hi fellow monkeys,
I am wondering how somebody can gain experience with Bloomberg terminal other than at work.
For instance, I am a student, and I have never done anything on Bloomberg,
How to get some experience, some insight, etc.
Thank you,

 

I am assuming that you have access to a bloomberg terminal at your school? Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe bloomberg has tutorials and instructional videos accessible through the terminals? Bloomberg university I think it's called.

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I am assuming that you have access to a bloomberg terminal at your school? Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe bloomberg has tutorials and instructional videos accessible through the terminals? Bloomberg university I think it's called.

That's correct. You type in BESS into the terminals which should take you to the essentials training. Completion is required for all members of my school's investment fund.

 
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BU is the function for Bloomberg University. If you complete the first round of videos and the Equity Essentials exam you can get the Bloomberg Equity Essentials Certification which is fairly helpful and worth the time.

Help desk is also a great tool. anything you are stuck on or would like to know they can help you out with pretty quickly and efficiently. If you google Bloomberg Functions it is pretty easy to find decent list of the basic functions you need for Equity Analysis.

I work as a TA for a masters class teaching Bloomberg to the international students and help desk has been a huge help when I am coming up with the lesson plans. I started today putting together an assignment on technical analysis and back testing certain screens, which I have never done on the terminal, but between google and their support it shouldn't be too bad.

"I must create a system or be enslaved by another man's." William Blake
 

Use the "BU" function and watch the training videos. Helps when first learning it. I learned it by spending countless hours researching stuff while at school. Only way to learn it is by spending time on it.

 

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