Basic Search Tips
Bloomberg information is organized by market sectors. Within which market sector are a series of menus that help you get to the information you are looking for.
When logged on, 2 windows open automatically, user can toggle between them by using Alt-Tab keys or Panel key (on number pad).
| Yellow Market Keys | ||
| F1 | HELP | Type keyword or phrase, HELP, then GO. |
| F2 | GOVERNMENT | Displays list of bonds that match a ticker symbol, coupon, and/or maturity. U.S. government bonds (such as T Bonds) and international. |
| F3 | CORPORATE | Find corporate debt, corporate bond prices & yields by company. |
| F4 | MORTGAGE | Information about pools and generics. |
| F5 | MONEY MARKETS | Includes programs which are records that contain the specific issue info. Money markets are for borrowing and lending money for three years or less. The securities in a money market can be U.S. government bonds, Treasury Bills and commerical paper from banks and companies. |
| F6 | MUNICIPALS | Information about bonds issued by municipalities in the United States. |
| F7 | PREFERRED | Covers both public and private securities offered by countries (mostly US and UK), including fixed rate issues, zero coupon issues, floating rate notes, variable rate issues, convertible and warranties. |
| F8 | EQUITY | Displays actual trades and information about US and global stocks (listed and OTC). U.S. equity data goes back to 1980. |
| F9 | COMMODITY | All exchange listed futures & options contracts of underlying financial & physical products such as gold, wheat, etc. |
| F10 | INDEX | All indicative and/or statistical data and market monitor function are grouped here under specific categories. Two main sections include: markets and leading economic indicators. |
| F11 | CURRENCY | Current markets/monitors for global currencies. |
| #6 on keypad | NEWS | Access to timely general and financial news stories. |
| Navigation Options | |
| MENU | Move back to a prior menu. |
| PAGE FORWARD PAGE BACK |
Navigate/scroll through pages of data, or when viewing charts, see the data/numbers used to create the chart |
| Prints the screen you are currently on, or type # then press print to print all available pages. | |
| Show Last 8 Steps |
Use this to bring up a listing of the last eight steps performed. |
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