Bloomberg must be used at the terminal; there is no remote access. You can recognize the terminal by its distinctive hardware: two monitors and a color-coded keyboard.
First Time Users
BLP - Personalize your "Bloomberg Launchpad" that launches upon login.
FFM - "Functions for the Market": Examples showing how Bloomberg functions can be applied to current market events.
GRAB - Email a screenshot of the current page.
LANG - Change the interface to any supported language.
LAST - Display the last few commands you ran.
LOGI - Log out.
NO - Toggle the news chyron/crawler on/off (to reduce visual clutter).
Help
BPS - "Bloomberg Resource Center": Locate "cheat sheets" and guides that help you learn more about the functionality of the terminal.
HELP - Access support documentation and contact customer support.
HDSK - Review your correspondence with Bloomberg's customer support.
Stay Informed
BBG - Access Bloomberg.com articles on the Bloomberg terminal's web browser.
BRC - Analyst reports / broker research.
BRIE - "Bloomberg Briefs": Daily newsletters on the following topics: Economics; Economics Europe; Economics Asia; Municipal Market; Oil Americas; Oil Europe; Oil Asia; Credit; Regulation; ETFs; Private Equity; Hedge Funds; Dine; QuickTake; Special Reports.
KI - "Key insights": Bloomberg's artificial intelligence flags the most interesting news and information about a company.
QUIC - "Quick Takes": One-page, authoritative guides to current news topics.
TOP - View Bloomberg's most popular news stories.
USER and USER ENHANCE - What's new on the terminal, including recent terminal enhancements.
Frequently Used at Stern
ANR - Analyst recommendations.
BETA - Calculate BETA.
BILL - US government legislation by industry.
CFAPRO - Maps the learning goals of the CFA ("Chartered Financial Analyst") test to 387 Bloomberg terminal functions.
EQS - Equity screener - Build lists of stocks that meet specific financial criteria.
ESG - Environmental, social, and governance data portal, used for finding sustainability information.
GC3D - "Graph Curve Surface": An impressive visualization that plots the term structure of a curve over time in a 3D chart, allowing you to observe its evolution.
GP - Plot security pricing and related market variables on a chart. Great for easily visualizing "key events".
LEAG - Create league tables.
PEOP - People search that includes functionality for finding NYU and Stern alumni.
PIB - "Public Information Books": Quickly gather publicly accessible documents, data, and Bloomberg reports on a specific company and download as a single PDF.
PORT - Create and track a portfolio.
SPLC - Supply chain analysis portal.
WACC - Weighted average cost of capital.
Just for Fun
DINE - Search restaurant reviews by city.
FLY - View worldwide flight information. See if your, or a client's, flight is on time.
MVP - "Most Viewed People" in Bloomberg's user directory.
QUIZ - A competitive news quiz that comes out weekly on Fridays.
RICH - "Bloomberg Billionaires Index": Monitors the world's highest net worth individuals.
