1. MFE & The Business Library C.B. “Bud” Johnston Library Alie Visser, Business Librarian buslib@ivey.uwo.ca www.lib.uwo.ca/business/

2. What We’ll Discuss Library Services Available Library Databases Bloomberg Basics Bloomberg Essentials Setting Up Your Bloomberg Account

3. Library Services www.lib.uwo.ca/business/ Research Help Find Answers Quickly Business Chat & Text

4. Databases Over 60 business related databases Business Databases by Subject MFE Program Guide

5. Bloomberg Professional Equities, securities, companies Bonds, fixed income Indices, commodities, currencies Economic data Data sets What is it used for?

6. Bloomberg Keyboard Yellow = market sector Green = action Red = stop

8. Helpful Beginner Codes TK Ticker EQS Equity screener GRAB Send screen to email BU Bloomberg university – seminars, events, training

9. Equity & Security Codes DES Description - Profile, Ratios, Revenue, EPS, Industry FA Financial Analysis - Income statement, balance sheet ANR Analyst Recommendations BETA Historical betas COMP Comparative Total Returns CRPR Credit rating profile EE Earnings estimate MA Mergers and acquisitions HP Historical price GP Graph price RV Relative value WACC Weighted average cost of capital RELS Related Securities BIP Bloomberg Industry Intelligence

10. Bonds & Fixed Income Codes BNDX Bloomberg Bond Index Finder COMB Comparable Bonds CTB Canadian Treasury Bills DDIS Debt Distribution RATC Credit Rating Revision SRCH Fixed Income Search WB World Bond Markets WBF World Bond Futures WBIX World Bond Indices YA Yield Analysis

11. Index Codes BNDX Bloomberg Bond Index Finder COMB Comparable Bonds CTB Canadian Treasury Bills DDIS Debt Distribution RATC Credit Rating Revision SRCH Fixed Income Search WB World Bond Markets WBF World Bond Futures WBIX World Bond Indices YA Yield Analysis

12. FX & Currency Codes FRD - FX Forward Calculator FXIP - Forex Information Portal FXTF - FX Ticker Finder TKC - Exchange Rates WCR - World Currency Rates Commodity Codes CPFC - Commodity Price Forecasts FDM - Commodity Fundamentals GLCO - Global Commodity Prices

13. Economic Codes ECFC - Economic Forecasts ECO - Economic Calendar Releases ECOS - Economist Estimates ECST - World Economic Statistics FED - Federal Reserve GDP - Gross Domestic Product GDPP - Gross Domestic Product Per Capita

14. Bloomberg via Excel Extracting large data sets More than one security Import Bloomberg tickers, CUSIP, ISIN and retrieve data

15. Bloomberg via Excel Next, you will choose your Time Frame and Frequency

16. Bloomberg Essentials 4 Core Videos + 4 Exams At least 1 Market Sector Video + 1 Exam Must have 75% to be certified Time: 95-129 minutes

17. Bloomberg Logins Now let’s go to the library and set up your Bloomberg accounts!