No, you can only access the Bloomberg Professional service on one of the 11 terminals located in the Financial Research and Technology Center, LITC A02. Note also that you can only be logged into Bloomberg on one terminal at a time.
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Bloomberg Institute has recently released a comprehensive introduction to the financial markets, entitled Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC). This asynchronous course is self-paced and supplements videos and learning activities with assessment modules. This is one of two certification programs that are currently available from Bloomberg (the other focuses on Environmental, Social & Governance data).
The BMC course is broken into eight sections:
- Economic Indicators
- Currencies
- Fixed Income
- Equities
- Terminal Basics
- Commodities
- Equity Options
- Portfolio Management
Each section discusses key concepts and information about the topic, using over 70 Bloomberg Terminal functions, and short quizzes are interspersed with the videos and readings. The first four sections listed are called Core Concepts, and take 8 hours to complete. The remaining optional modules total 7 hours of instruction.
More information about the course can be found at https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/product/bloomberg-market-concepts/. Once you have completed the Core Concepts modules, you can receive a certificate of completion from Bloomberg.
The course costs $149 if you would like to complete it at home, but is free for Trinity students through the Bloomberg terminals in the FRTC. Just login and enter <BCER> GO and then select BMC to learn more about the course. If you are taking it for free through the terminals, you will need to complete it in the lab.
To get started, click on ‘Sign Up’ in the left navigation bar on the BCER screen. When you sign up, leave the entry blank when asked for a code to track classroom instruction. After you have created an account, then click on ‘Log In,’ and then ‘Log In with SSO’ to access the course. The course will automatically load in an external web browser that is linked to the terminal.
Want to Learn Bloomberg Professional!?
Workshop 1: Introduction to Bloomberg
Let’s get started with Bloomberg! Learn how to create a login, navigate the terminal either remotely or in-person, and understand basic commands for accessing news and market information. No prior experience in using Bloomberg Professional is needed. This virtual workshop will be recorded.
View recording. (Login with your Trinity credentials.)
Presentation – IntroductionToBloomberg_Final
Workshop 2: More with Bloomberg
Want to dive deeper into Bloomberg? This workshop will explore additional features of the Bloomberg terminal, including a more in-depth look at financial analysis and charts. You will also learn how to upload live Bloomberg financial data into an Excel spreadsheet. Prerequisite: Introduction to Bloomberg. This virtual workshop will be recorded.
View recording. (Login with your Trinity credentials).
Presentation – MoreWithBloomberg_Final
Any questions – contact Cheryl Cape at cheryl.cape@trincoll.edu.
Welcome to the Financial Research and Technology Center at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut! To use the Bloomberg terminal, you must first create a login name and password, and note that this username and password is not the same as your Trinity credentials. After you create a login, it is recommended you work through the Bloomberg For Education Getting Started manual to learn the basics of Bloomberg. Read More
Just getting started on using Bloomberg? Want some guidance on how to use the system? Then work through this recently-published guide from Bloomberg that describes the functionality of the keyboard and panels, and gets you started on analyzing securities.
Make Bloomberg work for you!
Apart from gaining a better understanding of the financial markets, Bloomberg can be used in a variety of different ways that can prove to be useful in your future careers.
Creating a Bloomberg email and adding it to your resume, getting real-time Bloomberg news alerts on your smartphone, and finding valuable contacts like your school alumni – are just one of the few ways in which you can use Bloomberg. The ways in which you could use Bloomberg to your advantage do not end here- see the attached pdf to read about why Bloomberg is one of the best resources to conduct research on your interviewers, analyze industries, prepare for interviews, attract future employees- and more!
Need to use the Bloomberg plugin in Excel, and don’t see the tab? [Note that these instructions are only for the PCs in the Bloomberg lab.] Read More