What is Bloomberg and how do I access it?

Answer

11 Bloomberg terminals are available in the Trading Room on the Brookfield campus and there is 1, bookable terminal in the Information Hub of the library.  

Description 

A global financial markets database providing data, business news and analytics. 

Subject Coverage 

Bloomberg provides breaking news and data on:

  • company accounts and ratios 
  • management biographies 
  • analysts reports and recommendations 
  • company and financial news 
  • stock prices 
  • equity indices 
  • bonds 
  • treasury bills 
  • exchange rates
  • commodities 

Geographical Coverage 

International 

How often updated 

Near real-time price updates (15-minute delay) 

Language 

English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish... 

Searching Bloomberg 

Use the predictive text function to search. Simply start typing in the command line of a screen to bring up a list of relevant datasets and functions. 

This quick guide, created by the DWL, may also help you.

  • Last Updated Jun 11, 2025
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  • Answered By Heena Karavadra

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