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Using Bloomberg

A quick guide to help you get started with Bloomberg Terminal

Library Workshops

Library regularly arranges Bloomberg workshops for our students and staff. Look out for our Library Workshop page or notification emails! 

You may also take a look at the workshop handouts from our previous offerings.

Faculty Librarian (Business)

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William Ho
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Tel: 2766-6893
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Subjects: Business

Bloomberg Video Tutorials

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Finding historical stock price, market index data, risk-free rate for CAPM [6:03]
Finding Historical Stock Price, Market Index Data, Risk-free Rate for CAPM [6:03]
  • Find and export historical stock price (0:52)
  • Find historical data of market index (2:49)
  • Use BETA function to find the beta of a listed company (3:29)
  • Find expected market return & risk-free rate (4:14)
  • Use Equity Risk Premium CAPM function to find the expected risk premium of a listed company along with the risk-free rate and the market risk premium in one go (5:20)
Finding Spot Rate, Forward Rate and Market Forecast of Currency [4:33]
Finding Spot Rate, Forward Rate and Market Forecast of Currency [4:33]
  • Find the ticker of the target currency (0:35)
  • Find the spot rate of a currency against major currencies (1:29)
  • Check how the spot rate in response to major events (2:27)
  • Find the forward rate of a currency (3:15)
  • Find currency forecast (3:39)
Finding Cost of Capital and Capital Structure [5:01]
Finding Cost of Capital and Capital Structure [5:01]
  • Find the cost of capital of a listed company (0:31)
  • Study the capital structure of a listed company (1:29)
  • Study the security ownership of a listed company (2:54)
  • Compare the debt-to-asset ratio of listed companies (3:30)
Finding Research Analysis by Bloomberg Intelligence Analysts [2:13]
Finding Research Analysis by Bloomberg Intelligence (BI) Analysts [2:13]
  • Access research articles in BI in a selected sector (0:25)
  • Access research articles by searching a topic in BI (1:35)
Basic Analysis of Risk and Return of a Bond [5:45]
Basic Analysis of Risk and Return of a Bond [5:45]
  • Overview of the bond market around the world (0:28)
  • Search for bonds on your specific criteria (0:51)
  • Historical analysis of a bond (3:07)
  • Analysis of potential return of a bond (4:14)

Finding Dividend Payment, Dividend Growth Rate, Cost of Capital for DDM [4:11]
Finding Dividend Payment, Dividend Growth Rate, Cost of Capital for Distributed Dividend Model [4:10]
  • Find the dividend payment of a listed company (0:35)
  • Find the dividend growth rate of a listed company (2:24)
  • Pre-built discounted dividend model in Bloomberg (3:07)
Collecting Mergers and Acquisitions Data [2:15]
Collecting Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Data [2:15]
  • Find macro M&A data (0:29)
  • Browse the M&A data (1:01)
  • Export the time series data to chart and to Excel (1:39)
Searching Companies based on Specific Criteria [4:31]
Searching Companies based on Specific Criteria [4:31]
  • Screen companies based on your specific criteria (0:34)
  • Create a customized report for screened companies (2:00)
  • Find financial information for private companies (3:19)
Finding Environmental, Social & Governance Analysis [3:16]
Finding Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Analysis [3:16]
  • Find the ESG information of a company (0:32)
  • Find a green bond issued by a company (1:34)
Collecting Economic Statistics [4:59]
Collecting Economic Statistics [4:59]
  • Search key macroeconomic variables, e.g. Hong Kong GDP (0:29)
  • Browse the economic data available by country (0:57)
  • Export the data series to chart and to Excel (1:45)
  • Find market forecasts of economic indicators (2:55)
  • Find forthcoming economic announcements (3:28)
  • Find federal fund rate decision in the US (4:00)
Subjects: Business
Tags: bloomberg