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Classification: Internal Training Material / Exclusive User Primer Subject: Navigating the "The Machine" (Bloomberg Terminal) Target Audience: New Hires, Analysts, and Finance Transplants.

While there are over 5,000 functions, 80% of daily work uses fewer than 50. Here are the elite few:

| Function | Command | What It Does (The Insider Take) | |----------|---------|--------------------------------| | Company Overview | DES <GO> | The digital passport of any company. Always your first stop. | | Relative Valuation | RV <GO> | Compares a company against its peers across 50+ metrics. | | Earnings Analysis | EE <GO> | Actual vs. estimated EPS, with whisper numbers. | | Price Discovery | ALLQ <GO> | The raw order book for bonds/equities—see bid/ask depth. | | Technical Analysis | RSI <GO> | Built-in momentum oscillators, moving averages, and MACD. | | News Impact | N <GO> | Real-time headlines ranked by relevance to your portfolio. | | Mergers & Acquisitions | MA <GO> | Global M&A deals, rumors, and regulatory filings. | | Insider Activity | INS <GO> | What CEOs and directors are buying/selling—legally. | | Flow of Funds | FLOW <GO> | Where the smart money is moving (institutional flows). |

Exclusive Pro Tip: Use GP <GO> for a graph of any security. Then type COMP to overlay competitors instantly. bloomberg terminal guide exclusive

| Formula | Purpose | |---------|---------| | =BDP("AAPL US Equity", "PX_LAST") | Real-time point data | | =BDH("AAPL US Equity", "PX_LAST", "1/1/2025", "4/1/2026") | Historical data | | =BDS("AAPL US Equity", "OPTION_CHAINS") | Bulk data sets |

Pro tip: Use =BQL (Bloomberg Query Language) to combine fundamentals, estimates, and pricing in one cell.

These are the tools used by the buy-side to find ideas, not just analyze them. While there are over 5,000 functions, 80% of

If you have uploaded a portfolio (via PORT), this is your live P&L dashboard. It updates in real-time.

Stocks and bonds are commodities. Data is ubiquitous. The exclusive feature of the Terminal is IB.

IB is the WhatsApp of Wall Street. It is encrypted, institutional, and—crucially—compliant. Every message is logged by your compliance department. You cannot delete an IB message. | Formula | Purpose | |---------|---------| | =BDP("AAPL

Why it matters: If you need to buy $2 billion of Japanese yen derivatives at 3:00 AM on a Sunday, you don't call a broker. You type IB <GO>, find the FX swap desk at Nomura, and type: "Bid 200mm USDJPY 3m fwd @ 105.20".

The Codewords (Exclusive Lingo):

If you see a trader's status set to "In a meeting" or "On the phone," do not ping them. If you see "Out to lunch" — they are lying. They are trading. Send the message anyway.

| Command | Function | |---------|----------| | BTMM | Bloomberg Trade Management (cross-asset execution) | | RV | Relative Value (bonds, swaps, credit) | | CN | Index dashboard with rebalance calendar | | WEI | World Equity Indicator (global market heatmap) | | ECST | Economic surprise indexes by country | | MAP | Visual heatmap of sectors/regions | | DRAG | Drag-and-drop chart comparison | | FLOW | Block trade flow analysis | | HDS | Holdings for any fund or ETF | | OWN | Institutional ownership changes | | SPLC | Supply chain mapping | | FA | Full fundamental analysis (better than DES) | | EE | Earnings estimate surprises | | RATIO | Pair trading backtester | | COURT | Legal and regulatory dockets | | INS | Insider transactions analysis | | SEAS | Seasonality charts | | RSK | Risk metrics (VaR, CVaR) | | CACS | Corporate actions calendar | | ALLQ | All quotes (Level 2 depth) |