Introduction to Bloomberg Terminals
Bloomberg terminals provide access to an incredible wealth of financial data
and have the power to perform some very sophisticated analyses on that data.
One of the unique features of a Financial Mathematics MSc at King's is
that you have access to all of this in our Finance and Tranding Lab.
By learning
to use the Bloomberg Terminals you will: gain a "hands on" feel for how financial
markets operate; learn how to use real data in mathematical research and in the
development of
investment strategies; develop technology skills that are highly valued by employers.
The course covers
- Using Bloomberg Terminals to obtain and analyse financial and economic data sets.
- Creating and using Excel spreadsheets.
- Using Bloomberg data in applications such as pricing and risk management
Course Materials
After completing these lessons, I'd encourage you to use the terminals to
answer your own questions about the markets. For example, if you are doing
a course on derivatives prices you might want to see how the prices quoted
by Bloomberg for options compare with the theory you have learned in your course.
Work In Progress
I hope to extend this course with a few more lessons. The links below contain a few outline
materials that I've used in face-to-face versions of this course.
Support
- If you experience technnical problems with the computers in the Maths Trading Lab contact the Helpdesk on 88888.
- If you wish to use the Excel add in, you will need to reinstall it every time you login. Instructions on how to do this
are given here.
- The Keats page ``KBS Trading Room, Financial Platforms and Databases'' contains a lot
of useful information and links about the resources available in the King's Business School trading lab.
The maths trading lab contains a cut down version of the software available in the business school, focussing
on the Bloomberg terminals and the software needed to work with Bloomberg data.