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Getting Started with Bloomberg at Yale: Industries

Bloomberg Industry

Bloomberg Industries combines the insight from industry analysts with comprehensive data to provide users with a complete view of an industry and its key constituents. To access Bloomberg Industries enter BI <GO>.

Bloomberg Industries covers over 100 industries across the following Sectors: Communications; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Staples; Energy; Financials; Health Care; Industrials: Materials; Technology; & Utilities.

 

Each industry home page features individual modules - Analysis, Data Library, & Monitor - allowing users to locate more in-depth industry information. 

 

Analysis

BI analysis incorporates data as it becomes available and presents it with live links to charts, reports, and other tools.

Primer on Apparel Retailors

 

Data Library 

The Data Library features data-sets specific for each industry and includes macro and industry factors and company-level operating, financial, and valuation statistics.

Market Share for Specialty Apparel Stores

 

Monitor

The Monitor module provides real-time access to data and news specific to an industry.

News & Research for the Apparel Industry

 

Bloomberg Handouts & Cheatsheets

Download & Export

Two ways to export Bloomberg data into Excel 

  1. Use the Excel Plug-in. Open up Excel first, click on Bloomberg, then import data. A new screen will open where you can enter your data selections.
  2. Export from Bloomberg into Excel. This exporting capability is limited to certain data elements within Bloomberg. When available, this function will be listed under Options Please note: Not all data can be exported

Copying and pasting tables from Bloomberg to Excel

  1. Place cursor at the corner of table in Bloomberg.
  2. Click and drag the data you would like to copy.  Bloomberg will copy text/data automatically without Ctrl + C.
  3. In Excel, press Ctrl + V to paste the data.
  4. Click on Data menu from the top in the Excel screen and select "Text to Columns..."
  5. Select "Fixed width-general."

Screenshots

To save a screen go to Export, click on Grab Screen. Not all screens can be saved.  You can also type GRAB <GO>