Bloomberg Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

How accurately do GDP statistics portray the economy and why? : Just because they are official and numerical does not mean they are accurate. The term "domestic" in GDP unambiguously links to a nation state. Why is economic data helpful in the investment process? : If an economy is doing well then certain companies will sell more of their product as household budgets also increase. What 5 data inputs matters most to investors? : Economic growth, inflation, unemployment, business confi...

How do companies usually list on the stock exchange? : Through Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) What makes the stock market more appealing than the bond market for some investors? : The opportunity to earn a huge return Based on the attached SPX GICS Sector table from the WEI function below, which sector contributed the largest daily decrease to the SPX Index at this time? : Information Technology Based on the MOV screenshot taken on 7/19/2023 which stock is contributing the most to the...

Why do traditional valuation models, like discounted cash flow, fail at capturing the full range of risks companies face today? Choose one. A. They do not consider compliance risk. B. They offer limited, deterministic and potentially misleading insights. C. They are outdated. D. They do not consider reputational risk. : B. They offer limited, deterministic and potentially misleading insights. Explanation : Traditional valuation models. like discounted cash flow, do not take into acc...

Corporate bond issuers go bankrupt more frequently than governments, as they do not have a tax base to fall back on in hard times : Why did the corporate spread significantly widen during the 2008 market crash? what does it mean when a company's corporate spread tightens? : the company's bonds are outperforming the benchmark yield what are the three main transmission mechanisms by which the yield curve affects the economy? : corporate impact, global impact, consumer impact What is th...

Which of the following qualities of economic indicators do investors prize the most? : timeliness of release Why is the release of GDP statistics less interesting to investors than the release of other economic indicators? : because GPD statistics are released well after other economic indicators Which of the following important US economic indicators is only available on a quarterly basis? : GDP Which economic indicator is most directly linked to unemployment? : nonfarm payrolls How...

Which Bloomberg Excel tool, wishing the Real-TIme/Historical wizard, would you select to download historical weekly close data on a rolling basis of a security : Historical End of Day What function allows you to create custom news pages for the topics, regions and markets that are important to you? : MYN <Go> Where can you find important contact information and support resources for Bloomberg in one place? : <Cancel> key While on a function like WEI <Go>, how can yo...

How accurately do GDP statistics portray the economy and why? : Inaccurately because the scope of GDP measurements can change Consider the formula GDP=C+I+G+(X-M). A country is undergoing a boom in consumption of domestic and foreign luxury goods. In one year, the dollar growth in imports is greater than the dollar growth in domestic consumption. Assuming nothing else has changed, what happened to GDP> : It went down Here is the most important economic data for Australia and Sweden....

Why do companies do IPOs? : IPOs incentivize entrepreneurs to innovate as IPOs provide a way for entrepreneurs to monetize their work. Why do company manager-owners smile when they ring the stock exchange bell at their IPO? : An IPO reveals the value of the manager-owners' stake. In 1999, James Glassman and Kevin Hassett published a book called "Dow 36,000". At the time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index was just under 12,000. Which of the following is a potential substitute ...

gross domestic product (GDP) : market value of all final goods and services produced within a country GDP = C + I + G + (X-M) C= personal consumption I = private investment G = government spending X = exports M = imports (C = 2/3 of US GDP) provides backdrop for investing bc is a measure of all economic activity "actual GDP growth has entirely lost its capacity to surprise... leading indicators... PMI garners disproportionate attention" 2 nominal GDP vs real GDP : nominal GDP...

DES : P/E Ratio, Market cap, revenue, earnings per share RV : compare valuation to specific companies within industry COMP : Stock performance comparison in graph; price change, total return; remember to change time frame WEI : Global stocks; you can change currencies, time period WB : Global bonds 2 WCRS : World Currencies CRR : Commodities ECO : Economic calendar ECST : Economic statistics around the world, choose by country EM : Earnings trends, growth history and foreca...