Bloomberg Terminal

The Bloomberg Terminal is by far one of the best tools for both the average and the institutional investors, analysts, economists, or students interested in finance and investment. The system provides access to structured data in one place for various asset classes: stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities, and derivatives. The Terminal has more than 80 functions, which allows for in-depth fundamental analysis. While carrying out the qualitative fundamental analysis, the use of such features as BI, BICO, or BRC provides access to the insights and opinions of the most competent analysts expressed on global economies, sectors, industries, or even individual companies. The quantitative fundamental analysis pays off in functions such as FA and RV which provide access to all financial statements in one place and allow comparison of similar companies. In this way, the time cost of the person performing the analysis is minimized, but the quality of the analysis is not affected. In addition, the system facilitates and speeds up the generation and search of investment ideas. Such functions as EQS or SRCH allow you to filter out stocks or bonds based on criteria selected by the Terminal user.

Benefits of the Bloomberg Terminal:

• Real-time news from around the world. With access, a VU student can know faster than others what is going on in the world and see how it affects different markets.
• Economic statistics provide opportunities for the student to see the overall situation in the world and observe comparisons between different countries, forming a wide field of vision in developing critical thinking.
• The student has access to professional market forecasts, which not only places him/her at an informational advantage, but by being able to see more broadly, the student can learn from professionals and discover the links between world events and forecasts.
• After evaluating financial markets and global economic statistics, the student is able to critically assess the changing global situation, raise questions for generating research ideas and contribute to the progress by analysing and improving the current economic situation.
• A student can independently obtain a Bloomberg certification that proves his or her exceptional qualifications.

Agnė Kazlauskaitė

I am a 2nd-year student of Accounting and Auditing at Vilnius University. I haven’t heard of Bloomberg before and I found out about it only recently. At first glance, this software uses a lot of words, numbers, and graphics that are hard to understand, but as soon as one starts to learn how to work with it, everything becomes very interesting. Although English is not our first language, Bloomberg’s lessons are clear and easy to understand. As for me, I really like to go back on the platform in order to analyse the data of memorable events and compare them with the current ones. The information is being updated on a regular basis which allows you to follow events and better understand finances, and I also see Bloomberg’s platform name more and more often on news portals. I think this software must be absolutely necessary to be used aiming to understand the ordinary actions related to day-to-day financial activities. I am delighted with it and recommend it to others!

Evija Buraitė

The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration provides its students with excellent access to the international business and financial information system - Bloomberg. It is of primary importance for the motivated students to get involved in the rapidly changing world of economics and business, therefore it is the Bloomberg terminal that allows you to keep track of the latest knowledge about global companies, examine market fluctuations, and quickly and easily obtain data for student research or writing term papers. The goal of the University is to nurture the best-trained professionals thus everyone can be awarded a Bloomberg certificate after completing the Bloomberg Market Concepts course. The proof that the students are able to use the terminal opens up more opportunities and increases their chances of getting better job offers in the future.

Adam Verbickas

I am a 2nd -year student of Economics. I recently found out that Vilnius University provides an opportunity to get familiarized with and gain some experience working with Bloomberg Terminal software. This portal is widely used in international financial companies and global banks in carrying out financial analysis, economic research, investment management and trading in financial products.

Offered and fully funded by VU, Bloomberg Market Concepts is a 10-hour formal training course that will earn you a certificate demonstrating your basic understanding and ability to use the system.

Experience with Bloomberg products is highly valued by employers and is often a requirement for employment in financial companies or finance departments of large multinationals. Thus one of the main reasons why you should be interested in this software is that the knowledge and practice with Bloomberg Terminal will not only give you an academic advantage but will also help you stand out from other graduates of economics and finance.

The second important reason is that working with Bloomberg Terminal will allow for a practical application of your economic and financial knowledge. This will help you understand why certain FEBA modules are delivered in VU programmes and will fill in your knowledge gaps.

Once you are interested in working as a financial or economic analyst, investment banking, financial management, or trading, I strongly encourage you to take this training and gain valuable knowledge.

PROCEDURE FOR USE OF THE BLOOMBERG TERMINAL IN THE AUDITORIUM

1.  Pre-registration is required for access to the Bloomberg Lab.

2. To register, you need to fill in the short form available at the following link -https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar//bookings/ (only users who are logged in to their university Microsoft account have access).

3. Once you have opened the link, you will be asked to choose the day and time of your visit and you will be asked to provide some of your details (name, surname, email address and faculty).

4. Once you have registered, a confirmation will be sent to your email address with the code needed to open the key safe, where the laboratory access card is stored, which will allow you to enter the laboratory located at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Saulėtekio al. 9, Vilnius, 2nd floor, room 309.

5. When you arrive at the scheduled time, there will be a safe with a combination lock at the door of the laboratory, please use the code you received by email to get access card (keycard).

6. Use this keycard to gain access to the laboratory. Choose one of the available terminals, the necessary connections to the Bloobmerg environment can be found on the sticker on the monitor.

7. When you have finished, simply close the door and use the same code to put the card back in the safe or leave it to the other users remaining in the lab.

PROCEDURE FOR REMOTE USE OF THE BLOOMBERG TERMINAL

Before connecting to the terminal remotely, be sure to check if there are seminars or lectures going on in the lab at that moment. The laboratory schedule can be found at this link

1. To use the Bloomberg Terminal remotely, you must register in advance in order to gain access.
2. To do so, you must send the completed form to the following email address:

• Form:
• Name:
• Your email address:
• Faculty:
• Period of time you plan to use the terminal:

3. You will receive an email within two working days at the address you have provided with a link to register for the Splashtop remote access service.
4. Once you have registered, download and install the Splashtop application on your computer and log in to it, in the window that opens you will see a list of available terminals.

5. Connect to any available terminal.

6. In the next window, you will be asked to log in by entering your VU IS seven-digit eID and password.

7. Then in a short time you will be logged in to the terminal, on remote desktop you will find a file called "Login credentials", which contains the login credentials you will use to log in to the Bloomberg environment. If you do not see the Bloomberg application or the "Login credentials" file, try switching the monitor in the control panel above.