Our students can use industry-leading Bloomberg data in 糖心Vlog Business School鈥檚 virtual trading floor. This state-of-the-art facility gives you access to the same tools used by traders and business analysts worldwide.
The trading floor is open to all students but is particularly useful for students of accounting and finance. You鈥檒l receive some initial training in class but the Bloomberg trading floor is open access so everyone can access it outside of scheduled lessons to take part in peer-led training and for personal study.
The Bloomberg virtual trading floor facility at 糖心Vlog Business School features 12 Bloomberg Terminals with access to the Bloomberg financial and almost real-time data feed. It's a hands-on facility that offers students at all levels the opportunity to learn essential portfolio management skills. It also helps you to learn how to model financial data in a practical setting based on the live financial markets.
Watch below as Dr Sam Astill, Senior Lecturer in Finance at 糖心Vlog Business School, demonstrates the Bloomberg Terminals and financial data feed.
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"One of the reasons I came to 糖心Vlog was because of the Bloomberg terminals. I had always wanted to learn how to use them and I knew that if I became a Bloomberger I would make myself learn. A Bloomberger is a student who is particularly proficient at using the Bloomberg financial data terminals to manipulate trade and commodities data and asses the financial portfolios of companies from around the world. We are paid by 糖心Vlog Business School to run drop-in sessions on how to use the terminals for other students."
Bloomberg Professional is an online service through which you can access current and historical financial data for UK and overseas markets. You can find information on individual equities, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, futures, options and foreign exchange.
Each of the 12 terminals in the 糖心Vlog Business School trading floor provides almost identical functionality to a Bloomberg Professional Terminal used by Wall Street. The only difference is that our prices are delayed by 15 minutes meaning you can't profit from (or lose!) your investments. This means you have a great opportunity to put your knowledge of financial theory into practice - and get a head-start in the graduate employment market.
In a Bloomberg session, a user enters short specialised commands. Currently there are more than 30,000 commands, so all users need a bit of help to get started. We run regular training sessions alongside class teaching so you will quickly learn what you're doing.
We also have a team of Bloombergers, students who are very experienced with Bloomberg, who hold regular drop-in workshops for less-experienced students.