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Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC)
The Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC) course consists of four modules that cover the essentials of the financial market and integrate more than 70 Bloomberg Terminal functions. Each BMC module is ahour, self-paced e-learning course that provides an interactive introduction to the financial markets. The course should take 6-8 hours to complete.
1. Economics
- Primacy of GDP
- Monitoring GDP
- Forecasting GDP
2. Currencies
- Currency Market Mechanics
- Currency Valuation
- Central Banks and Currencies
- Currency Risks
3. Fixed Income
- The Roots of the Bond Market
- Bond Valuation Drivers
- Central Bankers and Interest Rates
- The Yield Curve and Why it Matters
- Movements in the Yield Curve
4. Equities
- Introducing the Stock Market
- The Nature of Equities
- Equity Research
- Absolute Valuation
- Relative Valuation
At the end of the course you will receive a certificate of completion.
To access Bloomberg Market Concepts, enter BMC at any Bloomberg terminal.
Bloombeg Essentials: BESS Training
Bloomberg offers users an online training program known as Bloomberg Essentials (BESS) to help users get comfortable with the terminal. A certificate is offered for users who the four core modules and exams as well as one market sector module and exam. Expect each module to take roughly one hour. Users who score of 75% or greater on 5 or more of the 8 (4 Core + 1 or more of the market sector modules) will receive a Bloomberg Acknowledgement of Completion.
Get started: Type BESS<GO>
Next, Review the Modules
Bloomberg Core
- Getting Started
- Bloomberg News
- Market Monitors and Launchpad
- API – Bloomberg Data in Excel
Bloomberg Market Sector
- Equity Essentials
- Fixed Income Essentials
- FX Essentials
- Commodities Essentials
Exams
- After completing the four Bloomberg Core Pages, users will need to take an exam. Users will also need to take an exam after completing one of the Bloomberg Market Sector Pages (Equity Essentials, Fixed Income Essentials, FX Essentials or Commodity Essentials). You will need to pass each exam with a 75% passing grade in order to receive the Acknowledgement of Completion. You may complete each of the Market Sector programs and take an exam for each program to receive an Acknowledgment of Completion for each Market Sector.
- In order to access the exams, click on the exam that corresponds with the Market Sector. Completing the training pages automatically enables you to take the corresponding exam.
- Your exam grade will immediately appear upon completion of the exam. You may retake each exam one time.
Acknowledgement of Completion
- To request the Acknowledgment of Completion, click on the link shown on the screen to bring up the BESS Training Acknowledgment window.
- Enter the email addresses that you would like the acknowledgment email to be sent to by clicking on Add.
- On the toolbar, click the Submit button.
- You will receive an email message acknowledging your completion of the exams.