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Page numbers followed by f refer to chart and photo figures. % (percent symbol), 289 Access, ethical standards and, 114–115 $ (dollar sign), 241 Accounts receivable days, 177 - (minus sign), 277 Accuracy, 2, 3, 108–110 401(k), 214 Acquitted, 271 Action verbs, 61, 133 Abbreviations, 214–215 Active voice, 79 for central banks, 229 Adjectives, use of, 77 for company names, 235 Administration, 216 for currencies, 241 Admit, admitted, 271, 302 for dates, 243–244 Adoption, of legislation, 239 in headlines, 55, 57 Adverbs, use of, 77 for interbankCOPYRIGHTED rates, 266–267 Advertisers, MATERIAL influence of, 116–117 for rankings, 305 Advertorials, 117 for state names, 307 Adviser, 216 for titles, 312 Affect, 216 for U.S. Cabinet departments, Affordable Care Act, 284 315–316 African-American, 217 Above, 216 After-tax, 217 Academic degrees, 216 Age, of newsmakers, 217 Accents, 216 Agencies, government, 130, 219 323 bindex 323 9 June 2017 10:49 AM 324 Index AGGD function, 132 @business Twitter handle, 85, 86f, 87f Agreed, 217–218 ATM (automated teller machine), 220 Airline flights, numbers of, 283 Attributions: Allegations, 108–110 for anonymous sources, 23–26 Alleged, allegedly, 271 for Terminal data, 48 All-time, 298 transparency in, 112 Almost, 283–284, 298 Australia, 220 Al-Qaeda, 218 Author, 220 ALRT function, 20, 30, 211 Automated teller machine (ATM), Although, 226 220 American depositary receipts, 218 Automation, xii, 101–103 American English, use of, 80, 218–219 Average, 95, 220 American Indian, 219, 280 Avian influenza, 220 American Metal Market, 16 Awards, 124–125 American-style options, 287 Ampersand, 219, 236, 280 Background information, 17–18 Analyst recommendations (ANR) “Background,” interviews on, 23–24 function, 200 Backreaders, 81 And: Balance sheet, 159 clauses containing, 226 Bancorp, 220 use of ampersand vs., 219, 236, 280 Bangladesh, names in, 279 Anecdotes: Bank of America Corp., 65–66, 220 in economic coverage, 189 Bankrupt, 221 as leads, 63–64, 67 Bar charts, 93f, 94, 94f, 190f Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, 32–33 Bargain hunting, 221 Anonymous sources, 23–26 Basel, 221 ANR function, 200 Basic earnings per share, 221 Antitrust, 219 Basis points, 221 APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Bayerische Motoren Werke AG Cooperation), 219 (BMW), 223 Apple Inc., 34, 105, 106f, 131, BBLS function, 207 174, 269 BDVD function, 181-182 Arabian Gulf, 290 BDXY Index function, 205 Arbitrageur (arbitrager), 220 Bear market, 221–222 Arithmetic mean, see Mean Beat: Asian names, 279 demonstrating knowledge of, 85 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation learning a, 15–21 (APEC), 219 Beat reporting, 5 As much as, 317 Because vs. since, 304 Assertions, 77, 78 BEES function, 192, 206 Asset-backed securities, 142 Behavior, at events and interviews, Associated Press Stylebook, 213 123–124 Assumed debt, 276 Beige Book, 222 bindex 324 9 June 2017 10:49 AM Index 325 Believe, 222 Bloomberg Commodity Index, 150 Benchmark securities, 140 Bloomberg Digital, 7 Between, 222 Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index (BDXY BFW, see Bloomberg First Word Index function), 205 BGOV (Bloomberg Government), 9, 223 Bloomberg Editorial & Research, xi BI, see Bloomberg Intelligence automated news stories from, 101 BICO function, 48, 172 collaboration at, 9–14 BI function, 7, 48, 154, 208 employee conduct policies from, Big data, 243 120–122 Big Three, 222 external conflicts for, 118 BILL function, 206 independence of, 116 Billion, 277, 300 mandate at, 1 Bill of indictment (bill of information), 260 plagiarism policy at, 115 Bin Laden, Osama, 222 platforms of, 4–9 Bios, social media, 86 restrictions on investment activities BIO page, 47, 88 from, 119–120 Biotech, 310 standalone headlines at, 54–55 BIP function, 48, 172, 208 stories on Michael Bloomberg, 223 Bird flu, 220 success and reputation of, 107 Bitcoin(s), 222–223 Bloomberg First Word (BFW): Black, as racial description, 217 automated information for, 102 Black box, 223 and Bloomberg.com, 7 Blind trust accounts, 119 bond price reporting on, 139 Bloomberg, Michael, x, 5, 118, 223 breaking news on, 4, 31, 32, 34 Bloomberg Barclays indices, 142 collaboration of other platforms Bloomberg Billionaires Index (RICH and, 11 function), 46, 210 corrections for, 83 Bloomberg BNA, 9 earnings coverage in, 155 Bloomberg Briefs, 8, 11, 34, 35, 209 economic reporting in, 185 Bloomberg Businessweek: headlines for, 56–59 Bloomberg Way for, xi style guide specific to, 213 collaboration of other platforms and, terminal function for accessing, 209 13, 14f Bloomberg Government (BGOV), company coverage in, 153–154 9, 223 enterprise reporting by, 41–42 Bloomberg Intelligence (BI), 7–8 as platform, 6, 7 analysis by, 5, 33 terminal function for accessing, 13, and Bloomberg.com, 7 209 company profiles in, 172 Bloomberg.com, 7 identifying trends with data from, breaking news on, 33 151 collaboration of other platforms independence of, 116 and, 12 linked/touted content on, 35 headlines for, 59 in multiplatform approach, 34 bindex 325 9 June 2017 10:49 AM 326 Index Bloomberg Intelligence (BI), Bloomberg Pay Index (PAY), 47, 210 (continued) Bloomberg Prophets, 5 quotes from employees of, 223 Bloomberg Radio, 6 research on beat with, 16, 19 breaking news on, 32, 34 searching content produced by, 47–48 citing, 223 terminal function for sorting data in, collaboration of other platforms and, 208 11, 12 Bloomberg Intelligence company linked/touted content on, 35 primer (BICO function), 48, 172 reporters’ appearances on, 35–37 Bloomberg Intelligence Primers (BIP soundbites from, 135 function), 48, 208 Bloomberg Social Velocity Monitor Bloomberg law search (BBLS (BSV function), 89-90, 200 function), 207 Bloomberg Television, 6 Bloomberg LIVE, 9 Bloomberg Way for, xi Bloomberg LP: breaking news on, 32, 34 affiliation with, on social media, 86 citing, 223 and Bloomberg BNA, 9 collaboration of other platforms and, covering customers of, 3 11, 12, 13f covering stories about, 117–118 linked/touted content on, 35 financial conflicts for, 119 reporters’ appearances on, 35–37 independence of organizations soundbites from, 135 under, 116 Bloomberg Terminal, x, 4–6, 199–211. offers for employees of, 123 See also specific functions posting internal information from, 87 accessing style guide on, 213 Bloomberg magazines (MAG) adding value to market coverage for function, 13, 209 users of, 128 Bloomberg Markets, 6, 7, 13, 209 bond functions in, 203–205 Bloomberg media (MEDI) function, commodity functions in, 206 6, 209 context for breaking news from, 20 Bloomberg message system, 122 converting currencies with, 242 Bloomberg MSG9, 118 converting fractions to decimals in, Bloomberg New Energy Finance 245, 257 (BNEF), 5, 8, 151, 209, 223 converting units of measurement Bloomberg News (BN): with, 276, 277, 310 on Bloomberg.com, 7 currency functions in, 205 collaboration of other platforms economic and government functions and, 11 in, 206–207 corrections by, 83 economic information in, 188–189, first story on, 6 192 headlines for, 52–56 equity functions in, 200–202 importance of Bloomberg Way to, equity index functions in, ix–xi 202–203 searching content from, 46 headlines for Bloomberg.com vs., 59 bindex 326 9 June 2017 10:49 AM Index 327 non-asset class-specific functions in, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 199–200 System, 254 ratings information on, 225 Boilerplate, 75 research with, 39, 44–48, 129, 172 BOLL function, 105 search functions in, 207–208 Bollinger Bands, 104, 105 social media-related functions of, Bolsa, 224 88–89 Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), 224 stock market news on, 135 Bonds: subheadlines in, 54 contingent convertible, 233 tips for using, 210–211 convertible, 142 Bloomberg U.S. Startups Barometer, 179 government, 139–142, 167 Bloomberg View, 5 high-yield, 262 collaboration of other platforms international, 267–268 and, 12 junk, 138, 224, 225, 262 conflicts of interest for employees of, U.S. Treasury vs. corporate, 167, 168f 120 zero-coupon, 321 linked/touted content on, 35 Bonds and loans search (SRCH in multiplatform approach, 34 function), 143, 208 social media account for, 85 Bond auctions, 141 terminal function for accessing, Bond coupons, 224 210 Bondholders, 169, 225 Bloomberg Way: Bond market, 138–143 changes to, x–xi coverage of movement in, 128–131 principles of, 1–3 markets related to, 142–143 and success of Bloomberg News, Terminal information on, 203–205 ix–x terminology in, 138–139 transparency and independence as Bond-market indexes, 141–142 tenets of, x Bond price: The Bloomberg Way (Matt Winkler), ix in debt coverage, 173 BLRT function, 211 in earnings coverage, 159 Blue chips, 317 factors in, 167–169 BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG), reporting on, 138, 139 223 Bond ratings, 169, 224–225 BN, see Bloomberg News Bond yield forecasts (BYFC) function, BNA function, 209 203 BNEF, see Bloomberg New Energy Book value, 225 Finance Brackets, with direct quotations, 296 BNEF function, 8 Breaking news: Board(s): economic trends behind, 191–192 currency, 242 headlines for, 54 management, 224, 274 impact of, on markets, 127–128 supervisory, 224, 274, 308 reporting on, 4, 30–33 use of term, 224 Brent, 285 bindex 327 9 June 2017 10:49 AM 328 Index Brevity, writing with, 74–80 of interbank rate abbreviations, Brexit referendum, 193–194 266–267 BRIC, 225–226 of prepositions, 292 BRICS, 225–226 for references to Olympic Games, BRIEF function, 209 285–286 British thermal units (btu), 226 in social media posts, 84 Broadcast reporters, in bylines, 223 of web-related terms, 320 Brokerages, 236 Capital