Success in today’s financial markets requires more than a subscription to the Wall Street Journal or MarketWatch. A very nice publication indeed, but where can you find the detailed data you need to research the best financials? The name of the game is Bloomberg, and more specifically, the Bloomberg Terminal.
If you’re interested in data, especially financial data, the Bloomberg Terminal is unrivaled in its comprehensiveness. Looking for last year’s company financial statements? Check. Would you like to compare it to this year? Please double check. Want a detailed industry-wide overview of that business? Triple check.
Thanks to special alumni support, Denison has nine of these incredibly complex (and expensive) data platforms. Eight are open to all Denison students for research, allowing students to build their knowledge and resume by earning the Bloomberg Market Concepts certification. (Ninth is used by Denison’s investment office.)
Students will learn how to access and manipulate real-time and historical data about financial markets (stock markets, bond markets, derivative markets such as options and futures markets). Examine each company’s financial statements (income statement, cash flow statement, balance sheet) and other regulatory indicators reported to regulators, such as Basel ratios (equity ratio, liquidity ratio, leverage ratio) can.
“Hands-on experience with the Bloomberg Terminal provides students with knowledge and insight into how the real economy works,” said John, assistant professor of economics and professor of financial economics. said Hyun Eun Park, lead teacher of the concentration.
