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08a Bloombergformulas
08a Bloombergformulas
08a Bloombergformulas
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When we know the Ticker symbol of an asset we can use Bloomberg formulas to download data directly to Excel
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Type =BDP(Ticker,Datafield)
For variables with a calendar we use a BDH formula, which also needs a start and end date for the data
Type =BDH(Ticker,Datafield,StartDate,EndDate)
Balance sheet data is usually only available on a quarterly or annual basis so we need to be careful about dates
Use the same BDH formula as before but specify Financial Years as FY2011, and request data per Financial Year per=fy
Shows largest shareholder in this company, with the percentage of shares which he owns
Challenge
Calculate the current Dividend Yield for each company
Calculate the Total Assets for Financial Year 2011 for each company
If we want to find data for Google we type its ticker symbol which is GOOG US Equity
Download P/E ratio every day between 2010 and 2012 using BDH(Ticker,Datafield,StartDate,EndDate)
We may want Total Assets for every financial year since 2007
Challenge
Download information about Microsoft (MSFT US Equity) Obtain dividend yield for every day between 2004 and 2012 Find the total debt to asset ratio for each financial year between 2009 and 2012