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Creating Alerts: Alert Catcher
Creating Alerts: Alert Catcher
Creating Alerts: Alert Catcher
CREATING ALERTS
The new alerts experience on the Bloomberg Professional® service makes it easier than ever to create
the alerts you need using the Alerts Manager (ALRT <GO>).
The Alerts Manager (ALRT <GO>) enables you to create • Economic e.g. initial jobless claims, retail sales reports.
and configure Personal and Suggested Alerts.
• Time e.g. reminder to send a report to a portfolio manager,
a weekly sales call.
Personal Alerts are based on criteria you select yourself
and fall into four categories: Suggested Alerts are customized alerts for market and price
events, economic releases, and news stories based on areas
• Market e.g. significant price changes, high-trade volumes,
of the market you may be interested in. The alerts are based
corporate actions.
on readership as well as securities in your favorites lists,
• News e.g. bonds, tech sector, Warren Buffett. command-line usage and API usage. To control the Suggested
Alerts you see, update your alert profile in ALRT <GO>.
SETTING UP A MARKET ALERT
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