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How the Bloomberg Lab Enhances Business Education

Since 1981, business and financial professionals have depended on the Bloomberg Terminal for the real-time data, news, and analytics they need to make the decisions that matter.

By providing access to almost any information business professionals need about global markets and business, the Bloomberg Terminal has revolutionized the industry by bringing transparency to financial markets.

Nowadays, professionals aren’t the only ones taking advantage. In fact, colleges across the country have been making Bloomberg Business Labs a staple on their campuses.

Let’s explore how the Bloomberg Lab enhances business education by giving students knowledge and experience using the Bloomberg Terminal.

What is the Bloomberg Terminal?

The Bloomberg Terminal remains at the cutting edge of innovation and information delivery by seamlessly integrating the best in data, news, analytics, unique insight, and trading tools. This process gives leading decision-makers an edge in turning their knowledge into action.

The terminal runs twenty-four hours a day, and all of its financial, economic, and governmental information is transparent, reliable, and encompasses all market sectors.

Features include:

  • Company financials
  • Twenty years of market data
  • Statistics
  • Communications platform
  • Current and up-to-date news reports

Bloomberg Business Labs on College Campuses

Colleges and universities have been implementing Bloomberg Business Labs in their schools of business to allow students to develop analytical skills, explore data, and learn real-life skills through exposure to Bloomberg Terminal.

Students no longer have to wait to graduate to utilize this tool, and professors can bring the real world into the classroom to enhance students’ learning across a wide range of disciplines and majors.

Implementing these programs allows students to use critical analytical functions in the terminal to conduct economic research and analysis while benefiting from the wide range of pre-built and existing analytical models.

Plus, access to Bloomberg Business Labs and the Bloomberg Terminal is helping students identify the best and top business and financial degree programs.

Four Ways Colleges and Universities Are Integrating Bloomberg Into Their Curriculum

Colleges and universities provide students free access to the Bloomberg Terminal in their Bloomberg Business Labs to provide as much hands-on experience as possible and an edge over other business graduates.

1. Company and Industry Analysis

Business professionals need to understand and analyze market data to make themselves and their employers successful, especially in today’s ever-changing market.

By using the Bloomberg Terminal in your college education, students and colleges ensure candidates can examine fundamentals, assess relative values, and understand corporate strategies.

The terminal offers insight into thousands of companies in more than one hundred and thirty industries, all in one place. Thus ensuring candidates are familiar with the driving forces behind movements in major asset classes, credit metrics, economics, and even government policy.

2. News and Research

Our world is inundated with 24-hour news, data, and information from websites, social media, co-workers, and bosses. All of which makes it challenging to determine who to listen to and what information is essential.

With the Bloomberg Terminal and Bloomberg Business Labs, students and professors sift through the noise and focus on the essential things happening in the industry in real time. The research goes deeper, makes the context understandable, and students can create their research content by combining their insights with the data they obtain from the Bloomberg lab. A task they will undoubtedly repeat in professional roles post-graduation.

3. Market Analysis and Surveillance

In addition to access to news, students and professors can monitor markets in real time.

Through robust data visualization tools, like macro breadth, sentiment indicators, and intraday tick charts, students can search for the information they care about and discover as much depth and detail as possible.

4. Student Managed Investment Funds (SMIFs)

The Bloomberg Terminal also houses the Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF), idea generation, portfolio monitoring, and analysis.

All of these tools allow users to build portfolios, benchmark fund performance, conduct portfolio attribution analysis, calculate alpha, tracking error, value at risk, and so much more.

 

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The Ernest C. Trefz School of Business at University of Bridgeport

The Ernest C. Trefz School of Business at University of Bridgeport is where theory and practice develop and foster student success with an interdisciplinary approach to the ever-changing business world.

Our faculty and staff hold the highest degrees in their fields and maintain strong relationships with the business world.

Additionally, by utilizing the Bloomberg Terminal in our Bloomberg Lab, our students learn how to analyze financial markets, access economic scenarios, and interpret key news developments through our practical education programs.

Programs include:

With small class sizes and an excellent student internship and job placement record, our school of business is a perfect choice for students looking to enter an exciting career in the business or financial sectors.

Reach out to learn more about our business school and flexible degree programs at University of Bridgeport. Together, we’ll get you through college and into a great career.

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