Bloomberg Hacks

No Bloomberg Professional terminal? No Problem! Bloomberg.com provides a wealth of information that is not always easy to find. Although all of the information displayed on  bloomberg.com is delayed, it can still provide tremendous value in terms of gauging sentiment and long term trends.

This page will list bloomberg.com symbols that can help shed light on current affairs. It will be update periodically.

Last update -
03/25/2010 - Created
04/02/2010 - Added 30 Yr Fixed Mortgage Rates
10/19/2011 - Added a list of Country Credit Default Swaps (compiled by Prof. Michael Palmer)


List Of Country and Link To Credit Default Swap
Germany: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=CDBR1U5:IND
United States: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=CT786896:IND
UK:  http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=CUKT1U5:IND
France: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=CFRTR1U5:IND
Turkey:  http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=CTURK1U5:IND
Hungry:  http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=CHUN1U5:IND
Ireland: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=CT777651:IND
Spain: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=CSPA1U5:IND
Greece: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=CGGB1U5:IND
Italy: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=CITLY1U5:IND
Portugal: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=CPGB1U5:IND
Russia: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=CRUSS1U5:IND
China: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=CCHIN1U5:IND
South Africa: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=CSOAF1U5:IND
Brazil: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=CBRZ1U5:IND
Argentina: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=CT350188:IND
Venezuela: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=CVENZ1U5:IND

CMBS Spreads to Treasurys AA
The CMBS indices are a cross section of bonds in the Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities Markets. The indices are spread of the US treasuries. The spreads are mid market levels for average names. This index is updated sporadically based on reports issued from Morgan Stanley.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=CMBSAAAS%3AIND


Commercial mortgage-backed bond returns
The securities, derived from debt on skyscrapers, shopping malls and hotels
BarCap Super Duper TR Unh USD
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=LCSDTRUU%3AIND

S&P Fixed Income Index LS
The S&P/LSTA U.S. Leveraged Loan 100 Index weighted average bid price of constituents based upon dollar outstanding amounts. Standard & Poor’s/LSTA U.S. Leveraged Loan 100 Index, which tracks the 100 largest dollar-denominated first-lien leveraged loans
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=SPBDLLB%3AIND

Greek spreads over German
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=.GRK%3AIND

Pound Large Specs, Futures (Non Commercial COT)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=.BPLRG%3AIND

UK - Value of UK Trade Total Trade
Balance UK Trade Statistics derived from the balance of payments method
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=UKTBTTBA%3AIND

DOLLAR INDEX SPOT
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=DXY%3AIND

Federal Funds Effective
The index represents the volume-weighted average of interest rates at which depository institutions lend balances at the Federal Reserve to other depository institutions overnight
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=FEDL01%3AIND

Libor for dollar loans
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=US0003M%3AIND

Libor for yen loans 
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=JY0003M%3AIND

US 30 Yr fixed mortgage rate
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=NMCMFUS%3AIND