Publicly accesible Bloomberg terminal in Dublin?

fkt

Hey,

So I've just discovered my uni's Bloombergs, which cost roughly $180k p/a to run, will be closed for summer. Clever isn't it?

Anyway, I trade independently and I need access to a Bloomberg. Does anyone know of one publicly available in Dublin? Or maybe one that's not publicy accesible that some kind soul can get me access to

I'd really appreciate any help. Cheers.

Carnegie

don't know, but out of interest what can you do on them that you can't do on an online trading website like td?

fkt

Carnegie wrote: »

don't know, but out of interest what can you do on them that you can't do on an online trading website like td?

It has just about every piece of financial information you can imagine.

hfallada

http://www.nytimes.com/video/2013/05/20/business/100000002235643/whats-a-bloomberg.html?rss=1

All you need to know about the bloomberg

They actually can get a years use for $20k a year

Carnegie

hfallada wrote: »

http://www.nytimes.com/video/2013/05/20/business/100000002235643/whats-a-bloomberg.html?rss=1

All you need to know about the bloomberg

They actually can get a years use for $20k a year

just watched that video, still can't work out why someone would pay 20k a year for that, all the info on it is available on other finance websites

srsly78

It's not just for info, it does it all. Large institutions use these, if the price is an issue then it's not aimed at you. Power utilities would use these to trade oil/gas futures for example, our own esb being one user. If you think the price is bad you should see the data licencing agreement... Technically even derived data still belongs to bbg and is not supposed to leave the physical computer!!!

OP you jammy git which uni gives free access? Is this in the economics department somewhere? We had one in work and had major problems blasting through the data allowance all the time, then it would throttle us to 1 query/minute or something like that. There are different levels of access, the cheapest one still costs 10 grand a month.

fkt

srsly78 wrote: »

It's not just for info, it does it all. Large institutions use these, if the price is an issue then it's not aimed at you. Power utilities would use these to trade oil/gas futures for example, our own esb being one user. If you think the price is bad you should see the data licencing agreement... Technically even derived data still belongs to bbg and is not supposed to leave the physical computer!!!

OP you jammy git which uni gives free access? Is this in the economics department somewhere? We had one in work and had major problems blasting through the data allowance all the time, then it would throttle us to 1 query/minute or something like that. There are different levels of access, the cheapest one still costs 10 grand a month.

UCD - in the business school. I probably shouldn't say this but anyone can just walk in and use it. I don't study business but as long as there's not a lecture on in there you're free to walk in. There's nine terminals there and they're never in use. Most students probably too busy in the library trying to learn off the definition of a cash flow :rolleyes:

As for the terminal, if you spread bet forex on an intraday basis, then it won't add any value, stick to TD or whatever. If you manage a proper portfolio, then it's priceless. You're not going to screen small cap Australian equities or find bond spreads in Zimbabwe using TD.

srsly78

You still need a login tho. Is there some university login provided with basic information access? You would need your own account to actually trade of course.

The terminal itself is actually optional, you can install the software on any pc. You can also write your own software to query their api, this is what gets the account locked out if you try to download the entire market history

fkt

srsly78 wrote: »

You still need a login tho. Is there some university login provided with basic information access? You would need your own account to actually trade of course.

The terminal itself is actually optional, you can install the software on any pc. You can also write your own software to query their api, this is what gets the account locked out if you try to download the entire market history

Theres only one piece of info thats exclusive to the college which is a password and its written on the desk. After that you just set up your own account which you can do entirely independently.

I have my own brokerage a/c.

Pfffffttt, how could you feel like a real trader without that sexy Bloomberg keyboard?

fkt

srsly78 wrote: »

You still need a login tho. Is there some university login provided with basic information access? You would need your own account to actually trade of course.

The terminal itself is actually optional, you can install the software on any pc. You can also write your own software to query their api, this is what gets the account locked out if you try to download the entire market history

Theres only one piece of info thats exclusive to the college which is a password and its written on the desk. After that you just set up your own account which you can do entirely independently.

I have my own brokerage a/c.

Pfffffttt, how could you feel like a real trader without that sexy Bloomberg keyboard?