Friday, October 18, 2013 by Natalie Mean

Only at UIC Liautaud: Bloomberg Hands-on Training - October 23

Don't miss out on this opportunity to get hands-on training directly from Bloomberg LP representatives, Eric Schwartz and John Fox who operate out of the New York-based Core Analytics group. They will be on campus in Douglas Hall 170 for two 1-hour sessions to train students on the following:

- Introduction to terminal navigation, finding tickers, and communication

- News & the Economy - which numbers do we watch, how to stay informed!

- Overview of Equity research and company analysis, the Fixed Income markets and rates, Foreign Exchange markets, and Commodities

- How to create and manage a portfolio on the terminal

- Leveraging our people search functions to assist in career searches

- How to extract Bloomberg data into Excel (time permitting) 

Students can also get hands-on experience using the new Bloomberg terminals during walk-in hours from 2pm-4pm with Professor John Miller, PhD.

RSVP today because seats are limited in the lab!  E-mail jpmill@uic.edu to reserve your seat.

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DATE:  Wednesday, October 23

LOCATION:  CME LAB, Douglas Hall 170

HANDS ON TRIAL WALK-INS:  2pm-4pm

TRAINING SESSION #1: 4pm-5pm

TRAINING SESSION #2: 5pm-6pm

RSVP: jpmill@uic.edu

Boost your Knowledge & Credibility with Bloomberg!

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More About Bloomberg – www.bloomberg.com
Universities and colleges around the globe use Bloomberg to bring the real world of finance into the classroom, providing students with access to the same information platform used by leading decision makers in business, finance and government.
 
The BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL® service and BLOOMBERG TERMINAL® seamlessly integrate the very best in data, news and analytics. The Terminal is a 24-hour, global financial services system that provides transparent and reliable financial, economic and government information covering all market sectors. It features company financials, market data spanning more than 20 years, charts, statistics, a communications platform and current news reports.
 
More About John P. Miller, Ph.D. – jpmill@uic.edu
John is currently a clinical assistant professor of finance and director of the CME Foundation Market Training Lab at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  Prior to joining UIC, Dr. Miller was a director of Quantitative Research at Citadel Investment Group in the fixed income arbitrage group; he has also served in different capacities at Greenwich Capital, Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns.  Dr. Miller received his B.A. in economics from Moorhead State University, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Natalie Mean IT Resource & Policy Analyst

Natalie works in a business analyst and project management functional role supporting the information technology needs for the UIC Liautaud Graduate School of Business program office.  She supports the Admissions, Student Services, Career Services systems and technology as well as providing technical support for the operations and marketing & communications initiatives.

She dabbles in a little bit of everything and enjoys laughing, taking amateur photos/videos and using Photoshop techniques to create slideshows and short movies for family and friends.

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