Answered By: UAlbany Libraries
Last Updated: Oct 27, 2023     Views: 969

Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC), also known as Bloomberg Certification, is a self-paced e-learning course that provides a visual introduction to financial markets and the core functionality of the Bloomberg terminal. The terminal provides students with real-time data on the market, news, and the world. After finishing BMC, Bloomberg provides a Certificate of Completion 

BMC is available through the library's Bloomberg Terminal at no additional charge. The Bloomberg terminal is located in a private cubicle on the first floor, south wing, of the University Library.  The room key can be checked out at the service desk.  

To take the Bloomberg Market Concepts training: 

  1. Run the function BMC<GO> by entering BMC into the command line and hitting "enter".
  2. Plug your headphones into the back of the Bloomberg keyboard. Headphones are available at the main service desk.
  3. For further information, see Bloomberg's "BMC Introduction" video