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A Bloomberg terminal runs a full-fledged GUI app [1]. It's true that it's very keyboard-focused (with terse text commands and shortcuts for everything), and mos
by atombender 5y ago
A Bloomberg terminal runs a full-fledged GUI app [1]. It's true that it's very keyboard-focused (with terse text commands and shortcuts for everything), and most of us probably wouldn't describe it as flashy or even modern, but it's not a text mode terminal in the sense you're describing.
The core functionality — trading, charts, financial data, news — that the Bloomberg terminal provides traders is also available from places like Schwab (StreetSmart), TD America (ThinkOrSwim), and so on, but the Bloomberg terminal is just a lot more stuff.
Interestingly, one of the things that apparently add the most value (and which competitors struggle to disrupt) is the social networking built in that allows traders to chat and gossip with each.
[1] https://youtu.be/2ee-x6IXWK8 https://youtu.be/2ee-x6IXWK8