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bloomberg.lookup - Bloomberg security search

Syntax

d = lookup(b,s,market)

Description

d = lookup(b,s,market) returns the list of matching securities given the security search string s and market m. This method uses the Bloomberg ActiveX interface.

Examples

The command

D = LOOKUP(C,'Intl Bus Mac','Equity')

returns the securities along with their ticker symbols matching the search string 'Intl Bus Mac' for the Equity market. Valid market types are:

• Comdty: (Commodities)

• Corp: (Corporate bonds)

• Equity: (Equities)

• Govt: (Government bonds)

• Index: (Indexes)

• M-Mkt: (Money Market securities)

• Mtge: Mortgage-backed securities)

• Muni: (Municipal bonds)

• Pfd: (Preferred stocks)

See Also

bloomberg.fetch, bloomberg.getdata

bloomberg.isfield

bloomberg.realtime

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