that bloomberg question got me thinking, what would it take to create an equivalent

magnum29464 · Sep 17, 2008

what would be the best way to build a terminal equal to the bloomberg terminal as far as data feed?

hilojack · Sep 17, 2008

Warren Zevon. (lawyers, guns, and money)

phubaba · Sep 17, 2008

if you have ever seen a terminal and the amount of data that they have, you'd be hard pressed to ever compete with bloomberg on a total data scale.

however if you focus on a single type of product or product group you may be able to do something similar.

magnum29464 · Sep 17, 2008

Quote from phubaba:

if you have ever seen a terminal and the amount of data that they have, you'd be hard pressed to ever compete with bloomberg on a total data scale.

however if you focus on a single type of product or product group you may be able to do something similar.

Does reuters even come close?

the interface on the bloomberg machines look so shitty. I know its superfacial but for the money i would want something nice to look at atleast.

phubaba · Sep 17, 2008

agreed the interface is miserable. i haven't used reuters so I'm not really sure.

Landis82 · Sep 17, 2008

Bloomberg is $1700 per month.
The absolute BEST.

trade4ever2day · Sep 17, 2008

Quote from magnum29464:

what would be the best way to build a terminal equal to the bloomberg terminal as far as data feed?

Merrill Lynch is bought now. Forget it. If you know, Bloomberg was developed in ML initially. Fortran etc.

Have you got a major market maker and 10 years to spend?

If not, subscribe...

Alex

brownsfan019 · Sep 17, 2008

Quote from phubaba:

agreed the interface is miserable. i haven't used reuters so I'm not really sure.

Funny post - the interface is miserable, but I've never used it so I can't really say now that I think about it...

Badoit · Sep 17, 2008

impossible... the value of a bbg isn't only in the feeds; up until recently, the proprietery models were the models for any kind of FI product. Course they keep these to themselves. If Reuters can't keep up, then doubful anyone else can - though I spoke to a reuters guy recently and he said they were bringing out a new product that kickes ass, so we'll have to wait and see.

if you're looking for a figure though, I'd say circa $20mm+ before you sell any.

magnum29464 · Sep 17, 2008

Quote from Badoit:

impossible... the value of a bbg isn't only in the feeds; up until recently, the proprietery models were the models for any kind of FI product. Course they keep these to themselves. If Reuters can't keep up, then doubful anyone else can - though I spoke to a reuters guy recently and he said they were bringing out a new product that kickes ass, so we'll have to wait and see.

if you're looking for a figure though, I'd say circa $20mm+ before you sell any.

What do you mean by FI models? you lost me when you said it wasn't just the feed. What does the "model" offer?