Bloomberg Mobile

Back in the early '90s, you would have to be a hotshot "dealer" or trader in KL broking houses if you had Bloomberg terminal on your desk. Even those days, it cost US$20,000 per year or something like that to rent a terminal. Must cost a lot more now.

I was once one of those people in KL. Talk about street cred.

To say it was feature rich was an understatement. I think I only used 5% of it's capability.

Now I'm no longer in the business, I still gravitate towards Bloomberg. So for the average joe, it's nice to download the Bloomberg mobile app.

I like the ease of quick tap into your holdings, keep up with the news on either the live TV or radio or read the latest news.

When I am in the car, usually driving to KL, I turn on the Live TV. The radio is a bit boring but the Live TV is excellent. Even if I wasn't paying attention, I like it as a background noise. Well, once a trader, always a trader.

This is the main page, at the top you can click on the Live TV or radio, and below it are the latest news. You can set your news preference to Global, Europe, Asia, Middle East, or Africa.

You can check on the latest status of most markets and indices.

I use the Watchlist a lot to monitor whatever I'm interested in and you can sort them according to individual folders. For example, I have a folder that has all the stock and REITs that helps me generate dividend incomes. And I also have a watch list for ETFs, US and European stocks.

Lastly, I have a special folder for stocks that I'm currently trading.

Each folder will have your positions or stocks to watch. It gives you your daily and total gain/loss.

You can also zoom in on individual stock's P&L.

For individual stocks, you can zoom in any relevant information.

You can get some up to date statistics for the company.

Financial summary.

When you click on the chart, it can give you something like this. Not super fancy, but good enough to let you decide if you want to investigate further on your desktop or just simply as checking up on the trend.

These are some parameters you can select to tweak your chart.

I'm quite happy with it, for something that's FREE.

Oh, the iOS version is better than the Android version. I can never understand why people buy Android phones. For me, it's Apple all the way.