The icon in the NOTE
Indicator column will
be white to indicate
that you have a note
relating to this
security. Click here to add
the NOTE Indicator
column.Save the note and share it with your team, so you can coordinate
strategies across available investment products in equities or
the bond market. In addition, you can share price alerts with
your team. Such notes and others created by them roll into the
Research Management System (RMS) that’s used by many to
facilitate collaboration.Fig. 4 You can create and share information with your team by snipping screen grabs or by using
the NOTE feature in functions such as {DES <GO>} and {YAS <GO>}.under BClass Level 4 to display other sectors. In the pop-up box,
type “Leisure” in the amber field and tick the box to select it.
Click on the Bond List tab and then on the Relative Value
subtab (FIG. 5).
To add a column that will show when you have a note on a
particular issuer, click on the pencil icon on the right side of the
screen. Enter “note indicator” in the amber field below Fields.
Click on the match to select it; click the Add button. You can then
move the NOTE Indicator item to wherever you want it to appear
in the order of the columns.Fig. 5 Go to {FIW <GO>} to analyze a list of bonds. Here, we’ve used the Facets panel
to drill down to the leisure bonds in the HYG ETF.- OK, now let’s say you’re looking at a list of corporate bonds.
A sample Launchpad template that’s set up for collaboration—it’s
described in another story in this issue (page 30)—includes an
FIW component that comes loaded with the constituents of the
iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, for example.
Alternatively, you can also run {FIW} and load the
ETF. Enter “HYG” in the field in the upper left corner of the screen
and click on HYG US Equity in the list of matches. Use the Facets
panel on the left side of the screen to drill down to bonds issued
by companies in the leisure sector. Click on the light gray “More ...” - When you make observations of the market, you can share
the recent color and pricing using the NOTE feature found on
functions such as {DES} and {YAS }. In GP you can
share a chart by clicking on the Actions button on the red toolbar
and selecting Save and Share. You can also snip screen grabs in
{NOTE} (FIG. 4).
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