Yellow Key
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Are categories for securities pioneered by Bloomberg. Historically Bloomberg keyboards had dedicated keys for each of these categories and these keys were colored yellow: thus, Yellow Key.
Table 1:
Listing of the various Yellow Keys.
| Yellow Key | Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|---|
Govt | <F2> | Government Bonds |
Corp | <F3> | Corporate Bonds, CDS |
Mtge | <F4> | Mortgages |
M-Mkt | <F5> | Money market |
Muni | <F6> | Municipals and state bonds |
Pfd | <F7> | Preferred securities |
Equity | <F8> | Equities |
Comdty | <F9> | Commodities & Futures |
Index | <F10> | Generic interest rates, Economic indices such as CPI, GDP, Equity, Indices |
Curncy | <F11> | Foreign currency |