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Re: Gloomberb

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Post by notpushkin »

rvz wrote: post #18
u8 wrote: post #8

Yeah... people aren't paying Bloomberg $31,980 per year for a TUI. They're paying for the data source... and I don't think you have Bloomberg's connections.

> They're paying for the data source... and I don't think you have Bloomberg's connections. We keep seeing hundreds of Bloomberg competitors mimicking the interface and they always forget that the chat (with the connections), data and the newsroom are the reasons why Bloomberg's network effect is close to impossible to break. Using the Bloomberg Terminal is taught very early at colleges for any finance professional,…

I think it is more oriented towards retail investors (if anybody) than professional users. In theory it could compete with TradingView?

(I’d especially love to see some federated social feature built in!)

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Post by Retr0id »

charv wrote: post #13

An aside - do tools like this (or what it's modeling, the Bloomberg Terminal) really offer that much benefit to finance folks?

Bloomberg Terminal costs ~$24K per user per year, so the fact that people are paying for it implies it offers at least that much value. As mentioned elsewhere in the thread, most of that value lies in the data sources.

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Post by KomoD »

TZubiri wrote: post #3

What I pressume is the text for "Gloomberg" in the Hero header looks very fucked up https://imgur.com/a/ssiKckF Hopefully it's not intentional

Yeah, looks totally broken on my machine too.

Re: Gloomberb

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Post by andreypk »

Interesting project, the view looks like gpui based interface, but source code say that it is web based interface written on typescript

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Post by elictronic »

charv wrote: post #13

An aside - do tools like this (or what it's modeling, the Bloomberg Terminal) really offer that much benefit to finance folks?

Here's an article. Basically if your trading stocks no. If you are trading different instruments or want interaction with the money folks (connections) yes. https://financetracked.com/bloomberg-terminal

From it: "Bonds and Fixed Income: It provides the best data for interest rates and debt markets. Global Economics: It easily connects data from different countries, such as currency rates and government debt. The Chat Room: The messaging system is the industry standard. If you want to talk to the biggest players in the market, you often need to be on Bloomberg."

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Post by KomoD »

dpmartinez wrote: post #23
u8 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How well do you think their terminal works if they couldn't even spend the time to clean up their vibe coded website?

> How well do you think their terminal works if they couldn't even spend the time to clean up their vibe coded website? Your website is literally down. https://i.postimg.cc/YCdkwZZq/image.png And I don't think their website is that bad.

> And I don't think their website is that bad.

The download button doesn't even work properly.

Clicking download in the top right gives me a .dmg, the other download button in the hero gives me the .exe, the one in the footer gives me a .dmg

Docs give me a 404, blog is empty

Re: Gloomberb

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Post by kortilla »

hmokiguess wrote: post #24
mushufasa wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Correct. Also, Bloomberg has messaging for traders that is actually an important network effect in certain domains.

Can you elaborate on the network effect piece? Curious about that

Same effect as a country club. You know a lot about the person you’re talking to just based on their presence.

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Post by handwarmers »

u8 wrote: post #8

Yeah... people aren't paying Bloomberg $31,980 per year for a TUI. They're paying for the data source... and I don't think you have Bloomberg's connections.

does the author claim to be a bloomberg clone?

Re: Gloomberb

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Post by dpmartinez »

KomoD wrote: post #36
dpmartinez wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> How well do you think their terminal works if they couldn't even spend the time to clean up their vibe coded website? Your website is literally down. https://i.postimg.cc/YCdkwZZq/image.png And I don't think their website is that bad.

> And I don't think their website is that bad. The download button doesn't even work properly. Clicking download in the top right gives me a .dmg, the other download button in the hero gives me the .exe, the one in the footer gives me a .dmg Docs give me a 404, blog is empty

> The download button doesn't even work properly. Clicking download in the top right gives me a .dmg, the other download button in the hero gives me the .exe, the one in the footer gives me a .dmg

I mean, it works for me?

The site is clearly not ready and maybe they didn't expect people to find it, but that doesn't mean the site is bad.

It is just a work in progress.

I'm not even interested in the site anyway the software and the source interests me more.

https://github.com/gloom-sh/gloomberb

Re: Gloomberb

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Post by ryukoposting »

u8 wrote: post #8

Yeah... people aren't paying Bloomberg $31,980 per year for a TUI. They're paying for the data source... and I don't think you have Bloomberg's connections.

Asked a dear friend in the finance industry what he thought about Bloomberg. He's the type of guy who uses these systems daily. Mostly paraphrasing:

  1) Bloomberg was lightyears ahead of anything else in the pre-internet days, so there's a lot of UI familiarity.

  2) Bloomberg's chat is important because, as a hedge fund or investment bank, the chat is how you buy and sell bonds. You agree to the trade in the chat, then tell the back office folks to execute the trade. Direct quote: "I'd wager 90% of the ~400 trillion in annual bond trading value happens over Bloomberg DM"

  3) Bloomberg is the biggest and best aggregator
This is fascinating to be because I always assumed latency was the key. After all, the only Bloomberg terminal I've ever seen in person was hooked up to its own dedicated fiber drop. It seems like the chat and sheer breadth of data are the differentiators.
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