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This is your exclusive, deep-dive guide to the Bloomberg Terminal. We are not going to skim the surface. We are going inside the muscle of the machine—the commands, the hacks, and the psychology of the "Bloomberg Elite." Before we press a single key, we must understand the economics. A Bloomberg Terminal costs roughly $24,000 per user, per year . For that price, you could buy a new car or a degree from a mid-tier university. Why do banks pay it?