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What is George's favorite food? 

What is Chicken Parm

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What is a floating rate bond? 

A floating rate bond is a type of bond where the interest payments change over time because they’re linked to a benchmark interest rate 

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Who was Bloomberg's first client?

Who is Merrill Lynch 

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 From SOFR to SONIA, Bonds to Bills, this dashboard covers more than 80 economies showing rates and economic release date into a single mosaic.

What is BTMM<GO>

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What female artist just announced a new album? 

Who is Taylor Swift

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What year did George start at Bloomberg(Full Time)?

What is 2021

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This measure captures the change in a bond’s duration as yields change

Convexity

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Before starting Bloomberg LP, Michael Bloomberg worked as a partner at this firm

Who is(was) the Salomon Brothers

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Whether you’re tracking 20,000 bonds or 20, this function lets you build and share custom views to compare pricing, performance, and liquidity

What is FIW<GO>

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What is the largest forest in the world? 

What is the Amazon Rainforest

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Which sales team was George on?

What is Sellside South

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 MBS prepayment patterns often slow down during this time of the year

What is Winter
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What year was Bloomberg founded?

What is 1981

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This function allows you to search for short-term U.S. money market liquidity, evaluate offerings, and seamlessly execute trades through custom searches and ticket launches.

What is BOOM<GO>

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What was JP Morgan's founders' full name? 

Who is John Pierpont Morgan

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What is George's favorites color? 

What is Green

400

What is the current FED effective rate? (to the first decimal point)

What is 4.33

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How many offices does Bloomberg have within the AMER Region? 

What is 25

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This function allows you to see the MBS current coupon indices

What is ALLX MTGE<GO>

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This route’s decline began in the 15th century with the rise of sea-based trade between Europe and Asia.

What is the Silk Road

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George previously interned as an FX analyst intern in which country?  

What is the United Kingdom

500

Purchasing an out-of-the money call and selling an out-of-the-money put is called this

What is Risk Reversal

500

What was the original name of the Bloomberg Terminal? 

What is Market Master

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This function allows you to monitor aggregated trade volumes across the derivatives market

What is SDRV<GO>

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This U.S. president was a licensed bartender(hint: Presidential term was in the 1800's)

Who is Abraham Lincoln