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CRSP has a nice, permanent identifier system for securities known as "permno"s. I don't have access to a Bloomberg terminal, but am considering the investment. Does the Bloomberg terminal know these identifiers?

What about other identifiers? I'm sure it know CUSIPs. What about Compustat's "GVKEY"s?

Thanks.

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  • $\begingroup$ Damn. No GVKEY presumably then. Thanks! $\endgroup$
    – whyugottab_anonymous
    Jan 21, 2017 at 0:46
  • $\begingroup$ @AlexC, could you make your comment an answer? $\endgroup$
    – Bob Jansen ♦
    Feb 4, 2017 at 11:20

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I am not an expert on the Bloomberg Terminal. But just looking at it now I see it knows the CUSIP, the ISIN, the SEDOL, the WPK (wertpapierkennummer) and the SICOVAM. I don't believe it knows the CSRP-permno as far as I know. It does not do a particularly good job of linking to other information systems, being more of a self contained system itself. But perhaps there are special functions for that purpose that I don't know .

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    $\begingroup$ Managed to confirm with Bloomberg, no permno, no gvkey. $\endgroup$
    – whyugottab_anonymous
    Feb 4, 2017 at 19:20

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