Providers of desktop terminals include which pair?

• A. Dow Jones and FTSE
• B. Moody's Analytics and Standard & Poor's
• C. Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg
• D. Morningstar and FactSet

Answer: (C)

Desktop terminals are comprehensive, subscription-based platforms that deliver real-time market data, news, analytics, and trading tools in one interface for finance professionals. The best-known pair offering these desktop terminals is Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg, whose platforms provide integrated data, news, analytics, and messaging in a single terminal environment. They dominate the space for professional-grade terminals used by traders, analysts, and asset managers. The other pairs mix services that aren’t the classic desktop-terminal duo—Dow Jones is primarily a news provider and FTSE an index provider; Moody’s Analytics and Standard & Poor’s focus on ratings and risk data; while Morningstar and FactSet offer data and analytics, they aren’t the standard terminal pair that defines this category.