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- The Stock Trader -- Version II UpGrade
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-
- Well folks, here it is and a week early at that! Many, many modifica-
- tions have been made to this package. This will give you a brief summary of
- these changes, a description of what the package does, what the **NEW** fees
- are for registration, what the **NEW** benefits are to registration, and
- what you can expect to find in the file.
-
- If You're Not Interested Because of the Size of the Download
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-
- Since the package is very large and will fill nearly two floppies, approx.
- two hours or more of download time, I am offering to send you the floppies on
- two 5" disks for $12.00 as long as you give me a return address! For 3 1/2"
- users I will have to ask for $15.00 because they are more expensive. The files
- will be sent to you in their correct arrangement on the floppies for installa-
- tion. This would cover my expenses for the disks, labels, mailers, postage, and
- the time to make all of the copies! This would also make the package available
- to you for at least half the price of downloading it! This does NOT make you a
- registered user, this does NOT entitle you to database updates, this does NOT
- give you the full sized database, this does NOT give you the Upgrade's User's
- Manual.
-
- A Description of the Package
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-
- The Stock Trader contains statistical information on securities traded on
- the New York Stock Exchange. All of the text and especially the graphic
- screens to the package are in high resolution color 640x200 or 640x350 for EGA
- users. The package is completely modem independent and isn't at all required,
- but it can be very convenient if you have one. Data maybe entered into the
- program from something as accessible as a newspaper stock listing if desired.
- This Database comes with over 350 different issues complete with important
- statistics such as P/E Ratios, Dividends, Yields, 52 Wk. Highs and Lows, S&P
- Ratings, Shares Outstanding, Earnings, Industry Groups, and Line of Business.
- The package is flexible in that you may add to the database any issue that is
- not already in it and you may also create graphic charts of those issues as
- well. This package, as did the previous version, both come equipped a database
- librarian to organize and help you keep track of any new additions that you
- may want to make. This package allows you to randomly query the database for
- quick 'pop-up' information on an issue by its ticker symbol. This version of
- this package will allow you to print out these symbols and there related names
- to let you have a complete list of what's inside! This package also comes
- with new advanced Multi-windowed graphics, (in color of course), that does
- multiple issue comparisons based upon Market Performance, Financial Strength,
- Price Stability, and expected Growth Potential. Quick 'Pop-up' descriptions
- for Security Industry Codes are now also available with this package to let
- you find out what that SIC# represents. You can print out all of the SIC codes
- and use it for a hard copy reference if you so desire!
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- The Stock Trader also performs evaluations on issues that are resident in
- the database via the Database Librarian. Here you can get a quick ball park
- indication as to whether or not an issue is for you or not. The Stock Trader
- performs its analysis based upon these things;
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- 1.) Profitability
- 2.) Financial Strength
- 3.) Timeliness/or Relative Market Performance
- 4.) Price Earnings Ratio
- 5.) Investor Return -- Dividends?
- 6.) Growth Potential -- Industry Competitor Comparisons
- 7.) Overall Market Environment -- Interest Rates Rising?
- 8.) Stability -- Sometimes not weighted the same given a high
- enough Growth Potential
-
- It's a well known fact that a picture is worth a thousand words. A glance at
- some of the graphics produced by this package will do just that for you when
- you examine a security!
-
- New System Requirements
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-
- 1.) This package has been modified for Hard Disk users ONLY. In the
- course of the first offering, I did not have a single floppy user
- Register the package! Therefore since all of my registered users
- have Hard Disks, and tenative users whom seem seriously interested
- in the package, but could not get past the installation because of
- all of the 'inhibitants' of floppy compatibility, now no longer
- should have the fustrations of the old installation process. Just
- download this onto your hard disk into a directory by itself. Unarc
- the package. Type the word 'TRADER' and away you go. The Trader will
- automatically prompt you for which hard drive you would like for it
- to be installed upon (C: or D:) and Installation will commence. I
- have included a copy of SORT.EXE, which may not be compatible with
- your version of DOS. If you recieve any errors such as wrong DOS
- version, place a copy of SORT.EXE from YOUR system disk into the
- directory the package is in. Do NOT have a directory named TRADER on
- when you install the package!
- 2.) This package now requires 384K available RAM.
- 3.) This package is compatible for VGA,EGA,CGA, and Monochrome displays
- as long as the Monochrome has a Graphics adaptor.
- 4.) This package is functionally complete, but is without its new User's
- Manual, which is substancially larger than the first versions. For
- the shareware concept alone, I have enclosed a copy of the old User
- Manual to the original offering to help new users at least get an
- ** idea of what's going on. ALL REGISTRATION FEES AND OFFERINGS THAT
- ** ARE CONTAINED IN THAT USER'S MANUAL ARE NULL AND VOID. ONLY THOSE
- ** USERS THAT REGISTERED THE PACKAGE TO ME BY APRIL 1, 1988 WILL HAVE
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- ** THOSE TERMS HONORED. YOU WILL ONLY BE CONSIDERED REGISTERED AND GET
- ** YOUR UPDATES TO THE DATABASES BY THE REGISTRATION SCHEDULE SET FORTH
- ** IN THIS UPDATE. THE MANUAL IS INCLUDED NOT TO CONFUSE YOU, BUT TO
- ** GIVE YOU A GENERAL IDEA OF HOW THE PACKAGE WORKS. IT CONTAINS NOTH-
- ** ING ON ANY OF THE NEW PACKAGE FEATURES.
-
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- Upcoming Revisions to be Released for This Version
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-
- These are a few of the things that are coming in the months ahead
- that are available to Registered Users Only that have taken advantage
- of the Automatic Mailing of the Package Releases. They are sent to
- the Registered User Quarterly with their Quarterly Database Updates.
- One of these are added to the Package Quarterly, i.e., 1 new set of
- package functions per Quarter. Registered Users let me here from you!
- I intend to make this the best shareware package available. If there
- is something that you would like the package to be able to do, drop
- me a line via Electronic Mail! If you have Registered the package with
- me just consider me as your 'personal programmer'. I will make this
- package do the things that you would like for it to do! I feel that a
- Registered User has paid for that privilige. The sequence/priority of
- which changes I do first are based upon the number of requests for
- those changes.
-
- 1.) A built in Personal Portfolio Manager that inter-related to
- the Database.
-
- 2.) An indenpendent Database Query function, which would allow
- users to perform their own specific criteria when searching
- the Database.
-
- 3.) Change the Package Evaluation Function to be able to perform
- Issue Evaluations of Non-Librarian Members as well as Libra-
- rian Members.
-
- 4.) Intensify the search criteria for Top 20 Issue Functions. It
- will broaden the amount of information that it compares the
- Issues against. Greater emphasis of either Cap./Appr. or Yield
- as the user is willing to except more risk. Currently the
- Stock Trader is programmed to be a little on the Conservative
- side of things!
-
- 5.) User ability to take advantage of their video displays (EGA,
- VGA) to save graphic screens through out the package and to
- be able to recall them instantly for viewing again with just
- a touch of a Function Key!
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- *** Package Revisions of Version 2 are NOT shareware! They are for REGISTERED
- *** Users only! They are CopyRighted Material and are NOT available for
- *** Distribution to the General Public. Version 2, Release 1 is the only
- *** Shareware package available for public distribution. Registered Users
- *** who have paid for the additional costs of the disks and postage exspen-
- *** ses will get them. They are 'fingerprinted' to the Registered User. In
- *** other words, I can find out who belongs to the Copy of Pirated Package.
- *** This is also true of the Database Updates. They are 'fingerprinted' to
- *** each individual Registered User. These also are NOT Shareware and are
- *** NOT available for Public Distribution. The shareware database has just
- *** 370 issues in it. For Sysop's the size of SYSLIB.LIB will be around
- *** 260,000 bytes. Registered databases will well exceed the 350,000 byte
- *** mark!
-
- Well, enough of the 'Wrath of Kahn' and all of that other good stuff!
-
- Registration Fee Schedule
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-
- To recieve a Copy of the Disks without Registration;
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- $12.00 for 5 1/4" 360K Formats Archived
- $15.00 for 3 1/2" 720K Formats Archived
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- To Register the Package;
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- $35.00 for Basic Registration
- ADD + $5.00 for Automatic Mailing of Version Upgrades
- ------ (Releases)
- $40.00 Total for Registration and (4) New Releases
- This does NOT cover the Updates to the DBase!
-
- To Recieve New Databases on a Quarterly Basis for (1) Year;
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- $20.00 for (4) Qtrly. Updates of 500 Issues
- $40.00 for (4) Qtrly. Updates of 1000 Issues
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- So, to Register the Package, and Obtain the next (4) Qtrly Package
- Revisions, and to get the next (4) Qtrly. Database Updates of let's
- say of 500 Issues the cost would be;
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-
- $35.00 Registration
- $5.00 Automatic Mailing Program Revisions (disk costs)
- $20.00 (4) Qtrly Database Updates, DBase Size=500 Issues
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- $60.00 <<< Total Price
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- To receive your copies through the mail please mail your address with your check
- or money order to;
-
- Larry E. Baugher
- Rte. 9, 460 SpringLake Drive
- Pine Bluff, AR 71603
-
- GEnie Mail: L.BAUGHER
- CompuServe Mail: 73310,576
- Delphi Mail: STOCKTRADER
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-
- The major benefit that you receive from Registering is that you will have
- something that can NOT be obtained publicly. Registered copies of this
- package are strictly prohibited from public distribution. Version 2, Release
- 1 is the only authorized publicly available Package. If I find a Registered
- Users Program and or Database being offered to the Public, their Registration
- and all other entitlements will be forfieted immeadiately, and depending
- upon the extent of the violation of copyright, could lead to other legalities.
- I also will give the informant who makes me aware of this a free copy of the
- latest Program Version, and waive the Registration fee!
-
- After all that, I encourage Distribution of this Package and it's contents.
- Give Version 2, Release 1 to anyone you so desire. I must protect my users
- rights, after all, why should they pay for something that everyone else can
- get for free? To my Registered Users, God Bless You, and my thanks for your
- support. You make the Shareware Concept a reality.
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