VECTORVEST - my basic hope

[b519b@xxxx]

Tomasz,

I have being asking myself, just what is I really hope to have with 
respect to AB and VV working together. I think the following sums it 
up.

1. What I want most is to be able to include some fundamental data 
when using AB to make stock picks. There may be others would like to 
do this as well. Right now the only way to get such information into 
AB is to use AB's Import Wizard and attempt to "fool" AB by putting 
PE data into the Open Interest array, Growth data into the High 
array, etc. I've tried this and it works to a degree, but it causes 
AB to give some very, very strange looking graphs. Also I am afraid 
of what AB might think if it should come across a negative number 
(both PE and Growth can be negative). If I could have only one wish 
it would be to see AB have the ability to create up to 10 additional 
blank arrays which could be filled with whatever fundamental data I 
might wish to import. It is a wish that would benefit many AB users, 
not just those like me who would like to use VV data.

2. If I could have a second wish, it would be to be able to have AB 
automatically import VV data into additional AB's stock arrays. Some 
of the VV data indicators like RV, RS, RT, have great promise which I 
would like to throughly backtest and optimize using AB. In its most 
basic form, this wish does not require that AB be able to keep up 
with the constantly changing form of the VV database (fragmentations 
due to daily downloads, etc. as noted in a previous post). All that 
would be needed would be for AB to import the relevant data from 
properly prepared VV database (ie, "compacted" and "repaired" in VV's 
terminology). With this, AB could be used to do ample back testing 
without having the challenges of handling new, daily downloads of VV 
data. 

3. Of course, if I could have a third wish, would be for AB to be 
able to effortless access VV's databases without worrying whether or 
not there might be a problem due to VV fragmentation. But I would be 
a very happy AB user to get wishes 1 and 2.

With regards,
b