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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Rex,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> The file which I open with
wordpad is REPORT.DTA. I have not had a problem finding news about companies who
have merged though no doubt there are stocks in my data base with faulty data. I
am not particularly concerned about this because I am going to do sufficient
investigation about any company I invest in, before I invest, to know whether or
not that particular file contains good data.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> At this point in my investing
career, shortage of capital is of more concern than investing opportunities. I
don't believe that anyone can make a living or achieve critical mass if he only
has funds to invest in one or two stocks. Your analysis may be correct but the
exact timing of a significant move is not an easy achievement. Sufficient funds
allow one to select a fair number of investments and hopefully be lucky in that
some may move up in a timely manner while the others are allowed time to hatch.
I have had a number of recent stocks on my watch list which produced significant
gains, but because of limited capital was either unable to invest or chose to
invest in other stocks. These include Recoton, unfortunately I allowed myself to
be influenced by the fact that the product line did not seem particularly sexy,
which produced more than a tenfold gain, Egghead Software and
Entremed.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> While it is certainly
important to have the best data possible I don't have a problem if a stock or
two should slip through the cracks as there are always plenty of opportunities.
I look forward to the day when I have so much capital that I can't find
investment opportunities.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Regards, Bill</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B> -----Original Message-----</B><BR><B>From:
</B>Rex Takasugi <<A
href="mailto:RexTak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>RexTak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx</A>><BR><B>To:
</B>Bill Blue <<A
href="mailto:billblue@xxxxxxxxxxx";>billblue@xxxxxxxxxxx</A>><BR><B>Date:
</B>Wednesday, October 21, 1998 10:00 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Re: MetaStock Update
Requests<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Hi, Bill!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> <FONT size=3>Thanks for
the response and the ideas!</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><< <FONT color=#000000
size=2> I use Reuters for my EOD data. This data source is
the best that I have used. This data source corrects data errors and adjusts
for splits. Symbol changes are not automatically corrected, unfortunately. I
find that roughly twenty stocks change symbols per week and I can make these
corrections in about 40 minutes. >></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> I also use Reuters
for my EOD data for stocks, mutual funds and some indices.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2><< I open the
downloader report with wordpad. >></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> That's an
interesting idea... how do you do that exactly? When I try to
open COLREPT.DTA, I get a lot of garbage.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2><< The downloader report does not
indicate which folder the stock, whose symbol has changed, belongs to.
>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> We must be looking
at different files. Even though COLREPT.DTA has a lot of garbage, I
can see some of the data and the folders.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2><< It would be nice if the folder
which contains the stock whose symbol has changed was included in the detail
portion of the downloader report, this would eliminate the need to do a
search for the location of the folder using the subsequent entries in the
downloader report or the IRL search function. >></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> I usually print out the collection report, which has
this information. I can see that the problem with 8,000 stocks would
be that stocks that don't trade that day will show up on the report, so your
printed list would be very long.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2><< Stocks which
merge are usually found when I get an error message while changing the
symbol of one of the merged stocks that the new symbol already exists. This
indicates a merge. I check the news for the affected stocks and delete the
stock of the company which merged with the stock whose symbol did not
change. >></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> When you can't find any news on a particular issue,
what do you do besides e-mailing Equis?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2><< While I have
tried to minimize the amount of work required to update symbols it obviously
would be welcome relief if the downloader could automatically handle
this issue. A lot of the twenty plus symbols which change are NASDAQ stocks
which are in trouble and have added a suffix to their symbol. Quite often
this issue is resolved in short order and the symbol reverts back to its
previous symbol. >></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> I agree.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Best Regards,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Rex S. Takasugi, President</DIV>
<DIV>Technical Disciplines</DIV>
<DIV>Investment Advisory & Management Services</DIV>
<DIV>(253)639-0436 or 7806 Fax / <A
href="mailto:RexTak@xxxxxxx";>RexTak@xxxxxxx</A></DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://www.infowire.net/td/";>http://www.infowire.net/td/</A></DIV>
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