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Sorry . For Multiple instances, only the first instance found gets 
updated when you traverse the folders on the MS side. You need to do 
multiple updates.

Ron wrote:

> Different vendors provide their own industry groupings of stocks.
> Depending what you want to do with the grouping here are a two approaches.
>
> One approach is to  maintain a lookup list in Excel and use the vlookup
> function. After you run an exploration, the look up list is used to
> retrieve the industry group and sub-group. If you have look-ups for
> different vendors' groupings, you can rerieve multiple industry groups
> and sub-groups.  This is a matter of a few minutes work once the lookup
> list is set up.
>
> Another approach is to maintain multiple instances of the same ticker in
> various folders. This works, but has the distinct disadvantage of
> having multiple instances of  charts you've worked on . It also
> requires more storage space.
>
> Ron
>
>
>
>
> Mike Loveday wrote:
>
> > Hi Evan, I have been looking at ways of doing this too (grouping
> > stocks into folders according to industry / GICS classifications). I
> > was hesitant to move the stocks into different folders, only in that
> > it may then make it difficult to locate a particluar stock (would have
> > to determine it's industry classification to find the appropriate
> > folder). Especially since as you say some of the catagories are quite
> > vague (consumer discretionary for instance.. everything from
> > manufacturing to media companies).
> > 
> > Currently i have gone through the painstaking task of saving a bunch
> > of explorer lists which achieve a similar but less obvious result. At
> > least it keeps the folders in A-B order. As you say, no easy way to do
> > this.. had to pick through them one by one to form each sector list.
> > the other problem, is that these lists (same applies to folders) are
> > not dynamic. Any new stocks etc, will not be captured. At least with
> > your folder option, you will find new issues in the A-Z folders. I
> > wont have the same visability just using explorer lists... I think
> > I've inadvertantly gone for a "needle in a haystack approach"!
> > Previous to getting on board with Metastock I was using OTS Ezychart
> > as well, you are right in that the EzyAnalyser does in fact have a
> > grouping option by industry sector.. has this been updated to reflect
> > the new GICS sectors though? Perhaps there is a way I can
> > crossreference the two systems to track dynamic changes.
> > 
> > cheers,  Mike
> >
> >     -----Original Message-----
> >     From: Evan Cox [mailto:ejcox@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> >     Sent: Sunday, 22 September 2002 7:41 PM
> >     To: equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >     Subject: RE: [EquisMetaStock Group] updates lost in space
> >
> >     Hi Bill,
> >     
> >         The only two ways I know of to sort the industry groups in
> >     Metastock is, unfortunately, costly and/or time consuming.
> >     
> >     1 -  I have manually sorted the groups into the folders by copying
> >     the individual files into their groups, with a separate Warrants
> >     and Options folder.  I have still kept the A - Z folders empty so
> >     if a new warrant or stock enters the market, they will by default
> >     go into these folders.
> >     
> >     2 - I also have the OTS Ezy Station with its downloader that can
> >     sort the Metastock into the CIGS grouping which I find a little 
> vague.
> >     
> >         Both of these methods will work as long as when using the
> >     Equis Downloader you 'traverse all folders' in the options under
> >     the converting tool.
> >     
> >     Hope this can help
> >     
> >     Evan
> >
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