| abair |
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| Tuesday, October 18, 2005 |
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QUOTE (diceman) Don't know why "KSW" would be so high.
Dividing by a very small number does this sort of thing. Something in TC's calculation of dividend yield is faulty.
QUOTE (diceman)
(spreadsheet)
with dollar values from 5 to 100 dollars in 5
dollar increments in column A.
Then in column B you could put calculation
for 1% yield. C 2% yield. D 3% yield and so on.
Print in out and you will have a quick view of the
price dividend relationship.
The PERCENT YIELD already gives you a n EXACT price dividend relationship.
A $100 stock with a 5% dividend yield has the exact same cost per dollar dividend, that a $5 stock with a 5% dividend yield has.
Abair
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QUOTE (diceman) ...
Sort by dividend. By looking you
should be able to find good relationships.
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That will work, but note these two cautions:
1. TC has a problem with SMALL dividends.
For example, the ticker "KSW" -
current price about $8.00
current dividend $0.06.
TC reports this as 24.9%
You do the math.
My primitive math results in 0.75%.
You'll have to check each yield reported
manually!
2. Have you noticed, that several questions
about this topic have been ignored?
See post by "snowhawkp" on June 20, 07.
But they do suggest moving to blocks,
if you want to play with dividends.
Abair
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QUOTE (marcj) abair,
I had a few problems, maybe a half hour to install. You had some bad luck!?
marcj
The problem was (mostly) that the install required a HUGE download. In the boonocks we don't have the kind of bandwitch that deals with a GIGABYTE of downloading in a snap.
I welcome the idea of having the historical data on my PC, but Bollocks 2.0 doesn't run without an Internet connection anyway.
Next time I started it, ANOTHER download, more than a HUNDRED MB.
That's not bad luck. It's bad design.
Abair
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I've just installed Blocks 2 a couple of days ago, and spent the last hour and a half (of a two and a half hour install) considering to just chuck the whole thing.
So far I have had ZEROR time playing with blocks 2.
The installation ate so much time, that there wasn't any left to explore the program.
Then I tried to use blocks without going online, just to try stuff out. It loaded the program, but nothing popped on the screen.
Today I tried it again, and the first thing it did was start another download (161 MB of Blocks Strategy Trade setup, which I thought I already had).
By the way, when a software package download s a GIGABYTE of data, isn't it logical to expect the program to ASK the user WHERE to put this data?!
I've got 400 GB of available disk space, but not on the drive where Blocks put the data without asking.
How about some utility, to MOVE the data to the location of the user's choice?
Perhaps you people havn't caught the little tidbit about broadbandwith available in the USA. It's WAY SLOWER than the rest of the world. Mine in particular. At least that is the conclusion I drew after Blocks had not finished installing after an hour.
The Strategy trader setup has been downloading and installing since I started to read this forum. It's still not finished.
Is this normal?
Has the Strategy Trader changed in the last couple of days?
One more questions -- Why are the two blocks versions storing THOUSANDS of files in my debug folder?
Wouldn't it make more sense to REPLACE debug files, especially, since there are ZERO error messages in the error file?
OOPS, another BLCOKS BUG:
I'm getting a dozen or so error messages on the screen, "Error displauing Tray info system.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Text length must be less than 64 characters." I've had this message ach time I started Blocks 2.
Ten or more separate message boxes, all saying the same thing.
Abair
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Seems like a perfect time to add an indicator, that tracks the number of available days.
I ran afoul of this shortcoming as well, in that I wanted to screen out stocks, that had less than 5 years of posts. The PCF I created for this calculates only a single day, yet it slows down the UPDATE enough so I can get a cup of coffe while it updates!
I'd give up the relatively USELESS "Tracking Days in List" for such an indicator.
With such an indicator, call it "N" for number of available days, one could create PCFs like:
MAXC.N (period for emphasis)
Abair
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How do I delete old notes and reports?
The only notes I have read are those I click on from a chart, and these always seem to be years old.
They not only take up disk space, i.i. clutter up the disk, but I have no interest in them.
I'm afraid if I delete them, they'll just download again onthe next update.
Abair
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QUOTE (Bruce_L)
To save any changes you've made to the Properties of an item, you will wish to save the item itself, not its Properties Window. For example, if you right-click on the Price History in the Personal Chartist Workspace from the Web Library, one of the options is Save As. This will save the Price History Plot. But, if you right-click and select Properties, this will bring up the Properties Tool Window (which as been discussed previously cannot be saved).
Thanks, I got it now. But I'll be posting a HUGE wishlist .
Abair
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Thanks for the option to download, and watch offline. This makes it much easier to view a video repeatedly.
Wish the Blocks videos wear all that way.
Abair
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When I open the properties window of a block (indicator) there is a pull-down menu in the upper right corner. One of its options is SAVE, and I have been UNABLE to save anything with it. It always generates the error "can't save properties".
What does this SAVE option do?
Abair
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I watched the "retracement" video. Figured out how to lay on some Fibonaccio Alfredo. Though I almost missed the bit in the video, where the secret was revealed.
Who would think, that "click on drawing tools" DOES NOT MEAN "click on the menu named 'Drawing Tools'"?
Nor does the fact, that you SAVE Chart Template in the Chart Template menu mean, that you can use that menu to retrieve the template.
The personal indicators, that you mention in the video, don't work unless you either UPDATE the chart online, or figure out, that personal criteria can be calculated with the almost invisible button cleverly named "Change Personal Criteria Settings".
I do appreciate the quick reply though.
Abair
PS: Just as soon as something impresses me, I will post a congratulatory note -- true to Worden Tradition, in a different place by the same name .
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