Database updating over the Internet
UPGRADE -- Proview Professional Services has introduced an updated version of its database graphics package, giving users the ability to update Proview databases over the Internet.
The Proview Internet server allows customers to download end-of-day datafiles for the cost of a local call. With the new version of Proview, the user can also add markets (including currencies, commodities, interest rates, stocks and stock indices) over the Internet and download Proview's latest software enhancements. Users may also update databases held in third-party software that use MetaStock-format datafiles.
Data available from Proview includes all major futures markets; spot 24-hour currencies plus cross and minor currencies; the major international stock market indices; US stocks and indices; US and world interest rates; and all Dow Jones global indices. Proview data is available in daily, weekly or monthly formats with up to 30 years of history.
Proview
phone 800 695-4222
E-mail: proview@pipeline.com
Internet: www.proview.com.au.
Æxpert Advantage financial online service offers a bundle of financial information and investment tools. Users can customize the real-time feature to make a list of up to 20 stocks that can be updated with real-time pricing by a mouse click.
Subscribers to Æxpert Advantage RT will receive all the features of the standard Æxpert Advantage Internet service, including Æxpert MarketVision Forecaster, a neural network­p;based tool that makes 10-day market forecasts; and Æxpert Optimizer, an online version of Æxpert's proprietary mutual fund optimization program. Æxpert Advantage also provides a research menu, a daily list of stock and mutual fund recommendations, and data on more than 16,000 securities. The monthly subscription price of Æxpert Advantage RT is $59.95.
ComStock
600 Mamaroneck Ave., 5th floor
Harrison, NY 10528-1624
Phone: 914 381-7000. Fax: 914 381-7021Æxpert Inc.
1401 Walnut St., Suite 1M
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: 215 972-0680. Fax: 215 972-5559
Internet: https://www.aexpert.com.
Signal translating programming enables the keyboard and mouse from one type of computer to operate another type of computer. Autoboot circuitry emulates keyboard and mouse presence 100% of the time, so both computers can boot error free. Lights on the front panel show which computer is selected. A multisync VGA monitor is required.
The switch costs $750 and comes with a one-year warranty.
Network Technologies Inc.
1275 Danner Drive
Aurora, OH 44202-8054
Phone: 216 562-7070, 800 742-8324
Fax: 216 562-1999.
Release 5.1, which configures itself automatically for either Windows 3.1 or Windows 95/NT, features a new correspondence analysis module. The upgrade also includes new functions in the STATISTICA BASIC programming language and enhancements of both the import facility and the STATISTICA /QC add-on package.
The price of Release 5.1 is $995. Quick STATISTICA is $495. STATISTICA/QC industrial statistics add-on for STATISTICA or STATISTICA/QC is $495.
StatSoft
2300 East 14th St.
Tulsa, OK 74104
Phone: 918 749-1119. Fax: 918 749-2217
E-mail: info@statsoft.com. Internet: https://www.statsoft.com.
In addition to open outcry, workstations for electronic trading surround the trading pit for traders entering their own orders. The electronic traders are usually large traders. Still other traders trade from terminals installed in upstairs offices at the exchange.
The Russian Exchange, US Representative Office
157 West 57th St., Suite 1103
New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212 962-6894. Fax: 718 639-8889
E-mail: elder@soho.ios.com.
Kuck & Associates (K&I) has released version 3.0 of the KAI C++ compiler. The release includes draft-standard C++ class libraries, support for member templates and new usability features for large codes. KAI C++ provides the latest C++ features, runs on Unix workstations and the Cray T3D workstation, and delivers computational performance enhancements.NEW BOOKSKuck & Associates, Inc.
1906 Fox Drive
Champaign, IL 61820-7334
Phone: 217 356-2288. Fax: 217 356-5199
E-mail: kai@kai.com.
The rag-to-riches life and career of Leo Melamed, an influential figure in the futures industry who launched the International Monetary Market (IMM), is detailed in his new autobiography published by John Wiley & Sons. Written with the assistance of journalist Bob Tamarkin, Leo Melamed: Escape to the Futures presents an account of his 25 years as chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and his dealings with prominent politicians. The book provides insight into the workings of a multibillion-dollar industry. Besides being credited with developing the concept of financial futures, Melamed has a host of credits, including Director of the National Bureau of Economic Research, council member of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, and a Senior Fellow of the International Association of Financial Engineers. The price is $27.95.NEW WEB SITESWiley Book Order Dept.
1 Wiley Drive
Somerset, NJ 08875
Phone: 800 225-5945
Internet: https://www.wiley.com.The Dow Jones Guide to the World Stock Market, 1996 edition (1996, 761 pages, $34.95 softcover), by the editors of Dow Jones & Company with an introduction by John A. Prestbo, editor of the Dow Jones World Stock Index, is an almanac of sorts published yearly by Prentice Hall in association with Morningstar. This is a reference book filled with fundamental data on nearly 2,700 stocks in 29 countries throughout the world. Of course, it's not a book to be kept on your bedside table and read cover to cover, but if you're interested in investing on a worldwide scale, then reading at least the introductions to each of the chapters would be a very worthwhile endeavor. The chapter introductions for each country are written by Dow Jones business correspondents who live in those countries and have the opportunity to continuously observe the markets they report on.
This book lists the names, addresses, phone and fax numbers, top officers, industry and business affiliations and some of the most important economic data for each company included in the Dow Jones World Stock Index. It also includes three years of financial results on each company's revenues, earnings, dividends, stock prices and other categories. This guide is cross-indexed both alphabetically and by industry group to make it quick and easy to get to the information you need.
Prentice Hall, division of Simon & Schuster
Prentice Hall Building
One Lake Street
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Phone: 800 643-5506. Fax: 800 835-5327
Internet: https://www.prenhall.com/.
Vortex Technical Services has opened the SmartChart site on the World Wide Web, a technical charting service that combines traditional charting with investment advisory. Andrew Green, author, founder and director of Vortex, constructs and explains financial charts at the site, demonstrating technical chart analysis. An annual subscription is $245 or $95 for a three-month trial. The site also offers a free market alert service for nonsubscribers.
PO Box 8739
Jupiter, FL 33468-8739
Phone: 407 624-6133
Internet: https://www.smartchart.com.
Lou Mendelsohn, who has contributed many articles to STOCKS & COMMODITIES over the years, offers a Web site. The site features information on Mendelsohn Enterprises, the collected works of Mendelsohn, product and software sales information and related technical analysis and trading sites.
25941 Apple Blossom Lane
Wesley Chapel, FL 33544
Phone: 800 732-5407, 813 973-0496. Fax: 813 973-2700
E-mail: Mendelsohn@ProfitTaker.com
Internet: https://www.ProfitTaker.com/.
Applied Derivatives Trading magazine is published monthly on the Internet. It features articles, interviews and editorials on topics relating to derivatives trading and the markets.
Alphachart annouces a new charting site dedicated to technical analysis. Live Java charts can be plotted. Technical indicators supported include Bollinger bands, MACD, SAR, momentum, Chaikin oscillator, directional movement, OBV, Williams' %R, RSI, moving averages, accumulation/distribution, candlesticks and the stochastics oscillator.
The RCM Financial Group LLC Web site features discussion groups for financial professionals, multimedia presentations, online active spreadsheets, more than 300 search engines, downloadable presentation software and Internet utilities. It also offers links to more than 6,700 other finance-related sites and more than 200 electronic financial and business publications.
