S&C Editor to speak at conference
FYI -- STOCKS & COMMODITIES' own Editor Thom Hartle will speak at the annual Society of Asset Allocators and Fund Timers (SAAFTI) conference May 5-7 in Seattle. The conference for registered investment advisors and professional money managers will focus on strategies for managing client risk and optimizing returns. Other speakers include Martin Pring, who is a well-known author and authority on asset allocation; and Mike Jausan, consultant on presentation techniques. Conference brochures are available and information about the conference is posted on SAAFTI's Web site.
The conference also will include workshops and panel discussions reviewing topics ranging from the technical aspects of commingling client assets to reviews of popular operations software.
SAAFTI is a nonprofit industry trade group founded in 1989. It focuses on asset allocation, dynamic asset allocation, market timing, fund timing and other related risk-management strategies. Its membership includes more than 140 registered investment advisory firms, as well as associate members including mutual funds, trust companies and software providers.
Saafti Inc.
c/o Linda Ferentchak
303 989-5656
Internet: https://www.saafti.com.
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The company also seeks approval for the electronic exchange's first set of listed contracts, which will be live cattle futures and options, to be cash settled instead of having physical delivery of the underlying commodity.
The proposed electronic FutureCom market would compete with traditional open outcry commodity exchanges. Orders will be filled electronically, which can reduce trading expenses, since fewer people will be needed to execute a trade. It could also help to avoid errors in filling orders, according to Bill O'Brien, managing partner of Texas Beef who developed the concept of FutureCom, and would help ensure the best order execution price for traders, because orders would be filled based on the time they are entered into the system, putting smaller traders on an equal footing with larger ones.
In addition, the CFTC would be able to more easily track every trade, from the time each was entered into the system until it was executed.
FutureCom would maintain a cluster of computers to receive and display orders from traders around the country or around the world. Traders would use their personal computers to send in orders over the Internet by way of user identification numbers and passwords. FutureCom traders would have to meet the same financial criteria that the CFTC requires for traders at other exchanges.
FutureCom trading would take place from 8 am to 12 noon Central Time. FutureCom's contract would be based on the value of 50,000 pounds of fed cattle to more closely match how the livestock is transported -- by the truckload.
FutureCom
phone: 806 372-3877, ext: 279
E-mail: futurecom@tbp.com
Internet: https://www.agcenter.com
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The Disclosure SEC Database is a file of business and financial information on public companies in the US. The database is compiled from documents filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and includes current and historical financial data; company summary information such as corporate addresses, officers and directors; and more.
Vickers Stock Research Corporation provides stock and bond ownership information to Wall Street investment firms. Compiled from 13F filings, voluntary filings, the share register, 13D and 13G filings, 14D-1 filings, 3 and 4 filings and 144 filings, coverage includes 13F institutions, US mutual funds, Canadian and non-US money managers, insurance companies and insiders of US equities. Data available through the Vickers service includes institutional equity and fixed income ownership, 5% equity ownership and insider equity ownership.
A-T Attitude for the Internet is a trading system delivering real-time trading information via remote access over the Internet. Two levels of service are currently available. A-T Attitude was developed to offer a faster quote delivery system over the Internet than the browser-based quote systems currently available via the World Wide Web.
A-T Financial
phone 888 REACH-AT
Internet: https://www.atfi.com
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ProCharts can be customized to display the bias of an analyst's current and prior recommendations directly on the price chart. ProCharts can display buy/sell signals triggered by technical indicators.
ProCharts is written in the new CGM format, which is well suited to the Internet environment. In addition, charts in CGM format can be rescaled without loss of resolution, unlike charts in GIF format.
Oz Software, Inc.
800 The Interfin Building
1400 Post Oak Blvd.
Houston, TX 77056
Phone: 713 877-1204
Fax: 713 877-1650
E-mail: iw@online-intelligence.com
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Window on WallStreet Professional Investor 5.0 ($295) contains an artificial intelligence-based decision-making tool. Window On WallStreet Personal Investor 5.0 (street price, $50) and Window on WallStreet Deluxe Investor 5.0 ($129.95) incorporate Window On WallStreet's patent-pending RATE (Rational Analysis Technology Expert) technique, which combines fundamental and technical analysis methodologies.
Each edition in the Window on WallStreet 5.0 series helps the user get connected to one of three compatible data sources: Dial Data, Dow Jones News/Retrieval or CompuServe. All editions also include E*Trade online trading software, Netscape Navigator and Sprynet Internet browsing software.
Window On WallStreet Inc.
1820 N. Glenville Dr., Suite 100
Richardson, TX 75081
Phone: 972 783-6792. Fax: 972 783-6798
Internet: https://www.wallstreet.net.
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The Web site will allow users to try InterSat's quote service without needing to install a satellite configuration (which includes a dish/feedhorn, cable and receiver). Users wanting InterSat's enhanced quote service can then upgrade to the satellite service.
The fee for Web site quotes is $99 per month for a limited time. Exchange fees are additional. The service includes datafeeds from all North American futures exchanges and most stock exchanges. The package also includes Real-Tick III software from Townsend Analytics.
InterSat
phone: 800-39SPACE (800-397-7223)
Internet: https://www.InterSat.com.
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Registration costs $575 and includes materials and complimentary products.
International Institute for Economic Research
phone: 800 221-7514, 804 694-0415
Internet: https://www.pring.com
E-mail: iier@inna.net.
The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) will hold a one-day minicourse presenting an overview of trading futures and options from the home or office. The course, titled "Computer Basics for Futures," will be held on May 15 and the cost is $350 per person.SPOTTING MARKET TRENDSOn May 5-8, CBOT will sponsor a four-day course on synergetic technical analysis, given by Thomas Bierovic. Bierovic will cover trend-following indicators and oscillators and will demonstrate how these two trading approaches complement each other in synergized trading systems. The cost is $150 per person.
Mary Unger
CBOT Market & Product Development Dept.
141 W. Jackson, Suite 2210
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: 312 435-7207
Technical analyst John J. Murphy (whose interview appeared in S&C December 1996) has come out with a new book: The Visual Investor: How to Spot Market Trends (John Wiley & Sons, 1997, 306 pages, hardcover $29.95, ISBN 0-471-14447-9). In it, Murphy takes the reader through the ins and outs of reading price and volume charts, encouraging the reader to form a picture of price to aid in investment decisions. Special emphasis is placed on sector and global investing through mutual funds.The goal of the book is to help the reader analyze a stock or industry group without complicated mathematical formulas and technical concepts. The main point of the analysis is determining price direction. Murphy covers the fundamentals of technical analysis, from chart types and market indicators to sector and global analysis. He covers support and resistance levels, volume confirmation, trends, oscillators, and more.
The book includes a section listing publishing and educational resources as well as software products and data vendors. A special edition of Omega Research's Wall Street Analyst software on CD-Rom comes with the book.
Murphy is an analyst with CNBC television and the author of Technical Analysis of the Futures Markets and Intermarket Technical Analysis. He is a Contributing Writer for S&C, having contributed many articles on technical and intermarket analysis. Murphy has been involved in market analysis and commentary for almost 30 years.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Professional, Reference and Trade Group
605 Third Ave.
New York, NY 10158-0012
Phone: 800 225-5945
Internet: https://www.wiley.com
