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Welcome to MONEY v2.60
Copyright 1988, 1989 by Timothy Higgins
All Rights Reserved
This is the latest version of a stock portfolio program
that is geared towards both novice and experienced stock
investors. No knowledge of the stock market is required,
except for the ability to look up stock prices and market data
such as Treasury Bill rates and the Stock Market Index.
The version that is being distributed as SHAREWARE is a
scaled down version of the real thing (the SHAREWARE version is
v2.60 whereas the "real thing" is v2.61). The major difference
between the two versions is the number of stocks and
transactions that each program can handle. Version 2.60 can
only handle at most 10 stocks and 50 transactions, whereby
v2.61 can handle as many as 50 stocks and 8100 transactions.
There are also minor cosmetic and operational differences
between the two versions, primarily in the area of error
checking. ATTENTION BROKERS AND SERIOUS INVESTORS: Please keep
in mind that the imposed limit on the number of stocks was
arbitrary. Version 2.61 can be custom modified to handle
almost any number of stocks and transactions as long as
they can be processed within 640k of memory. Each stock and
transaction occupies approximately 80 bytes of memory. The
limit on the number of stocks and transactions will depend on
how much conventional free memory your computer has.
So, what does this program do? Here's a brief summary of
its features:
1. Handles 10 stocks and 50 transactions
(v2.61 handles 50 stocks and 8100 transactions).
2. Calculates TOTAL and RECENT portfolio,
market, and individual stock returns.
3. Displays this information in 3 ways:
a. On-Command while entering
data.
b. Graphically, if a color graphics
card is attached.
c. On 3 types of easy to read
charts: Portfolio, Transactions,
and Performance Summary.
4. Records all transactions in a separate
file.
5. Allows printing of PORTFOLIO, MARKET, and
PERFORMANCE charts to a printer or an Ascii (DOS
Text) file. Allows printing of graphs on printers
that accept graphics (must run GRAPHICS.COM before
running MONEY260).
6. Allows for Stock Splits, and will
automatically update the portfolio and
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transactions file to indicate the new stock
values.
7. You decide the names to use for your data
files. This means that you can use this program
to analyze any number of different portfolios.
8. Fully menu driven. Just follow the on-
screen prompts which guide you throughout the
program.
9. Simple data entry. Allows editing of all
data before it gets written to the disk. Even
incorporates a PANIC BUTTON (the F1 key) if you
start doing something that you wish you hadn't.
10. Extensive error checking and error
messages (this applies mainly to v2.61 although
there is significant error checking done in
v2.60).
BEFORE YOU BEGIN:
Make a back-up of this disk including the sample data
files.
1. Insert original disk in Drive A (the upper
drive on two floppy systems). If you have a two
floppy system insert a BLANK FORMATTED DISK in Drive
B (the bottom drive). Close the drive door(s) and
enter the following at the DOS command prompt:
COPY A:*.* B:
THOSE WITH TWO FLOPPY DRIVE SKIP STEP #2
2. If you have only one Floppy drive, enter
the above command. A message will appear on the
screen. You will now take out the disk that is in
the drive and replace it with a BLANK FORMATTED
DISK. Close the drive door and press ENTER.
3. When the drive light(s) goes out, you will
have a back-up copy of the original disk. KEEP IT
IN A SAFE PLACE.
Owners of Hard-disk systems may want to copy all of the
original files onto their hard disk in a separate directory
named MONEY. To do so, following this procedure:
1. To create a separate directory on your hard
disk, first make sure that the DOS command
prompt says C:\> (or something similar) to
indicate you are in the root directory of the
hard disk. Then enter this command:
MD MONEY
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2. Change to that directory by entering:
CD MONEY
3. Insert the program disk in drive A and enter
this command:
COPY A:*.* C:\MONEY
HOW TO RUN THE PROGRAM:
1. Make sure the MONEY.COM and all data files that are
used by the program are on the current drive and the current
directory. Then enter:
MONEY
2. You will see a brief message indicating that I would
appreciate a little compensation for writing this program.
It took me over a year to bring it from scratch, to a BASIC
program, back to scratch, to a Pascal program, and then to
add all the extra features. It also cost me a few grades
while in college.
3. To continue, Press any key. Now enter your file names.
If you just want to see how the program operates, simply
press ENTER at the file name prompts to accept the default
sample data files. To start you own files, press ESCape to
clear the prompts, then enter a file name (WITHOUT THE FILE
EXTENSION).
4. Now you will be presented with the MAIN MENU of
choices. Pick one, any one (pick a card, any card...).
5. Just follow the prompts. But be careful when entering
stock data.
To indicate that you BOUGHT stock, enter a POSITIVE
number at the prompt that says NUMBER OF SHARES TRADED. To
indicate that you SOLD stock, enter a NEGATIVE number at the
prompt.
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