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- Page 1 For Use with the Franklin Digital Book System Electronic Publishers IC-111 DIGITAL BOOK F M A M J S O N D The Tradeline Pocket Stock Guide User’ s Manual...
- Page 2 This license is effective until terminated. This license terminates immediately without notice from FRANKLIN if you fail to comply with any provision of this license. DISCLAIMER Tradeline is a product of IDD Information Services. IDD believes the information in this product to be accurate.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Getting Started ... 4 Install the Digital Book ... 5 Select the Stock Guide ... 6 Adjust the Contrast ... 7 Select a Search Method ... 8 Select Setup Options ... 9 Learn the Keys ... 10 Finding Stock Data ... 11 Stock Snapshots ... - Page 4 Introduction ® The Tradeline financial reference covering almost 6,000 NYSE, American, and NASDAQ stocks. It also covers more than 120 leading market indices. For each stock or market index, you can see: • a “Stock Snapshot” of earnings per share, price/earnings ratio, and other fundamental data;...
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Page 5: Getting Started
Getting Started If you’re using ® the Tradeline Pocket Stock Guide for the first time, read this section. -
Page 6: Install The Digital Book
Install the Digital Book You must install the Tradeline Guide before you can use it. 1. Turn the Digital Book System off. 2. Insert the digital book in a slot on the back. Line up its tabs with the notches in the slot. Then snap it in place. -
Page 7: Select The Stock Guide
Select the Stock Guide Once the Tradeline installed, here’s how to start using it. 1. Press CARD 2. Press 3. Press ENTER This is the entry line. In the Stock Guide , you can always return to it by pressing Resuming Where You Left Off If the Digital Book System is turned off while you’re using the Tradeline... -
Page 8: Adjust The Contrast
Adjust the Contrast If the screen contrast is not to your liking, here’s how to adjust it. 1. Turn the contrast wheel. contrast wheel 2. If the screen is still blank, check the batteries. See “Replacing the Batteries” in Reference. Help is Always at Hand To see a help message at any time, press . -
Page 9: Select A Search Method
Select a Search Method At the Search menu, you can customize the entry line to search for company names, ticker symbols, or both. These are called Name Searches. 1. Press MENU 2. Press to highlight a search method. 3. Press ENTER Which Search Method to Select lets you search by full or partial... -
Page 10: Select Setup Options
Select Setup Options At the Setup menu, you can turn off the title display or change the automatic shutoff timing. The shutoff timing is how long the Digital Book System stays on when you forget to turn it off. 1. Press MENU 2. -
Page 11: Learn The Keys
Learn the Keys Function Keys CLEAR MENU MORE LIST SPEC CARD BACK ENTER SPACE HELP Direction Keys Hold while pressing the other key. Clear to the entry line. See menus. See more data about a stock. See a list of stocks. Use EZ Screening Exit the Stock Guide . -
Page 12: Finding Stock Data
Finding Stock Data Finding Stock Data This section shows how to find fundamental, pricing- related, and other information about stocks. -
Page 13: Stock Snapshots
Stock Snapshots By doing a Name Search, you can see Stock Snapshots of fundamental and pricing-related data for NYSE, AMEX, and NASDAQ common or preferred stocks, as well as for market indices. In this example, we’ll look at Disney common stock. 1. - Page 14 The second Snapshot shows pricing-related data. To. . . Return to the first Snapshot See the 52 Week Price Chart If You Misspell a Name Or if you don’t know a company name, type as many letters as you know and press .
- Page 15 Stock Snapshots A Quick Way to Search Just start typing a company name or ticker symbol at any Stock Snapshot or Chart. As you type, the entry line appears. Scanning the Entire Stock List To see a list of all stocks, press and then the list, press or top, press...
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Page 16: 52 Week Price Charts
52 Week Price Charts You can see a 52 Week Price Chart for a stock or market index by pressing Stock Snapshot. This example is for Disney stock. 1. At a second Stock Snapshot, press To. . . Return to the second Snapshot See a Market Comparison Chart... -
Page 17: Market Comparison Charts
Market Comparison Charts Market Comparison Charts compare the perfor- mance of a stock or market index against the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. Stock performance is measured in percent change in price over 12 months. This example is for Disney. 1. -
Page 18: Ez Screening
EZ Screening Using EZ Screening up to 15 investment criteria and see a customized stock list. In this example, we’ll find NYSE stocks with price/earning ratios greater than 200. 1. At the entry line, press 2. Press . Then press N E W Y O R K N E W Y O R K N E W Y O R K... - Page 19 EZ Screening ™ 6. Type as the low number. 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 Simply press the numbered keys. To erase numbers, press 7. Press . Then press You can select more criteria and type ranges just as you did the P/E Ratio.
- Page 20 Moving in EZ Screening The arrows in EZ Screening direction keys you can press to move around the screen. Finding Leading Market Indices In addition to individual stocks, you can find more than 120 market indices such as the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. To see a list of all market indices, select as the stock exchange in EZ Screen- INDEX...
- Page 21 EZ Screening ™ Starting Searches from Menus Rather than pressing SPEC CLEAR you can start searches using the menus. When you’re doing a Name Search, press . Then press to highlight MENU Run EZ Screening“ Then press ENTER ™ When you’re using EZ Screening , press MENU Then press...
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Page 22: Reference
Reference Reference This section contains the Glossary and information about using the Digital Book System. -
Page 23: Glossary
Average Daily Price (AvePrc) • The average closing price of a stock within a 52 Week period. Average Daily Volume (AveVol) • The average total daily volume traded within a 52 Week period. Beta Factor (Beta) • A statistical coefficient providing a rough measure of a stock’s price volatility compared to the market, represented by the S&P 500 Index. - Page 24 dividends paid by the latest reported 12-month earnings per share. Earnings Per Share (EPS) • The latest reported portion of a company’s profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock within a 12-month period. 52 Week High Price (52WkHi) • The highest daily closing price of a stock within a 52 Week period.
- Page 25 Glossary closing price per share. 1 Year Percent Price Change (1Yr%) • The percent change between a stock’s latest available price and its price one year ago. P/E Ratio (P/E) • The latest available closing price of a stock divided by its latest available earnings per share.
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Page 26: Digital Book System
Digital Book System Installing & Removing Digital Books To install a digital book, first turn off your Digital Book System. Then align the digital book’s tabs with the notches in either book slot on the back and snap the book into the slot. If you install only one book, it doesn’t matter which slot you use. -
Page 27: Switching Between Digital Books
Digital Book System Switching Between Digital Books 1. With two digital books installed, press CARD 2. Highlight a symbol by pressing Then press To return to the first book, repeat these steps. Sending Words Between Books Some digital books can send and receive words from other digital books. -
Page 28: Replacing The Batteries
Replacing the Batteries The Digital Book System uses CR2032 lithium batteries. Have new batteries ready before following these steps. 1. Turn the Digital Book System off. 2. Press and slide the battery cover off the back of the unit. Then remove all the batteries. 3. -
Page 29: Protecting The Digital Book System
Digital Book System Protecting the Digital Book System • Don't touch the metal contacts on the back of your digital books or the rubber contacts in the book slots of the Digital Book System. CAUTION: Touching the contacts with statically charged objects, including your fingers, could erase informa- tion that you entered in your installed digital books. -
Page 30: Specifications
• size: 58 x 31 x 7 mm (2-1/4” x 1-1/4” x 1/4”) • weight: 0.3 oz. • ROM size: 1 megabyte Copyrights, Trademarks, and Patents © 1993 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. This manual is copyrighted 1993 by Franklin. © 1993 IDD Enterprises, LP. All rights reserved. -
Page 31: Limited Warranty
Limited Warranty (USA only) FRANKLIN warrants to you that the DIGITAL BOOK will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one year from purchase. In the case of such a defect in your DIGITAL BOOK, FRANKLIN will repair or replace it without charge on return, with purchase receipt, to the dealer from which you made your purchase or Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., 122 Burrs Road, Mt. -
Page 32: Index
52 Week Price Charts 15 Abbreviations, 14, 22 Adjusting contrast 7 Arrow keys 19 [Index to come][ Auto-resume 6 BACK key 7, 12, 13, 15 Backing up 13, 15, 16 Batteries replacing 27 Charts 52 Week Price 15 Market Comparison 16 Digital Book System cleaning 28 restarting 25... - Page 33 Index quick entry 14 selecting types of 8 ON/OFF key 5 Pocket Stock Guide installation 5 selecting and starting 6 Pricing-related data 13 Protecting Data 5 Screen contrast 7 Screening stocks 17 Search Methods Name Search selecting types of 8 selecting by menus 20 selecting EZ Screen- ing™...
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