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Franklin IC-132 User Manual

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The Tradeline
Pocket Stock Guide
User' s Manual

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  • Page 1 For Use with the Franklin Digital Book System Electronic Publishers IC-132 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.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Install the Digital Book ... 5 Select a Search Method ... 7 Select Settings ... 8 Stock Snapshots ... 10 52 Week Price Charts ... 13 Market Comparison Charts ... 14 EZ Screening™ ... 15 Digital Book System® ... 20 Product Specifications ...
  • Page 4 ® The Tradeline Pocket Stock Guide is a powerful financial reference covering almost 6,000 NYSE, American, and NASDAQ common and preferred stocks. It also covers more than 120 leading market indices. For each stock or market index, you can view. . . •...

  • Page 5: Getting Started

    Getting Started If you have never used ® the Tradeline Pocket Stock Guide , read this section.

  • Page 6: Install The Digital Book

    Install the Digital Book You must install a digital book before you can use it. WARNING: Never install a digital book when the Digital Book System is on. 1. Turn the Digital Book System off. 2. Install the digital book in a slot on the back. 3.

  • Page 7: Resuming Where You Left Off

    Install the Digital Book Once the digital book is installed, here is how to select and start using it. 1. Press CARD 2. Press appropriate digital book symbol. 3. Press ENTER This is the entry line, where you start searching for stocks.

  • Page 8: Select A Search Method

    Select a Search Method You can search for stocks by company name or ticker symbol. Here’s how to select a search method. 1. If you’re not at the entry line, press 2. Press MENU A diamond marks the current selection. 3.

  • Page 9: Select Settings

    Select Settings Using the Setup menu, you can disable the opening IDD title and graphic or change the shutoff time. The shutoff time is how long the Digital Book System stays on when you forget to turn it off. 1. Press MENU 2.

  • Page 10: Finding Stock Data

    Finding Stock Data This section shows you how to find fundamental, pricing- related, and other stock information.

  • Page 11: Stock Snapshots

    Stock Snapshots To search for a stock, simply enter its company name or ticker symbol at the entry line. For every listed stock, you’ll find a Stock Snapshot of funda- mental data and a Stock Snapshot of pricing-related data. Try this an example. 1.
  • Page 12 Stock Snapshots This Stock Snapshot shows pricing-related data. To. . . Return to the first Snapshot View a 52 Week Price Chart If You Misspell a Name Or if you don’t know a company name, just type as many letters as you can and press .
  • Page 13 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. Viewing the Entire Stock List To view a list of all stocks, press then .

  • Page 14: 52 Week Price Charts

    52 Week Price Charts You can view a 52 Week Price Chart for a stock or market index by pressing Snapshot. Here is how. 1. At a second Stock Snapshot, press To. . . Return to the second Snapshot View a Market Comparison Chart Viewing MORE Information When you’re viewing a Stock Snapshot or...

  • Page 15: Market Comparison Charts

    Market Comparison Charts Market Comparison Charts compare the perfor- mance of a stock or market index against the Stan- dard & Poor's 500 Index. Stock performance is measured in percent change in price over 12 months. 1. At a 52 Week Price Chart, press The dark line charts the stock, and the light line charts the S&P 500 Index.

  • Page 16: Ez Screening

    EZ Screening You can screen stocks by up to 15 investment crite- ria using EZ Screening tomized stock list. In this example, we’ll screen for New York Stock Exchange stocks that have price/ earning ratios greater than 200. 1. Press CLEAR 2.
  • Page 17 6. Press and then type 200 as the low number. To type numbers, press the numbered keys. To erase numbers, press 7. Press You could type a high number. By not typing one, the upper limit is automatically typed. 8. Press to screen for stocks.
  • Page 18 ™ EZ Screening Finding Market Indices Besides stocks, you can find more than 120 leading market indices such as the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. To view a list of market indices, select “INDEX” ™ as the stock exchange in EZ Screening .
  • Page 19 Switching Between Searching and Screening You can quickly switch between searching for stocks and EZ Screening Or you can use the menus. Here is how: While searching for stocks, press then to highlight “Run EZ Screening Press ENTER While screening stocks, press Press ENTER Then enter a company name or ticker symbol.

  • Page 20: Reference

    Reference This section contains the glossary as well as general information about the Digital Book System.

  • Page 21: Digital Book System

    Digital Book System Resetting If the keyboard fails to respond or the screen per- forms erratically, press If nothing happens, hold . If still nothing happens, press the recessed ON/OFF reset button on the back of the Digital Book System using a paper clip.

  • Page 22: Replacing The Batteries

    Replacing the Batteries The DBS-1 and DBS-2 use four 3-volt, CR2032 lithium batteries. The DBS-2D uses four 1.5-volt, AA batteries. 1. Have new batteries ready. 2. Turn the Digital Book System off. 3. Slide the battery cover off the back. 4.

  • Page 23: Product Specifications

    • size: 58 x 31 x 7 mm (2-1/4” x 1-1/4” x 1/4”) • weight: 0.3 oz. 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 24: 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 25: 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 26 52 Week High Price (52WkHi) • The highest daily closing price of a stock within a 52 Week period. 52 Week Low Price (52WkLo) • The lowest daily closing price of a stock within a 52 Week period. 52 Week Return (Return) • The price performance during a 52 Week period added to the total dividends paid during that period and divided by the beginning price.
  • Page 27 Glossary Yield Ratio (Yield) • The dividend amount paid by a company represented as a percentage of the price. Yield is calculated by dividing the total dividend paid within a 12-month period by the latest available price.

  • Page 28: Key Guide

    Function Keys Clear for a new search. CLEAR View menus. MENU View more stock data. MORE View a stock list. L I S T Switch between searching and SPEC EZ Screening Exit the digital book. CARD Back up. BACK Enter a stock or view more data. ENTER In EZ Screening SPACE...

  • Page 29: Index

    52 Week Price Charts 13 Abbreviations, defined 12, 24 Arrow keys 17 [Index to come][ Auto-resume 6 BACK key 3, 10, 11, 13 Backing up 11, 13, 14 Batteries precautions 21 replacing 21 Batteries, replacing 21 CARD key 6 Charts 52 Week Price 13 Market Comparison 14 Cleaning 20...
  • Page 30 MORE key 13 Name Search default 7 quick entry 12 selecting types of 7 ON/OFF key 5 Pricing-related data 11 Replacing the batteries 21 Resetting the Digital Book System 20 Screen contrast 5 Screening stocks 15 Search methods, selecting 7 Selecting EZ Screening 15 investment criteria 16...
  • Page 31 Electronic Publishers Mt. Holly, NJ 08060 Printed in China FCR 28032-00 A PN 7201786...

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