B R O K E R  V E R S I O N  1.0   Copyright 1994, Patrick Gordon Leblanc
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What is broker anyway?

       - Broker is a program that allows you to track your stock
	 purchases (up to 20 at a time). 
		
		- STORES STOCK DATA SO YOU DON'T NEED TO REMEMBER
		  all the gritty details.

		- STORES DATES.  Sometimes we forget when exactly it 
		  was we picked up a stock.  Gawd, when did I buy ....?
		
		- PERFORMS A NUMBER OF SIMPLE CALCULATIONS to do with
		  profit margins and commissions.  These calculations
		  can be usefull when deciding the price that you want
		  to achieve before selling.  Some of these calculations
		  take into account the current price of the stock, which
		  can be updated by you at any time.
		
		- LETS YOU PRINT OUT YOUR FULL PORTFOLIO for use as a 
		  quick reference.  Or, you can send your portfolio to
		  a file instead (folio.dat), to be viewed by you later 
		  with a text editor.  This second approach can save a
		  lot of paper.

		- broker has been written to be VERY QUICK AND VERY SIMPLE 
		  to use.  It is largely a book-keeping tool, so I have
		  avoided, with the exception of the opening screen, a lot 
		  of flashy and slow graphics.  The program works quickly so
		  you can use it, then get on with more important things.