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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 08:16:57 -0800
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- From: Timothy Tyndall <rain@PHAEDRUS.ECE.UCSB.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Preferred Group Mutual Funds
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- Yes, thank you! I did get several responses - your information is
- new though and I will pass it on to the patron -
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- What was the cost of the Morningstar Mutual Funds Ondisc - we subscribe
- to Morningstar but I've not see the cd -
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- thanks again -
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- Timothy Tyndall
- Santa Barbara Public Library
- Internet: rain@engrhub.ucsb.edu
-
- On Wed, 27 Jan 1993, Ellie Fogarty wrote:
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- > Did the person seeking info on the Preferred Group of mutual funds receive an
- > answer? I searched on Dow Jones, found no address and deleted the message.
- > That same day, we received a gift from a faculty member, Morningstar Mutual
- > Funds Ondisc, which had exactly what was needed. This CD contains info on
- > 2532 mutual funds. It is very wonderful!
- >
- > The family of funds known as the Preferred Group began in July 1992. It is
- > made up of PFAAX - preferred asset allocation, PFXIX - preferred fixed income,
- > PFGRX - preferred growth, PFIFX - preferred international, PFSGX - preferred
- > s/t gov't securities, PFVLX - preferred value.
- >
- > The address is P.O. Box 8320, Boston, MA 02266. Phone - 800-662-4769.
- >
- > Last month I asked for help with mutual fund info. Thanks to all who responde
- > - I ended up using Tradeline on Dialog. I was able to set up a program
- > using my communications software to dial up the database and input all the inf
- > at the appropriate time (it waited for the ? prompt). It took a while to set
- > up, but it turned a $75 search into a $15 search and there were no typos or
- > pauses in the search. I just sat by and watched the screens fly by.
- >
- > Ellie Fogarty, Business and Economics Librarian, Trenton State College, NJ
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