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Master Investor for Windows Version 1.17
This file contains a brief program description, evaluation
license terms, installation instructions, and information on
obtaining technical support.
Program Description
MI is a powerful tool that helps individual investors
and professional money managers organize and analyze
the information that is critical to making informed
investment decisions. MI features:
> Comprehensive portfolio management. MI provides
complete tracking of security and cash
transactions with automatic computation of net
worth, capital gains, return on investment, asset
allocation and much more. MI allows you to
orgainze your information into up to 1,000
portfolios and produce reports based on any
combination of one or more portfolios.
> Technical analysis. MI creates and displays
technical analysis charts with your choice of
technical indicators including moving averages,
stochastics, on-balance volume, relative strength
index, MACD, trend analysis, ratio cantor and
correlation analysis.
> Built-in Price Loader. Just download price/volume
data from your favorite information provider and
use MI's Import option to update all your charts
and portfolios. We have pre-defined import formats
for over a dozen popular information services such
as Compuserve, Prodigy, AOL, Quote.Com and more.
If your service is not included you can easily add
it by defining a new data format.
> Support for sophistocated trades. MI fully
supports all IRS approved cost basis accounting
methods for stocks, bonds, mutual funds, short
sales, put options and call options. MI also
provides an automatic sweep of funds to and from
cash accounts when entering security transactions
and investment income.
> Asset allocation. MI produces reports and graphs
showing the allocation of assets by portfolio, by
type and by user defined investment objective.
> Powerful report generator. Our report generator
lets you customize each of the over 20 reports to
include any time span and any combination of
portfolios so you get just the information you
need.
Evaluation License
This program is licensed for evaluation only.
You are hereby granted a license to use this software
for an evaluation period of up to 30 days. If you
continue to use this software beyond the evaluation
period you must purchase a license. DO NOT install
this software if you do not agree to the terms of this
evaluation license.
System Requirements
MI requires Windows 3.1 or higher, a hard disk with
approximately 2.5 megabytes of free space, 4 Megabytes
of RAM, and a Windows compatible graphics printer. In
your Config.Sys file, the parameter "Files=" should be
set to 40 or more.
Master Investor requires a default printer be defined
in the windows control panel. Choose the "Printers"
icon from the Windows Control Panel. If no printers
have been installed, you will need to install one. If
you already have installed printers choose one that is
capable of printing truetype fonts (i.e. a graphics
printer and not a fax modem). After installing or
selecting a printer, click the "Set as Default" button
to set the printer as your default windows printer.
Installation
The download archive (zip) file contains the following
27 files:
mi.ex_ mi.hl_ al.db_ inc.db_
mi1.db_ nw.db_ obj.db_ opplfrm.db_
port.db_ prices.db_ secmas.db_ trans.db_
readme.txt ordermi.doc file_id.diz vendor.doc
gsw16.ex_ gswag16.dl_ gswdll16.dl_ spin.vb_
cb5.dl_ cc2.vb_ commdlg.dl_
cmdialog.vb_
vbrun300.dl_ install.exe winstall.inf
To prepare for installation, unzip the archive (or copy
all of the above files) to a blank formatted floppy
disk (1.4 Meg capacity or higher) or to an empty
(scratch) directory on your hard disk.
To install MI, use the Program Manager or File Manager
to start INSTALL.EXE as you would any other Windows-
based application. For example, if you are installing
from drive A:
1. From the Program Manager File menu, choose Run.
2. In the Run dialog box, type A:INSTALL and choose
OK.
The install program will allow you to select the drive
and directory where MI will be installed. The default
is C:\MI. If you are reinstalling MI or installing an
updated version, use the same directory where you
originally installed the program.
Before writing files to your hard disk, the install
program checks to see if a file with the same name
already exists. If there is another file with the same
name, a message is displayed and you will have a choice
of overwriting the existing file or not.
You should choose to overwrite existing files ONLY if
the source file is newer than the Target (existing)
File.
The Install program creates a program group named
"Master Investor" with icons for the Master Investor
program, Master Investor Help (MI Help) and Master
Investor README (MI Read Me).
Starting MI
The data files shipped with MI contain sample data that
is provided to help you become familiar with the
various options and capabilities of MI. The sample
data covers the period November 1993 through October
1995. The Learning Master Investor section of the
User's Guide contains a step-by-step guide to getting
acquainted with MI.
Technical Support
If you are unable to resolve a question or you have
difficulty running MI, please call or send us a letter
describing the problem. Include the exact text of the
error message (if any) and a complete description of
the problem, your computer system (computer, memory,
graphics card, DOS and Windows version, contents of
CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, etc.), the option
you were running when the error occurred and any
supplemental data that you entered under the option.
If sending a letter, please also include a disk created
using the File/Backup Data option (your data will be
held in strict confidence). We will investigate the
problem and respond as quickly as possible.
We at 'Otto-Williams Ltd. take great pride in providing
quick responses to our customer's questions. Including
your phone number will help in the event we need
additional information to diagnose the problem.
Our technical support group can be reached at:
OWL Software
P.O. Box 794
Lanham, MD 20703-0794
USA
Phone: 301-306-0409
EMail: 72144.1223@Compuserve.Com