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- ECON: Econometric Stock Market Forecasting Models
-
- Econ forecasts S&P 500, T bond and T bill interest rates, and inflation.
- Once a month you enter 8 numbers and get statistically optimized
- forecasts for 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months in the future.
-
- There is also an asset allocation routine which tells you how much of
- each asset to hold with conservative and aggressive strategies. It's
- a menu driven program which runs on IBM-PC and compatibles, 256K
- memory needed.
-
- This software is copyrighted by DC Econometrics and all rights are
- reserved. The file econ.txt is a lengthy manual, this readme.txt file
- is a short version to get you started fast. Data must be entered
- monthly, it is likely that your data files are not current on this
- disk. When you register for $39.99 you will receive a new disk with
- current data files and a printed manual.
-
- The first thing to do is to make a backup copy because disks are
- fragile.
-
- To make backup to floppy disk:
-
- 1. Boot up in MS-DOS
- 2. When you get the A> prompt type: diskcopy
-
- The DOS disk may need to be in the A drive
- if you have no hard disk. The computer will
- respond:
- Insert SOURCE diskette in drive A:
-
- 3. Insert the ECON disk and press any key
- 4. When it asks for TARGET disk, insert a blank
- diskette.
- 5. Verify that the following files are located on
- your TARGET disk:
-
- ECON.EXE UNEMP
- SP500 CPI
- TBILL SPPEM
- TBOND SPDIVM
- PRIME ISTYR
- ECON.TXT README.TXT
-
- To make backup to hard disk:
-
- 1. Boot up in MS-DOS
- 2. Put SOURCE diskette in drive A
- 3. Create a directory on the hard disk
- mkdir \econ
- 4. Copy files to hard disk
- copy a:*.* c:\econ
- 5. Verify that the following files are located in
- the directory:
-
- ECON.EXE UNEMP
- SP500 CPI
- TBILL SPPEM
- TBOND SPDIVM
- PRIME ISTYR
- ECON.TXT README.TXT
-
- Running the Program
-
- 1. Boot up in MS-DOS
- 2. Insert the ECON disk into the floppy drive or
- move to the \econ directory (cd \econ)
- 3. Type: ECON (and press Enter)
- 4. The program will load, and the shareware
- message will come up. Press return. You
- will then see a list of options for output
- devices. I usually choose 1 for screen,
- or 2 for printer.
-
-