
  1. INSTALLING ECON.   
     
     Insert the Installation disk in disk drive A: or B:
     Type:  a:install   (or b:install)
     You will see the following screen:
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    К                       DC ECONOMETRICS                         К
    К            Press Enter On Each Option to Verify               К
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    К                         Path     :\ECON  Г    default settings     Г
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    К      Install ECON Files:  Yes   No  Г   Answer Yes to install   Г
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  You will need about 1 megabyte of free disk space to install econ.

  If you obtained a PKZIP version from a bulletin board, simply PKUNZIP
  the files to your chosen directory.  There is no installation routine
  for the BBS version.  


  2. RUNNING THE PROGRAM

	       1.  Boot up in MS-DOS
	       2.  Change directory to the \econ directory
		   (cd \econ)
	       3.  Type: ECON   (and press Enter)
	       4.  The program will load, and the shareware
		   message will come up.  Hit any key and the main
		   menu will appear.
  

Note to Windows PIF users:
If you set Econ up in Windows using the PIF editor, be sure use full
screen, not windowed.  Set it up using File, New, New Program Object
from the Windows menu and this will not be a problem.

About the program:

Econ forecasts S&P 500, T bond and T bill interest rates, zero coupon
bonds, gold prices, and inflation using econometric models derived by
multiple linear regression.

Once a month you enter 9 numbers and get statistically optimized
forecasts for 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months in the future.
The program has a full help facility by simply pressing the F1 key.

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, mouse active program which runs on IBM-PC and compatibles,
640K memory and a hard drive is needed and a VGA monitor is recommended.

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 $49.95 you will receive a new disk with
current data files and a printed manual.