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To see the Securities Register, type A from the Master Menu.  You should
then see the list of securities.  If the list is empty, you will automa-
tically be prompted to enter the first ticker symbol.

If you do not see any securities listed, and the message "File
CATALOG.POR missing from data disk" is flashing at the bottom of the
display, the problem could be the wrong directory is specified for port-
folio files.  In that case press Esc to return to the Master Menu and
then type P to change the PATH for data files.

If you are starting a NEW data directory (or diskette), the catalog
file will not yet exist and you will get the same error message.  The
program will be asking you if you are starting a NEW catalog file.  Re-
ply Y for Yes; this will instruct the program to initialize a new cata-
log and prompt you to enter the first ticker symbol.






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The purpose of this screen is to add securities to the catalog, to de-
lete securities from the catalog, and to make changes or corrections.
The Securities Register is a list of all securities in the system.  All
information pertaining to securities is stored in the catalog file
(named CATALOG.POR on your disk), which supplies data for the Securities
Register screen.

A security MUST exist in the catalog before it can be bought or sold in
any portfolio (see Chapter 16); however once a security exists in the
catalog, it can be bought or sold any number of times in any portfolio
within the scope of the catalog.  The catalog services all portfolios
contained in a data directory (or diskette).

The catalog contains a list of securities that can exist in a portfolio.
Only one catalog can exist on a diskette or in a directory.  The scope
of the catalog includes all securities in all portfolios in one direc-
tory (or diskette).  Note that you can have ANY NUMBER of different
directories, as long as there is space on your disk.



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The catalog contains the name, security type, ticker symbol, annual in-
come, current price and other information about each security.  It is
always displayed in order by security type and ticker symbol.  You can
only see one security type at a time on the screen; the security type
is shown near the upper left corner above SYMBOL and EX.

The security type order is: cash accounts, margin accounts, commercial
paper, treasuries, municipal and corporate bonds, preferred and common
stocks, warrants, options, precious metals and composite indices.  Cash
accounts come first, with composite indices last.

On the screen you will see a solid video block, referred to in this
document as the selector block.  The selector block is used to select a
security to delete or a data item to change or correct.  It can be moved
in any direction by using the four arrow keys on the right side of the
keyboard; the display will "scroll" up or down automatically as needed.
In addition the Home, End, PgUp and PgDn keys are active and can be used
to scan through the data - but only for the SAME security type.  To see
DIFFERENT security types, you must press Ctrl-PgUp or Ctrl-PgDn (hold
the Ctrl key down while pressing and releasing the PgUp or PgDn key).

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The lower right-hand corner of the screen shows how full the catalog is,
for example 34/127 means the catalog contains 34 security entries out of
a maximum capacity of 127.

In the column headings, EX represents a 2-letter code to indicate which
exchange, if any, the security is traded on (such as NY for New York, AM
for American, or OC for Over-the-Counter).

The additional menu choices are described next.












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A = Add a new security.  It makes no difference where the selector block
    is, because the program always arranges the securities in type and
    symbol order.  Any time during data entry, you can cancel by pres-
    sing the Esc key.  Information about individual securities can be
    found in a variety of publications such as those from Standard &
    Poors or the Value Line Investment Survey.  Your broker should be
    able to give you the required information.  Or ask for a copy of the
    S & P Stock Guide or Bond Guide.

    First, you are asked for the security type.  At that point, there is
    an opportunity to press H to get another HELP screen for further
    explanation of the different security types that are available.  Use
    the left- or right-arrow key to select the security type you want;
    then press the Enter key.

    Next comes the security identifier.  Normally you should use the
    ticker symbol which the stock exchange uses, such as CPQ for Compaq
    Computers.  If there is no official symbol, one must be made up,
    because this is the way each security is identified to the system.


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    Computers require exact spelling and it is easier to remember and
    type "LADWAP" than the exact spelling of "Los Angeles Dept. of Water
    and Power" or something like that.  Only the alphabetic characters
    A-Z, numerals 0-9 and the special characters - and % can be used.
    All alphabetic characters are converted to uppercase (Capitals).

    Next, you enter the name of security (required, up to 20 characters)
    and the exchange (optional).  Following that you enter the industry
    category for stocks or funds, or the maturity date for other securi-
    ties (optional).  Some data items such as this one may be skipped by
    the program if they are not relevant.

    The RANK is next.  This data item may contain the Standard & Poors,
    Moody's or other security ranking, or whatever you care to put into
    it.  After that, the program will ask for BETA (see Appendix B to
    find out what BETA is and where to find it).  RANK and BETA are op-
    tional data items.




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    It is now time to enter the annual income per share (or other unit).

    For example, suppose you bought Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power
    bonds, paying 5.75% annually.  You would type 5.75 for the annual
    income.
















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B = Buy the selected security for (or sell it from) the portfolio whose
    name appears near the bottom center of the display.  This will take
    you to the Transaction Register.  Any data you may have typed in is
    automatically saved to disk.  You will automatically be prompted to
    enter a transaction for the security indicated by the selector bar,
    with the symbol or other identifier already typed in.  You can press
    the Esc key if you don't want to buy that security.  The Transaction
    Register has its own HELP function, or see Chapter 16.

    If the name of the portfolio is not shown near the bottom of the
    display, you will have to Escape back to the Master Menu, type B
    again, and select which portfolio you want to buy or sell in.  Once
    that is done, you will be able to switch at will between the Securi-
    ties Register and the Transaction Register without going through the
    Master Menu.






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C = Change or Correct the selected data item.  The data item is selected
    with the left- or right-arrow key.  You can change any data item
    that is relevant to that security type, except the security type it-
    self.

    The program will flash an error message if you try something that
    doesn't make sense, such as entering annual income for a put option.
    You can also enter items that may not have been entered before, such
    as RANK or BETA.

    If you change the symbol, the program will add a NEW security with
    the new symbol, but will NOT delete the OLD symbol.  This is to in-
    sure that any portfolio transactions using the old symbol will not
    be affected.  Changing the symbol in the Securities Register does
    NOT change the symbol in any of the portfolios.  This must be done
    in each separate portfolio from the Transaction Register.  For more
    information, refer to the CHANGE function in the Transaction Regis-
    ter (see Chapter 16).



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D = DELETE the selected security, from the catalog ONLY.  You are first
    asked for verifification that you want to delete it; reply Y or N -
    or press the Esc key.  If you press Esc or N the security will not
    be deleted.

    WARNING: this function does NOT delete transactions in that security
    from any portfolio, nor does it check for the possible existence of
    open positions in any portfolio.  Transactions without matching
    catalog entries may give incomplete results in reports (but won't
    harm the operation of the program).

H = HELP - displays the User Manual chapter you are reading now.

X = EXIT back to the Master Menu.  Any data you have typed in is auto-
    matically saved to disk at this time.
