Each month in this
Journal, our technical support staff addresses issues of interest to many CSI
subscribers in a question and answer format.
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Questions and Answers
I'm interested in viewing the Online Newspaper you wrote
about in the last CSI Technical Journal, but I'm not seeing it as an option.
How do you get there?
The prompt to "View Tomorrow's Newspaper" automatically displays
after each daily update with Unfair Advantage if your software is set to
display news headlines from the CSI website. You can adjust this setting
through the UA "Options" menu under "General Settings." Click the "Daily
Distribution" tab and make sure "Display Daily News File Through Browser" is
checked. Click [OK] to save your change. The Online Newspaper prompt follows
the daily headlines. You may need to scroll down to see it.
Does CSI provide earnings per share and other fundamental
Yes. Earnings per share and shares outstanding are included
in the factsheet information for each issue. View current information by
clicking the Factsheet icon (it looks like a book) on the UA toolbar. These
series should appear as the last few columns. If you don't have them, you will
need a new CD.
Why did it take UA so long to update my stock database during
the first week of February?
Stock fundamentals are stored in the factsheet, and there
were many factsheet revisions during February. Whenever these changes occur,
the corresponding data files are rebuilt. The upcoming UA version 2.4.4 (due in
early March) includes several enhancements, among them is a more selective
process for determining which factsheet fields cause a rebuild. We recommend
the new upgrade to all our subscribers, as it will pay dividends in quicker
downloads, particularly for stock traders.
I'm told that I can't download UA data because my new
computer's firewall (Norton Internet Security - NIS) is blocking the
transmission. How can I get around this?
You have two choices:
1. Temporary Solution (recommended):
[Disable] NIS before
each download, then [Enable] it afterward.
2. Permanent Solution (at the cost of reduced
Go to [Options],
Go to [Advanced
Options] button, click
Go to [Other] tab
On the left-hand side is a numeric list of TCP Ports. Port 80
should be the first one. Highlight it and then click the [Remove] button. Click
the [Apply] button and then [OK] until you are back to NIS. Restart your
computer to make Windows recognize the changes.
If you later want to restore full filtering on Port 80, repeat the
process, but instead of clicking [Remove], click the [Add] button.
Note: Port 80 is primarily used for the World Wide Web. By removing it
from the list, you are opening up World Wide Web access. NIS will continue to
look for bad things on your computer, but it won't filter every single data
byte coming through. There are several common viruses out there that expose
your hard drive to the world using Port 80. This means that if you were to
contract one of these viruses, anyone in the World Wide Web would have access
to anything on your drive. Please contact Norton for further clarification.
(Thanks to customer R.C. for sharing this tip.)