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You don't need MS.  Here some free sites:
http://marketscreen.com/default.asp

http://screen.yahoo.com/stocks.html

Dominick





--- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, sebastiandanconia
<no_reply@xxxx> wrote:
> I'm probably the last guy to have figured this out, but on the off-
> chance I'm only the next-to-the-last, here's my idea.:)
> 
> I don't so much follow individual stocks as much as the major 
> indices, and my main interest is in the health/lack of health in the 
> overall market.  However, MS explorations, systems, etc., are pretty 
> much price-derived, making it tricky to incorporate fundamentals.  
> But what you could do is create a formula that DOES incorporate a 
> fundamental value, then reference that formula in an exploration.
> 
> For example, let's say you already have a trend-following system that 
> you use with the SP500, but it would be valuable for you to know when 
> the P/E is making it a little pricey (or cheap).  You write a simple 
> formula, like CLOSE/$45.77 (get the earnings number from the Standard 
> & Poor's website: TTM, annualize-out the present quarter, estimated 
> 2003, whatever way you choose).  Then add it as a filter in your 
> exploration, like:
> 
> WHEN (colA>colB)AND WHEN (colC>colB) AND WHEN fml("SP500 P/E")<25
>  
> which would give you a signal when your first two conditions are met 
> AND WHEN the P/E for the SP500 is less than 25.
> 
> You could do this for a whole portfolio of stocks, too, but you'd 
> need a different formula for each one since they all have different 
> earnings levels and you'd have to change them once a quarter.  Still, 
> if you want to incorporate a piece of fundamental data into a 
> mechanical system this would be a way to do it.
> 
> 
> Luck to all,
> 
> Sebastian


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