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Michael,
Welcome to the list. As for accessing the databases directly, let me
suggest you export the data to Excel and perform your analysis in that
environment since it is a very powerful package. There is source for
accessing the databases directly (perform a search on the old dejanews
database) if you need it.
Cheers,
Jim
On Fri, 5 Sep 1997, Michael Liew wrote:
> Hi everybody, sorry for not introducing myself earlier. I have been
> feeling my way around. I am Michael Liew from Australia. I have been on
> this list for about 2 months but have only contributed a little to the
> discussions. Both my wife and myself follow the list with great
> interest. Hopefully, as our trading experience increases we can
> contribute more to the list (unless of course you want dodgy comments
> from us ;-) ).
>
> I work full time with an Oil and Gas company, 5 days a week. I bought my
> first share in 1986. I started dabbling with shares as an investment in
> 1992. While there was no great successes it has been profitable, but
> only just. Since getting married in 1995 I introduced my wife, Monika,
> to the sharemarket and our dabbling in shares became more active but
> still based on fundamentals analysis alone. In June 97, we bought
> MetaStock 6 to get into Technical Analysis and are still climbing the
> learning curve. We have one child and another is coming. Monika nows
> trades the market and looks after the kid. We are looking at using
> OmniTrader to search for worthwhile trading opportunities, then apply MS
> to conduct in-depth analysis.
>
> While both of us are highly interested in share trading I am not
> convinced enough to quit my full time job to trade. Anyone disagrees?
>
> As for the recent posts about Asia financial markets, what I can say is
> that although Japan is looking likely to recover from it long slump the
> latest financial problems in Asia (eg Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines)
> will delay the recovery for probably another 6-12 months. The problems
> in Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia are much larger then most people on
> the outside understand. They have basically spent beyond their means.
> The worst part is it is mostly in property construction or related
> infrastructure. Take the example of the steel industry in Thailand that
> produces sub-quality steel that was going to feed the construction boom.
> Because it was sub-quality no one wanted it. Now the boom is over its
> got no hope at all. For your information there is or will be a major
> glut of hotel rooms in Indonesia. Invest in Asia, yes, but please watch
> your charts carefully
>
> That's my 2 cents worth. It is no investment advice but you have been
> warned.
>
> Last but not least. Does anyone have information on how to access
> MetaStock data directly (not through MS). I would like to develop some
> computer program to generate market statistics. Any help would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
>
> Our e-mail addresses are: Michael Liew, michael_liew@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Monika Pratignyo,
> mliew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Michael Liew
> x6475
>
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