Interesting link. I had never checked the list of members to see everyone. I suppose there's a danger that this group will be plagued by spam, but for the...
allright then, so are these r.o.'s on asg anything like a reverse split. i miss the o meaning. anywya liberty is a larger company tho the dividend keeps me in...
I don't think ASG is having a rights offering. USA just had one though and its very similar to ASG, perhaps causing some confusion. ROs are not splits, but are...
I just was looking at the new proxy for Global Income Fund (gif), and the proxy says that only 1 director is being paid by gif. All the others are either paid...
Do you know the saying: When you get something for nothing, it always costs you more. I have heard that GIF management is bad news. This is not a fund that I...
Half of Engex is invested in Enzo which did have a rough week, down about 14%. The rest of its holdings may also have done poorly in a bad week overall. It's...
--I like GIF, because most of bonds are traded in foreign currencies (Euros, British pounds etc.) So it is a good hedge against the sinking dollar/ - In...
Morningstar shows 49%. Since EGX doesn't have a website that I can find, I assumed Morningstar's data was more current.--- In ... down ... a ... were...
Gregor: I accept that an investor wants foreign currency and foreign bond exposure, but how do you make peace with the 1.61% expense ratio for GIF, an...
Not only am I an untrained non-professional in stock trading, but one as well in computer programming, but this has never stopped me. I am trying to develop a...
Excel works fine. In fact, when I input "9-Aug-04" in to a cell, Excel automatically recognizes it as a date and no conversion logic is required. Gerry ... ...
I haven't used Works, but in Excel, I can use =VALUE(A1) and convert cell A1's "9-Aug-04" to the number 38208. When you import the data into works, see if...
I'm not sure why you need to convert; what do you need to do with the number that you can't with the text version of the date? ********* I appreciate the...
Not trying to talk you out of using the free software you have, but keep in mind that there's lots of expertise out there for Excel. So, if you used Excel,...
I've tried to use the Yahoo historical quotes site for more than a month but cannot get it to work. I reported it to Yahoo and I still can't get the site to...
I've tried to use the Yahoo historical quotes site for more than a month but cannot get it to work. I reported it to Yahoo and I still can't get the site to...
Both of these closed end funds just initiated a fixed annual cash distribution instead of previous policies. Amazing how the NAV discount widened when...
Thanks. That's a different method that the one I had used at Yahoo before. I am grateful. Mike ... a ... still ... 14 ... there ... it ... from ... in ... ...
Today, I tried opening quotes on line in my Yahoo portfolios using the "download spreadsheet", without saving them to a file;got a message saying file could...
After many false starts, I have licked the problem. After staring at the properties of the yahoo site for downloaded portfolio data, I realized that it was...
The Altman Group of proxy solicitors has posted an interesting and well researched "Corporate Actions Report" with descriptions of the 10 largest institutional...
Since this is a very intelligent board, I don't expect that very many of you own shares of Foxby Corp., a fund too small to benefit anyone other than the fund...
Since this is a very intelligent board, I don't expect that very many of you own shares of Foxby Corp., a fund too small to benefit anyone other than the fund...
I found a very experienced site which gave me alot of good picks and i earned earned big profit (around 17%-25% in a month) eversince I became its member . in...
I track all filings which mention Phil Goldstein, and saw about 2 weeks ago that you were doing a proxy on Foxby. I remember the hassles that Karpus had with...
speaking of the Windmills, I was looking at TUX. It is trading at 34% discount but is converting to an operating company making real estate investments. I...
i found a professional site which always release wothy picks before the run and i earned earned big profit (around 17%-25% in a month) eversince I became its...