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11-14-2006, 09:38 PM
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Re: New guy, need help learning the ropes
Hello Mike and welcome to our community! To your first question, yep there are over 1500 of us who can help work with you to get your forumula's right. The best way to do that will be to read absolutetly everything you can get your hands on. You can do as little or as much "manual" work as you please when determining MOS. If you do choose to use an automated form of calculation, it is imperitive that you understand how the spreadsheet arrives at its calculations. Otherwise, it's far to easy (and tempting) to put 100% faith in the spreadsheet, which will most certainly come back and haunt you later.
There's a pretty good basic description of how the spreadsheet behaves in a tutorial we've put together. You can find that tutorial here: http://www.roicommunity.com/forum/au...functions.html Given that you have a basic grasp of the Rule #1 concept, (the book is an excellent primer for this), the spreadsheet will soon become second hand to you. It also drastically reduces the chance for error in math. If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to ask!
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11-14-2006, 10:19 PM
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Re: New guy, need help learning the ropes
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I find that the bad data box usually appears when I first open Excel. Try this workaround: when you first open the spreadsheet, instead of putting the symbol in the Rule1 tab, put it at the bottom of the symbols in the watchlist tab, then hit update. Go back to the Rule1 tab and see if it shows successful. Then, try another symbol in the Rule1 tab and see if it is successful. Hope this helps.
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11-14-2006, 11:29 PM
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Re: Hello, just joined!
Welcome!
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Trading: remember, own businesses, don't trade stocks. Investools: figure out the price of Investools as a percentage of your base (your initial investing money), and remember that you have to deduct that out of your gains. Also, are you experienced enough to need these extras? Rule #1a: Don't waste money. Phil's book: it is not the Investing Bible. Believe it because it makes sense, and otherwise modify it to fit your reasoning and skills. 8-17-9 and 14-5 are not Golden Ratios.
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11-14-2006, 11:29 PM
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Re: Joining in on the fun
Welcome, hope you learn something good here!
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Trading: remember, own businesses, don't trade stocks. Investools: figure out the price of Investools as a percentage of your base (your initial investing money), and remember that you have to deduct that out of your gains. Also, are you experienced enough to need these extras? Rule #1a: Don't waste money. Phil's book: it is not the Investing Bible. Believe it because it makes sense, and otherwise modify it to fit your reasoning and skills. 8-17-9 and 14-5 are not Golden Ratios.
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11-14-2006, 11:32 PM
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Re: Hello to everyone
Welcome! You're already jumping in, great!
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Trading: remember, own businesses, don't trade stocks. Investools: figure out the price of Investools as a percentage of your base (your initial investing money), and remember that you have to deduct that out of your gains. Also, are you experienced enough to need these extras? Rule #1a: Don't waste money. Phil's book: it is not the Investing Bible. Believe it because it makes sense, and otherwise modify it to fit your reasoning and skills. 8-17-9 and 14-5 are not Golden Ratios.
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11-14-2006, 11:33 PM
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Re: Hello ! I'm a newbie
Welcome!
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Trading: remember, own businesses, don't trade stocks. Investools: figure out the price of Investools as a percentage of your base (your initial investing money), and remember that you have to deduct that out of your gains. Also, are you experienced enough to need these extras? Rule #1a: Don't waste money. Phil's book: it is not the Investing Bible. Believe it because it makes sense, and otherwise modify it to fit your reasoning and skills. 8-17-9 and 14-5 are not Golden Ratios.
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11-14-2006, 11:33 PM
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Re: newbie to the world of investing
Welcome, and keep the discussions going!
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Trading: remember, own businesses, don't trade stocks. Investools: figure out the price of Investools as a percentage of your base (your initial investing money), and remember that you have to deduct that out of your gains. Also, are you experienced enough to need these extras? Rule #1a: Don't waste money. Phil's book: it is not the Investing Bible. Believe it because it makes sense, and otherwise modify it to fit your reasoning and skills. 8-17-9 and 14-5 are not Golden Ratios.
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11-14-2006, 11:34 PM
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Re: Hola from Idaho
Welcome! I hope you practice hard first, lest you accidentally lose all the money you've saved up thus far. You may want to evaluate your risk and how you want to distribute it...
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Trading: remember, own businesses, don't trade stocks. Investools: figure out the price of Investools as a percentage of your base (your initial investing money), and remember that you have to deduct that out of your gains. Also, are you experienced enough to need these extras? Rule #1a: Don't waste money. Phil's book: it is not the Investing Bible. Believe it because it makes sense, and otherwise modify it to fit your reasoning and skills. 8-17-9 and 14-5 are not Golden Ratios.
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11-14-2006, 11:35 PM
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Re: New Hamphire Newbie
Welcome! It'll be useful not to rely too much on the automatic tools. You want to be able to find your own indicators, and know where your arrows are, without having to have them be drawn for you. Knowing what you're doing is always paramount!
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Trading: remember, own businesses, don't trade stocks. Investools: figure out the price of Investools as a percentage of your base (your initial investing money), and remember that you have to deduct that out of your gains. Also, are you experienced enough to need these extras? Rule #1a: Don't waste money. Phil's book: it is not the Investing Bible. Believe it because it makes sense, and otherwise modify it to fit your reasoning and skills. 8-17-9 and 14-5 are not Golden Ratios.
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11-14-2006, 11:36 PM
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Re: Hello, I am new to investing!
Welcome! Always good to start early: familiarity breeds ease and success.
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Trading: remember, own businesses, don't trade stocks. Investools: figure out the price of Investools as a percentage of your base (your initial investing money), and remember that you have to deduct that out of your gains. Also, are you experienced enough to need these extras? Rule #1a: Don't waste money. Phil's book: it is not the Investing Bible. Believe it because it makes sense, and otherwise modify it to fit your reasoning and skills. 8-17-9 and 14-5 are not Golden Ratios.
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