1. Ticker tape symbol
2. Company name
3. Options listing Denotes on which exchange, if any,
options are listed.
4. Business description
5. P/E Ratios at reversal points The Price/Earnings Ratio
is indicated at reversal points based on the 12-month trailing earnings.
6. (Dotted line) 10-Week weighted moving average. A tool
to provide the short term trend of a stock The calculation used is:

7. 30-Week weighted moving average(solid line) Computed
as in (6) to indicate the long term trend of a particular issue.
8. Arithmetic price scale
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10. Special occurrence Indicates stock splits,
distributions, spinoffs, new additions to the exchange, etc. All charts are adjusted
as of week of the action.
11. Performance ratio scale This is a percent scale with
a zero omitted. Two for example, indicates that the issue is outperforming the
market by 20%
12. Performance Ratio shows how the issue is faring
versus the S & P 500. An uptrend indicates that the issue is outperforming the
market, a downtrend the opposite whether it is above the zero line or below.
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13. Volume bar graph Indicates volume
for the week (in hundreds) for the week. A solid line shows upside volume over the
week and a broken line indicates downside volume. In addition, the base volume scale
(solid volume scale line) represents the multiplier for all unusually high volumes
(numbered volumes).For example, a 3 above week's volume indicates that trading volume for
the week was 3 times the "base volume." All volumes without numbers are to
scale.
13A. An S indicates that the stock is a component of
the S&P 500.
14. Dividend reinvestment An R signifies that a
reinvestment plan is available for dividends. (If available).
14A. A W indicates that its warrants are also traded.
15. Current price/earnings ratio Computed weekly by
dividing the mid-week prices by the latest 12-month trailing earnings.
16. Current yield Computed by taking the annual dividend
and dividing by the mid-week price.
17. Dates earnings published The arrow points to the
week when earnings were announced for the previous quarter and are due for the next
quarter.
18. Week information added The star signifies that this
information was made public and newly added to the service during the week.
19. Latest quarterly dividend
20. Latest quarterly earnings Not diluted, excluding
extraordinary items; as reported by company.
21. Percent change in quarterly earnings Latest
quarterly earnings are compared with year ago quarterly earnings.
22. Cumulative earnings This is the 12 month trailing
earnings or sum of last 4 quarters.
23. Percent change in cumulative earnings The latest
cumulative earnings figure compared with the next previous cumulative earnings figure.
24.Short term index of net income A weighted moving
average figured as in (6) of the percentage change in 12-month cumulative earnings over
the past five quarters. The top row represents the value for the fifth quarter of
earnings on the chart.
25. Short term index of gross revenues A weighted moving
average figured as in (6) of the % change in scales over the past five quarters. The
top row represents the value for the fifth quarter of sales.
26. Long term index of net income Same as NST (24)
except twenty quarters (5 years) are used.
27. Long term index of gross revenues Same as GST (25)
except twenty quarters (5 years) are used.
28. Long range background Indicates the price range on
an annual basis going back ten years.
29. Price history scale Arithmetic price scale.
30. Percent scale A percent scale for determining the
percent change in price. 100% is derived from the 52-week average of closing prices
(around mid-chart). In that capacity it can also serve as a base period to compare
relative performance.
31. Shares outstanding The number of shares outstanding
(in thousands).
32. Book value Latest available stockholders' equity per
share.
33. Long term debt Shows the amount of long term debt
(in millions).
34. Earnings estimate for the fiscal year as published
by financial institutions.
35. Institutional holdings % of common stock held by
institutions.
36. Ex-Dividend date The first day of trading when the
seller, rather than the buyer, of a stock will be entitled to the next dividend.
37. Date dividend action expected (Based upon previous
year.)
38. Date earnings publication expected (Based upon
previous year.)
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