Stock Investment Guide Changelog

What's new in Stock Investment Guide 4.0.4

Mar 16, 2015
  • Fixed an issue that developed with stock price updates in the Library window.
  • High debt % to capital is flagged in red text.
  • Added color coding to the Up/Down/Even indicators in Section 2 of the analysis.
  • Projected Compounded Returns less than 15% are highlighted in red text.
  • Fixed an issue in the Portfolio Analysis Report (PAR) where Estimated EPS figures were not loading into the list properly.
  • Sustainable Growth is displayed in the Library window instead of ACE% when using the Stock X-Ray data service.
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Stock Investment Guide 4.0.3 (Mar 2, 2015)

  • Changes were made to the software to support the much-improved Stock X-Ray Data Service. See the article below for details.
  • We have a feature that helps our Australian users grab a partial set of data, to which they must add hand entries of data to complete the analysis set. There was another crashing bug when some unexpected data was grabbed from the internet. This bug as been fixed.
  • There were several bug corrections.

New in Stock Investment Guide 4.0.2 (Mar 2, 2015)

  • Changed the fiscal year display for companies reporting in January for their fiscal year end. Companies like Home Depot (HD) and Urban Outfitters (URBN) report the end of the 2014 fiscal year at the end of January, 2015 (and ocassionally it may even be the first few days of February depending on the accounting calendar).
  • We have a feature that helps our Australian users grab a partial set of data, to which they must add hand entries of data to complete the analysis set. Some of the recent enhancements caused a crashing error if the data set had less data, which was fixed in this update.
  • Updates to the US ticker symbols database for the Stock X-Ray Data Service.
  • There were several bug corrections.

New in Stock Investment Guide 4.0.1 (Jan 15, 2015)

  • This update expands the functionality of the Stock X-Ray Data Service to include the SIG Library Fetch SSG button.
  • This version also fixed an occasional crashing bug for some users when loading Preferences.
  • The list of X-Ray Data Service ticker symbols was also updated to account for the rapidly expanding list of companies covered.

New in Stock Investment Guide 3.2.1 (Feb 18, 2014)

  • Update to fix some minor bugs due to changes in the compiler
  • This version is signed for Mac OS X Mount Lion
  • Also removed the Zack's News Button since they removed their RSS feeds that contained the content

New in Stock Investment Guide 3.2.0 (Feb 18, 2014)

  • Update to fix the Free Data Option. Also fixed some Price Charts in the Web Window

New in Stock Investment Guide 3.1.9 (Feb 18, 2014)

  • Update to fix the price and volume graph on the Company Data page

New in Stock Investment Guide 3.1.6 (Feb 18, 2014)

  • Update to accommodate changes in StockCentral's access methods which broke the data feed in SIG
  • Minor bug corrections

New in Stock Investment Guide 3.1.5 (Feb 18, 2014)

  • Adjustments to fix Book Value Per Share data (applies only to Free Data Option)

New in Stock Investment Guide 3.1.0 (Feb 18, 2014)

  • Now includes Zacks News headline reader integrated in the software
  • Now include printing from integrated browser windows
  • Improved Search field in the Library window
  • Extended data parameters (company position)
  • Improved company descriptions for Australian users
  • Minor bug corrections

New in Stock Investment Guide 3.0.8 (Feb 18, 2014)

  • Added a preference to open database files in non-default locations
  • Added ACE and Analysis Growth Rates to the stock library listing so users can sort portfolios by growth rate
  • Adjusted a date routine to color dates correctly for international users
  • Fixed an issue affecting the Free Data option when fetching from within the Analysis window
  • Minor bug corrections

New in Stock Investment Guide 3.0.7 (Feb 18, 2014)

  • Fixed an issue with the Average High PE and Average Low PE ratio calculations
  • Set a tiny delay in reading the preferences to see if this will solve an issue in reading preference on some computers

New in Stock Investment Guide 3.0.6 (Feb 18, 2014)

  • Added a feature to avoid duplicate stocks in the Library when adding stocks to a portfolio
  • Improved the Help Tags on the PAR and Total Return calculations
  • Added color coding to growth rates in the Company Performance tables
  • Fixed minor bugs

New in Stock Investment Guide 3.0.5 (Feb 18, 2014)

  • Added a Dividend Yield column to the stock library
  • Fixed minor bugs

New in Stock Investment Guide 2.2.0 (Jul 19, 2007)

  • Added the ability to graph ROE, % Pretax Profit, Debt, and Debt to Shareholders' Equity.
  • Complete rework of the Company Performance graphs.
  • Added ability to Right-Click (or Control-Click on Mac) any graph to copy it to the clipboard.
  • Many minor bug corrections are also included.