Babson-United Introduces First SRC Chart CD-ROM Product.WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 1998-- Babson-United, Inc., publisher of the popular SRC (SouRCe) Contrast with DST, which is an abbreviation of "destination." security chart books used by money managers and pension professionals nationwide, today introduced SRC Chart$creen, a sophisticated CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). investment tool that enables financial planning Financial planning Evaluating the investing and financing options available to a firm. Planning includes attempting to make optimal decisions, projecting the consequences of these decisions for the firm in the form of a financial plan, and then comparing future performance against professionals and sophisticated investors to both chart and screen investments and performance and to present and justify their recommendations. The product offers the same blend of technical and fundamental analysis that SRC subscribers have counted on for nearly 75 years. Long considered a staple 1. (language) STAPLE - A programming language written at Manchester (University?) and used at ICL in the early 1970s for writing the test suites. STAPLE was based on Algol 68 and had a very advanced optimising compiler. 2. tool in Wall Street offices among traders Traders Individuals who take positions in securities and their derivatives with the objective of making profits. Traders can make markets by trading the flow. When they do this, their objective is to earn the bid/ask spread. and individual investors, the SRC orange, red, brown and blue books are the leading line of long-term Long-term Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year. long-term 1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term. , fundamentals-based stock chart products. "We believe SRC Chart$creen will broaden our investor audience and will permit Babson-United's products to graduate to the next generation of interactive services," said Richard L. Babson, chairman and president of Babson-United Inc., SRC's parent company. "SRC Chart$creen is a service for investors who want to apply technology to sophisticated investment management." SRC Chart$creen users can take advantage of several functions not available in any stock chart books. The SRC Chart$creen portfolio management function tracks user specified securities and automatically calculates current values and gains of the portfolio. Users with multiple accounts or investment professionals with multiple clients can track each portfolio separately. Supporting features, namely color, full-screen presentation, print resolution and detail, as well as the presentation of price, volume, earnings and dividends on the same field with linked scale ratios, make SRC Chart$creen a valuable tool for fundamental and technical analysis. It is particularly useful for professionals with a long-term focus, as well as investment clubs that require a presentation in their decision processes and seasoned investors who manage their own portfolios. "SRC charts are historically recognized as an authoritative investment information source that provides users with a complete picture of fundamental and technical information," added Dirk Coburn, chief marketing officer of Babson-United. "SRC Chart$creen is faithful to the core strengths of SRC charts and complements the book products with an enhanced ability to screen, track, display and print high-quality full-color charts." SRC Chart$creen, updated on a monthly basis, provides investors with clear, easy-to-see factual portrayals of thousands of companies. It helps sort through analytic an·a·lyt·ic or an·a·lyt·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to analysis or analytics. 2. Expert in or using analysis, especially one who thinks in a logical manner. 3. Psychoanalytic. data on over 2100 widely-followed stocks and provides 17 customizable screening variables, including price, earnings, dividends, key investment ratios, yields, percentage performance, market capitalization Market Capitalization A measure of a public company's size. Market capitalization is the total dollar value of all outstanding shares. It's calculated by multiplying the number of shares times the current market price. This term is often referred to as market cap. and price breakout to meet users' investment goals and objectives. Subscribers can use any one or all of these variables for customized stock selection based on their own personal criteria. The charts help investors get a comprehensive visual understanding of long-term performance and supplement their fundamental knowledge of various companies. Each chart shows the latest 12 years of monthly prices, relative performance, moving averages and volume. Earnings per share and dividends are also presented to give a complete picture of each company's history--SRC products are the only investment resource to chart the latter two investment factors in graphic form. Bernadette Murphy a prominent analyst featured on public television's longest running weekly investment program, makes SRC charts an important part of her analytical analytical, analytic pertaining to or emanating from analysis. analytical control control of confounding by analysis of the results of a trial or test. tool set. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Murphy, "Securities Research presentations of data are consistently the most comprehensive in the industry. It marries technical and fundamental information in a clear and concise manner. I wouldn't want to be without my SRC service." SRC Chart$creen is available in CD-ROM with monthly updates for a year at an introductory price of $197.00. Single month copies are also available. For more information call toll-free at 800/369-0118. Founded in 1904, Babson-United, Inc. is privately held under family management. Its operating units operating unit A type of operating company that engages in transactions with outsiders and that is owned by another business. For example, in 1995 the stockholders of Capital Cities/ABC approved a $19 billion merger with the Walt Disney Company, whereupon include Securities Research Company, which publishes the leading line of long-term fundamentals-based stock chart products, and Babson-United Investment Advisors Investment Advisor 1. A person making investment recommendations in return for a flat fee or percentage of assets managed, known as a commission. 2. For mutual fund companies, it is the individual who has the day-to-day responsibility of investing and monitoring the cash and , Inc. (BUIA). BUIA serves long-term investors Long-term investor A person who makes investments for a period of at least five years in order to finance his or her long-term goals. who prefer to execute their own transactions independently. In order to maintain objectivity, the firm deliberately foregoes business opportunities that compromise its customers' interests. Unlike brokers or trust departments, BUIA applies no transaction fees and sells no "house instruments" or other securities. They also publish the weekly United & Babson Investment Report. This report, published since 1904, is one of the few independent investment newsletters registered with the SEC. In addition, BUIA publications accept no advertising. CONTACT: Babson-United Dirk Coburn, 781/235-0900 coburn@babson.com or Gillespie Joe Metzger, 609/895-0200 jmetzger@gillespie.com |
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