(This site is designed to be used with Internet
Explorer version 8 and higher and Firefox 10.0.2 and higher)
The NewsWare application will open with three active news
alerts – All the News, Earnings and S&P 500. They are displayed in a tabbed format;
clicking on the alert tab will bring it to the forefront and will display the
headlines for that individual alert. If
new headlines populate in an alert that does not have the focus, the name on
the tab will turn red to alert you of new headlines. Another option is to have all open windows
viewed simultaneously in a tiled format.
· The default display is tabbed but can be changed to a tiled format. Go to the series of buttons beginning with View and select Tiled.
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· Max News/Min News – increases or decreases the amount of viewing space of open windows.
·
Symbol lookup – enter the symbol in the data entry field;
click Go or use your keyboard enter key.
This is considered a query and will not save when logging off.
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Keyword
search – enter the keyword in the data entry field; click Go or use your
keyboard enter key. This is considered a
query and will not save when logging off. ![]()
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The new window will be created and displayed at the bottom
of the existing alert windows if in a tiled format. If the view is set to
tabbed, the most recently added window will have the focus.
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Viewing stories -
click on a headline to open a story.
Click the ‘X’ in the upper
left-hand corner to close it.
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Closing
active alert or query windows – tile format – click on the ‘X’ on the title
bar. Tabbed format – click on the small
‘X’ on the tab.
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Settings
– allows you to customize the foreground and background color, font type and
size of your alerts as well as which columns are displayed in the headlines
(date, time, exchange, ticker and/or last price). For tiled format, use the Settings option
that appears on each alert title bar.
The tabbed
format uses the Settings option in the View menu. Click
on a tab to bring it forefront then click Settings and make your selections.
Create
Custom Alerts
Enter
an Alert Name, then enter data in the Expression field. Expressions can be a
single or multiple source code, ticker symbols, key words or you can choose an
topic from the Selected News Category or Selected News Industries. When
entering in multiple source use S. and the two letter news code. S. DJ S.PN
S.BW. To create a alert on a portfolio, insert a single space between the
ticker symbols Example IBM MSFT GE AAPL. For Key Word alerts, Enter in the Key
word / words, example “GOLD” “ Credit Rating”
Existing Alerts
Alerts previously created by using the Create Custom Alerts
icon are stored in Existing Alerts.
These alerts can be edited, removed from active status or completely
deleted from the user’s settings.

Category Codes
Our
Category Codes are pre-set alert expressions covering various news categories
and industries. They are designed
in-house using targeted keywords and content included within the stories. Click on your selection in either the
Category and/or Industry columns then click the Search button to activate the
new window. Using your Ctrl key will
allow you to highlight multiple items in each column. Examples: category search – highlight
Dividends and Earnings then click Search.
This will result in capturing headlines relating to either earnings or
dividends. Category and Industry
search – highlight Earnings in the Category column and highlight Software
and Technology in the Industry column.
This will result in capturing earnings headlines for either software or
technology stocks. Please note: these
searches are not designed to be saved to your profile settings. Only alerts
created in the Create Custom Alert are saved to a user’s profile.
Morning
Briefs
A quick recap of the morning’s broker upgrades, hot stocks, earnings guidance, newspapers/websites, IPOs and SEC filings.
Historical
Search
The
Historical Search icon gives you the capability of creating customized searches
using criteria such as ticker symbols, keywords, news feeds, news categories
and news industries. Enter ticker
symbols or keywords in the Expression field, select options from any of the
drop-down menus and check boxes then click search to activate a new window. Note:
historical searches are considered one-time lookups and are not saved to
a user’s profile.
TN Earnings
A
unique database that provides quick access to earnings and option-related data.
TN Earnings provides an estimate, the expected date of the earnings release,
last five days of the implied volatility of the “at the money” call option,
total option volumes and the last ten stories from Track Notes News.
DJ
News Plus
Dow
Jones News Plus is a companion web site that highlights top economic and
business stories exclusively available to subscribers of the Dow Jones
Financial Wire. It draws attention to their agenda-setting columns and provides
easy-to-use navigation and search tools.
DJ
Calendars
Quick
link to the Dow Jones weekly Earnings Calendar.
ETF
Center
Our ETF Center is designed to provide a breakdown of some of the most popular ETFs. Click on the icon to open the database. Clicking on an individual ETF symbol will display the top ten stocks by weighting along with the latest news headlines. The displayed headlines have a relevancy factor of “1” which is a proprietary formula used to determine whether or not a story has the potential to cause volatility in the stock price.
Story
Count
The
Story Count database is designed to provide an insight as to which stocks have
an increased level of news activity. Click on the icon to access a pop up box.
This box allows you to select an index such as the Russell 1000 or to enter a
user defined portfolio of ticker symbols to see which stocks have an increase
in news activity as compared to its 90-day average. Earnings news has the
ability to skew the results, so we offer an option to exclude stocks whose news
activity is based on earnings releases.
Market
Pulse
Tracks
intraday trading activity for NYSE, NASD, AMEX and the Options Markets. Data
displays, most active stocks, Most Up on the day, most down on the day in
multiple different formats.