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Question |
Answer |
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Where
does the data come from? |
The fundamental
data is extracted
from company announcements and annual reports. |
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How
accurate is the data? |
The data is
manually checked before being put on the live database. It should be
accurate, though if you find any errors please contact: describing the problem and we will fix it. |
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How
often is the data updated? |
The price and
ratio data is usually updated daily. The price data is from closing prices.
You can see the last updated date by looking in the bottom right hand corner
of the Share Details screen. |
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What
browsers will Sharelockholmes.com
work on? |
Sharelockholmes.com has been tested successfully on Internet Explorer, Opera and Mozilla
browsers. Users have also successfully used it on a Mac. |
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Does
it use cookies and if so what information do they store? |
Cookies are
required for Sharelockholmes.com to store user and password session
information. No other information is stored. The information is encrypted for
greater security. Make sure cookies are enabled on your browser. |
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What
is your privacy policy? |
No information
will be passed to any third party as stated in the Terms and Conditions |
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The
standard queries that came with Sharelockholmes such as “All Shares” no
longer show up in the Queries drop down list. |
Make sure that
the “Show Standard Queries” check box is checked on in the Query Edit screen. |
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What
does the Watchlist checkbox do in Edit Query? |
Checking the
watchlist checkbox allow you to set up a portfolio by showing setting EPIC = ‘XXX’
in each Search box for a differenct share. The results will be ORed together
rather than ANDed. |
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What
if I want to have more than 16 shares in a portfolio? |
Use the ‘IN’
function Ie set up a
search for EPIC IN AAA,BBB,CCC,DDD
etc |
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I
click a link and get and error: “HTTP 404. The resource you are looking for
(or one of its |
This is an
occasional intermittent problem. Just try again or press the Refresh button
on your browser. |
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What
is the best screen resolution to use Sharelockholmes.com? |
1152 x 864
although 1024 x 768 is usually adequate. Sharelockholmes.com was
designed to show all the main information on a share, on one page. |
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How
can I print the details page? |
File - >
Page Setup Remove the
header and footer |
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What
to the symbols mean in Edit Query Operator drop down list. |
The Operators signify the following: < Less than > Greater Than = Equal to <> Not Equal to >= Greater than or Equal
to <= Less than or Equal to |
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Some of your
figures are different from other sites I have looked at. Why is this? |
The EPS figure
will vary depending on whether the Basic or Adjusted (excluding exceptionals
and goodwill) figure is being quoted. The EPS may be historic or Projected
(from a forecast). Exceptionals can be defined in different ways. The EPS may
be adjusted for dilution, by potential share options and rights issues. The
EPS and dividend quoted by Sharelockholmes.com is adjusted for rights
issues and dilution. Information derived from the EPS such as PER and PEG
will also vary as the EPS varies between different sources. Some information
for small companies can be difficult to get hold of. Net Debt is often not
given, and can only be obtained from the annual report, which sometimes is
difficult to obtain for smaller companies. Some companies do not show cash
flow information in their announcements. |