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Sat Jan 7 '89

8:15
-----. watch wsw: templeton again.
washer not fixed yet
9:45
Add "statistical background" page
To monthy equity report.
Refine the borders a bit.
Washer still not working. Laundromat.
Refine sheet a bit more. Great.
Play with Horiz + Vert charts
Bar + Column. Placement of legend.
Lunch at home.
Decide how to [...] values onto 2 pages. All charts for
2:30
Think about how to compare P/E with higher earning or dividend growth.
If I make a column showing this, what could I discard? 26-wk % chg, since its sum of 2 13-wk chg? Check.
Go home.
Keep thinking about how to compare
What to compare with what?
All compare to MSFT, due to my perspective
Or with [...] , since its the most stable.
Now will I rearrange columns?
Should I shown [...]?
See how timeliness varies: HD, LD, ND.
Note I get extra precision, one decimal, using tabular reports to compute average timeliness.
Financial strength is a fundamental rating.
Beta is a pricing rating. Diff pages?
What should I use as the growth to compare against P/E?
Earnings growth
Div yield + Divd growth
Div yield + Earnings growth.
3:30
Dinner at home. Pretty Spartan.
Golden girls.
7:30
Realize I can chart P/E + Growth, so maybe I don't need to decide on one element to compare too.
The picture will be the comparison.
Graphing is just another formatting.
So maybe I do not need another column, for comparison, although maybe for timelines
Try log log, but it only allows increments of 10 on scale. Why? ...
Do it with regular axes.