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  • thx. @Mark I read #9 and #13. #1 and #5 look interesting, I'll add them to to-read list.
  • a couple of interesting no mutual fund related books. just finished an interesting and entertaining book.. What Makes Olga Run?: The Mystery of the 90-Something Track Star and What She Can Teach Us About Living Longer, Happier Lives Hardcover by…
  • Finally, the Americans With No Abilities Act contains tough new measures to make it more difficult to discriminate against the non-abled, banning, for example, discriminatory interview questions such as, "Do you have any skills or experience that re…
  • does it make sense to post this link daily as the link is always the same will be the same every single day and the highlights and upcoming events will keep moving to successive days? maybe yes. maybe no. so tomorrow when you post Chuck Jaffe's M…
  • Just discovered that when I click on the "Unread" tab new and interesting discussion topic options, like "enhancements" become suddenly visible, though I can't click through, which seems odd since that back end stuff is not normally visible. nice fi…
  • reply to @Accipiter: Roger that. I'll report any slowdowns as, or shortly after, they occur. Assume you want those reported on this thread rather than separately? sounds great.
  • I had some issues accessing the sight last night from about 11:50pm to 12:20am Pacific. Kept getting one of those cloudflare pages. thanks jliev - this is exactly what could be useful in this particular discussion. date , time and timezone when it…
  • Ted said: @David: The Save Draft verification notice which appeared on left has not worked all morning. The Draft is saved, but you not sure until you come back to your draft. Regards, Ted On non-mobile devices, there is no auto-…
  • @David: The Save Draft verification notice which appeared on left has not worked all morning. The Draft is saved, but you not sure until you come back to your draft. Regards, Ted see response here in thread about "notifications" under a topic tha…
  • cman said: > Did you turn off the auto save on mobile devices too? >can we please have it back? request granted :)
  • speaking of identity theft and breaches. Experian breach http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/03/us-experian-databreach-idUSBREA321SL20140403
  • http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9247634/Update_IRS_misses_XP_deadline_will_spend_30M_to_upgrade_remaining_PCs?taxonomyId=17
  • michael lewis on Fresh Air http://www.npr.org/2014/04/01/297686724/on-a-rigged-wall-street-milliseconds-make-all-the-difference
  • >I have always thought a mutual fund NAV could be shaded during the day as well as after hours using something similar to FinViz color code fidelity used to sell their sector funds based on an hourly nav, I don't know if they stopped the feature…
  • @Tony Bob's Pony Express is also a clickable option from as well as other links if you haven't seen it. from the Navigator option under Resources in the main menu. Just enter a fund etf or cef in the Navigator and there may be a number of sites …
  • glad it is working for you
  • this is a bit dated. A user guide written by OJ for the previous version of software, many of the features are the same but a slightly different look. but it may give you some insight and you should be able to draw inferences from it. http://www.m…
  • click on the 5 pointed-star to the right of the title. it will bookmark the thread. then click on your name in the menu. then click on edit profile. then click edit preferences. then click notification preferences. then check email for Notify m…
  • I just started reading - so far pretty interesting and eye-opening Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the Gilded age. by Susan Crawford. http://www.opb.org/news/article/npr-author-when-it-comes-to-high-speed-internet-us-f…
  • As Charles stated @Crash ... I just tried that miraculous stuff. I must be doing something wrong. I keep coming up empty. O funds match. On multiple tries, with different funds in the "partial name box." Even with full ticker, it's not providing me …
  • @kaspa Ubuntu is simple to load. If you don't need dual booting. I would just re-partition the whole hard disk to ubuntu. Simple to install, and update and the desktop is as easy to use as any windows system. Millions of apps. editors, mail u…
  • Are the time stamps in GMT? it should match UTC, if you are not logged in http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=1440 However, if you are logged in it should match the time from the timezone when you registered for membership in the …
  • No disrespect to those who want a reply feature, but I find myself satisfied with the way the topic replies currently work. I spend less time trying to find the new replies, as I know they are at the bottom of the last page. A direct reply is easy …
  • typo?? when it’s raining, he can get up there to fix it anyway. And so the leak continues. most likely can't ???
  • @bee since you solved it, you are certainly steady. If you refresh your browser (re-load web page) the gear will now show up without you having to hover over comment , it may make it easier for newcomers to locate the gear and subsequently the edi…
  • for anyone else who hasn't found out how to edit their own posts ..... the "gear" will now be visible in all the comments that "You" posted. Just click on the gear and then click edit.
  • If you don't see the owl logo to the left of the discussion title on the discussions page, you can still hover your mouse to the left of each discussion title to see the tooltip.
  • Hey, guys, thanks for the great work. Is it no longer possible to edit posts, or post a reply right below another community-member's contributions? Thanks again ! please read the comments in this thread. yes, you can edit posts. yes, there i…
  • the "ButtonBar" Okay..........one starts a comment or replies and has use of the action headers just above this text area. @catch22 this is the ButtonBar. The Buttonbar does not appear when editing posts (it is a bug). At some point the develo…
  • as we segue from blinking to ... http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability/no-easy-solution-to-stop-amplification-a/240165528 http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9246230/Attackers_use_NTP_reflection_in_huge_DDoS_attack
  • moved this comment and response to the appropriate place. STB65 February 25 The suggested solution led to the same result: "Page not found", go to the title on discussions, scroll down, find the box for my comment. I can live with it; will probably…
  • got a technical problem.... click the link below. and post your technical issue in that discussion..... http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/11489/post-your-migration-problems-and-questions-here#latest
  • moved STB65's technical question to here: http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/11489/post-your-migration-problems-and-questions-here
  • @mcmarasco here is a snapshot image of where the gear to edit your comment should be. do you see a gear in the comment above when you move your mouse into your comment above.