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the iphone version has no panel and most of the additional functionality aside from posting and reading is not there.
I would need to know from David or Chip for any changes to this. Could probably make the popup fund box work on mobile, if desire…
Reply to @catch22:
>Falcon's Eye was down in this same time period
yes Falcon's Eye, Navigator, and popup were down when the problem was reported.
>Navigator is not functioning as of 10pm this Saturday evening.
I haven't see a problem in a…
not an investing book.
An excellent satire though
‘They Eat Puppies, Don’t They?,’ by Christopher Buckley
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/books/review/they-eat-puppies-dont-they-by-christopher-buckley.html
the same ceo mentioned.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/frederickallen/2012/10/09/ceo-says-hell-fire-employees-if-obamas-reelected/?
"chronicled his effort to build the biggest home in America, a 90,000-square-foot $100 million mansion."
Sometimes gree…
I read the quants a couple of years ago. quite good. If you haven't read any of Michael Lewis's books (Boomerang and Big Short) or Ben Mezreich's books check them out if you are looking for other good reads.
I'm a third of the way thru this one.
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Although this has absolutely nothing to do with the discussion topic - User guide.
And is a feedback question. I'll answer it.
Is it possible to initiate a site wide poll instead off on particular discussion.
Last year I suggested A fund polling …
Although this has absolutely nothing to do with the discussion topic - User guide.
And is a feedback question. I'll answer it.
Reply to @VintageFreak:
Emoticons?
do you really want these. and Chip and David do you want these.
Where did Anne Guedefin go? (not sure of the spelling) I think she co-managed one of the mutual (european, shares or discovery). I know someone mentioned it somewhere on the forum or in the commentary - just can't locate it.
Reply to @Old_Joe:
well, I was experimenting with something else that caused an issue and got this fix along the way. :).
now you don't have to right click in most cases. I don't know how older versions of IE will react, but firefox works …
Reply to @Old_Joe:
I was still editing.
when you click here in investors comment second item from the top.
it should improve the clicking of external links that are added via buttonbar or ctrl+L when viewing with the MFO header (embedded).
Reply to @Mona:
I think all the PIMCO Income Fund are the same holding with different ers and loads
if you go to this link http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/the-navigator/
after you go to that link you will see a form with the following that s…
@Derf
Do you use your back button in the browser?
If so, you will always have inaccurate data. if not, it should be correct, and I see nothing that suggests it is on our end.
Also: A good title always helps other users.
e.g. you might want to e…
Reply to @LarryH:
the simple answer is some sites do not allow themselves to be embeded in other sites. (e.g. usually other blogs, scribe, probably google books, etc).
if you use the right mouse button and open links to off-site links in a new ta…
Reply to @VintageFreak:
As you may note the question you inferred is not the same question I asked. I didn't ask for the correct number or the optimal number. It was a curiousity question (stated in the poll title).
My gut feeling is
people ac…
> Multinationals, Including Microsoft, Avoided Billions In Taxes
Isn't that the goal of a corporation? or at the very least a mantra, or something a ceo sings about when taking a shower.
Ayn Rand is probably having a glass of champagne - at le…
Reply to @catch22:
Personally, I would keep java (as opposed to javascript) turned off, when it is not needed and only enable it for certain websites that i needed it for when i needed it.
as for the zero-day (maybe these articles will give you m…
Reply to @Mark:
we don't use java.
but javascript (which is not java or coffee or the name of a geographic location) should be enabled on your browser to get any type of functionality at any site these days.
@Alex - see the discussion in Technical questions regarding "signing in"
http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/index.php?p=/discussion/4061/the-signin-process-and-why-you-may-have-trouble-with-the-keep-me-signed-in-checkbox-/p1
If you click the Fund Discussions Category - you should only see fund discussions.
Have you found a discussion in the wrong category @Alex?
off-topic - off-topic discussions. David has been kind enough to allow this category for those of us who h…
Reply to @Maurice:
The grand old days when every computer manufacturer had a different pinout on their serial cables and you had to resolder the cable to work with different printers or to communicate between two computer, the floppy disks came in…