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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Investment Strategies / Mechanical Investing
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Author: mungofitch ✹✺ SILVER
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Subject: Value Line data
Date: 01/13/25 7:38 AM
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FYI
The weekly download file (data from close Jan 10, file named 2025-01-17) is garbage, but in a new and exciting way. The prices are right for once, which will fool anyone who uses price checks to figure out whether the update is bad, but all the 4- 13- and 26-week data fields are completely null. Perhaps other problems, I didn't check everything.

You can't just patch in the total return values from last week's file and live with a bit of lag on your momentum figures, as that update file had the same problem: all the weekly total return fields are null.
I tried the "update now" menu item in the Windows program and the total return fields are still null, it did nothing.

If someone has the gumption to calculate all the 4- 13- 26-week TR fields for the standard VL set, (and right now), feel free to post 'em! I don't think VL support will do anything. Ever.

Jim
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